This section of the Sonoma County Office of Education (SCOE) website provides a collection of science and environmental education resources and information designed to support teachers working to improve science education.

The Grapevine Newsletter
The Grapevine is a monthly newsletter developed by SCOE science specialist Mike Roa. The purpose of the publication is to provide information directly to teachers about science and environmental education resources, events, funding opportunities, and information that supports science education in Sonoma County.
May 2012
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December 2011
November 2011
October 2011
September 2011

Petaluma Wildlife Museum: School Tours
The Petaluma Wildlife Museum invites you to bring your class or group to the largest student-operated museum in the United States! The Museum can provide the hands-on experiences that make science come alive! Learn more in this flier (pdf), visit www.PetalumaWildlifeMuseum.com, or call (707) 778-4787.

Student Spaceflight Experiments
The Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) is a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education initiative that gives grade 5-12 students the ability to design and propose real experiments to fly in low Earth orbit, first aboard the final flights of the Space Shuttle, then on the International Space Station. Learn more at the SSEP website.

California Science Teachers Association (CSTA)
CSTA represents science teachers statewide and sponsors the largest state conference designed specifically for science educators. The CSTA website provides information about this annual event and other professional development opportunities with a science focus. In addition, the site has many other resources for California’s K-12 teachers. The 2012 California Science Education Conference is October 19-21, 2012 in San Jose.

National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)
The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), founded in 1944 and headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, is the largest organization in the world committed to promoting excellence and innovation in science teaching and learning for all. Their website provides resources for elementary, middle, and high school science classrooms.

Redwood Science Project (RSP)
The Redwood Science Project (RSP), housed at Humboldt State University, works to improve K-12 science education by deepening the content knowledge of educators in various fields of science, informing teachers of current scientific research, and modeling effective classroom pedagogy for science teaching and learning. Learn more about the Redwood Science Project.

Foundational Level Teaching Credentials
There’s a new type of credential available, the Foundational Level General Science (FLGS) teaching credential, that allows holders to teach junior high science and high school general science courses. To obtain the FLGS credential, one must already have a teaching credential, complete a secondary science teaching methods course, and pass the two general science CSET tests. For more information, visit the Sonoma State University, School of Education website.