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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