Friday, March 7, 2014

NSTA 2014 Boston Conference



 

Harvard Forest Schoolyard Ecology will be in the house!

Creating Student Video for Climate Education

Friday, April 4 9:30–10:30 AM

Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, 251

Students use the NGSS and combine climate science, systems thinking, and science communications skills through media production. Using the Climate Education in an Age of Media (CAM) project at the University of Massachusetts Lowell and Harvard Forest LTER Schoolyard Program, Buds, Leaves & Global Warming, students learn to collect data on important long-term ecological issues and processes. They report what they have learned through media.

Presenter(s): Donna Cochrane (North Attleboro High School: North Attleboro, MA) 
GRADE LEVEL: High School




Being Scientists: Involving Fifth-Graders in Real Science


Saturday, April 5 2:00–3:00 PM

The Westin Boston Waterfront, Alcott

Elementary teacher Kate Bennett has been involving her grades 5–6 students in authentic field research for the past seven years in collaboration with Harvard Forest, an ecological research center affiliated with Harvard University. Join us as we share very accessible resources and stories about making science come to life in the classroom.

Presenter(s): Pamela Snow (Harvard Forest: Petersham, MA); Kate Bennett (John R. Briggs Elementary School: Ashburnham, MA)      

GRADE LEVEL: Elementary-High School

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