2012 WSTA Fall Conference
Key Note Speakers Highlighted
Dr. Rodger Bybee
Rodger W. Bybee is a Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) Writing Team Leader. Dr. Bybee served as a consultant for the revision of Washington’s K-12 Science Standards in 2009. He is also Chair of the Science Forum and Science Expert Group and was a Questionnaire Panel Consultant for Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2006.
Brian “Fox” Ellis
From "A Storyteller's Tour of the Louvre" in Paris to a campfire in the mountains of North Carolina, from the Historic Sandwich Illinois Opera House to an International Conference on Wetlands Conservation in Washington D.C., Brian "Fox" Ellis has been regaling audiences for more than 30 years. Since 1980 Fox has been touring the world as a performer and educator. In a well-researched, interactive monologue Fox portrays Gregor Mendel and Charles Darwin.
At the Confluence
Where Science Technology, Engineering, and Math Come Together!!
October 19, 20, and 21
Yakima Convention Center
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Science Leadership Network
Professional Development Schedule
October 5, 2012
January 25, 2013
April 12, 2013
Registration is Open now!
Elementary Training Institute
August Initial Use Training Schedule
Date: August 14 – 17, 2012
Location: Wide Hollow Elementary School
Time: 8:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Comparing & Measuring August 14 & 15, 2012
Land & Water August 14 & 15, 2012
Plant Growth & Dev. August 14 & 15, 2012
Rocks and Minerals August 14 & 15, 2012
Soils August 14 & 15, 2012
GEM Space Science August 14 & 15, 2012
Balance & Weighing August 15 & 16, 2012
Changes August 15 & 16, 2012
Ecosystems August 15 & 16, 2012
Electric Circuits August 15 & 16, 2012
Microworlds August 15 & 16, 2012
Motion & Design August 15 & 16, 2012
Organisms August 15 & 16, 2012
Weather August 15 & 16, 2012