NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

National Science Teachers Association
2007 National Conference
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DAY 1 Thursday, March 29, 2007 All or Most Grade Levels Bring NASA Science into your Classroom! 8 a.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, Directors Row 47 NSTA/ISTE: For Teachers, By Teachers - The Cogs Website and NASA's Virtual Lab 8 a.m., 1 hour, America's Center, Room 263 NSTA/ISTE: For Teachers, By Teachers - NASA Brings a Standards-based Shuttle Launch Countdown (KLASS) to Your Math and Science Class 9:30 a.m., 1 hour, America's Center, Room 263 Featured Presentation: From the Moon to Mars: Exploration at the Science Frontier 2 p.m., 1 hour, America's Center, Room 275 Teaching and Learning the Real Reasons for Seasons 2 p.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, St. Louis F Featured Presentation: Mission Overview of STS-118 3 p.m., 1 hour, America's Center, Room 275

Pre-School -- Elementary NASA Explorer Schools Science Lessons That Will Inspire Your Students to Read! 8 a.m., 1 hour, Millennium Hotel, Clark 3, 2, 1 ... Blast Off with the New GEMS© Space Science Sequences 11 a.m., 1.5 hours, America's Center, Room 121 Young Scientists at Work: Explore the World of PHIL 12:30 p.m., 1 hour, Millennium Hotel, Jefferson E Make Science a Family Affair: Successful Family Science Nights 2 p.m., 1 hour, America's Center, Room 224

Middle School IPY/NSTA Symposium: Impact of Polar Climate Change on Living Systems (SYM 1) 8 a.m., 4.5 hours, onsite fee required, America's Center, Room 230 Inquiry Activities for Modeling the Universe, An Exploration of Space and Time 8 a.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, St. Louis Virtual Science Labs: Practical Applications of Interactive Learning Tools 8 a.m., 1 hour, Millennium Hotel, Jefferson C Exploring the Infrared Universe 9:30 a.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, St. Louis F 3, 2, 1 ... Blast Off with the New GEMS© Space Science Sequences 11 a.m., 1.5 hours, America's Center, Room 121 Assessing Inquiry 12:30 p.m., 1 hour, America's Center, Room 264 Exploring Magnetism in Space Science 12:30 p.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, St. Louis F IPY/NSTA Symposium: Polar Climates: How are They Changing? (SYM 2) 1 p.m., 4.5 hours, onsite fee required, America's Center, Room 230 Make Science a Family Affair: Successful Family Science Nights 2 p.m., 1 hour, America's Center, Room 224

High School Inquiry Activities for Modeling the Universe: An Exploration of Space and Time 8 a.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, St. Louis A Exploring the Infrared Universe 9:30 a.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, St. Louis F Exploring Magnetism in Space Science 12:30 p.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, St. Louis F Make Science a Family Affair: Successful Family Science Nights 2 p.m., 1 hour, America's Center, Room 224

Undergraduate Dealing with Student Teacher Space Science Alternative Conceptions (SC-3) 8 a.m., 3 hours, onsite fee required, America's Center, Room 232 Exploring the Infrared Universe 9:30 a.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, St. Louis F Exploring Magnetism in Space Science 12:30 p.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, St. Louis F

DAY 2 Friday, March 30, 2007 All or Most Grade Levels IPY/LIFE: Legacy of Science and Science Ed. 8 a.m., 1 hour, America's Center, Room 230 IPY/LIFE: Share-A-Thon: Polar Science, Global Impact 9:30 a.m., 1 hour, America's Center, Room 230 IPY/WATER: Share-A-Thon: Polar Science, Global Impact 9:30 a.m., 1 hour, America's Center, Room 224 NASA Explorer Schools -- Preparing the Next Generation of Explorers 9:30 a.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, Directors Row 42 Bringing the Cosmos Home with Stardust@home 9:30 a.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, St. Louis A NSTA/ISTE: For Teachers, By Teachers - The Cogs Website and NASA's Virtual Lab 12:30 p.m., 1 hour, America's Center, Room 263 NASA Share-A-Thon: Satellite Missions and the GLOBE Program Join Forces 2 p.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, St. Louis E

Pre-School -- Elementary What do Google Earth, Whirlwind, and ArcGIS Have in Common? 8 a.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, Promenade F Astronauts, Planets, and Satellites, Oh MY! NASA Digital Learning Network 9:30 a.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, Promenade D Mission to Mars 9:30 a.m., 1 hour, Millennium Hotel, Jefferson C Comet Tales: The Story of Stardust 12:30 p.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, Directors Row 47 IPY/WATER-AIR CYCLE: Revealing the Inner Secrets of Clouds and Aerosols with the A-Train Polar Express 12:30 p.m., 1 hour, America's Center, Room 224 IPY/Interplanetary Polar Year 2007-2009 12:30 p.m., 1 hour, Millennium Hotel, Jefferson C IPY/LIFE: Climate Change and National Parks 2 p.m., 1 hour, America's Center, Room 230 IPY/LIFE: Species Migration Tracking: Incorporating NASA Satellite Remote Sensing Data 5 p.m., 1 hour, America's Center, Room 230

Middle School IPY/NSTA Symposium: The Fragile Ice (SYM 3) 8 a.m., 4.5 hours, onsite fee required, America's Center, Room 231 Measuring Exploding Stars and Quasars in the Classroom 8 a.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, St. Louis A Recent Results from NASA's Great Observatories: Chandra, Spitzer & Hubble 8 a.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, Promenade D What do Google Earth, Whirlwind, and ArcGIS Have in Common? 8 a.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, Promenade F NASA/NSTA Symposium: Living and Working in Space-Habitat (SYM 4) 8:30 a.m., 8.5 hours, onsite fee required, America's Center, Room 232 IPY/An Amateur's Guide to Earth Observation 9:30 a.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, Promenade F Astronauts, Planets, and Satellites, Oh MY! NASA Digital Learning Network 9:30 a.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, Promenade D Mission to Mars 9:30 a.m., 1 hour, Millennium Hotel, Jefferson C Suzaku-Exploring the Skies with X-ray Eyes 11 a.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, St. Louis A Comet Tales: The Story of Stardust 12:30 p.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, Directors Row 47 IPY/Water-Air Cycle: Revealing the Inner Secrets of Clouds and Aerosols with the A-Train Polar Express 12:30 p.m., 1 hour, America's Center, Room 224 Cosmic Times: Inquiring into the Nature of the Universe 12:30 p.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, St. Louis A Explore the Incredible Two-Inch Universe with NASA 12:30 p.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, St. Louis F IPY/Interplanetary Polar Year 2007-2009 12:30 p.m., 1 hour, Millennium Hotel, Jefferson C IPY/LIFE: Climate Change and National Parks 2 p.m., 1 hour, America's Center, Room 230 Mars Student Imaging Project (MSIP): Conducting Inquiry-Based Authentic Research 3:30 p.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, Directors Row 27 IPY/LIFE: Species Migration Tracking: Incorporating NASA Satellite Remote Sensing Data 5 p.m., 1 hour, America's Center, Room 230 Mathematical Modeling for Science Systems 5 p.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, Promenade B

High School Measuring Exploding Stars and Quasars in the Classroom 8 a.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, St. Louis A Recent Results from NASA's Great Observatories: Chandra, Spitzer & Hubble 8 a.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, Promenade D What do Google Earth, Whirlwind, and ArcGIS Have in Common? 8 a.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, Promenade F IPY/An Amateur's Guide to Earth Observation 9:30 a.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, Promenade F Astronauts, Planets, and Satellites, Oh MY! NASA Digital Learning Network 9:30 a.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, Promenade D Suzaku-Exploring the Skies with X-ray Eyes 11 a.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, St. Louis A Comet Tales: The Story of Stardust 12:30 p.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, Directors Row 47 IPY/WATER-AIR CYCLE: Revealing the Inner Secrets of Clouds and Aerosols with the A-Train Polar Express 12:30 p.m., 1 hour, America's Center, Room 224 Cosmic Times: Inquiring into the Nature of the Universe 12:30 p.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, St. Louis A Explore the Incredible Two-Inch Universe with NASA 12:30 p.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, St. Louis F IPY/LIFE: Climate Change and National Parks 2 p.m., 1 hour, America's Center, Room 230 Catch a Wave 3:30 p.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, Rose Garden Mars Student Imaging Project (MSIP): Conducting Inquiry-Based Authentic Research 3:30 p.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, Directors Row 27 IPY/LIFE: Species Migration Tracking: Incorporating NASA Satellite Remote Sensing Data 5 p.m., 1 hour, America's Center, Room 230 Mathematical Modeling for Science Systems 5 p.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, Promenade B

Undergraduate Measuring Exploding Stars and Quasars in the Classroom 8 a.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, St. Louis A Recent Results from NASA's Great Observatories: Chandra, Spitzer & Hubble 8 a.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, Promenade D IPY/An Amateur's Guide to Earth Observation 9:30 a.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, Promenade F

Informal Education NESTA Share-A-Thon I 9:30 a.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, St. Louis E Bring the Solar System into Your Classroom! 12:30 p.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, Directors Row 27 Explore the Incredible Two-Inch Universe with NASA 12:30 p.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, St. Louis F Inquiry Activities for Learning About Light and the EM Spectrum, and Multiwavelength Astronomy 2 p.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, St. Louis B

DAY 3 Saturday, March 31, 2007 All or Most Grade Levels IPY/ICE: Frozen Science -- Ice Caps, Ice Sheets, and Permafrost Studies During IPY 8 a.m., 1 hour, America's Center, Room 231 Tools and Weblinks for Teaching and Assessing Inquiry in the Classroom 8 a.m., 1 hour, Renaissance Grand Hotel, Landmark 2 Aerospace Educators Luncheon: Astronaut Training through the Eyes of a Teacher 12 p.m., 2 hours, onsite fee required, Adam's Mark, Promenade D Baker Middle School: NASA Explorer Schools at Work 2 p.m., 1 hour, Renaissance Grand Hotel, Pershing/Lindell NASA's Gravity Probe B Mission: Testing Einstein's Universe with the World's Roundest Gyroscopes 2 p.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, St. Louis A NASA: Modeling the "Laws of Motion" from Aristotle to Einstein 3:30 p.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, Rose Garden IPY/ICE: IPY Share-A-Thon/Poster Session Polar Science, Global Impact 5 p.m., 1 hour, America's Center, Room 231

Pre-School -- Elementary IPY/ICE: Frozen Moments in Time -- Join the Global Snowflake Network! 8 a.m., 1 hour, America's Center, Room 231 IPY/ICE: Ice Explorations for IPY 12:30 p.m., 1 hour, America's Center, Room 231

Middle School Exploring the Electromagnetic Spectrum 8 a.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, St. Louis A IPY/ICE: Frozen Moments in Time -- Join the Global Snowflake Network! 9:30 a.m., 1 hour, America's Center, Room 231 Radiation and Human Space Flight for Middle and High School Classrooms 9:30 a.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, Directors Row 27 Immersing Teachers in Extreme Environments 9:30 a.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, Directors Row 47 If Water Once Flowed on Mars, Did it Leave any Clues? 11 a.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, Directors Row 27 Space Probes in the Classroom 11 a.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, Directors Row 47 IPY/ICE: Ice Explorations for IPY 12:30 p.m., 1.5 hours, America's Center, Room 231 Exploring Water Ice on Earth and Mars 2 p.m., 1.5 hours, America's Center, Room 120 Cookie Cutter Astronomy and Robotic Telescopes in the Classroom 3:30 p.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, St. Louis A Hands-On Activities to Engage Students in Earth Science 3:30 p.m., 1 hour, Millennium Hotel, Jefferson C STEREO (IMPACT) Mission Presents the Physics of the Sun 3:30 p.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, Directors Row 41 NASA Missions: Light Carries Information 5 p.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, Promenade B Solving the Mysteries in the Heart of a Supernova Explosion 5 p.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, St. Louis A STEREO-The Sun in 3-D: A New Frontier in Solar Research 5 p.m., 30 min, Adam's Mark Hotel, Directors Row 43

High School Exploring the Electromagnetic Spectrum 8 a.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, St. Louis A IPY/ICE: Frozen Moments in Time -- Join the Global Snowflake Network! 9:30 a.m., 1 hour, America's Center, Room 231 Radiation and Human Space Flight for Middle and High School Classrooms 9:30 a.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, Directors Row 27 Immersing Teachers in Extreme Environments 9:30 a.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, Directors Row 47 If Water Once Flowed on Mars, Did it Leave any Clues? 11 a.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, Directors Row 27 Space Probes in the Classroom 11 a.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, Directors Row 47 IPY/ICE: Ice Explorations for IPY 12:30 p.m., 1 hour, America's Center, Room 231 Exploring Water Ice on Earth and Mars 2:00 p.m., 1.5 hours, America's Center, Room 120 Cookie Cutter Astronomy and Robotic Telescopes in the Classroom 3:30 p.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, St. Louis A STEREO (IMPACT) Mission Presents the Physics of the Sun 3:30 p.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, Directors Row 41 NASA Missions: Light Carries Information 5 p.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, Promenade B Solving the Mysteries in the Heart of a Supernova Explosion 5 p.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, St. Louis A STEREO -- The Sun in 3-D: A New Frontier in Solar Research 5 p.m., 30 min, Adam's Mark Hotel, Directors Row 43 The Observation of the Solar Eclipse: A Learning Adventure of a High School Student 5 p.m., 1 hr, Adam's Mark Hotel, Directors Row 43

Undergraduate Increasing Understanding: Using NASA Data for Authentic Science Inquiry with Pre-Service Education Majors in Your Introductory Survey Science Course 9:30 a.m., 40 min, Renaissance Grand Hotel, Landmark 3 Space Probes in the Classroom 11 a.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, Directors Row 47 Cookie Cutter Astronomy and Robotic Telescopes in the Classroom 3:30 p.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, St. Louis A Solving the Mysteries in the Heart of a Supernova Explosion 5 p.m., 1 hour, Adam's Mark Hotel, St. Louis A

Informal Education Hands-On Activities to Engage Students in Earth Science 3:30 p.m., 1 hour, Millennium Hotel, Jefferson C

DAY 4 Sunday, April 1, 2007 All or Most Grade Levels Enhancing Education with NASA's Educational Products 8 a.m., 1 hour, America's Center, Room 162

Pre-School and Elementary Rock On! Exploring the Rock Cycle on Earth, the Moon and Mars 8 a.m., 1 hour, America's Center, Room 142

Middle School Rock On! Exploring the Rock Cycle on Earth, the Moon and Mars 8 a.m., 1 hour, America's Center, Room 142

Informal Education Enhancing Learning with NASA's Educational Products 8 a.m., 30 min, America's Center, Room 162