"Scaling STEM: Strategies That Engage Minds" Conference Scheduled for March 2013

North Carolina New Schools Project and Teaching Institute for Excellence in STEM (TIES) are co-sponsoring the "Scaling STEM: Strategies that Engage Minds" conference for 11-12 March 2013 in Durham, North Carolina.  The session is designed for school leaders "to learn together and provide best and emerging practices from STEM school operations," with sessions including designing on-line programs, career pathways, STEM schools and networks, as well as collaborating with workforce developers and philanthropists.  The keynote speaker will be Emily Stover DeRocco, President of The Manufacturing Institute.  For more information on the conference, visit http://scalingstem.org/.

"8+1" Science Methods

In addition to the upcoming Next Generation Science Standards expected to be released later this year http://www.nextgenscience.org/ , some professors, under the auspices of the National Science Foundation, are working on new ways to deliver science content.  The "8+1" Science Framework seeks to marry eight fundamental science principles/laws to the practice of inquiry (+1).  It is theorized that use of the framework will lead to curricular coherence and a greater degree of understanding beginning in the early years of study.  For more information on the framework, visit http://8plus1science.org/

Workshop on Inquiry-Based Science on 1/23/12

A workshop on inquiry-based teaching of science will be offered in Gardena on Monday, 23 January 2012.  "Inquiry-based science engages students in the processes of formulating predications, organizing and interpreting data, and communicating results using science terminology."  The presenter is Dr. Molina Walters; with a background in primary and secondary education, Dr. Walters is now a professor at Arizona State University.  For more information on costs of attending and to register, visit https://secure.peakpresenters.com/ViewEvent.aspx?wsID=1874 .