Join Discovery Education at the California Science Education Conference
October 17 – 19, 2025
Palm Springs, California

Three Days of "AHA!" Moments
Inspire the Way California Educators Teach Science 🧪
Get ready for three exciting days with Discovery Education, where teaching science will be transformed, as we dive into sessions designed to spark curiosity and revolutionize your classroom with practical strategies and hands-on explorations of our award-winning TK-12 science ecosystem.
Our comprehensive, standards-aligned resources are crafted to support California state education initiatives, ensuring your students are ready to explore, discover, and succeed.
Don’t miss out on this unforgettable journey of scientific discovery!
Ignite your curiosity at a phenomenal session 🤩
Today’s Phenomena to Tomorrow’s Workforce: Inspiring Students through Curiosity 💥
Speaker: Melissa Hampton, Discovery Education
How do today’s scientific wonders inspire tomorrow’s workforce? This hands-on session dives into the power of connecting curiosity around natural phenomena with industry professionals.
Get ready to have some fun with phenomena and leave with lessons you can implement immediately!
More Than a Science Fair: The California Student Media Festival 🏆
Speaker(s): Barbara Nemko, Napa County Office of Education
Hall Davidson, Discovery Education
The best student media projects come from science. The media festival celebrates authentic assessment, PBL, and pride. Think student speeches, red carpet, proud parents, community engagement. K-12 examples, nuts and bolts, rubrics and roadmaps for creating an award-winning project.
Saturday, October 18
8:00 – 9:15 AM PST
📍 Location: Mesquite F
Million Dollar Gift: Resources for Science, Careers, Diversity 🆓
Speaker(s):
Barbara Nemko, Napa County Office of Education
Hall Davidson, Discovery Education
What ignites student passion for science? Foundations and global partners funded no-cost resources, interviews with diverse role models, virtual field trips, and interactives, giving students irreplaceable exposure and empowerment. Go beyond their neighborhood. They cannot be what they cannot see.
Sunday, October 19
11:15 AM – 12:30 PM PST
📍 Location: Madera

Step into a world of science innovation at the Discovery Education booth ✨
📍 Booth #216
Explore hands-on experiences that bring real-world science to life and dive into our cutting-edge science solutions and award-winning K-12 learning platform.
Uncover fresh, dynamic approaches to inspire your students and make science more engaging, exciting, and impactful than ever before!
⏰ Exhibit Hall Hours
- Friday, October 17 | 11:15 AM – 5:15 PM
- Saturday, October 18 | 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Meet the TK–12 California Science Ecosystem 🌍
Discovery Education Experience

Your Daily Classroom Companion
Full of cross-curricular digital resources, grab-and-go activities, and instructional tools, Experience helps create connections between the digital and real worlds to strengthen science instruction.

Science Techbook for California

A Comprehensive Core Science Curriculum
Science Techbook for California invites students to explore the marvels of our world with an immersive, phenomena-driven, standards-aligned core science curriculum designed to bring excitement to science.

Mystery Science

A “Wow” Learning Experience
Keep curiosity alive when it matters most with hands-on lessons and step-by-step activities that are packaged in an easy-to-use, open-and-go curriculum.

Pivot Interactives

Unlimited Scientific Exploration
