The Hoosier Association of Science Teachers, Inc. (HASTI) had its annual conference in Indianapolis Feb 4,5, & 6, 2009. The conference was a success and many folks from all over the state enjoyed networking with old friends (maybe I should say “long-time” friends instead of old?), meeting new friends and colleagues, sitting in on or [...]
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Purdue’s Biological Sciences will be hosting a visit from Charles Kazilek, Director of
Technology Integration and Outreach for the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University
( http://sols.asu.edu/faculty/ckazilek.php)
A talk on Wednesday, January 7, 2009, at 4:00 p.m. should be of great
interest and is open to science teachers. Charles will be sharing ideas
about student podcast projects with birds songs, [...]
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If you have never attended one of Sam Rhine’s Genetics Update Conferences (GUC), you have really missed out on a fantastic resource for you and your students. Sam Rhine is one of our own – a Hoosier boy, born and raised right here in Indiana. He has been covering the country and parts of the [...]
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Summer Workshops in Biology Modeling will be offered at Shady Side Academy in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
When: June 23-27, 2008. 9:00am – 4:30pm, daily
For: High school biology teachers interested in developing a student-centered, modeling oriented biology program in the style of the Modeling Instruction Method developed at Arizona State University. The instructors of this workshop have created [...]
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UPDATE: After the workshop…
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If you missed this offering, you missed out on a wonderful set of presentations and good discussion. Isidore also handed out an armload of materials to each attendee. Thanks again to Drs. Gribskov & Gedney for their efforts to improve biology teachers and their teaching!
Look for information about a workshop in the [...]
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from: Kip Bollinger, Coordinator, BAP A project of the PSTA Professional Development Opportunity Bioethics in the Genomics AgeFor high school teachers who use genetics related activities in their classroom instruction The Center for Genomic Sciences at Allegheny-Singer Research Institute,Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
Dates: Monday, June 23rd – Friday, June 27th , 2008 (you participate in [...]
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Whether it’s tainted spinach or Avian flu, the outbreak or mere threat of disease regularly makes headlines. The new “killer cold” virus — a mutant strain of adenovirus — is no exception. The virus has killed 10 people in the U.S. in the past 18 months, many of whom were otherwise healthy. Why are some [...]
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