New Orleans Program, Vol. 1 - National Science Teachers Association
New Orleans Program, Vol. 1 - National Science Teachers Association
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Informal <strong>Science</strong> Day<br />
Friday, March 20, 8:00 AM–6:00 PM • Carondelet, <strong>New</strong> <strong>Orleans</strong> Marriott<br />
Informal <strong>Science</strong> Day is a full day packed with exciting informal<br />
science presentations and activities. Intended to build awareness<br />
of the abundance of existing high-quality informal science<br />
education methods, resources, and opportunities available to enhance<br />
science learning, Informal <strong>Science</strong> Day is designed to offer<br />
a “town square” at which both informal and formal science educators<br />
can meet and interact. Participants share best practices in<br />
informal science, learn about exciting collaborations happening<br />
among informal and formal science organizations, network with<br />
colleagues, and dialogue around ideas and innovations. Informal<br />
organizations represented include museums, media, after-school<br />
programs, university outreach, and others that provide and/or<br />
support out-of-school science education.<br />
Elsa K. Bailey<br />
Judy Scotchmoor<br />
Andrew W. Shouse Philip L. Bell<br />
Conference <strong>Program</strong><br />
A variety of breakout presentations have been scheduled<br />
throughout the day. Two featured presentations have been<br />
scheduled—the first by Judy Scotchmoor of the University<br />
of California Museum of Paleontology and the second a newly<br />
released report on informal learning from the <strong>National</strong> Academies<br />
of <strong>Science</strong>s presented by Andrew W. Shouse and Philip<br />
L. Bell. The day culminates with the upbeat Informal <strong>Science</strong><br />
Share-a-Thon, where attendees can visit with representatives<br />
from many informal organizations as they showcase their programs<br />
and resources.<br />
See the Friday daily program (<strong>Vol</strong>. 2) for descriptions.<br />
Agenda<br />
8:00–9:00 AM: Breakout Sessions<br />
9:30–10:30 AM<br />
Welcome Presentation<br />
Building Bridges Across <strong>Science</strong> Education<br />
Elsa K. Bailey, NSTA Director, Informal <strong>Science</strong>, and<br />
Elsa Bailey Consulting, San Francisco, Calif.<br />
Featured Presentation<br />
What Are You Doing to Celebrate <strong>Science</strong> in 2009?<br />
Judy Scotchmoor, Assistant Director, Education and Public<br />
<strong>Program</strong>s, University of California Museum of Paleontology,<br />
Berkeley<br />
11:00 AM–12 Noon: Breakout Sessions<br />
12 Noon–2:00 PM<br />
Featured Presentation/Brown Bag Lunch<br />
How Students Learn <strong>Science</strong> When They Are Not in School<br />
Andrew W. Shouse, Associate Director, UW Institute for <strong>Science</strong><br />
and Mathematics Education, University of Washington, Seattle<br />
Philip L. Bell, Associate Professor of the Learning <strong>Science</strong>s,<br />
University of Washington, Seattle<br />
2:00–3:00 PM: Breakout Sessions<br />
4:00–6:00 PM: Informal <strong>Science</strong> Day Share-a-Thon<br />
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