2nd Life Discovery - Doing Science Education conference October 3-4, 2014 San José State University Realizing Vision and Change, Preparing for Next Generation Biology
www.esa.org.ldc Its Back To School and what better way to inspire your academic year than to network with your colleagues passionate about the education of our next generation! Join the Life Discovery Partner Societies for a stimulating two days towards Realizing Vision and Change, Preparing for Next Generation Biology. More than 60 workshops and presentations offer a wide range of innovative ideas and engaging techniques for your students from high school through college. There will also be opportunities for organized networking around your interests. We are also excited about our Keynote Panel who will help us reflect on the changes underway in the Next Generation Science Standards for K12 and Vision and Change for Undergraduate Biology Education on Friday morning, followed by a facilitated discussion on Saturday morning. Dr. Janet Carlson, Executive Director of the Center to Support Excellence in Teaching (CSET) in the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University Dr. Susan Rundell Singer, Division Director of the Division of Undergraduate Education at the National Science Foundation and Laurence McKinley Gould Professor at Carleton College Dr. Rodolfo Dirzo (Moderator), Professor of Biology and Director of Stanford Universitys Center for Latin American Studies. You will also be treated to a viewing of HHMIs latest Biointeractive documentary over a sponsored lunch! Next Generation Biology is here! We have a special preconference workshop on Thursday October 2 from 1 pm 5 pm on Teaching about Topics in Bioinformatics Space is limited. Sign up today. http://www.esa.org/ldc/2014-ldc-conference/information/ If you have already registered for the conference and would like to add the workshop, simply send a message to l...@esa.org. Hope to see you at San José State University October 2-4, 2014. Wishing all a fantastic start to the new academic year! On behalf of the Life Discovery Partner Societies Ecological Society of America Botanical Society of America Society for the Study of Evolution Society for Economic Botany Teresa Mourad Director, Education and Diversity Programs Ecological Society of America
