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