Check out the side column of the webpage and you’ll notice a couple of changes in the features offered by OSTA. First and foremost, OSTA now offers an on-line membership option. Through a secure website you can now initiate or … Continue reading
With the UV Index on the rise, it’s time to remind your students to Slip! Slop! Slap! and Wrap! In our effort to raise awareness about a health issue that is largely preventable and too often ignored – skin cancer, … Continue reading
The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) today released the first official public draft of the K-12 standards as part of the Common Core State Standards Initiative, a … Continue reading
The Oklahoma Center for High Energy Physics, a consortium made up of OU, OSU, and LU, will present the workshop: “Making Particle Physics Relevant and Accessible”, June 7-11, 2010. The workshop is sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the Department of … Continue reading
Looking to spice up your math or science class? Want to learn new skills? Apply to the OSU Summer Engineering Research Experience for Teachers. For six weeks in the summer, teachers selected as Engineering RET Scholars will participate in this … Continue reading
Just in time for Spring Break and springing forward for Daylight Savings Time- the March JanaGram from OSDE Science Director Jana Rowland.
June 9 – June 25 Monday – Friday from 9:00—4:00 Visit 10 of the most popular educational institutions in and around Tulsa! All lessons and activities are PASS aligned Receive 3 Graduate Credits from University of Tulsa Stipend upon completion of workshop for accepted … Continue reading
Spring is always a busy season for organizations like OSTA. You’d think it would be Fall, when the conferences and in-services are typically held, but nope, late-winter to early spring is when the decisions are made that will affect how … Continue reading
NBC Learn, the educational arm of NBC News, has teamed up with the National Science Foundation (NSF) to produce http://www.nbclearn.com/Olympics, Science of the Olympic Winter Games, a 16-part video series that explores the science behind individual Olympic events, including Downhill and Aerial Skiing, … Continue reading
Evolution Denial and Climate Change Denial Linked?
EVOLUTION AND GLOBAL WARMING REDUX (from NCSE’s Evolution Education Update) “Critics of the teaching of evolution in the nation’s classrooms are gaining ground in some states by linking the issue to global warming, arguing that dissenting views on both scientific subjects should … Continue reading →