This fun, hands-on training will introduce teachers to this California-centric curriculum through unit exploration and connection to local resources.
Stem Curriculum Mini-Conference
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Project HISI will host a 3 hour mini-conference on April 29th from 8:30-12:00 focused around the project-based curriculum teachers developed during their three years of collaborative efforts.
Best STEM Books – 2016
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This list was jointly created by the National Science Teachers Association and the Children’s Book Council and it is the first “Best STEM Books” list yet created. The impetus for the list is the profound difference between the purely-science books on the annual list of Outstanding Science Trade Books and the titles we honor here. […]
How well can you perplex us?
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Here are a few ways to bring open ended questions to your classroom and perplex students and teachers alike with real world maths.
Passive Solar Lesson Plan
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This is a complete STEAM Passive Solar lesson plan that is aligned with NGSS and CCMS for California. It can be conducted with 6-12 graders.