Join us for GCSN's 13th Conference for STEM Education. GCSN is a local chapter of the California Science Teachers Assocition and has been helping to shape the landscape of science education since 1993. In honor of the work of this organization, its volunteers, and its supporters, this year's conferene will include a brief awards presentation.
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Only $40 for regular registration!
Full Breakfast and Lunch Included!
Free Parking!
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Click Here to Register
Only $40 for regular registration!
Full Breakfast and Lunch Included!
Free Parking!
Click here to download the conference flyer for sharing
Thank you to our conference Co-Sponsors Oxnard College,
California Science Teachers Association, and the
Ventura County Office of Education.
California Science Teachers Association, and the
Ventura County Office of Education.
Thank you to our Breakfast Sponsor FOSS / Delta Education!
Thank you to our Lunch Sponsor STEMscopes / Accelerate Learning!
Thank you to our Keynote Sponsor TWIG!
Thank you to our Lunch Sponsor STEMscopes / Accelerate Learning!
Thank you to our Keynote Sponsor TWIG!
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Conference Workshops:
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Click on a workshop below for more information about it and to access resources posted by the workshop presenter.
Grades K-5
Grades 6-8
Grades 9-12
Scroll down to bottom to see the full workshop schedule
Click on a workshop below for more information about it and to access resources posted by the workshop presenter.
Grades K-5
- Words Matter in Math: Addressing the #11-19 Stumbling Block to Elevate Math Preparedness (K-2)
- Kindergarten in Motion (K-2)
- Getting Out of the Classroom with K-2 Students While Implementing NGSS! (K-2)
- Becoming an NGSS Chef (K-5)
- Light and Matter Interactions - Create your own shadow puppet show! (K-5)
- Population Education: Becoming Informed Environmental and Global Citizens (K-5)
- I Notice, I Wonder, It Reminds Me Of (K-5)
- New Island of the Blue Dolphins Website (3-5)
- Models in the Classroom (3-8)
- Teaching Students to Ask their Own Questions (3-12)
- Inspiring Students, One Robot at a Time (3-12)
- Fun Discrepant Events That Work with Students (3-12)
- Accessing Mission Data through the NASA Regional Planetary Image Facility (3-12)
- Science As Performing Arts (SAPA) = STEAM (K-12)
Grades 6-8
- Build a Chemical Cold Pack! (6-12)
- NASA Mars Thermos Engineering Challenge (6-8)
- Phenomenon-based Learning Using Museum Objects (6-8)
- Stretch, Stretch, Go! A 5E Lesson Addressing Potential and Kinetic Energy (6-8)
- Ocean Currents and Gyres! Receive an American Meteorological Society teacher guide (6-8)
- Phenomena and the Channel Islands: An Island Fox 5E Unit (6-8)
- Introducing Claim - Evidence - Reasoning: An Anchor Lesson (6-12)
- Biodiversity: Learning to Protect Endangered Species (6-12)
- Southern California Plate Tectonic Model (6-12)
- Sea-floor Spreading Box Model (6-12)
- Using GAFE to Create NGSS Interactive Notebooks (6-12)
- To Taste or Not to Taste! PTC Genotype Determination (6-12)
- Models in the Classroom (3-8)
- Teaching Students to Ask their own questions (3-12)
- Inspiring Students, One Robot at a Time (3-12)
- Fun Discrepant Events That Work with Students (3-12)
- Accessing Mission Data through the NASA Regional Planetary Image Facility (3-12)
- Science As Performing Arts (SAPA) = STEAM (K-12)
Grades 9-12
- Energize Schools: Project-Based Sustainability Curriculum from Strategic Energy Innovations (SEI) (9-12)
- Leaving Lecture Behind (Evolution Example) (9-12)
- Build a Chemical Cold Pack! (6-12)
- Biodiversity: Learning to Protect Endangered Species (6-12)
- Southern California Plate Tectonic Model (6-12)
- Sea-floor Spreading Box Model (6-12)
- Using GAFE to Create NGSS Interactive Notebooks (6-12)
- To Taste or Not to Taste! PTC Genotype Determination (6-12)
- Claim - Evidence - Reasoning: An Anchor Lesson (6-12)
- Teaching Students to Ask their own questions (3-12)
- Inspiring Students, One Robot at a Time (3-12)
- Fun Discrepant Events That Work with Students (3-12)
- Accessing Mission Data through the NASA Regional Planetary Image Facility (3-12)
- Science As Performing Arts (SAPA) = STEAM (K-12)
NGSS Curriculum Presentations
The following publishers will be delivering 20 minute presentations showcasing their NGSS-aligned curricula in the afternoon during Session 3 and Session 4. These presentations are intended to help teachers and the public learn more about the various NGSS curricula approved by the state and begin to see how new science curriculum will help teachers deliver three dimensional instruction.
The following publishers will be delivering 20 minute presentations showcasing their NGSS-aligned curricula in the afternoon during Session 3 and Session 4. These presentations are intended to help teachers and the public learn more about the various NGSS curricula approved by the state and begin to see how new science curriculum will help teachers deliver three dimensional instruction.
Conference Exhibitors:
Conference participants can visit the exhibitors before the morning keynote, during our morning exhibitor visitation break, and at lunch. A big THANK YOU to all of our exhibitors for donating wonderful prizes for the afternoon raffle at the closing session! Please note that winners must be present.
Click here to download the Exhibitor Application; or click here to register online.
Conference participants can visit the exhibitors before the morning keynote, during our morning exhibitor visitation break, and at lunch. A big THANK YOU to all of our exhibitors for donating wonderful prizes for the afternoon raffle at the closing session! Please note that winners must be present.
- Bob the Space Guy
- California Aeronautical University
- Carolina Biological Curriculum Division
- Center for the Collaborative Classroom
- Channel Islands National Park / National Park Service
- FOSS / Delta Education
- Grand Canyon University
- KnowAtom
- McGraw Hill Education
- Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
- MiniOne Systems
- Mountains Restoration Trust
- National Geographic Learning
- National Inventors Hall of Fame
- National Weather Service / NOAA
- National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)
- Pali Institute
- Pearson Education
- SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union
- SEEAG (Students for Eco-Education and Agriculture)
- STEMdelivered.org
- STEMscopes / Accelerate Learning
- TWIG Science
Click here to download the Exhibitor Application; or click here to register online.
Keynote Presentations:
This year's keynote presentations have been selected based on the "changing landscape" theme. Dr. Tanya Atwater and Dr. Bob Anderson have both presented at previous GCSN Conferences and are wildly popular speakers. Dr. Atwater will address the changing landscape of California while Dr. Anderson, who is part of the Mars Rover mission, will address our emerging understanding of the changing landscape of mars.
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Morning Keynote
Dr. Tanya Atwater, Professor Emeritus, Marine Geologist and Physical Geologist UCSB Department of Earth Science "Plate Tectonics, the San Andreas Fault, and the Formation of the Wonderful, Wild Landscapes of Southern California” Click here to read full description. |
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Afternoon Keynote Dr. Bob Anderson, Research Scientist/Supervisor-Geophysics & Planetary Geosciences, Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute of Technology, Member of the Mars Rover mission “Our Changing Understanding of the Martian Landscape” Click here to read full description. |
University Credit:
Please click here for CEU Credit Enrollment form. Forms due to CSUCI Extended University by February 25th.
Conference Questions?
Please Contact Kristin Majda at kmajda@yahoo.com
Please click here for CEU Credit Enrollment form. Forms due to CSUCI Extended University by February 25th.
Conference Questions?
Please Contact Kristin Majda at kmajda@yahoo.com
