News and Updates

RAFT's Teacher of the Year Awards recognize outstanding pre-K-12 teachers in the Bay Area who incorporate effective hands-on learning and/or maker education into their curriculum. This year, RAFT will recognize five teachers for their achievements in teaching STEAM...

As Bay Area teachers, students, and staff return from February break, the Synopsys Outreach Foundation is ramping up preparations for our Summer teacher professional development programs. We are pleased to be offering opportunities for all levels of educators...

From Trayvon Martin, to Ahmaud Arbery, to Breonna Taylor, our country is witnessing Black lives heinously taken from us. Our students are witnessing how society is responding to the loss of these lives, which is traumatizing for our Black students. What does this have...

Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) are well complimented by California’s innovative Environmental Principals and Concepts (EP&C). Project-based and problem-based learning (PBL) supports the dynamic integration of NGSS’s disciplinary core ideas, cross-cutting...

Animals The San Diego Zoo’s Global Academy brings wild animal investigations to K-12 digital classrooms by providing educators free access to their animal learning modules. Biomimicry Examples of design solutions from Biomimicry Institute will support educators in...

Outdoor environmental education and distance learning on laptops seem diametrically opposed. K-12 teachers throughout California have always relied on community education partners for getting students into nature and interacting with flora and fauna during field...

With our strong commitment to enabling and celebrating students engaging in science projects, Synopsys Outreach Foundation pivoted some of its funding toward COVID-19 responses that directly benefit students in Silicon Valley most at-risk of learning loss due from...

ADI (Argument-Driven Inquiry) Professional Development Training Synopsys Outreach Foundation is proud to sponsor Summer 2020 professional development training for all 150 science teachers from East Side Union High School District (ESUHSD) in Argument-Driven Inquiry...

“Sciencepalooza! started as a scrappy little thing at Eastridge Mall,” said Heidi Strahm Black who has served the East Side Union High School District since 1999 as coordinator of its annual science fair, sciencepalooza! Retiring in May 2020 from Synopsys Outreach...