From: Eric Muller (emuller@isaac.exploratorium.edu)
Date: Fri Nov 02 2001 - 12:53:24 PST
Message-Id: <a05100300b808b76bf29a@[192.174.3.228]> Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 12:53:24 -0800 From: Eric Muller <emuller@isaac.exploratorium.edu> Subject: AGU and Teacher Conference
Hey Pinholers,
The American Geophysical Union (AGU), Exploratorium and Cal Academy
are sponsoring workshops in San Francisco on Dec. 10 -11.
Sessions are open to all teachers K-12Šso pass this email along to
others that might benefit from these sessions.
To participate, contact
Dr. Jill Karsten
Manager
Education & Career Services
American Geophysical Union
2000 Florida Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20009
202-777-7508 (voice)
202-328-0566 (fax)
jkarsten@agu.org (email)
Below is the tentative schedule:
____________________
2001 Fall AGU Meeting
Geophysical Information for Teachers (GIFT) Workshop
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
Monday December 10, 2001
California Academy of Sciences
0830 - 0900 Continental Breakfast/Introductions
0900 - 1015 Sessions I and II (participants split into two groups)
Session I - Guided Tour of Life Through Time Exhibit
(Organized by Dr. Carol Tang, California Academy of
Sciences Assistant. Chair of Education)
Session II - Genetics and Evolution Hands-on Activities
(Organized by Dr. Karen Kalumuck, Exploratorium staff
biologist)
1015 - 1030 Coffee Break
1030 - 1145 Repeat Sessions I and II (swap groups)
1145 - 1300 Lunch/Roam about Museum Exhibits
1300 - 1430 Session III - Hands-On Geoscience Teaching Activities
from the Exploratorium
(organized by Eric Muller, Exploratorium science educator)
1430 - 1515 Evaluation and Discussion
1515 Adjourn for the Day
Tuesday December 11, 2001
Moscone Center Rooms 232/234
0800 - 0830 Continental Breakfast
0830 - 0945 Session I - Mini-Workshops on Teaching Evolution
(presented by Dr. Lisa White (SFSU); Dr. Mike Howell
(University of South Carolina); (Dr.?) Judy Scotchmoor (UC Museum of
Paleontology); Dr. Carol Tang (California Academy of Sciences))
0945 - 1000 Coffee Break
1000 - 1115 Session I continued
1115 - 1215 Visit Research Posters and Exhibits in Moscone Center Hall D
1230 - 1330 Lunch with Scientists in Room 232/234
1330 - 1450 Attend Special Session ED22A - Evolution in the
Classroom: Resources, Strategies, and Issues (Kathleen O'Sullivan and
Edna DeVore, co-conveners), Moscone Center Room 308.
Evolution: Its Treatment in K-12 State Science
Curriculum Standards, Lawrence Lerner (California State University)
Stay Tuned for Evolution.berkeley.edu, Judy
Scotchmoor (UC Museum of Paleontology)
Resources for Teaching About Evolution from the U.S.
Geological Survey, Leslie Gordon (USGS)
Voyages Through Time: Everything Evolves, Yvonne J
Pendleton (NASA) [co-authors: J C Tarter, E K DeVore, K A O'Sullivan,
S M Taylor]
Enhancing Evolution Education Through K-12 Curriculum
Development and Public Outreach, Mike Smith (AGI) [co-author M C
Smith]
1450 - 1515 Discussion and Program Evaluation, Room 232/234
1515 Adjourn
-- Eric Muller Exploratorium Teacher Institute Science Educator 3601 Lyon St. San Francisco, CA 94123415-561-0386 emuller@exploratorium.edu
-- Eric Muller Exploratorium Teacher Institute Science Educator 3601 Lyon St. San Francisco, CA 94123
415-561-0386 emuller@exploratorium.edu
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