NSTA's Conference on Science Education

Join us in beautiful Minneapolis this fall for NSTA's Conference on Science Education, Oct 29–31. We offer a professional development getaway for teachers and administrators from every grade band and every discipline. Thousands of science educators will enjoy presentations by renowned speakers such as leadership coach and author William Sommers, workshops on inquiry, sessions to build content knowledge, seminars on pedagogy, and strategies for the newest teacher and the veteran. Here is a sample of our fall program.
 

• Inquiry Instruction in High School Chemistry and Its Effect on Students' Proportional Reasoning Ability, Research methods and results will be shared. (Middle–College, Supervision)
• The Ecological Footprint Dilemma: A Case Study (College)
• Using Dark Matter to Teach Physics Concepts (High School)
• Biotechnology and Environmental Risk: Project Learning Tree's New Secondary Program (General)
• For Anyone with More Than One Student in Their Classroom! Learn strategies to manage your changing classroom. (Elem–High)
• Climate Change: Classroom Tools to Explore the Past, Present, and Future (Middle, Informal Education)
• Slip Sliding with Glacier Goo—Come construct glaciers and try some inquiry-based lessons (Elem–High)
• Be Particular: Air Quality Activities for the Secondary Classroom from the STORM Project (Middle–High)
• Quick and Effective Visual Formative Assessments (Middle–High)
• Field Trip: The Raptor Center: Face-to-Beak with Nature's Aerial Predators (ticketed)
• Field Trip: Minneapolis Public Schools Science Materials Center: Supporting Science in a Big District (ticketed)
 

Don't forget the favorite Exhibition Hall where companies from across the nation bring their products and services—and giveaways—to those who stop by. For more information or to register, visit www.nsta.org/minneapolis. To save the most, register by our earlybird deadline, September 18.
 

Posted on Friday, July 24, 2009