NISMEC at HASTI 08

The annual Hoosier Association of Science Teachers of Indiana

February 6-8, 2008 in the Indianapolis Convention Center

The NISMEC booth

displayed information about our science education outreach programs from Notre Dame and from Saint Mary’s College

The “NISMEC” Talks included:

            Some of their handouts (those with a *) can be downloaded from the NISMEC site

8:30 Thurs      A Successful Model for Transformation to a Guided Inquiry Curriculum:

                        Joseph J. Bellina, and Karen M. Morris 

8:30 Thurs      Integrating Middle-School Math and Science using Guided Inquiry – II – science using math: Kent Mikel, Gordon Berry and Amanda Serenevy

9:30 Thurs      Professional Development “Outside the Box”: The Teacher Science Institute: Joseph J. Bellina, and Karen M. Morris

9:30 Thurs      I-STEM Resource Network Report - a panel discussion: William Walker, Jennifer Hicks, John Staver, Brandon Sorge and Gordon Berry

12:30 Thurs    Helping your students walk the walk and talk the talk of science: Karen M. Morris and Joseph J. Bellina

1:30 Thurs      RTOP I Reform Teacher Observation Protocol, What it is, What you can do with it: Joseph J. Bellina

8:30 Fri           Guided Inquiry Should be the Rule in Indiana: How can we make that happen? Using Curriculum to Guide the Way: Joseph J. Bellina

8:30 Fri           Teacher Research Outside of the Classroom - How Does It Impact the Experience in the Classroom: Beth Marchant

9:30 Fri           Scientists Notebooks: Drawing What You See: Joseph J. Bellina and Ryan Sergeant

12:30 Fri         Formative assessment in the classroom: What Are Our Students Really Thinking and How Can a Teacher Tell? Karen M. Morris and Joseph J. Bellina

1:30 Fri           Integrating Middle-School Math and Science using Guided Inquiry – I – math using science: Amanda Serenevy, Gordon Berry, and Kent Mikel

2:30 Fri           Getting the Most Out of Mangoes: Mary Hynes-Berry and Gordon Berry