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E-mail Your Members of Congress this Week During National Math-Science Online Lobby Week Let your voice be heard! Take part in this week’s National Math-Science Online Lobby Week. NSTA and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics have joined forces to bring our messages to Washington, D.C. Science and math educators will be working together in this nationwide campaign to increase federal funding for K-12 science and math education programs. Why is this important now? Members of Congress are now working to fund the FY 2005 federal education programs. Before they make tough funding decisions in the next few weeks they listen carefully to their constituents about the issues important to them. We need more dedicated funding for science and math education, so we are asking all stakeholders in science and math education to please take a minute and send a brief e-mail with one simple request: increase funds for the Math and Science Partnership program at the Department of Education. Here are some
talking points for you to use with your e-mails to your Representative
and Senators: http://science.nsta.org/nstaexpress/nstaexpress_2004_06_14_extra.htm
For more information, go to http://www.nsta.org/legaffairs NSTA and Toshiba Honor 2004 ExploraVision Winners On Friday, June 11, scores attended a festive banquet and awards ceremony filled with pageantry, key dignitaries, speakers, entertainment, and more to honor the national student teams, parents, and science advisors who took top honors in the 2004 Toshiba/NSTA ExploraVision awards program. Eight teams of students who combined creativity with science to envision future technologies were formally recognized during the Washington, D.C. ceremony, which included Hideo Ito, chairman and CEO of Toshiba America, and television’s Bill Nye the Science Guy. Five of this year’s winning teams envisioned advancements in medical technologies. Three teams proposed technologies to make the world safer and more environmentally friendly. In addition to the all-expenses paid trip to the nation’s capital, each student on the four first-place teams will receive a $10,000 U.S. Savings Bond, and students on the second-place teams will each receive a $5,000 savings bond. The Toshiba/NSTA
ExploraVision Awards is funded by the Toshiba Corporation, the Toshiba
American Group Companies, and the Toshiba America Foundation, and
administered by NSTA. For a look at some of the highlights from
the June 11 event, go to http://science.nsta.org/nstaexpress/nstaexpress_2004_06_14_extra2.htm
or visit
http://www.nsta.org/main/news/stories/nsta_story.php?news_story_ID=49421
For more information on next year’s competition, go to http://www.exploravision.org. Work Side By Side With Scientists On Research Expeditions Around the World.
For more NSTA benefits, visit http://www.nsta.org/benefits. Don’t miss out. Join today: http://www.nsta.org/join! Just another way NSTA is
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Short Courses Headline Professional Development Options at NSTA Indianapolis Convention, Nov. 4-6 The menu of Short Courses—NSTA’s highly popular, in-depth sessions on particular subjects—for the Nov. 4-6 Indianapolis convention is undergoing finishing touches and final confirmations, but the tentative titles are truly tantalizing. All Short Courses are formatted for a minimum of three hours, with some requiring up to a full-day commitment to cover the subject. Complete details on these popular sessions—and the additional fees for them—will be posted on the NSTA Indianapolis Convention Web page at http://www.nsta.org/conventiondetail&Meeting_Code=2004IND by early July. Some of the rich topics you’ll find include:
If you’re thinking about
attending a fall NSTA convention in Seattle, Nov. 18-20, or Richmond,
Dec. 2-4, you can scroll the agenda, fill out a personal scheduler
to help you request funding support, and register online when you
go to http://www.nsta.org/conventions.
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read and a worthwhile update on the latest news and information
from the National Science Teachers Association. Our goal is to save
you time by delivering information each week in short "news
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NSTA
and the Earthwatch Institute are pleased to offer NSTA members this
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NSTA members receive the Earthwatch member rate—a $100 savings—on
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Two
NSTA books were awarded the coveted Distinguished Achievement Award
for Excellence in Educational Publishing by the Association for
Educational Publishers (AEP) at ceremonies last week in Washington,
D.C. Inquiring Safely: A Guide for Middle School Teachers by
Terry Kwan and Juliana Texley was the winner in the “Reference Books/Adults/Whole
Publication” category; and Evolution in Perspective: The Science
Teacher’s Compendium, edited by Rodger Bybee won in the “Books/Cover
Design” category. According to AEP, winners were selected from
more than 1,400 entries “after thorough analysis by a national panel
of experts,” and the winning titles are entitled to display the
coveted Lamp of Learning logo. NSTA “joins an elite cadre of companies
in the supplemental publishing field who have been honored for excellence
in their products.” To browse Inquiring Safely, go to