Join us for an exciting monthly series that focuses on the sciences, from earth science to biology to scientific visualization to chemistry and more! Explore the world of science through hands-on tools and activities developed at the San Diego Supercomputer Center. Learn new ways to enhance your curriculum.
UCSD And TSRI’s SMART Team Program for High School Students
Scientific Poster Preparation Workshop: Saturday, February 6, 2010, 9:00am- 12:00pm
The San Diego-based SMART Team program is a new Howard Hughes Medical Institute-supported pre-college science outreach program aimed at introducing high school students to basic concepts of protein structure and function. The program aims to involve students in a series of innovative activities focused on protein structure in which students work with research labs to design and build a physical model of the protein being investigated in a local research lab.
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High School Teachers are invited to attend an exciting new TeacherTECH workshop series focused on biotech. This workshop series will provide you with the building blocks to confidently introduce standards-based hands on laboratory activities into your lesson plans. These activities may be integrated into your classroom teaching as stand alone activities or be stung together as a combined series of labs to create an entire biotechnology course.
Explore the mechanisms of gene expression and genetic selection. You will transform bacteria with a
bioluminescent jellyfish gene that codes for Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP), then purify GFP from transformed
bacteria using a key process in biomanufacturing, chromatography! DNA>RNA>Protein>Trait — Green Fluorescence!
AP Bio Lab 6
Presented by Essy Levy, Bio-Rad
Creating a Unique Digital Media Project for Your Students Using Photoshop
Saturday, February 13, 2010, 9:00am- 1:00pm
This workshop will include an introduction to the basics of digital image manipulation, including tools and techniques used by professionals in the fields of photography and graphic design to create a collage of photographs and images relevant to the subject you teach.
Presented by Scott Flanders, Scott Flanders Art
Earthquakes: Teaching Tools Beyond Static Images and Flat Maps
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 4:30pm- 6:30pm
To harness the interest and tap into the imagination of Earth Science students in today’s technology driven world requires more than basic 2-D maps. Effectively engaging today’s students requires the incorporation of real-time data, synergistic learning tools and multidimensional interactive visualization products. In this seismology-focused workshop, we will provide you with ways to make your Earth Science curriculum exciting to even “that student.” You will learn: (1) The basics of seismology; (2) Where to access real-time data and information about earthquakes; and (3) How to interactively explore multidimensional seismic data. The first part of the class will be in a lecture format using a PowerPoint presentation. This presentation will be accessable to class participants and includes an introduction to various web-based resources that can be directly used in the classroom. The second part of the class will focus on using the 4-D interactive freeware iView3D that allows one to interactively explore multi-dimensional data.
Presented by Dr. Debi Kilb, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego
The Global Impact of Climate Change
Tuesday, March 23, 2010, 4:30pm- 6:30pm
Preserving our planet needs to take front stage in the way we live on a daily basis. For example, global warming is an increasing concern that could exponentially worsen if we continue to ignore the harmful effects of fossil fuels. Although our trees absorb CO2 from the atmosphere and this helps to slow down global warming, by ignoring recycling campaigns and choosing to cut down trees for paper production, we contribute directly to climate change. This workshop will correct some common misconceptions about weather and climate change
Presented by Memorie Yasuda, Earthguide, University of California, San Diego
Around Town and the Country- Training Opportunities for Teachers
TeacherTECH Begins a Collaboration with UCSD-TV - First Broadcast to Air February 2010
This exciting new collaboration will enable our workshop content to be disseminated to viewers around the world via UC-TV and local cable channels. There are one million viewers in San Diego and an estimated 22 million viewers worldwide. We will begin with this month’s Science Series presentation, which will be recorded for television broadcast and web viewing. In all, we plan to broadcast six workshops throughout the coming academic year. Stay tuned for upcoming televised dates!
Celebrating Cultural Diversity Through Digital Art and
Media
In honor of the celebration of Black History and American Cultural Diversity
in the month of February, SDSC hosted a workshop to incorporate the use of
collected and found photography, as well as other graphic imagery that is
relevant to the theme of personal identity. Participants created a collage
that represented the participants’ own individual cultural and historical family
heritage. The artwork created represents the participants’ concept of cultural
diversity and showcases the tapestry of cultures and diversity that enrich our
contemporary society.
These images will also be shared with the UCSD community through digital
display screens located at the UCSD Price Center during the month of February.
The workshop was presented by Scott Flanders, Scott Flanders
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K-12 Professional Development Offered by the San Diego County Office of Education
Are you up for a little professional learning to sharpen your skills? Data Intensive Science, Environmental Education, Robotics, Science Fair, Family Science, High School Science Forums and more are all offered to interested teachers by the San Diego County Office of Education, Science Department!. Log on today and enroll in an opportunity for youand/or your students! For additional information, please contact Nancy Taylor, K-12 Science Coordinator, ntaylor@sdcoe.net.
Upcoming TeacherTECH Science and Technology Workshops
Google Apps in the Classroom
Wednesday, February 17, 2010, 5:00pm- 7:00pm
Google Apps Education Edition is a broad IT solution that schools can use to bring communication and collaboration tools to the entire academic community for free. Google manages all the technology details, so you can focus your time, energy and budgets on teaching your kids.
Students, teachers and staff can share ideas more quickly and get things done more effectively when they have access to the same powerful communication and sharing tools. Google Apps Education Edition lets tech administrators provide email, sharable online calendars, instant messaging tools and even a dedicated website to faculty, students and staff for free. There's no hardware or software to install or maintain, since everything is delivered through a standard web browser -- anytime, from anyplace.
Presented by Nicci Krey, San Diego Unified School District
Create Videos in a Snap with Animoto!
Saturday, February 27, 2010, 9:00am- 12:00pm
Tired of the same old boring Slide Shows? Take your photos and video projects to the next level of inspiration by using Animoto. Animoto. is a web application that creates MTV-style videos with the click of a button. Users simply choose a song and images. Animoto then automatically generates a unique video for them. No two videos are ever the same. The resulting video is produced in a widescreen format, containing the visual energy of a music video and the emotional impact of a movie trailer. Videos are produced can be emailed, uploaded to video sharing sites like YouTube and TeacherTube, shared on social networks, and even downloaded in DVD-quality formats for display on large televisions or projector screens, making them ideal for the classroom. Come join the fun, be creative! Presented by Nicci Krey, San Diego Unified School District
Proteins in Action 1: ELISA
Tuesday, March 9, 2010, 4:30pm- 6:30pm
The highly specific nature of antibodies has been harnessed to develop tests for almost any biological molecule that elicits an immune response. See how ELISA assays provide rapid detection of disease-causing agents such as those found in HIV, anthrax, mad cow disease, or the bioengineered proteins found in GMO foods.
Presented by Essy Levy, Bio-Rad Laboratories
TeacherTECH on the Road Technology Tools Web Workshops
TeacherTECH on the Road in collaboration with ReadyTalk™ will begin providing a web seminar of each of our popular technology tools workshops held at SDSC. Unable to join us in person? No problem! Join us from the comfort of your home or school computer. All you need is a phone and an internet connection and you will be able to hear the workshop presenter and see the presenter’s computer screen as you are guided step by step in learning each new software we present.
Look for Exciting New Workshops Coming in 2010!
If you are interested in virtually participating in this workshop, please let us know.
View the images created during this workshop in 
