AN NSTA INVITATION

Susan Loucks-Horsley ( (no email) )
Wed, 26 Mar 97 07:43:00 EST

For those attending NSTA, here's an opportunity if you are ever called
upon to present or in other ways engage others with the National Science
Education Standards. My colleagues and I at the National Research
Council have gathered together many of the videos and other materials
that are available and will have an all-day "open house and film
festival" to view, demonstrate, discuss, and otherwise become familiar
with what's out there. Please drop in some time, according to the
following schedule or not, or PASS THIS ON TO YOUR COLLEAGUES WHO MAY NOT
KNOW AS MUCH AS YOU DO!!! Milk and cookies availble! Susan

Using A Variety of Resources for
Sharing the National Science Education Standards


Open House and Film Festival
National Science Teachers Association Conference, New Orleans
April 5, 1997
8:30 to 4:30
Balcony I, Marriott Hotel

Staff and resources will be available all day for discussion and review.


8:30 - 10:00 a. m. A New Look at Inquiry in the National Science
Education Standards
Rodger Bybee and Susan Loucks-Horsley
Center for Science, Mathematics, and Engineering
Education,
National Research Council, Washington, DC

This session explores the Standards in an innovative way. Youll engage
in an interactive discussion about inquiry in the Standards that you can
use with teachers and others to stimulate important conversations about
the changes the Standards imply for science teaching and learning. The
session will include video clips from the Private Universe video series.

10:00 - 11:00 a. m. Awareness Kit for the National Science Education
Standards for
Administrators and Supervisors
Harold Pratt
Center for Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Education
National Research Council, Washington, DC

This session will focus on the National Science Education Standards
Awareness Kit for Administrators, Science Supervisors, Curriculum
Developers, and Policymakers. The kit is designed to help a range of
educators and policymakers understand their role in building a system
that supports improved science teaching and learning.

11:00 - 12:00 p. m. Awareness Kit for the National Science Education
Standards for Teachers
Jan Tuomi
Center for Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Education
National Research Council, Washington, DC

This session will highlight the NSTA Awareness Kit for the National
Science Education Standards for Teachers. The kit is designed to
introduce teachers to new ways of teaching science and the resources to
support their teaching as outlined in the Standards.

12:00 - 1:00 p. m. Just Think: Problem Solving through Inquiry: A K-8
Science Video Series and Guidebook
Ned Levine
Willson Science and Technology School, Bozeman, MT

Just Think is a K-8 science video series and guidebook produced for
workshop leaders, teachers, administrators, community and business
leaders, and parents. The session will focus on ways to use the
materials as an opportunity to reflect on and build awareness of science
teaching and learning through inquiry.

1:00 - 2:00 p.m. The Private Universe Teacher Workshops
Kathy DiRanna, California Science Implementation Network
Irvine, CA

In this session you will learn about the Private Universe teacher
workshop series that expands on the concepts presented in the original A
Private Universe. Each workshop video focuses on one theme and one
content area, using specific examples to show how students preconceived
ideas can create critical barriers to learning.

2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Teacher to Teacher with Mr. Wizard
Jay Hackett
Center for Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Education
National Research Council, Washington, DC

This video series was developed to showcase inquiry-based teaching and
learning strategies using a variety of published science materials and
kit-based units. During this session you will view one of the videos and
discuss ways of using the materials to share the vision of the Standards
with a variety of audiences.

3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Science...Simply Amazing, A Parent Awareness Kit
Ned Levine
Willson Science and Technology School, Bozeman, MT

Science...Simply Amazing, one of the Awareness Kits available from
Annenberg, is designed to help parents of elementary and middle school
students become familiar with how children best learn science as
described in the Standards.

4:00 - 4:30 p.m. Drop in for a Question and Answer Session and to
Preview Additional Resources
Sense Making in Science
The Synergy Project
PRISM, Parent Outreach Kit
Science Images
Science First Hand
Brighter Futures through Partnerships



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