Fwd: a few opportunities

[Brad Wysocki]

Brad Wysocki

Chemistry/Physics Teacher

Bloomer High School

http://www.bloomer.k12.wi.us/faculty/bwysocki/

http://bradwysocki.wordpress.com/

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From: Anderson, Kevin J. DPI <Kevin.A...@dpi.wi.gov>
Date: Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 10:06 AM
Subject: a few opportunities
To: "ws...@lists.wisc.edu" <ws...@lists.wisc.edu>, "ws...@lists.wisc.edu" <ws...@lists.wisc.edu>

Hello Science Leaders,

 

Here are a few announcements about upcoming opportunities that didn’t make it into my recent newsletter:

 

1. The Junior Science and Humanities Symposium deadline to submit an intent to register has been extended to this Friday, Oct 21^st. More info: http://www.uwlax.edu/conted/jshs/register-submit-forms/
2. There will be a webinar on Nov 2^nd by the Boston College team behind http://www.sciencepracticesleadership.com/ - they’ll be talking about effective science classroom observations based on the NGSS practices. It will be at 2pm, here’s the link: https://cuboulder.zoom.us/j/154601521 or phone info: Dial: +1 646 558 8656 (US Toll) or +1 408 638 0968 (US Toll)
   Meeting ID: 154 601 521. It will be about 1 hr, and will be followed by a discussion of some new science formative assessment tools being created by another grant project.
3. There are a series of webinars on ocean acidification from NOAA this year. The first is Oct 25^th at 3:30 CDT. More info: http://oceanacidification.noaa.gov/AreasofFocus/EducationandOutreach/SOARCEWebinarSeries.aspx
4. Bat Week is next week! Details here: http://batweek.org/ includes webinars led by students on their research. There are also invasive species removal events (“Pulling for Bats”) happening around the country this week, and you could host one in your community – details: http://www.batweek.org/index.php/find-an-event/about. There are also bat kits that can be checked out from WCEE - http://eeinwisconsin.org/net/content/go.aspx?s=80141.0.0.2209&ran=69652 
5. The state HS science and engineering fair this year will be on March 11^th at Marian University in Fond du Lac - WWW.BSSEF.ORG

 

Cheers,

Kevin

 

Kevin J. B. Anderson, PhD, NBCT

Science Education Consultant

Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

(608) 266-3319

@wisDPIscience

dpi.wi.gov/science

wisdpiscience.blogspot.com

“Science is not a body of facts, [it] is a method for deciding whether what we choose to believe has a basis in the laws of nature or not.” – Marcia McNutt

 

 

 

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