From: Fred Stein (fred@exploratorium.edu)
Date: Wed Mar 29 2000 - 18:02:05 PST
Message-Id: <l03110701b5086231ff0c@[192.174.3.225]> Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 18:02:05 -0800 From: Fred Stein <fred@exploratorium.edu> Subject: NSTA sessions
Hi all,
For anyone who is going to NSTA, here's a list of sessions that IFI staff
and IFI graduates are doing:
There's an IFI reception on Thursday April 6th from 6-8 pm. We'd love to
see everyone there.
IFI staff are doing sessions all day Friday April 7. There was a misprint
in the invitation that was send out, so I'm listing a schedule for April
7th below.
8:00 - 12:00 Developing and Assessing Process Skills to Promote Inquiry
8:00 - 9:30 Inquiry Process Skills Circus (Barry and Cappy)
9:45 - 11:30 Assessing Inquiry Process Skills (Doris and Mariln)
11:35 - 12:00 Teaching Science Content through Inquiry Process (Barry)
12:30 - 1:30 Foundations Vol. II The Book on Inquiry (Lynn)
2:00 - 3:00 Moving Kits towards Increased Inquiry (Fred and Marilyn)
3:30 - 5:30 Science Notebooks - Inquiry Science and Literacy (Laurie
Thompson - Pasadena Center, and Sarah Quinn - VIPS)
Below are sessions presented by educators who have attended IFI workshops
and seminars. I apologize in advance if I missed anyone's session. If you
are presenting a session and don't see yours listed below, please reply to
this message to let us all know when your session is.
Fred
NSTA sessions by IFI graduates:
Thursday 11:00-12:00
Kits, Kids, and Questions: Opening Your Kits to Inquiry (Earth)
Chuck Sosko, Ginny Belko, Mary Raup, Linda Boord, and Phil Collins, ASSET,
Inc.,
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Assessing the Outcomes of Hands-On Science (Gen)
Sona E. Polakowski, E=MC2, Trenton, N.J.; Rosalea Courtney, Educational
Testing Service, Princeton, N.J.; Nartowitz, Lawrence Township Public
School District, Lawrenceville, N.J.; Linda A. Walker, Ewing Township
School, Ewing, N.J.;
Mary Lou Byer, Fisher Middle School, Ewing, N.J.; Jan Fay, Antheil
Elementary School, Ewing, N.J.; Eileen Brennan Randall, Lawrence
Intermediate School, Lawrenceville, N.J.; Jessica Heller, Lawrenceville,
N.J.; Pakradooni and Helen Chang, Maurice Hawk School, Princeton Junction,
N.J
Building Teachers' Knowledge and Skills: Professional Development for Middle
School (Gen) Patricia Hagan and Gerard Consuegra, Montgomery County Public
Schools, Rockville, Md.
Thursday 12:30 - 3:00
High Stakes of High School Science: New Role for Science Departments (Gen)
Joseph Flynn, Education Development Center, Newton, Mass.;
Dee Chambliss, Jackson (Miss.) Public Schools
Thursday 2:00 - 3:00
Science Journals: Powerful Tools for Learning (Gen)
Dee Goldberg, Spring Branch Independent School District, Houston, Tex.;
Judy Swords and Gina Taylor, Frostwood School, Houston, Tex.
Biolo-Gee! It's CDs! (Bio)
Sharon McBroom, Whites Creek High School, Whites Creek, Tenn.;
Kathy Lee, Martin Luther King Academic Magnet High School, Nashville, Tenn.;
Vicki H. Metzgar, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn.
INTASC: Moving Teacher Assessment into the Next Century (AETS) (Gen)
Angelo Collins, Peabody College, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn.
Friday 8:00 - 9:00
Mary Budd Rowe Revisited (Gen)
Brenda Wojnowski, North Carolina State University, Raleigh;
Karen Charles, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Friday 11:00 - 12:00
Create Your Own Science Camp (Gen)
Anne Grisham, Fay Herron Elementary School, North Las Vegas, Nev.
Friday 12:30 - 1:30
Keystone: Theory into Practice (Gen)
Myra Miller and Ruth Johnson, Bozeman (Mont.) Public Schools
Introducing Einstein to Mozart (Gen)
Karen O'Connor and Holly Pendleton-Kundrock, Memorial Drive Elementary School,
Houston, Tex.
Butterflies-Flying Across the Curriculum! (Bio)
Mary Raupp, Phil Collins, Linda Boord, Chuck Sosko, Jean Grossman, Ginny
Belko, and
Joseph A. Sciulli, ASSET, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa.;
Sharon Beddard-Hess, Osborne Elementary School, Sewickley, Pa.
Inquiring Into the Teaching of Elementary Science (Gen)
Karen Levitt, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Friday 2:00 - 3:00
Literacy Through Science (Gen)
Barbara Berg, Lisa Solitario, and Linda Rattiner, Community School District
18, Brooklyn, N.Y.; Pamela Wasserman, Community School District 24,
Glendale, N.Y.
Can You Defend Your Best Teaching Strategies? (Gen)
ReGina A. Etter and Todd Gary, Tennessee State University, Nashville
Science for All Levels Within Four Walls: Grades 2-5 (Phys)
William N. McDonald, Montgomery County Public Schools, Rockville, Md.;
Leslie Grimmell, Sligo Creek Elementary School, Silver Spring, Md.;
Sharon Kahl, Clarksburg Elementary School, Clarksburg, Md.
Friday 3:30 - 4:30
NSTA Wants You! (Gen)
Michael B. Cowan, Mesa (Ariz.) Public Schools;
Linda Froschauer, Weston Middle School, Weston, Conn.;
Eric Packenham, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill;
Steven J. Rakow, University of Houston-Clear Lake, Houston, Tex.;
Lois Fruen, Breck School, Minneapolis, Minn.;
James P. Barufaldi, University of Texas, Austin;
Mary Corcoran, Massachusetts Association of Science Supervisors, Winthrop;
Rodger W. Bybee, Center for Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Education,
Washington, D.C.; Thomasena H. Woods, Newport News (Va.) Public Schools
Concept Mapping as a Tool for Learning and Authentic Assessment (Gen)
Todd Gary and Marilynn Duran, Tennessee State University, Nashville
Friday 5:00 - 6:00
I Can't Teach Reading Today-We're Doing Science! (Gen)
Delores E. Dahn Anderson, Buffalo (N.Y.) Public Schools & 1st Hand
Learning, Buffalo,
N.Y.; Janet F. Siulc, Buffalo (N.Y.) Public Schools / 1st Hand Learning,
Buffalo, N.Y.
Sat. 8:00 - 9:00
Twinkying into Twinkies-When Does Hands On Turn into Inquiry? (Chem)
John Cafarella, Newburgh (N.Y.) Enlarged City School District
Best of the Best (Gen)
Sue Boon, Donna Bruner, Pamela Stahleker, Beth Kennedy, Jane Hazen-Dessecker,
Louis Chirico, Sharon Ritchey, David Lewis, David Miller, Carol Carlin, Ken
Urbanek, Nancy Varian, Tim Ewing, Beth Murphy, Susan Scheetz, Michael
Daulbaugh, Maureen Nichols, Bob Duncan, Debbie Hartwig, Teresa Purses, Bill
Reitz, Karol Beltich, Yolanda Youtz, and Debbie Skubiak, Stark County
Educational Service Center, Canton, Ohio
Sat 9:30 - 10:30
A Recipe for Success (Gen)
Nancy Varian, David Lewis, David Miller, Jane Hazen-Dessecker, Teresa
Purses, Michael, and Sue Boon, Stark County Education Service Center,
Canton, Ohio
Sat. 12:30 - 1:30
Project Best: A Collaboration in Better Science and Technology Practices (Gen)
Sue Tsiatis, Barbara Nickerson, JoAnne Rogers, Judy Lucia, and Connie Krueger,
Lynnfield Elementary School, Lynnfield, Mass.;
Marjorie Berger, Jane Flynn, Susan Tiano, JoAnn Sequeira, and Laura Groff,
Tobin
Elementary School, Cambridge, Mass.;
Robert Simmons, Lynnfield Middle School, Lynnfield, Mass.;
Susan M. Cyr, CRLS, Cambridge, Mass.
Nature Studies Share-a-Thon (Earth)
Patsy Boehler and Bern Harrison, Bayer Corp., Elkhart, Ind.;
Kay Dabler, Central High School, Elkhart, Ind.;
Artha Juntunen, Eastwood Elementary School, Elkhart, Ind.;
Lee Evers, North Side Middle School, Elkhart, Ind.;
Dave Emery and Peter McCasland, Memorial High School, Elkhart, Ind.;
Mark Schroeder, West Side Middle School, Elkhart, Ind.;
Steven Green, Caroline Satoda, Nancy Schlenke, Patricia Harmon, and Margo
Fontes, San Francisco (Calif.) Unified School District
Sat. 2:00 - 3:00
Environmental Science Education: Standards and Pursuit of the Elusive Buck
(Env)
James L. Larsen, Desert Arroyo Middle School, Cave Creek, Ariz.;
Kevin Fisher, Region XI Education Service Center, Fort Worth, Tex.;
Judy Baldridge, Douglass High School, Douglass, Kans.;
Donna Carpinelli, Clifton High School, Clifton, N.J.;
John Padalino, Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry, Pa.;
Kathleen Kaye, Pike High School, Indianapolis, Ind.;
Mary Jane V. Schoot, Charles A. Dana Center, Austin, Tex.;
Nancy V. Ridenour, Ithaca High School, Ithaca, N.Y.;
Betsy Keithcart, John Ehrhardt Elementary School, Elk Grove, Calif.
Sat 3:30 - 4:30
Informal Science Education in Texas Is Movin' and Shakin' (Gen)
Vanessa Westbrook, University of Texas, Austin;
Charlie Walter, Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, Fort Worth, Tex.;
Bob Murphyk Texas Div. of Parks and Wildlife, Austin;
Janice Sturrock, Austin Nature and Science Center, Austin, Tex.
The Nuts and Bolts of Science Materials Centers (Gen)
Michael B. Cowan, Mesa (Ariz.) Public Schools;
Donna Daly, Tennessee State University, Nashville
Active Assessment for Active Science: A Guide for Elementary Primary Grades
(Phys) Bobbi Speicher and Susan Johnson, Ball State University, Muncie, Ind.;
Sharon Orr, Glenwood Park Elementary School, Fort Wayne, Ind.;
Richard Dettmer, Indian Village Elementary School, Fort Wayne, Ind.;
Jessie Bloom, Precious Blood Elementary School, Fort Wayne, Ind.
Making the Case for Case Studies (Gen)
Erin Strauss, University of California, San Francisco;
Steven Green, Caroline Satoda, Nancy Schlenke, Patricia Harmon, and Margo
Fontes,
San Francisco (Calif.) Unified School District
Truckin' with Science (Gen)
Debbie Marshall, Lake High School, Uniontown, Ohio;
Richard Dinko, Stark County Educational Service Center, Canton, Ohio;
Connie Hubbard, Hoover High School, North Canton, Ohio;
Judy Turner, Marlington High School, Alliance, Ohio;
Roger Wiandt, Stark County Schools, Canton, Ohio;
Joanne Salay, McKinley High School, Canton, Ohio
Sat. 5:00 - 6:00
Creating Effective Assessments in Primary Grade Science Classrooms (Gen)
Richard Dettmer, Indian Village Elementary School, Fort Wayne, Ind.;
Sharon Orr, Glenwood Park Elementary School, Fort Wayne, Ind.;
Jessie Bloom, Precious Blood Elementary School, Fort Wayne, Ind.;
Susan Johnson and Bobbi Speicher, Ball State University, Muncie, Ind.
Sun. 8:00 - 9:00
How Can Effective Questioning Strategies Stimulate Quality Thinking? (Gen)
Donna Hooper, Tulip Grove Elementary School, Hermitage, Tenn.;
Jeannie Tuschl, Tennessee State University, Nashville
Sun 9:30 - 10:30
A Panoply of Process Skills (Gen)
Linda Burns, Julian Harris Elementary School, Decatur, Ala.;
Roslyn Pressnell, Athens (Ala.) City Schools
Assessment of Inquiry Science Is on Everyone's Mind (Gen)
Edward Nartowitz, Lawrence Township Public School District, Lawrenceville,
N.J.;
Mary Jo Gonsiorowski, Dutch Neck School, Princeton Junction, N.J.;
Sona E. Polakowski, E=MC2, Trenton, N.J.;
Linda Walker, Ewing Township School District, Ewing, N.J.
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