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Learning Lab
K-12 Schools and Districts experience hands-on STEM activities with the Learning Lab at UC Merced!
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CalTeach Education Minors
Calteach offers two education minors to future educators: Natural Sciences Education Minor and Natural Sciences Education Minor with Credential. 
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CalTeach Info
Visit the CalTeach office if you have any questions or concerns. Make sure to make an appointment in the Contact Us page or come in during walk-in hours!
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What is CalTeach? 

The UC Merced CalTeach program is designed to address the shortage of science and mathematics teachers in California's elementary, middle and secondary schools, particularly in the Central Valley region. This innovative program recruits and prepares mathematics and science majors for teaching careers by providing special coursework and field experiences in K-12 schools in the Central Valley, as well as direct pathways to a teaching credential in California. CalTeach at UC Merced offers two education minors, scholarships, and internships/externships. Visit our office in Science & Engineering 1- 270.

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CalTeach and Local Schools Team Up to Energize Learning across Merced County, Lorena Anderson, UC Merced Newsroom

"UC Merced’s CalTeach program is opening new pathways for younger students to experience hands-on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) learning, academic support and early exposure to a college environment."

UC Merced Brings NSF ‘Computer Science for All’ Program to Merced Schools. Leigh Bernacchi, UC Merced Newsroom

"The National Science Foundation awarded a $300,000, two-year grant to support START-UP SJV, which stands for “STEM Teachers Alliance for Regional Tech thinking through Underrepresented Professional development in the San Joaquin Valley.” 

 

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Professor Stephanie Woo, left, and graduate student Leesa Strasser are trying to unlock the mechanics of endodermal cells. Photo by Veronica Adrover, UC Merced.

Award Supports Study of Fish Embryos to Understand Process that Affects Birth Defects

February 1, 2023

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has given Professor Stephanie Woo the CAREER award to help her delve into congenital birth defects by looking at the embryonic cells of zebrafish. Woo is the...

Campus outreach programs like the new START UP SJV help area teachers engage younger students with the sciences.

UC Merced Brings NSF ‘Computer Science for All’ Program to Merced Schools

September 21, 2020

The technology world is punctuated by startups, and UC Merced is “starting up” its own program to invigorate computer science education in the San Joaquin Valley. The National Science...

CalTeach helps address the shortage of math and science teachers through innovative programming.

CalTeach Program Helps Fill Teacher Shortage Gap

March 24, 2020

When you add UC Merced students majoring in math and science with a mentor teacher it equals real-life experience teaching in local schools. That’s one of the many goals of UC Merced’s...