Reflections from the 2019 NSTA Conference in St. Louis
While still in St. Louis, we reflect on the NSTA 2019 National Conference on Science Education. Listen to the show to hear about conference highlights such as astronaut Scott Kelly’s keynote, coming changes to NSTA’s name and a handful of memorable speakers, sessions and exhibitors from NSTA’s largest professional development gathering for science teaching. And make sure to check out the show notes for links, Tweets and pictures!
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Conference Links
- NSTA Members to Vote Soon on Association Name Change
- Teaching Weather and Climate with Digital Media, Grades 6–12 (PBS LearningMedia/WGBH)
- PBS Learning Media
- AGU-NESTA Sponsored Lecture: Finding Our Way: The Science Behind Today’s GPS Revolution
- Patterns: Investigating Weather and Climate (Graphing Tool)
- James Balog’s The Human Element
- Scott Hamilton Kennedy’s Food Evolution (narrated by Neil deGrasse Tyson)
- Fred Kavli Keynote by Nalini Nadkarni, Tapestry Thinking: Weaving Diverse Threads of Science and Society and Treetop Barbie
- Bring NASA’s Seismic Data from Mars to Your Classroom!
- Affirming and Representing LGBTQIA+ Students in Science Curricula
- Bringing Student Creativity to Life in the Elementary Science Classroom
- Featured Presentation: Place-Based Phenomena for Extraordinary Learning
- Creating or Updating Makerspaces and STEM Labs with Safety in Mind!
- Invisible Technology: Integrating Digital Tools into Preschool Science
- Using Children’s Literature in Teaching Science
- Lab Out Loud’s presentation on using audio in the classroom
Lab Out Loud Guests and fans:
- Leah Gibson, episode 194: https://twitter.com/bbartel/status/1116780925398986754
- Kevin Krasnow, episode 184: https://twitter.com/bbartel/status/1116819873059999745
- Clifton Roozeboom, episode 179: https://twitter.com/bbartel/status/1116780133757718528
- Emily Cayton, episode 188
- Selfie with podcast fan: https://twitter.com/racheljcox87/status/1117137375510106113
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