San Francisco Program, Vol. 2: Friday - National Science Teachers ...

Conference Program • Special Programs
Informal Science Day
Friday, March 11, 7:00 AM–5:00 PM
Yerba Buena Salon 9, Marriott
Teacher Researcher Day
Friday, March 11, 8:30 AM–5:00 PM
Yerba Buena Salon 8, Marriott
Packed with exciting informal science presentations and activities,
Informal Science Day is intended to build awareness of the
abundance of existing high-quality informal science education
methods, resources, and opportunities available to enhance science
teaching and learning. It is designed to offer a “town square”
at which both informal and formal science educators can meet and
interact to share best practices in informal science, learn about
exciting collaborations happening among informal and formal science
organizations, network with colleagues, and dialogue around
ideas and innovations. Informal organizations represented include
zoos, museums, media, after-school programs, university outreach,
and others that provide and/or support out-of-school science
education.
An agenda follows. Informal Science Day events are described
throughout the Friday daily program.
Friday, March 11
7:00–8:00 AM A Broad Spectrum for Science Learning
Breakfast (Tickets Required: M-3)
Are Trees Alive Roles for Experts
and Novices in Informal Science Education
Gretchen Walker, Lawrence Hall
of Science, University of California,
Berkeley
9:00–10:00 AM Breakout Sessions
10:00 –11:00 AM Breakout Sessions
11:00 AM–12 Noon Breakout Sessions
12:30–1:30 PM Edu-tainment General Session featuring
Banana Slug String Band
2:00–5:00 PM Informal Science Education Share-a-Thon
NSTA is grateful to DuPont Office of Education for sponsoring Informal
Science Day.
Teacher researchers are curious about their students’ learning
and ask questions to try to better understand what is happening
in their classrooms. They collect data such as videotapes of instruction,
copies of student work, and their own written reflections.
Then they try to make sense out of what they see in the
data and use this knowledge to improve their teaching. Teacher
Researcher Day is for both new and experienced teacher researchers.
The full day of activities includes a poster session and
presentations on topical issues. These sessions provide opportunities
to meet teacher researchers and learn about their studies in
a wide variety of contexts.
An agenda follows. Teacher Researcher Day events are described
throughout the Friday daily program.
Friday, March 11
8:30–9:30 AM Poster Session
9:30–11:00 AM Presentation: Exploring Teacher Inquiry
and Teacher Research—Conversations
for Teachers and Teacher Inquiry Group
Leaders
11:00 AM–12 Noon Concurrent Sessions
12 Noon–12:30 PM Science Inquiry Group Network
12:30–1:30 PM Concurrent Sessions
1:30–2:30 PM Informal Conversations About Teacher
Research
2:00–3:00 PM Concurrent Sessions
3:00–3:30 PM Informal Conversations About Teacher
Research
3:30–4:30 PM Concurrent Sessions
4:30–5:00 PM Presentation: Fostering Teacher
Researcher Collaborations
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