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- Category: Video Lessons
- Video Lesson: Selecting and planting native plants
- Rachel Hendricks is offering a free tobacco awareness curriculum
- Spooky Science: DIY pumpkin slime
- Spooky Science: understanding soil composition through edible treats!
- DIY Halloween Chemistry: Monster Toothpaste!
- Fun Science Fridays: Observing Caterpillars
- Wildfire Science Lesson Packet
- Fun Science Fridays: Exploring Microhabitats
- Weekly Science Challenge: Make a Winogradsky Column
- Microclimates Lesson Packet
- Fun Science Fridays: Scavenger hunt!
- Weekly Science Challenge: Understanding Riparian Habitats
- Women in STEM Series: Melissa Marquez on studying sharks
- Dwarf Mistletoe Lesson Packet
- Fun Science Fridays: Growing Plants
- Mountain Pine Bark Beetle Lesson Packet
- Fun Science Fridays: Ant farms
- Learning chemistry: solutions and concentration lesson packet
- Fun Science Fridays: Hunting for wildflowers
- Weekly Science Challenge: Yeast rising
- Sierra Nevada Ecosystems Lesson Packet
- Fun Science Fridays: Exploring Rivers
- Weekly Science Challenge: investigating soil
- Water Chemistry Lesson Packet
- Weekly Science Challenge: 7-day science journal project
- Fun Science Fridays: Create A Nature Journal
- Global Circulation Lesson Packet
- Fun Science Fridays: Nature observations on vacation
- Fun Science Fridays: giving back to the Earth
- Weekly Science Challenge: The Disappearing Log
- Behavioral Ecology: Bird Behavior Lesson Packet
- Earth’s Temperature Lesson Packet
- Fun Science Friday: Observing The Night Sky
- Science Challenge: Insect Pitfall Traps
- Fun Science Friday: Rock Scratch Test
- Insect Populations Lesson Packet
- Fun Science Friday: Observing The Moon
- Science Challenge: Finding Aquatic Insects
- Benthic Macroinvertebrates Lesson Packet
- Fun Science Friday: Nature Drawing Challenge
- Science Challenge: Water Speed Test
- Fun Science Friday: Measuring Ground Temperature
- Science Challenge: Leaf Transpiration
- Fun Science Friday: Insect Pit Traps
- Science Challenge: Birds Nest
- Science Challenge: Anemometers
- Fun Science Friday: Making Sediment Jars
- Science Challenge: Mustard Worm Extraction
- Fun Science Friday: Hunting For Insects
- Animal Cam Series Episode 3 | analyzing data and creating a presentation
- Science Challenge: Make an Insect Sweep Net
- Fun Science Friday: Nature Meditations
- Science Challenge: Make a Transect
- Animal Cam Series Episode 1 | Observing Animals
- Fun Science Friday: Measuring Trees
- Science Challenge: Make a Quadrat
- Phenology Series Episode 4 | Phenology Data analysis and presentation
- Science Challenge: Temperature
- Fun Science Friday: Identifying Trees
- Phenology Series Episode 3 | Data Collection
- Fun Science Friday: Observing Animals
- Science Challenge: Observing Birds
- Phenology Series Episode 2 | How Scientists Study Phenology
- Fun Science Friday: Drawing Outdoor Observations
- Science Challenge: Make Your Own Bird Feeder
- Phenology Series Episode 1 | Asking Questions About Phenology
- Fun Science Friday: Observing The Outdoors
- Category: School Programs
- Category: Bay Area Region
- Category: Sacramento Region
- Category: School Field Days
- Category: Florida Region
- Category: Hear From Our Students
- Category: Learn About Amphibians
- Category: Learn About Plants
- Category: Research Experience
- Category: Home Page Featured
- Headwaters Research Experience Students Investigate the Importance of Biodiversity
- Headwaters Research Experience Students Explore Climate Change
- Students Explore the Importance of Water
- Creating Opportunities for Science Education Outside of the Classroom
- It’s Fun To Do Science in the Fresh Air
- A Summer of Fun: Campers Enjoy Summer Camps
- Hiking and science in the Sierra Nevada: Headwaters executive director shares her family’s summer adventures
- Help us expand access to our hands-on science education with our ‘Back-to-School’ fundraiser
- Questioning the very definition of science? You’re not alone, and we’re here to help
- ‘This was an amazing learning experience’: Spring field days show value of hands-on science research
- ‘They’re more excited, they’re more engaged’: BDOG highlights programs in underserved communities
- ‘It’s incredibly exciting to see’: Spring Research Experience students present their projects
- Introducing the new ‘Lunch With A Scientist’ episode library
- Another year of transition: Headwaters’ 2021 annual report is out
- My up-close-and-personal tour of NASA a testament to hands-on science learning
- Fill The Winter Break With This Fun – And Free – Scientific Challenge
- Sacramento Country Day 7th Graders Learn About Riparian Habitats
- 6th Graders from Sacramento Country Day Explore the American River
- Fall 2021 Field Days
- San Francisco University High School Program
- Spring and Summer Research Experience Recap
- Category: Truckee/Tahoe Region
- Category: Uncategorized
- We are hiring!
- Headwaters Science Institute announces three new additions to the team
- Environmental Studies Field Camp: July 12-16
- July and August summer camps are listed! Sign up now.
- Sign up by June 1st for our Girls Summer Program
- Sign up now for our summer programs for high schoolers
- Watch the student research presentations from our spring cohort.
- David Dimitrie Joins our Team as Headwaters’ Program Director
- April is citizen science month! Check out these resources…
- The history behind Arbor Day and how you can celebrate with us
- Big Day of Giving Celebration: Support Science Education May 6th!
- April 4-10: Women and Girls in STEM week!
- Event: Headwaters’ Arbor Day Virtual Planting Party April 30th
- Program Director Spencer Eusden is moving on to a new job
- February: upcoming events and programs for students
- Event: Polar Pioneer Robert Swan’s Virtual Talk plus Q&A
- Three free upcoming science events
- Advances In Online Learning: how it impacts STEM classes
- Executive Director Megan Seifert’s Year End Address
- Headwaters Holiday Gift Guide
- Support Students during giving season 2020!
- Explore Northern California Through These Science Talks
- Our San Francisco University High program recap: hear about the water quality projects
- Waste Management Lesson and Worm Composting How-To
- Announcing: Headwaters’ Spring 2021 Research Experience
- Support Students on Giving Tuesday: Giving Season Kickoff!
- Join us for student research presentations Saturday 11/14!
- Film Screening: Picture A Scientist
- What’s New At Headwaters This Fall
- Announcing: An Exciting Partnership With Boreal/Woodward
- Headwaters’ STEM Speaker Series and more fun events
- July Online Learning Update
- Animal Cam Series Episode 2 | Understanding Animal Behavior
- Girls Mini Camp | Los Altos 2020 (Postponed)
- Oakland School of Language
- Coronavirus Update March 15, 2020
- Park Day School Investigates Snow Pollution
- Overcoming a fear of snow through science!
- Snow science in our Winter Programs
- Understanding Sierra Nevada Snowmelt
- Bay School Winter 2020 Program Recap
- SWOPE Students Work With Bird Feeders
- Barrett Middle School’s Donner Summit Trip
- Urban School students present at Celebrate Science
- College Prep Students Study Lake Temescal
- Urban School Ecology Program
- North Tahoe Students Study Sugar Pines
- Spotlight: Riparian Areas
- Our King’s Academy (TKA) Program This Fall
- Latitude High School on YouTube
- Head Royce on YouTube and more extras…
- Headwaters program with Head Royce Academy on Donner Summit
- A Glimpse Into A Donner Summit Program
- Latitudes High School Explores Donner Summit
- San Francisco University High’s Donner Summit Trip
- Make your own bird feeder!
- Forest Lake Christian School Eighth Grade Program
- What is a watershed?
- Girls Summer Science Camp Presentation
- Serene Lakes Science Camp 2019 Recap
- Honoring the girls and women of science
- Truckee High Students Study River Ecology
- River Ecology Digital Toolkit
- Cal Middle School May ’19 Program Recap
- The Importance of Water in the Sierra
- Celebrate Science Sacramento 2019
- Jeannette PA Program Recap
- Entomology Digital Tool Kit
- Oakland School of Language Trip Recap
- What is Earth Day?
- Sustained Silent Thinking
- Science In Action
- Snow Science with Met Sacramento
- Fall Donner Summit Program Recap
- Headwaters Science Institute Goes to SF
- Girls Science Camp… The Science
- Girls Science Camp… so much more than science
- Why is an all-girls science camp important?
- UHS biodiversity projects in Van Norden
- Science on Snowshoes
- Assessing the Threat of Quagga Mussels in Donner Lake
- Headwaters Summer Media Intership
- Van Norden Meadow Provides Students A Unique Research Opportunity
- Met Sac Trip Reflections
- Making Not So Great Questions Work
- On Wonder in the Science Classroom
- Donner Trail Lahontan Cutthroat Trout Project
- Green Fields Research Reflections
- Changing the Status Quo in Science Education
- Terrarium Pollution Experiments
- Why Teacher Trainings are Important
- Why Failure is Crucial in the Science Classroom
- Quarry Lane Student Reflections
- Quarry Lane Research Projects
- A Bug’s Life… a Student Post
- Bird Feeding Behavior Publication
- Amazing Research Projects Done by SFUHS Environmental Science Students
- Scientific Literacy
- Professional Development Workshop: Sharing why I love teaching
- A Mystery Leads to Even More Questions
- Advising the White House on Science Education
- The “I” Word
- Expectation
- Thoughts on “Getting it Right” in Science Education
- Building New Curriculum
- What Science Education in the U.S. Needs, Part IV
- What Science Education in the U.S. Needs, Part III
- What Science Education in the U.S. Needs, Part II
- What Science Education in the U.S. Needs, Part I
- 3 Tips to Boost Student Question Asking
- HSI celebrates Giving Tuesday
- HSI’s Five for the Future Campaign
- Students as Scientists: A New Approach to Science Education
- San Francisco University High School Students Research Ash Fallout from the King Fire
- Squaw Valley Prep 7th and 8th Graders Become Researchers!
- Our First Blog Post!
