The Sacramento Area Science Project (SASP) conducts science
education research and provides professional development
in K-12 science instruction.
SASP is a regional site of the California
Science Project, and serves districts in counties in the
greater Sacramento region (from Solano County all the way to Lake
Tahoe) and counties north (all the way to the Oregon Border) in
conjunction with various County Offices of Education.
At its core, SASP provides support to teachers, schools, and
districts for the Next Generation Science
Standards (NGSS) and Common Core State Standards (CCSS)
for Science and the Technical Subjects.
Our mission is to conduct quality research, provide science
educators with useful, high quality professional development,
encourage teachers to be reflective practitioners focused on
student understanding, and engage educators in professional
dialogue.
Through SASP professional development, teachers increase their
capacity to support students to develop the skills, knowledge,
dispositions, and reasoning capabilities important to science.
We work with schools, districts, science centers, county offices
of education, community colleges, public and private
organizations to increase the quality of science instruction and
lift student achievement.
