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CA NGSS STEM Conferences
Presented by the Exploratorium’s Teacher Institute, the Institute for Inquiry, and the Tinkering Studio
Are you wondering how to integrate the California Next Generation Science Standards (CA NGSS) into your classroom? The Exploratorium’s daylong conferences feature a plenary session, a choice of three hands-on workshops, and activities teachers can use in their classrooms to engage students in CA NGSS learning experiences. Lunch is included, and teachers leave with handouts of the activities covered in all of the sessions. One (1) semester-unit of Continuing Education credit is also available for an additional fee (to be paid at the conference).
NGSS STEM Conference 2020
Saturday, March 7, 2020
Earth systems science connects to all scientific disciplines. Engage with activities for your science classroom (grades 4–12) and explore the integration of earth systems science into your curriculum.
NGSS STEM Conference 2019
Saturday, March 2, 2019
Science is all around us, and CA NGSS can help your students understand it. Join us as we engage in activities for your science classroom incorporating the three dimensions of NGSS.
NGSS STEM Conference 2018
Saturday, March 3, 2018
We traveled to a new dimension at our 2018 STEM Conference highlighting Dimension 1 of the California Next Generation Science Standards: Science and Engineering Practices (SEPs).
NGSS STEM Conference 2017
Saturday, January 28, 2017
Math is the language of science. Learn to integrate mate into an NGSS classroom through engaging, hands-on activities.
3rd NGSS STEM Conference
Saturday, November 22, 2014
STEAM up your classroom by integrating art into activities that teach authentic STEM content that also supports the NGSS. By integrating art into STEM activities, you’ll engage students in their explorations of the natural world.
2nd NGSS STEM Conference
Sunday, April 13, 2014
Join us for another look at the integration of engineering into middle and high school science classrooms through a whole new suite of workshops and activiites.
1st NGSS STEM Conference
Saturday, November 23, 2013
Join us as we explore what it means to integrate engineering, as described by the Next Generation Science Standards, into middle and high school science classrooms.
