history

In 2005, former Supervisors Mark Church and Rose Jacobs Gibson established the Math and Science Workgroup and Innovation programs to promote and improve student achievement and teacher excellence in math and science employing creative strategies to engage and inspire students.  

Currently, Supervisors Carole Groom and Warren Slocum Co-Chair the Math and Science Workgroup and Innovation programs. The workgroup continues to encourages collaborations between the County, Cities, schools and businesses to build a strong workforce responsive to changes and demands in STEM innovation.

Funding Update

A funding opportunity is currently available for the 2019-2020 academic year:

2019-20 STEM Out-of-School RFP has been released: HSA-CCO-RFP-2019-002

Application deadline July 18, 2019 12pm

To access the RFP, please visit this website:

http://hr.smcgov.org/RFP

From this website:

Find the green box in the middle of the page and click on the RFP Title and you will be routed to the www.publicpurchase.com page where you must register to create an account to be able to view the RFP, attachments, and submit your proposal.

There is a free account option.

Proposals must be submitted electronically to www.publicpurchase.com

 

 

Foster youth STEM camp
Eighteen foster youth learned coding, robotics, web design and more in a a multi-week STEM camp in San Carlos, CA provided through a collaborative partnership with Learningtech.org.
Creating a vivarium-STEM
Teacher Donna Hong was awarded a Math & Science Teacher Innovation grant which funds a project where students build three types of terrariums, a vivarium and build a classroom aquaponics garden.
Ignited Stanford Teacher Fellow
Bryan Nase investigates the antibacterial effects of silver nanoparticles on bacteria in a material science laboratory at Stanford University