Some Outside Resources and Opportunities!
UC Berkeley’s ‘ottoy Initiative is offering a free professional learning session for grades 6–12 educators: Teaching on Ohlone Land, Indigenous Science, Story, Responsibility, and Right Relationship. Explore thoughtful approaches to teaching on Ohlone land while centering Ohlone people and culture as living and enduring—register today! June 16, 4–5 PM.
Registration is now open for the 2026 Teacher Research Academy at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, offering free, in-person professional development for middle school, high school, and community college educators on topics like energy, drones, AI, and data analytics, June 15-26.
The ASM Materials Education Foundation is offering free STEM professional development for middle and high school educators. Engage your students using simple low-cost experiments and help them discover career opportunities in science and engineering- register today! San Jose, June 22-26.
The California Association of Science Educators (CASE) is accepting nominations for its 2026 Science Education Awards recognizing outstanding teachers, administrators, future educators, and organizations making an impact across California science education—submit a nomination by June 30.
Applications are open for the Tech Academies Summer Institute (July 20-24) at The Tech Interactive—a one-week immersive experience helping educators bring engineering, design thinking, AI, and STEM into the classroom.
Ignited will be co-presenting at the 2026 California Association of Science Educators (CASE) Conference! If you’ll be attending as well, reach out and let us know—we’d love to connect!
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