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Featured Speakers & Events

Keynote Speaker

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Special Pre-Conference Evening Session with Theoretical Physicist, Sean M. Carroll

Sean M. Carroll Research Professor of Physics, California Institute of Technology The Many Worlds of Quantum Mechanics Wednesday, April 10 6:00–8:00 PM        Ferrara Theatre, America's Center NSTA wishes to thank Penguin Random House for sponsoring this speaker.

 

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Featured Speakers, Presentations & Events - Thursday, April 11

 

Joseph Davis Superintendent, Ferguson-Florissant School District, Hazelwood, MO	Tiffany Besse Chief Academic Officer, Ferguson-Florissant School District, Hazelwood MO

Strand Featured Presentation: Equity: The Power of Understanding the Impacts of Equity and Science Instruction
3:30–4:30 PM
Room 274, America's Center

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HHMI Tangled Bank Studios INVENTING TOMORROW Thursday, April 11 6:00–8:30 PM Ferrara Theatre, America's Center The event is free but tickets are required.  Click here to reserve your seat. NSTA wishes to thank HHMI Tangled Bank Studios for sponsoring this event.

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Featured Speakers, Presentations & Events - Friday, April 12
 

Cary Sneider Visiting Scholar, Portland State University Robert H. Carleton Lecture: Connecting the Dots: The Critical Role of Crosscutting Concepts Friday, April 12 9:30–10:30 AM        Room 274, America's Center

 

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Paul Andersen Educational Consultant and YouTube Creator, Bozeman, MT Featured Presentation: Unlocking the Power of the NGSS Friday, April 12 11:00 AM–12 Noon       Room 274, America's Center

 

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Theresa Damiani Chief of the Spatial Reference System Division at NOAA's National Geodetic Survey (NGS), Silver Spring, MD AGU-NESTA Sponsored Lecture: Finding Our Way: The Science Behind Today's GPS Revolution Friday, April 12 2:00–3:00 PM      Ferrara Theatre, America's Center NSTA wishes to thank American Geophysical Union and The National Earth Science Teachers Association for sponsoring this speaker.

 

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Leslie Cook Senior Director, Teacher Learning Center, Teton Science Schools, Jackson, WY	Kevin Krasnow Graduate Faculty and Research Specialist, Teton Science Schools, Jackson, WY	Joe Petrick Vice President of Field Education, Teton Science Schools, Jackson, WY

Featured Presentation: Place-Based Phenomena for Extraordinary Learning
Friday, April 12
3:30–4:30 PM     
Room 274, America's Center

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Featured Speakers, Presentations & Events - Saturday, April 13
 

Nalini Nadkarni Professor of Biology, The University of Utah The Fred Kavli Keynote: Tapestry Thinking: Weaving Diverse Threads of Science and Society Saturday, April 13 8:00–9:00 AM      Room 276, America's Center NSTA wishes to thank The Kavli Foundation for sponsoring this speaker

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Michael Weiss Nature Photographer and Photojournalist, Silver Spring, MD Featured Presentation: Exploring Nature's Beauty and Teachings Saturday, April 13 11:00 AM–12 Noon       Room 274, America's Center

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Linda Froschauer 2006-2007 NSTA President, and 2009-2018 Field Editor, Science and Children, Pasadena, CA Mary C. McCurdy Lecture: Facing Challenges, Making Changes, Changing Lives Saturday, April 13 12:30–1:30 PM      Room 276, America's Center

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Peter H. Raven President Emeritus, Missouri Botanical Garden and George Englemann Professor Emeritus of Botany at Washington University in St. Louis Paul F-Brandwein Lecture: Saving Life, Saving Ourselves Saturday, April 13 12:30–1:30 PM      Ferrara Theatre, America's Center NSTA wishes to thank Brandwein Institute for sponsoring this speaker.

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Kiana Frank Assistant Professor, Pacific Bioscience Research Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa Featured Presentation: Hulahula and Learn Something...Expressing Science Through Culture and Dance Saturday, April 13 2:00–3:00 PM      Room 274, America's Center

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Mary Whitehouse Chair of the Association for Science Education and Honorary Fellow at the University of York Science Education Group, UK NSTA/ASE Honors Exchange Lecture: The Role of Assessment in Developing a New Science Curriculum Saturday, April 13 2:00–3:00 PM      Grand Ballroom A, Hyatt Regency Hotel NSTA wishes to thank The Association for Science Education (ASE) for sponsoring this speaker.