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Fall 2026 Newsletter
Celebrating 30 Years:
Connecting Poeple, Empowering Curiosity
- Connecting the STEM Community of Volunteers
- Empowering and Activating Educators through Professional Development
- Unleashing Curiosity, Festival Style!
Spring 2026 Newsletter
- Inspiring Awe, Empowering Learners: Starting Early is Essential
- Convening to Catalyze: Early Climate Literacy Fuels Students’ Climate Action
- Zooming into Awe-Inspiring Micro Worlds
- Mentors Empower Middle Schoolers through Self-directed Learning
Fall 2025 Newsletter
Like the electric grid that connects homes and schools, offices and airports, small towns and big cities, into a network of light and action, CRS connects teachers, kids, and scientists in a network of exploration and discovery.
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- Batteries Always Included: Be A Scientist
- Renewed & Recharged: Summer Professional Development
- Parallel Circuits: STEM Festivals in Schools & Communities
Spring 2025 Newsletter
- Sharing Powerful Examples of Climate Education & Action
- Students Get Up Close View of STEM Pathways
- Glimpses of Science Joy, Student Voices
- 7th grade Mentee Returns as Physics Mentor
- Little Scientists, Big STEM Discoveries
- Show, Don’t Tell: Building Teacher Capacity through Interactive Training
Fall 2024 Newsletter
- STEM Mentors Illuminating Future Pathways, One Light at a Time
- Illuminating Discoveries Begin with Middle School Curiosity
- Illuminate: The Now and Future of Science Communication for STEM Professionals
- From K to 12, Climate Action is Taking Root Early Climate Literacy Sheds a Light on Environmental Justice
- Teacher Workshops Illuminate the Joy in Shared Learning
- Kits Cubed’s STEM Fair Illuminates Science Fun with Oakland Families
Spring 2024 Newsletter
- Improving Climate Education from Tots to Teens
- Joyful Math and Science Integration in the Classroom
- Homegrown STEM Outreach
- Moldy Bread, Smashing Pumpkins and Science Judges: Celebrating 10 Years of Middle School STEM Mentoring
- Champions of Discovery 2023-24
- Little Hands, Tiny Pipettes, Big Discoveries!
Fall 2023 Newsletter
- New BASIS Lessons, Deeper Classroom & Community Connections
- Science Revs and Soars with Tesla and the Port or Oakland
- Celebrating 10 Years of Mentoring for Middle School STEM Success
- Coming Together for Climate Action & Environmental Literacy
- What’s Your Climate Story?
- Diverse Stories Bolster Deep Math and Science Learning
Spring 2022 Newsletter
Celebrating 25 Years
- Openings into the Majesty & Mystery of Our Everyday World - Recognizing & Honoring Excellence in Elementary Science Teaching
- Openings into Effective Teaching that Builds on Curiosity - 25 Years of Supporting Teachers as Levers of Change
- Openings into Schools for Researchers to Share their Expertise and Awe - Scientist Role Models Inspire, Delight, Engage Young Learners
- Opening Imaginations and Pathways into Future Opportunities - Sponsorships & Employee Volunteers Show Kids “The World”
Fall 2021 Newsletter
- CRS Builds Capacity for the Future of Innovation in the East Bay
- It’s Elementary! Kids Love Doing Science With Scientists
- STEM Industry Teams Share Joy of Science
- Catapults & Cornstarch: 7th Graders & Mentors are Back in STEM Action
- Science Resources in our Community
- The 2020-2021 School Year at a Glance
Spring 2021 Newsletter
- 5th Graders Engineer Paper Planes with Port of Oakland
- Planting Actual Seeds of Science
- Watersheds, Worms, and Wandering: Teachers Up their Game in Building Climate & Environmental Literacy
- When the Going Got Tough, These Teachers Leaned-in on Science
- Celebrate Inspiration in STEM
Fall 2020 Newsletter
- Kids think Scientists are Cool, Even in Virtual Class!
- Online Lessons Promote Inclusion & Diversity
- Building Students’ Climate Literacy Can’t Wait!
- Young Scientists Need Supplies for Experiments
- BASIS Goes Global: One Health Extends Beyond the Bay
- Have Good Business Contacts? Make Science Happen!
Spring 2019 Newsletter
- It’s not magic, it’s science! We make supplies disappear in a flash!
- Field Trips for Teachers Bring Inspiration
- Teachers Honored for Excellence in Elementary Science
- BASIS Teams Spark Wonder
- What happens when you bring together scientists and classrooms full of 7th graders?
- Science in Pink
Fall 2018 Newsletter
- Why Supporting K-6 Science Teaching & Learning Matters More than Ever
- Seals, Hikes, Views and Discovery fill Fal Field Trip for Teachers
- Connecting Scientists & Schools: Celebrating 15 Years of Partnership with UC Berkeley
- Creeks and Leaves and Bugs! Oh My! Teachers Venture Outdoors with Scientists to Explore
Spring 2018 Newsletter
- Observation Leads to Wonder Through Scientific Sketching
- Educators Transform Teaching, Share Success Stories in Science
- Inspiration, Exploration & Mentors: Ciencias en Espanol
- Transporting Science with the Port of Oakland
- Building Elementary Science Teaching (BEST)
- Building Science Identity: What's Your Story?
- Making Connections at Chabot Space and Science Center
- BASIS Team Spotlight: Bolt Threads, Inspired by Spiders
Fall 2017 Newsletter
- Richmond Teachers Gather for Inspiration, Information & Practical Ideas
- CRS Science Outreach Grows in the East Bay
- Where to Find Collections of Fossils, Plants, Animals & Insects!
- Be A Scientist 7th Grade Mentoring Program: By The Numbers
- Volunteers Build Skills in Teaching & Communicating Science
- How Do You Measure Inspiration?
- Sharing the Joy of Science at the Bay Area Science Festival
Fall 2016 Newsletter
- Save the Date for CRS's 20th Birthday party and fundraising evening. March 16, 2017 6-9 pm.
- Field Trip for Teachers at Lake Merritt
- BASIS Lesson Library
- Science Al Fresco
- Thank you to partners and supporters
- 20 years of BASIS programs in schools
- Phenomena Centric Science
- Be A Scientist
Fall 2015 Newsletter
- Science is on the Upswing
- Year 5: Celebrating Science Super Star Teachers
- Exploring Crab Cove: Field Trip for Teachers
- Providing Time and Space for Teachers to Learn Together
- Thank You to our Partners and Supporters
- Thank You Professor Bergman
- STEM Volunteers Gather for BASIS Kickoff
- Pop Up Science!
Spring 2015 Newsletter
- Celebrating Excellence in Science Teaching - This years Science Super Stars
- What do Robots, Owls, Space, and Donuts Have in Common? CRS Spring Field Trip for Teachers & Resource Fair
- Paper airplanes, Jelly Beans, and Dancing Oobleck, all in the Name of Science - Be a Scientist pilot program
- Keep Science Thriving in Schools: Spring Giving Goal $10,000!
- Thank you to our 2015 Partners, Donors & Supporters
- Curiosity, Discovery, Inspiration
- Providing Time for Teachers to Learn, Share Together - Science Professional Development
- BASIS Volunteers Inspire Exploration
Fall 2014 Newsletter
- Proving the Effectiveness of CRS Support. External evaluation of CRS work
- Why Should Students have all the Fun? Field Trip for Teachers at Lawrence Hall of Science
- Be a Scientist: Pilot Middle School Project
- Thank you to our Donors and Supporters
- The Bergman Welch Award Challenge
- The CRS Science Super Star Challenge
- Teachers say Thank You
Spring 2012 Newsletter
- Inspiration in the Classroom: from the volunteer's perspective
- East Bay Regional Park District hosts CRS Spring Field Trip for Teachers at Lake Temescal in Oakland
- From the ED: Role Models Inspire
- Science Super Star Challenge Awards
- Advisory Council: Enhancing Science Education
- Celebrating Childhood Dreams at the BASIS Volunteer Appreciation Event
Fall 2011 Newsletter
- CRS Season of Celebration: Founders' Event and BASIS Fall Kickoff
- Hayward Shoreline Interpretive Center Field Trip for Teachers
- Welcome New Staff
- CRS and the Bay Area Science Festival
- Teaching Students to Ask Questions and Think Like (Bayer) Scientists
- Science Super Star Program
- From the ED: Keeping the Fires of Science Learning Alight
Spring 2011 Newsletter
- CRS Forms Advisory Council on Science Education
- CIC Spotlight: Wishing Bon Voyage to Ailey Crow
- Celebrating Science Success in BUSD
- Spring Science Resource Social on the Research Vessel Robert G. Brownlee
- Awards & Recognition: UC Chancellor's Award, STEMposium, GSI Awards
- From the E.D.: What's Under That Rock?