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Educational & Volunteer Opportunities
Here is a listing of potential science education opportunities in the Bay Area. Programs where students currently volunteer/work contain the most information and are listed toward the top of this table. The entries following those are additional opportunities you may wish to explore. Below the table are lists of resources/job search engines you may find helpful.
The information below is provided as a resource for students and was assembled by graduate students Abby Gerhold (MCB) and Danielle Liubicich (IB).
Local Opportunities in Science Education
Organization / Program |
Location |
Type of Education Experience Provided |
Target Audience |
Time Commitment |
| Model Neighborhood Program | Oakland | teaching, general | Middle School | varies |
| Community Resources for Science | Berkeley, Alameda County | teaching, curriculum design | K-12 | 30 hrs total (training, lesson plan, teaching) |
| San Francisco State University | San Francisco | teaching, curriculum design | college/univ. | semester, varies |
| Operation SMART, Girls Inc. of Alameda | Oakland, San Leandro | teaching | K-12 | 2 hrs/week |
| Communicating Ocean Science | Lawrence Hall of Science, Berkeley | teaching, curriculum design | K-12 | 3.5 hrs/week (lecture, lesson plan, teaching) |
| Marine Biology Research Camp | Bodega Bay | teaching, curriculum design, field work | K-12 | 1 wk summer |
| GK12 (Integrative Biology) | UCB, Richmond | teaching, curriculum design, field work | K-12 | similar to GSI for one academic year (pays stipend) |
| Sally Ride Science Camp for Girls | various, Berkeley | teaching | K-12 | 1 wk summer (+prep) |
| HHMI Ask a Scientist | anywhere | writing | general | varies, couple hrs/question |
| Understanding Evolution | UC Museum of Paleontology | curriculum design, writing, content consulting | K-12, college/univ, general | varies by project |
| Berkeley School Volunteers | Berkeley | teaching, content consulting | K-12 | 2 hrs/week |
| Golden Gate Audubon Society, EcoOakland Environ. Ed Program | Bay Area | teaching, field work | K-12 | Varies by position |
| The Coral Reef Alliance | San Francisco | writing, content consulting | general | 4 hrs/week |
| Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California, Berkeley | Berkeley | teaching, curriculum design, field work, writing, content consulting, exhibit design | K-12, general | varies |
| Environmental Volunteers Home Page | Palo Alto | teaching, field work | K-12, general | varies |
| Oakland Teaching Fellows | Oakland | teaching | K-12 | 2 yrs paid |
| GSR at UCB Grad School of Education | Berkeley | teaching, curriculum design, writing, content consulting, policy (ed/sci), ed research | K-12, college/univ, general | varies |
| Undergraduate Field Studies in Education Program (ED 97/197) | Berkeley | teaching, curriculum design, writing, content consulting, policy (ed/sci), ed research | K-12, college/univ, general | varies |
| MARE | Lawrence Hall of Science, Berkeley | teaching, curriculum design, writing, policy (ed/sci) | K-12 | |
| Camp Fire USA | Various | teaching, field work | K-12 | |
| LeConte Community Kidz after school | Berkeley | teaching | K-12 | |
| After School and Learning Program | Berkeley | teaching | K-12 | |
| National Marine Sanctuaries | Monterey, Bay Area, global | teaching, curriculum design, field work, writing, content consulting, policy (ed/sci), exhibit design | K-12, general | |
| Research and Education (CORE) National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB(r)) | Washington, DC | teaching, curriculum design, writing, content consulting, policy (ed/sci) | K-12, college/univ, general | |
| WestEd | CA (Los Alamitos, Oakland, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Ana, Sausalito, Redwood City), AZ (Phoenix, Tuscon), MA (Boston), VT (Burlington), Washington D.C. | teaching, curriculum design, writing, content consulting, policy (ed/sci) ed research | K-12, general | |
| George Lucas Education Foundation | San Rafael | curriculum design, writing, ed research | K-12, general | |
| MPR Associates, Inc. | Berkeley, Washington DC | teaching, curriculum design, content consulting, policy (ed/sci), ed research | K-12, college/univ, general | |
| Exploratorium | San Francisco | teaching, curriculum design, writing, content consulting, exhibit design | K-12, general | |
| Partnership for Student Success in Science | San Francisco Area School Districts | teaching, curriculum design, writing, content consulting | K-12 | |
| Monterey Bay Aquarium: Teachers & Kids - Teacher Workshops | Monterey | teaching, curriculum design, field work, writing, content consulting, exhibit design | K-12, general | |
| The Tech Museum of Innovation | San Jose | teaching, curriculum design, content consulting, exhibit design | K-12, general | |
| Science & Health Education | San Francisco | teaching, curriculum design, writing, content consulting | K-12 | |
| National Center for Science Education | Oakland | teaching, curriculum design, field work, writing, content consulting, policy (ed/sci) | K-12, college/univ, general | |
| California Academy of Sciences | San Francisco | teaching, curriculum design, field work, writing, content consulting, exhibit design | K-12, general | |
| KQED Quest Program | San Francisco | curriculum design, writing, content consulting | general | |
| SF Environment School Education | San Francisco | teaching, curriculum design, field work, writing | K-12, general | |
| CA State Parks - Education | CA statewide | teaching, curriculum design, field work, writing, content consulting, exhibit design | K-12, general | |
| EBMUD Education & Outreach | Oakland | teaching, curriculum design, field work, content consulting | K-12, general | |
| East Bay Regional Parks docents | East Bay | teaching, field work | K-12, general | |
| East Bay Regional Parks educators | East Bay | teaching, curriculum design, field work, content consulting | K-12, general | |
| Ask A Scientist lecture series (San Francisco Science Café) | San Francisco | content consulting | general | |
| Elkhorn Slough Safari Nature Tours | Elkhorn Slough, Monterey | general | ||
| USGS Education | Menlo Park, national | curriculum design, content consulting | K-12, colloge/univ, general | |
| Academic Talent Development | teaching | K-12 | ||
| Citibugs | Berkeley | curriculum design, field work, writing | K-12, general |
Additional Resources
Job search engines
Career Management and BioCareer Center
Science Magazine's Science Careers/Next Wave
Association of Science Technology Centers
Idealist.org non-profit job search
Chronicle Careers: Jobs in Higher Education
CCC Registry: Jobs at California Colleges
Science jobs and vacancies from Nature jobs
Cal Corps Presents VolunteerMatch
Journal of Young Investigators Science Career Center
EdJobs listserv - Bay Area: email: majordomo@lists.berkeley.edu and enter "subscribe educationjobs" in the body of the message
Additional Opportunities and Resources
Service Learning Research and Development Center
SEP Programs & Professional Development
National Academies division on education
CA State Science Teachers Association
National Science Resources Center
National Center for Education Statistics U.S. Depart. Ed.
The Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
EurekAlert (science news/journalism)
National Science Teachers Association
AAAS - Project 2061 Science Literacy
AAAS - Center for Science, Technology and Congress
AAAS - Science and Technology Policy Fellowships
Science, Books, and Films critical review journal
BiosciEdNet (BEN) Collaborative
National Science Digital Library
Global Alliance for Diversifying Science Workforce
Last updated: 11/5/07

