San Francisco will host NSTA’s National Conference on Science Education to be held March 10-13. This destination has much to offer science enthusiasts who want topnotch city activities along side of this academic getaway. The Exploratoreum, The Lawrence Hall of Science, NASA Ames, Chabot Space & Science Center, and The Tech Museum and Resource Area for Teachers are just a few of the many resources to visit. For the best in professional development, teachers can choose from more than 2000 sessions at the conference with in depth institutes, a research-based conference, and half day and full day programs that are discipline-specific. Check out some of our planned workshops and presentations.
· Looking at Student Work: Where to Focus/What to Do-Elementary
· Engaging ELL Students in Scientific Discourse Using Seven Strategies-Middle-High
· Alternative Energy and Transportation: Hydrogen Fuel Cell and Other Bus Technologies-High
· Beyond Social Networking: Building Digital Learning Communities by Contrasting Site Data-General
· Inside-Out: Grades 3–8 Environmental Science in the Field and the Classroom
· Intersections of Art, Writing, and Science-Middle-High
· Disaster…Naturally! Bring your laptop to use this technology-supported inquiry curriculum with embedded assessments.
· NOAA Symposium: Climate Change Here and Now: Impacts on Western Coasts, Ocean, and Atmosphere-(Ticketed) Each participant will receive a $60 stipend for attendance.
· FDA/NSTA Symposium: Teaching Nutrition Science and the Food Label, (Ticketed) Each participant will receive a $60 stipend for attendance.
· NOAA/USFS/EPA Symposium: Climate Change Here and Now: Communicating and Teaching About Climate Change-(Ticketed) Each participant will receive a $60 stipend for attendance
· Practical Tools to Support English Language Learners Reading Science Texts, Presentation by Kenji Hakuta (Lee L. Jacks Professor of Education, Stanford University
· Science, Evolution, and Creationism, Presentation by Dr. Eugenie C. Scott, executive director of the National Center for Science Education
· Arthur Eisenkraft will lecture on Four Essential Questions-—(1) What does it mean? (2) How do we know? (3) Why do we believe? and (4) Why should I care?—provide a means by which you can teach better, assess better, and help your students perform better.
· The Exhibit Hall, a venue for nationally known companies with cutting edge products to sample and test. Bring a tote for hundreds of giveaways.
Visit www.nsta.org/sanfrancisco for more information. Feb. 4 is the advancedeadline. Register now to save the most.