"Treasures For Teachers" Science & Technology Teacher Resource Center in San Diego, California

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Science & Technology Teacher Resource Center

STTRC is a Multi-Purpose Resource Center serving public and private science and technology educators
K-12 throughout San Diego County by providing Treasures for Teachers.

Located at NTC Promenade (former Naval Training Center) in Point Loma, just off Rosecrans Street.
2825 Dewey Road # 205
San Diego, California 92106

CALL 619-847-5518

for an appointment to tour the Center.

We can be reached at:
sfreeburn@sgeei.org

Science & Technology Teacher Resource Center is brought to you by:
Space Grant Education & Enterprise Institute

Our School House is GREEN green school house . . . because we are environmentally friendly. We REUSE & RECYCLE donated materials for teachers to use in their classrooms.

STTRC is an inspirational project of the Space Grant Education & Enterprise Institute(SGEEI), a non-profit 501(c)3 that creates, facilitates, manages, and integrates K-12, college, university, and life long learning opportunities built around real world space, land, and sea projects.

Give a man a fish and
you feed him for a day.
Teach a man to fish and
you feed him for a lifetime.

This Chinese proverb is at the heart of our educational philosophy.
We are frequently asked if we can come to a school and do science activities with children. The answer is “No”, but we are delighted to come to a school and give a workshop or series of in-services that will give the teachers the tools and skills they need to improve the science they provide to their students. If we come to a school and work with the students we provide a single experience. When the teachers attend a workshop and learn ways to improve how they teach science they reach this year’s students and the students in future classes as well.

Join us this Spring and learn to “fish” so you can change your science teaching for a lifetime!

To learn more about our FREE workshops and in-services click here.

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Science & Technology Teacher Resource Center

A Library and Resource Center for educators to learn about FREE science and technology curriculum materials.

STTRC has established a library of materials including educational software, booklets, posters , and handouts created by government agencies (NASA, EPA), professional societies and commercial companies. Despite these entities best advertising efforts teachers normally do not know where to find these free or low cost resources nor do they have time to seek them out. STTRC has organized these rich resources for teachers to conveniently review and determine which ones would enrich their students’ learning experiences.

To learn more about the curriculum materials we have to share with teachers
click here.

A Meeting Place for professional gatherings and FREE teacher professional development workshops.

Comfortable “welcome center” that encourages creative and collaborative thinking
Place for the presentation of ideas, formulation of projects, development of curriculum and
collaborative science & technology educators learning
Easily accessible from the 42 school districts in San Diego County

For a full list of our workshops
click here.

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A Distribution Center where San Diego County teachers can obtain FREE classroom materials.

STTRC materials

Teachers’ resources are stretched to the limit and many of us have to purchase basic materials, including pencils, paper, and pens, out of our own funds.

Convention items are discarded in San Diego, a mecca for science and technology conventions and conferences, big and small. These events typically have exhibit areas where vendors display products and give away trinkets, most of which are of great value to us as teachers. What vendors don’t use they abandon. Government and commercial offices also discard materials whenever a marketing campaign ends, companies merge, change names or leave behind materials when they move.

Our solution? STTRC volunteers collect, sort, shelve and display these teacher treasures for pickup after school.

To discover more about the recycled materials we have for teachers click here.