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Cristina Trecha Fleet Inquiry Institute Project Director (619) 238-1233 ext. 864 ctrecha@rhfleet.org Better!! --> [|t3@rhfleet.org]

Rachael Tarshes Science Teacher and & Tech Contact rtarshes@sandi.net

Richard Oka Mission Bay High School roka@rohan.sdsu.edu

Billie Greenhalgh Cuyamaca Community College billiegreenhalgh@yahoo.co.uk

Katie LeVan Ecology Graduate Student kelevan@ucsd.edu

Michael Wall Director of Research at the Natural History Museum mwall@sdnhm.org

Patrick Callahan Co-Director, California Math Project callahan.web@gmail.com

Toni Curtis Audobon Academy acurtis@sandi.net

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Jaime Valerio Roosevelt Middle School jvalerio@sandi.net

Deb Christensen Roosevelt Middle School dchristensen2@sandi.net

Diana Dent Cherokee Point Elementary ddent@sandi.net

Don Barrie Mesa College

Eva Jane Brotherton Education Specialist

Nan Owens-Renner

=__ CONNECTIONS __= [|Edmodo] Teacher Think Tank's community forum. Please join us online in the new **Edmodo** community the **Teacher Think Tank**! Edmodo is an online social network tool designed //for// teachers to connect with each other and their students. Simply go to [|www.edmodo.com], create a profile (easy and free), then click on “join” and enter the code: o9oo2s This is a new Edmodo group and we want everyone to contribute their thoughts, photos from their classroom, and stories. It will also be a place to find the resources from institutes and workshops offered by the San Diego Science Project and the Fleet Inquiry Institute,

[|Facebook] The UC San Diego Science Project also has a FB page. “Like” for updates on the Science Project

[|San Diego Science Project] The San Diego Science Project is a network of K-16 educators, museums, UCSD science and education faculty, and community members that come together to explore new ways of addressing the changing needs of classroom teachers in San Diego and Imperial Counties. Pictured at left is a group of K-5 teachers from San Diego Unified School District creating a balloon icosahedron in Balboa Park during one of the three SDSP 2011 summer teacher institutes

[|California Science Project] Providing the infrastructure for science professional development across the state, the CSP is a network of regional sites housed in the departments of science of universities and independent colleges in California. Headquartered at UCLA and part of the larger network of discipline specific networks known as the California Subject Matter Project administered by the University of California, Office of the President, the CSP collaborates with teachers, schools and districts to provide effective and high quality science instruction, with a special focus on the needs of English learners, students in poverty, and students with low literacy.

[|San Diego Area Writing Project] The San Diego Area Writing Project (SDAWP) at UC San Diego is dedicated to the improvement of student learning through the effective teaching of writing. The SDAWP believes that writing is critical to learning and a vital tool for communication and should occur regularly in all classes and across the curriculum. The SDAWP recognizes that writing is a catalyst for the broad expression of ideas and opinions. We consider written expre