EMPOWERING CALIFORNIA K-12 EDUCATORS TO ADDRESS THE HEALTH OF PLANET EARTH

CSUN is pleased with a new, NASA-funded opportunity that will provide a year-long opportunity for educators to develop their knowledge in the environmental science that provides evidence about the threat to our home on this planet caused by global warming. Through engagement with the CSUN Institute for Sustainability, participants from K-12 campuses will acquire strategies and techniques for engaging students in NGSS-alig...

Engage, Educate, Empower: Effecting energy efficiency and water conservation behavior change (citywide)

This project involves outreach and education through workshops for K-12 schools, their students, and parents, focusing on energy conservation and efficiency, water conservation, and LADWP's community solar program. The project will also provide community workshops and outreach to local businesses by CSUN students.

Engage. Educate. Empower: Effecting energy and water conservation through education.

Thirty-six teachers from six high schools, six middle schools and six elementary schools in the San Fernando Valley will take part in a training program in energy and water conservation that prepares them to engage students in related activities in their school classrooms. Grade-specific curriculum will be designed by content and pedagogy experts and delivered in teacher workshops. Students will share information...

Bridging the Gap: Enhancing AIMS2 for Student Success

Project Abstract: Bridging the Gap: Enhancing AIMS2 for Student Success This collaborative project is led by the College of Engineering and Computer Science (CECS) at California State University, Northridge (CSUN), in partnership with five community colleges: Glendale Community College (GCC), College of the Canyons (COC), Pierce College, Moorpark College, and LA Mission College (LAMC). It builds on the highly successful and nationally recog...

Tree Planting and Education in a Next Century Public School

The goals of the project are to provide much-needed greenery to a very disadvantaged neighborhood, to beautify the landscape, shade buildings, remove pollutants from the air, sequester carbon dioxide, and provide food and habitat for many insects, birds and animals. In periods of heavy rain, they will also reduce stormwater runoff and provide erosion control. The tree planting project will enrich the community of Pacoima through these be...

Supporting Diverse K-6 Students' Sense of Belonging and Science Achievement through a Network of STEM-Integrated Professional Learning Communities

The Project is entitled Supporting Diverse K-6 Students? Sense of Belonging and Science Achievement through a Network of STEM-Integrated Professional Learning Communities (hereafter referred to as Achieve through PLC). For the purposes of this submission, a ?professional learning community? is defined as a team of educators that meets regularly, shares...

The NASA-TSU STEM Educator Professional Development Collaborative