National+Science+Teachers+Convention+2009

Fort Lauderdale. 11/12/09 – 11/13/09
 * 1) BSCS Workshop: Biology: A Human Approach. Good presentation, with interesting live termite lab. (Yes, in Florida!)
 * 2) Evidence for the Ice Age: Anm Inquiry Approach. Another text book. Interesting. At end of session it turned out to be an integrated Bio/Physics/ Chem 3 year program.
 * 3) Chasing Science at Sea: A NOAA presentation. Excellent. Did you know that a loggerhead sponge filters the amount of water in an Olympic pool every day?
 * 4) Ron Thompson: Biology as Scientific Inquiry. Excellent. I ordered his set of text books.
 * 5) Rain Forests of the Oceans: Coral Reefs. Good program but poor speaker.
 * 6) Cell Respiration: Pasco. Excellent workshop. We need this equipment.
 * 7) Citrus Waste à Ethanol? Very interesting program, but speaker went too fast.
 * 8) The Portable Planetarium. Inflatable + computer generated constellations. Fascinating. $45K

The NSTA conference as a whole was excellent. The shuttle buses between the hotels and convention center were free and available every 15 minutes. I bought several books in the NSTA book section, and the vendors’ exhibits were well worth the visit, too. I am grateful that the school provided me with the opportunity to attend.

Posted by J. King for B. Lester.