Central California STEM Collaborative (CCSC) 5 March 2015 Symposium
Fresno State’s Center for Irrigation Technology (CIT) was the site of the Central California STEM Collaborative Symposium on 5 March 2015. Sponsored by the Mathematics and Science Teacher Initiative (MSTI), the event included demonstrations by Don Williams’ Physics Outreach students and featured presentations by Fresno State administrators, faculty, and students:
- President Dr. Joseph Castro
- Vice Provost Dr. Dennis Nef
- Mathematics Education Professor/MSTI Director Dr. Carol Fry Bohlin
- Lyles College of Engineering Dean Dr. Ram Nunna
- Physics Professor Dr. Yongsheng Gao (broadcasting from CERN in Switzerland) and two of Dr. Gao's students: Victor Ruelas Rivera and Jimmy Gonzalez
- Community Based Learning's Director Dr. Steve Price
After participants shared upcoming STEM-related events and opportunities, a drawing was held for an “Epic Pi Day” t-shirt (celebrating 3.14.15), which was won by CART teacher Brian Emerson.
Through a special partnership with Fresno State’s Water, Energy, and Technology (WET) Center and MSTI, a dozen participants also received free admission to the Blue Tech Valley Water Summit held earlier in the day. (To view some of the Summit presentations, click here.)
The fifth meeting of the CCSC will be held on 5 May 2015 (4:00-7:00 p.m.) at the Fresno County Office of Education. To register, click here.
Please visit the links below to view the 5 March 2015 Symposium agenda and some of the numerous STEM education opportunities in our region that were announced at the Symposium and included in the conference packet.
March 5 Symposium and Blue Tech Valley Water Summit Information
- CCSC Symposium Flyer
- CCSC 5 March 2015 Symposium Agenda
- Fresno State's ATLAS Program at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) of CERN (PPT)
- Blue Tech Valley Water Summit (link to presentations)
Spring Semester and Summer 2015 Opportunities for Teachers and Prospective Teachers (Click here for more!)
- Central Valley Flood Plain Summer Institute (June 15-19)
- CMC-CS Common Core Math Symposium (March 13-14)
- Common Core: Literacy Across the Disciplines (May 19, 2015)
- Computer Modeling and Simulation (August 3-7)
- CSET Mathematics and Science Workshops
- Explore Biodiversity-Science Camp at Green Meadows (June 19-28)
- Liberal Studies STEM Concentration at Fresno State
- Million Women Mentors
- Modeling Instruction for Science - Chemistry & Physics (July 13-24, 2015) click here for flyer
- MSTI's Summer 2015 CSET Math and Science Workshops
- NASA Preservice Teacher Institute with Fresno State (June 21-July 3)
- NGSS Unit Development Took -- Trainer of Trainers Workshop (May 8, 2015)
- Park Rangers in the Classroom Programs (Year-round)
- Project Learning Tree (April 18)
- San Joaquin Valley Mathematics Project (SJVMP) Summer Leadership Institute (July 7-17)
- Teaching Environmental Sustainability: Model My Watershed (June 23-25)
- Teaching Standards in the 21st Century: Practice to Application (July 27-31)
- Teaching Through the Lens of Transformational Geometry (August 3-7)
- Teaching Mathematics with Common Core Mathematical Practices (June 13-19)
- Watermark Screening (April 22)
- Celebrating 50 Years of Advancing Agriculture with Science (May 27)
- Cognitively Guided Instruction (CGI) Training for Grades K-6 Teachers (Aug. 3-7, 2015)
Opportunities for Precollegiate Students (2015)
- Computer Exploration Summer Camp (June 22-July 3)
- Fresno Pacific Junior University
- Kids Invent! Summer Camps
- Reedley College 2015 STEM Conference (April 25); Conference Program
- Summer Coding and Robotics Camps (July 20-August 14)
- Summer Engineering Experience and Explore Engineering (June 22-26)
- Summer STEM Academy (June 15-19)
- Summer Young Makers Art/Science Camps (July 6-August 7)
- Youth Tech Academy (August)
- Expanding Your Horizons (November 7)