April 8, 2020 We are honored to announce Ann Park as a 2020 Science Super Star! This is her 8th time being awarded for her dedication to bringing meaningful science to her students’ lives. Her top tip for other teachers teaching science? “If you’re wanting to look at science notebooks in a different way, try it through the lens of science […]
April 2013 Lindsey teaches 4th & 5th grade at Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary in West Oakland. Here she reflects on her past experiences with science as a student & today, as a teacher.
July 2012 Aaron Reaven is a former West Contra Costa Unified School District teacher who is passionate about educating everyone on topics including climate change as well as food knowledge to encourage healthy habits.
May 2012 Melia Hong has been teaching second graders at John Muir Elementary School in Berkeley for the last eight years, and prior to that, she taught eighth graders in Oakland. She enjoys working with her class through hands-on science experiments and nature investigation.
Lorraine Mann has been teaching at Prescott Elementary School for fourteen years, bringing her enthusiastic do-it-yourself attitude to a new generation of students through hands-on learning projects and her opening of an outdoor Science Nature Area in the kindergarten’s playground .
October 2011 One of Jennifer Sethasang’s favorite science memories from her childhood is when she used a two-liter bottle to grow different types of mold. She remembers adding sausage, greens, even batteries to the soda bottle concoction to see what would grow and what new things would form. As a teacher at Community United Elementary School, in the Oakland Unified […]
August 2011 Connie Branson, a CRS member for the past three years, is a Lead Science Teacher at Lincoln Elementary School in Oakland. We asked Connie some questions about her experiences with science, both in and out of the classroom. She credits her natural interest as a child – and to this day – in science, nature, and experimenting for her […]
Community Resources for Science
1611 San Pablo Avenue, Suite 10 B
Berkeley, CA 94702
Phone: (510) 527-5212
Fax: (510) 527-5216
Email: community@crscience.org
EIN: 94-3262587
The mission of CRS is to empower teachers and STEM professionals serving schools in historically marginalized communities to activate TK-8 students’ curiosity about the world, foster critical thinking, and inspire children to imagine future career pathways. We envision a community of educators, scientists, families and partners working together to build school cultures that equip all children to explore the world around them and build the skills needed to become innovators, problem solvers, environmental stewards, life-long learners and leaders. CRS leads a dynamic network, fostering relationships and collaborations that leverage expertise and resources to transform science teaching and learning toward greater equity, opportunity, and success for all students.
Our goal is simple: help teachers give students more opportunities to “do science” – to ask questions, test ideas, get their hands on real science activities. We need to inspire the next generation of thinkers, makers, problem solvers, and leaders!