New Orleans Program, Vol. 1 - National Science Teachers Association

NSTA Affiliate Sessions
Association for Multicultural Science Education (AMSE), continued
Friday, March 20
7:00–9:00 AM AMSE Alice Moses Breakfast Rosedown, Hilton
(By Invitation Only)
12:15–1:30 PM AMSE General Membership Meeting Room 253, Convention Center
Conference Program
Saturday, March 21
3:30–5:30 PM Multicultural Science Activities for Urban Ascot, Hilton New Orleans Riverside
and Suburban Grades 8–12
Mary M. Atwater and Mario Watkins, The University
of Georgia, Athens
Sunday, March 22
9:30–10:30 AM Biome, Biome…That’s My Home Room 219, Convention Center
Ouida M. Robinson, Ashland Elementary School,
St. Louis, Mo.
Brenda L. Tyndall, Gateway Middle School,
St. Louis, Mo.
Sylvia Johnson, Mark Twain School, St. Louis, Mo.
ASTE President
Association for Science Teacher Education (ASTE)
Jon Pedersen
Thursday, March 19
8:00–9:00 AM “Did We Really Go to the Moon?” Teaching
Skepticism and Scientific Habits of Mind
St. Claude, JW Marriott
Deb Hemler, Fairmont State University, Fairmont, W.V.
Todd Ensign, NASA IV&V Facility, Fairmont, W.V.
Tina J. Cartwright, Marshall University, Huntington, W.V.
Case Study of Scientists Learning to Work in Public
School Classrooms
Meta Van Sickle, College of Charleston, S.C.
12:30–1:30 PM Information, Networking, and Support for St. Claude, JW Marriott
Preservice and New Teachers
Jon Pedersen, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
David A. Wiley, Lenoir-Rhyne University, Hickory, N.C.
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