Wow. The start of a new year and the start of a new term for the OSTA Board began today with the first meeting of the NEW OSTA Board. This is an outstanding group of teacher-leaders. The group represents all … Continue reading
SDE will host the State Superintendent’s Regional Curriculum Conferences: Tuesday, June 14, 2011: McAlester (SE) and Lawton (SW) Wednesday, June 15, 2011: Tulsa and Oklahoma City (OKC) Thursday, June 16, 2011: Miami (NE) and Woodward (NW) This year, we have … Continue reading
On Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at 6:30 pm NSTA will host a web seminar that will review the newly released National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2009 Science report. OSTA members (as well as all NSTA Affiliate members) are invited … Continue reading
State Senator Josh Brecheen, who represents Atoka, Bryan, Coal, Johnston, and Marshall counties, recently published two articles in the local newspapers in his district where he outlines his newly introduced legislation to ”….requiring every publically funded Oklahoma school to teach … Continue reading
If you’re interested in learning more about cutting-edge research in molecular evolution, or helping your students understand how molecular approaches are revolutionizing our understanding of familiar examples of evolution, check out the talks from the NESCent/AIBS Evolution Symposium held at … Continue reading
(from the American Institute of Biological Science (AIBS) Public Policy Report, December 20, 2010): The Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education recently approved new high school biology textbooks that include the topic of evolution, despite the objections of some creationists. … Continue reading
SciencEscape – Spring Break 2011- Teachers with Students Take your students on the field-trip of a lifetime this Spring Break at no cost and no missed class time! SciencEscape brings the Sam Noble Museum and the Whitten-Newman ExplorOlogy(r) Program to … Continue reading
It’s a veritable Blizzard of Science here at OSTA. LOTS of stuff going on with the newly elected Board coming on January 1st, the flurry of activity just past with the OSTA Fall Conference, etc., etc. We’ll try to keep … Continue reading
Mark your calendar for the 2011 Environmental Education EXPO on Friday, February 11, 2011. Speakers, vendors and “dynamic panels” (invited experts and YOU) will gather at the Rosser Conservation Education Center at the Oklahoma City Zoo from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 … Continue reading
The College Board is pleased to partner with the Oklahoma State Department of Education to provide free professional development experiences for all Oklahoma public school teachers, particularly AP(R) and Pre-AP(R) teachers in both middle and high school. The broad selection of workshops covers all … Continue reading
