The Lawrence Hall of Science
The public science center of the University of California, Berkeley.
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We partner with school districts to support science learning. We offer district-wide elementary, middle, and high school programs, either virtually or in-person.
We collaborate with a range of partners to innovate in science education. Together, we go further.
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Craig was the Associate Director for Learning and Teaching at the Lawrence Hall of Science. He oversaw a team that focused on building capacity to improve math, science, ocean and environmental literacy in formal and informal education systems nationally and internationally. He worked at The Lawrence from 1991 to 2023 and considers himself a science, ocean science and environmental educator. He founded the award winning Marine Activities, Resources & Education Program. Craig Strang is Co-PI of the IPT Project, focusing on district capacity building and professional learning design. He has co-led many collaborative research projects and multi-institution partnerships. He has worked in partnership with dozens of school districts through the BaySci Project. He has led programs that assist school districts to increase their capacity for supporting high quality science programs, and developed curriculum and instructional materials for outdoor science programs, including residential outdoor science schools. He has played a key role co-leading the nationwide Ocean Literacy Campaign that has also been influential throughout Europe and Asia. He is co-chair of the statewide California Environmental Literacy Initiative. Throughout his career, Craig’s work has focused on equity, inclusion and cultural relevance. He designed instructional materials that promote language development among emerging bilingual students. He was also the Principal Investigator of the NSF Working Toward Racial Equity Project that builds on a previous pilot project, Working Toward Equitable Organizations. He is the author of many articles, presentations and instructional materials. He was the lead Principal Investigator of the NSF Center for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence—California from 2002-2014, and was the first Chair of the National COSEE Council. He is co-chair of the statewide California Environmental Literacy Initiative, and is a founding member and co-chair of the ChangeScale (Bay Area Environmental Education Collective) Steering Committee. Before turning to science education full time, he did research on elephant seals, humpback whales and California sea lions, and led ecotours in East Africa, the Sea of Cortez and the Galapagos Islands.