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Los Angeles Science Teachers Network is a professional development network for science education by science teachers for science teachers committed to creating the most engaging hands-on curriculum possible through inquiry-based learning and scientific literacy.
The California Council on Science and Technology (CCST) is an independent, not-for-profit 501 (c) (3) organization designed to offer expert advice to the California state government and to recommend solutions to science and technology -related policy issues. CCST is modeled after the National Academies - the official scholarly body serving the ...
The California Academy of Sciences is a research institute and natural history museum in San Francisco, California, that is among the largest museums of natural history in the world, housing over 46 million specimens. [ 3 ] The academy began in 1853 as a learned society and still carries out a large amount of original research. [ 4 ]
Science Buddies is a website, [2] recommended by educational organizations such as the ALA [3] and the SciLinks program of the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA). [4] All resources and tools on the Science Buddies website are available free to students and teachers.
The California Teachers Association (CTA) is a teachers' trade union based in the city of Burlingame, California. The association was initially established in 1863. It is regarded as one of the largest and most powerful [ 2 ] teachers' unions in the state with over 300,000 members and a high political profile [ 3 ] in California politics.
The Next Generation Science Standards is a multi-state effort in the United States to create new education standards that are "rich in content and practice, arranged in a coherent manner across disciplines and grades to provide all students an internationally benchmarked science education." [1] The standards were developed by a consortium of 26 ...
The National Center for Science Education (NCSE) is a not-for-profit membership organization in the United States whose stated mission is to educate the press and the public on the scientific and educational aspects of controversies surrounding the teaching of evolution and climate change, and to provide information and resources to schools, parents, and other citizens working to keep those ...
Opened August 19, 2000, the Chabot Space & Science Center is an 86,000-square-foot (8,000 m 2), state-of-the-art science and technology education facility on a 13-acre (53,000 m 2) site in the hills of Oakland, California. The museum was formerly an affiliate in the Smithsonian Affiliations program [2] but is currently no longer an affiliate.