Interested in new ways to teach science through the use of plants in the classroom?
Would you like to earn 15 Continuing Professional Education credits while doing so?

The Botany 2005 Educational Forum, August 13 & 14 is the place to be!


Be one of the first 25 teachers to register for the conference and enroll in the Tree of Life Workshop and have your full registation fee refunded

Get inspired by our Keynote speaker:

• Barbara Schulz, Teacher Leader, The National Academies Teacher Advisory Council
  Title: "Is it cool to know and do science? Can we create a Scientific Temper? Linking Scientists, College Faculty, K-12 Teachers and their Students in Collaborative Research.
  
  

Saturday Sessions include:

• outlining the BSA Sci-π project (Session 1, Session 2, Session 3) and how you can become involved in an online science mentoring program supporting “Scientific Inquiry through Plants”
• discussing innovative ideas for using plants modeled in the Boston School districts
• explaining how you can become involved in a Texas restoration project
• using the Origin of Species to teach evolution
• sharing experiences of working with K-12 School Districts to put plants in the science curriculum
• engaging in opportunites for Outdoor Teaching and Learning in Texas for the K-12 classroom
• developing School-University parterships
• learning about Digital Imaging in the teaching laboratory
• learning about educational opportunities at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center and their native plant-based curriculum.
  
  

Sunday hands-on workshops include:

• Keep Your Biology Class Alive with Fast Plants
• Activities & Ambassadors: Using Living Collections to Teach Schoolchildren through Field Trips
• Teaching Through Inquiry
• Implementing a Cooperative Group Learning Environment in Hands-On Biology Labs for Non-majors: Lessons from the Trenches
• BSA Sci-π: Seeds of Change in the Classroom
• C-Ferns in the Classroom
• Building the Tree of Life - Be one of the first 25 teachers to register, attend this workshop and have your registration fee refunded! Sponsored by three National Science Foundation supported projects: Deep Gene, The Green Tree of Life, CIPRES
  

Join us, network and become involved with science at the National Level!

Share this information with a colleague - Printable Flyer (142kb pdf)