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		<title>News from NSTA Express</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:50:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NSTA Legislative Update: Bipartisan No Child Left Behind Legislation Introduced in House and Senate Education leaders in both the Republican-controlled House of Representatives and the Democratic-led Senate have introduced bipartisan bills that would rewrite the 10-year-old federal education law. And there is not much love for the Obama administration’s long-awaited strategic plan for federal STEM [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Announcing OKSci Leadership</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:42:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Oklahoma State Department of Education is proud to announce the request for applicants to OKMath and OKSci Leadership. Recognizing the value of leadership programs such as Leadership Oklahoma and Ag Leadership Oklahoma, it is the vision of the OSDE to empower teachers to lead the state in math and science education. Moreover, this program will create and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Oklahoma Departments of Biology Add Their Voice for Evolution</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:35:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[from the National Center for Science Education The chorus of support for the teaching of evolution continues, with statements from two biology departments at universities in Oklahoma. The Department of Biology at the University of Central Oklahoma’s statement in part reads (PDF), “Evolution is defined simply as the change in allele frequencies (genetic makeup) in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NCSE Weekly Update</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jun 2013 02:18:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the National Center for Science Education weekly update, June 14, 2013 KANSAS ADOPTS NGSS The Kansas state board of education voted 8-2 to accept the Next Generation Science Standards on June 11, 2013, despite protests over their treatment of evolution and climate change as central scientific topics. According to the Lawrence Journal-World (June 11, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NSTA Summer Resources</title>
		<link>http://www.oklahomascienceteachersassociation.org/?p=5082</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 21:09:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Free Videos Bring Real-World STEM to the Classroom A new free online resource called Spark 101 features interactive videos made by industry professionals on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) topics. Teachers can use these brief (about 10 minutes long) videos to engage students in solving real-world problems during one or two class periods. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BioBlitz! 2013</title>
		<link>http://www.oklahomascienceteachersassociation.org/?p=5077</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 21:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BioBlitz! Oklahoma 2013  October 11th- 13th Camp Simpson, Johnston County IMPORTANT Information &#8211; Please read carefully the following information before registering: Cost is $8 for students, $15 for non-students. Registration includes: 2 nights tent camping in designated area at Camp Simpson Event t-shirt Friday night meal Saturday morning early, light breakfast Full schedule of activities during [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 14:37:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160;  Power of Teaching Symposium Presented by The Oklahoma Writing Project June 21, 2013 Moore Norman Technology Center 4701 12th Avenue NW Norman, Oklahoma 73069 8:30-Noon &#160; 8:30-9:00 Registration/Refreshments 9:00-9:15 Welcome 9:15-10:15 Panel Discussion featuring: Benjamin L. Bates&#8211;Professor, Langston University, National Writing Project Board of Directors Jane Bowen&#8211;Superintendent Moore Norman Technology Center Josh Flores Director of Language [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Evolution and climate education update: May 31, 2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2013 18:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the National Center for Science Education BACK TO 1981 IN LOUISIANA At its May 29, 2013, meeting, the Louisiana House Committee on Education declined to endorse the attempt to repeal Louisiana’s Balanced Treatment for Creation-Science and Evolution-Science Act.  Enacted in 1981, the Balanced Treatment act was declared to be unconstitutional by the United States [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bat Blitz to be held in Oklahoma</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 22:11:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A special biodiversity event this summer! The US Fish and Wildlife Service, Ozark Plateau National Wildlife Refuge, and the Southeastern Bat Diversity Network are proud to announce the 2013 Bat Blitz to be hosted in Tahlequah, OK.  This is a great opportunity for those interested in bat netting techniques, acoustics, identification, and networking within the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Workshop for Teachers: Science of Climate Change and Variability</title>
		<link>http://www.oklahomascienceteachersassociation.org/?p=5063</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 21:41:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Register now, only a few openings remain! &#160; Weekend workshop (Sept. 20-22, 2013) at the University of Oklahoma Biological Station on Lake Texoma Topics include current climate science, inquiry-based learning, state curriculum and classroom issues &#160; Taught by experts on climate science and science education Open to science teachers, and science education students in Oklahoma [...]]]></description>
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