The Oklahoma State Department of Education has named Jody Bowie as state Science Director, replacing Jana Rowland, who left OSDE to join the staff at Western Technology Center. Jody recently received his M.A. in Curriculum and Instruction from Southern Nazarene … Continue reading
(from NCSE’s Evolution Education Update”) “The U.S. political debate over climate change is seeping into K-12 science classrooms, and teachers are feeling the heat,” according to a report in Science (August 5, 2011). Science educators are increasingly reporting attacks on … Continue reading
The OSTA Fall Conference, the largest and best science professional development opportunity in the state will take place Saturday, October 1st at the University of Central Oklahoma. ” The Branches of STEM are rooted in Science” 1. – get out … Continue reading
(From NCSE Evolution Education Update) A Framework for K-12 Science Education—a new publication from the National Research Council offering “a framework that articulates a broad set of expectations for students in science”—emphasizes evolution as one of the “disciplinary core ideas” … Continue reading
Hello BioBlitzers and Friends of the Oklahoma Biological Survey… Now is the time to register for BioBlitz! 2011 at the Chickasaw National Recreation Area on Octobter 14-15. www.biosurvey.ou.edu/bioblitz/BioBlitz.html ALL REGISTRATIONS MUST BE COMPLETED BEFORE OCTOBER 13th. There will be NO … Continue reading
Youth Incentive Award The Coleopterists Society, an international organization of professionals and hobbyists interested in the study of beetles, has established a program to recognize young people studying beetles. The Society has pledged to provide up to $300 each year … Continue reading
The Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department, with the assistance of the Oklahoma State Department of Education, has produced forty four video clips of students as they participated in field trips to the Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge, the Deep Fork National Wildlife … Continue reading
The OSTA Fall Conference, the largest and best science professional development opportunity in the state will take place Saturday, October 1st at the University of Central Oklahoma. 1. – get out your calendar and mark the date. 2. – submit your proposal to … Continue reading
Sharon Phillips, Vanoss High School Biology teacher and science supervisor, is the recipient of the 2011 Outstanding Biology Teacher Award (OBTA) for Oklahoma. The OBTA is given each year by the National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT) to a life … Continue reading
Oklahomans for Excellence in Science Education (OESE), the National Science Foundation (NSF-0845314), and the University of Oklahoma Biological Station (OUBS) present a professional development workshop on Teaching Evolution in the 21st Century for Oklahoma high school science teachers and undergraduate … Continue reading
