CALLING ALL SCIENTISTS AS VIRTUAL GUEST SPEAKERS FOR K-12 SCHOOLS

The Center for Environmental and Sustainability Education (CESE) is working to

support K-12 school districts during this period of remote instruction. The school

districts have identified a need for increased access to the A Scientist in Every Florida School (SEFS)

program. The mission of SEFS is to build long-term collaborative relationships between teachers

and scientists, better integrate current scientific research and big data into classroom lessons that

adhere to Florida Sunshine State Standards, and connect a scientist with every school in the state.

CESE is partnering with the SEFS program to bring it to all school districts across the state

beyond the original five pilot counties. Our goal is to enroll more scientists as virtual guest speakers

and to help promote the program widely to educators throughout Florida.  To participate: 

• Scientists can sign up to participate as a virtual guest speaker HERE

• Teachers can request a virtual scientist visit by signing up HERE

• Please share this information far and wide with your networks of scientists and teachers

Once participants are signed up, the program will contact you when an opportunity arises for a scientist to work directly with a teacher.

The virtual visits are designed to support the standards-based curricular needs of teachers, so scientists should please expect to respond

to the self-identified needs of K-12 teachers.

Thanks for helping connect scientists and kids across Florida!

How to Get Involved – Thompson Earth Systems Institute

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/earth-systems/scientist-in-every-florida-school/how-to-get-involved/