Teachers participate in hands-on activities at a workshop at the NSTA National Conference on Science Education.
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Spring 2009 NSTA - New Orleans
The NSTA National Conference on Science Education in New Orleans March 19-22, 2009 promises to be a wonderful experience for science teachers! The Windows to the Universe team is excited to be able to share some tried and true teacher-approved classroom activities. Join us at the following workshops and share-a-thons as we celebrate the Year of Science!
| Date | Title | Time | Location |
| Thursday, March 19 | Climate Change: Classroom Tools to Explore the Past, Present, and Future | 8:00-9:00 am | New Orleans Marriott, Mardi Gras E |
| Playing with Ecosystem Science: Informal Modeling Games to Explore the Delicate Balance | 9:30-10:30 am | Morial Convention Center, Room 357 | |
| Changing Climate, Changing World | 2:00-3:00 pm | Morial Convention Center, Room 357 | |
| Friday, March 20 | Interactive Simulations and Hands-on Activities across the Earth and Space Sciences | 8:00-9:00 am | Sheraton New Orleans, Bayside C |
| NESTA Geology Share-a-Thon | 9:30-10:30 am | New Orleans Marriott, Bissonet | |
| NESTA Oceans and Atmospheres Share-a-Thon | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm | New Orleans Marriott, Bissonet | |
| NESTA Space Science Share-a-Thon | 12:30-1:30 pm | New Orleans Marriott, Bissonet | |
| Magnetism Activities, Space Weather, and Geomagnitism | 2:00-3:00 pm | Sheraton New Orleans, Bayside C | |
| Saturday, March 21 | NESTA Natural Hazards and the Environment Share-a-Thon | 9:30-10:30 am | New Orleans Marriott, Bissonet |
| Cut It, Stab It, Slice It, Dice It: Using the Potato in the Science Classroom | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm | Hilton New Orleans Riverside, Oak Alley | |
| Cloudy Day Hands-On and Online Classroom Adventures Bridging Fundamental Basic Weather Science to Literacy, Arts, and ELL | 5:00-6:00 pm | Morial Convention Center, Room 356 | |
| Sunday, March 22 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm | Morial Convention Center, Room 226 |
If you can't make it to our sessions, don't forget to come by our booth in the exhibit area (Booth #2136), where we will have lots of Windows to the Universe resources available for you!
Last modified March 17, 2009 by Randy Russell.
