Details
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Web Seminar Archive |
| Location: |
Online Archive |
| Date: |
Held on October 9, 2007 |
| Grade Level: |
Elementary School, Middle School, High School, Informal Education |
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Description
This Web Seminar, sponsored by the NASA Explorer Schools program, took place on October 9, 2007, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Eastern Time. The presenters included NSTA staff members Howard Wahlberg, Jodie Rozzell, and Flavio Mendez. This web seminar focused on information and strategies teachers can use to maximize their experience at NSTA conferences. For more information about this web seminar, its presenter(s), read what participants said about it, and to see and download its PowerPoint slides go here.
Ideas For Use
This event can be used by teachers that have never attended an NSTA Conference before, by those that are curious about what takes place at NSTA Conferences, or by those who have already registered to attend the fall conferences in Detroit, Denver, and Birmingham. The presenters will provide information about the conference sessions, exhibit hall, special events, etc., as well as tips to maximize to the experience of those attending an NSTA conference.
Additional Info
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Science Discipline:
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Careers
Fields of science
Observing
Using technology
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| Intended User Role: | Elementary-Level Educator, High-School Educator, Informal Educator, Middle-Level Educator, New Teacher, Professional Development Provider, Teacher |
| Educational Issues: | Careers, Professional development, Teacher preparation |
Technical
| Resource Format: | image/jpeg, video/quicktime |
National Standards Correlation
This resource has 9 correlations with the National Standards.
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- Science as Inquiry
- Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
- Ask a question about objects, organisms, and events in the environment.
- Communicate investigations and explanations.
- Think critically and logically to make the relationships between evidence and explanations.
- Understandings about scientific inquiry
- Scientists develop explanations using observations (evidence) and what they already know about the world (scientific knowledge). Good explanations are based on evidence from investigations.
- History and Nature of Science
- Science as a human endeavor
- Many people choose science as a career and devote their entire lives to studying it.
- Process Standards for Professional Development
- Research-Based
- Address teachers' needs as learners and build on their current knowledge of science content, teaching, and learning. (NSES)
- Design
- Uses learning strategies appropriate to the intended goal. (NSDC)
- Learning
- Build on the teacher's current science understanding, ability, and attitudes. (NSES)
- Incorporate ongoing reflection on the process and outcomes of understanding science through inquiry. (NSES)
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