Join National Lab Day!

Looking for help with your science fair, or with a lesson, or maybe someone to host a field trip, advise an after-school program, help with a hands-on activity, or supply some cool lab equipment? Wouldn’t it be great to have a scientist or engineer come speak to your kids about their work?

You can make it happen through National Lab Day (NLD). At www.nationallabday.org you simply sign up then submit your idea for a project (or what you need in your classroom) and the website matches your request with a local volunteer (a university  STEM student, local scientists, engineers, STEM professionals and other members of the community) who has also joined the NLD hub.

President Obama announced the initiative just before Thanksgiving, and science teachers across the United States have enthusiastically responded!

The MS Science training schedule has now been added to the PD calendar.  Come check it out!

Register now for the National Science Teachers Association Conference on Science Education to be held in Philadelphia, March 17-21, 2009.  See www.nsta.org/conferences for details.  Email Janey Kaufmann with questions.  Early bird registration is mid-January.