ISEC 2012 Call for Proposals Now Open

The ISEC 2012 committee is looking for you! Collectively, we can enhance science education through the sharing of ideas, strategies, and research. Please consider presenting at this year’s conference, Next Generation Science: Foundations and Futuristics. The deadline for submissions is June 15, 2012. Submit your proposed presentation online at: http://www.ista-il.org/confprog/public.

ISEC will be November 1-3, 2012 at the Springfield Crowne Plaza Hotel and up to 20 strands of presentations may be selected. Presentations will be organized into strands or tracks with similar disciplines, grade levels, or subject matter. Conference organizers encourage teachers, academics, agency and association representatives, vendors, and authors to submit proposals for 50-minute sessions and longer workshops. All proposals must be submitted ONLINE by June 15.

The conference registration will be available from our website in May and will include Saturday field trip options.

NGSS Workshops

In mid-May, the first draft of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) will be released to the public! ISTA has partnered with ISBE to hold a several meetings around the state to bring science educators together in the first look at the standards.

The first of these meetings will be held in Springfield on May 15, at the Illinois State Library, 300 S. 2nd St., Springfield, IL, from 9 am– 12:00 pm. There is a limit of 100 people so if you are interested in attending, please visit http://webapps.isbe.net/ISBEConference/ to signup.

Check our NGSS page often for other meetings in your region as they are scheduled. The standards will be open for viewing and commenting for approximately three weeks. Please consider taking the time to comment on the standards.

NEW WORKSHOPS ADDED

2011 Conference Proceedings Online

Non-commercial, classroom-ready presentations and handouts from our 2011 Conference are available in the ISTA Forums. You can access directly by clicking on Online Conference Proceedings.

Also available is the indexed presentations website allowing you to search for presentations by name, number, subject, time, or room. Try it, you will be pleased at how easy it is to find materials useful for you and your classroom.