Join your neighboring science fanatics after Saturday’s sessions and before kickoff! Please note that if your district doesn't have a happy hour scheduled, then please feel free to join our happy hour.

SPEAKERS:
Brian Butler (Bibb County School District: Macon, GA)

Join the NSTA Far Western Regions' Beach Party. Every state in our region has beaches, so let’s relax and enjoy an hour at the beach with friends!

Getting to know you!

• What is your favorite beach experience?
• Where is your favorite beach?
• When was the last time you went to the beach?

Please note that if your district doesn't have a happy hour scheduled, then please feel free to join our happy hour.

SPEAKERS:
Richard Jones (University of Hawaii-West Oahu: Kaploei, HI), Jeanne Chowning (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center: No City, No State)

Come blur state border lines and meet science teachers from District I (CT, MA, RI), District II (ME, NH, VT), and District VI (NC, SC, TN) for a virtual Happy Hour. Exchange your pandemic teaching arrangements and expand your network of engaged science teachers!

Please note that if your district doesn't have a happy hour scheduled, then please feel free to join our happy hour.

SPEAKERS:
Susan Meabh Kelly (University of Connecticut: Storrs Mansfield, CT), Anica Miller-Rushing (University of Maine: Orono, ME), Michelle Ellis (Hunter Huss High School: Gastonia, NC)

Join Shannon, Jacob, and Terry for this fun virtual Happy Hour. Please note that if your district doesn't have a happy hour scheduled, then please feel free to join our happy hour.

SPEAKERS:
Jacob Hayward (Siloam Springs Middle School: Siloam Springs, AR), Shannon Hudson (Crawfordsville Middle School: Crawfordsville, IN), Terry White (Fort Bend ISD: Sugar Land, TX)

We hope you will join us! Please come and celebrate teaching in the Rockies and Southwest. We hope everyone will share ideas and happy stories about teaching science though place-based and/or experiential learning.

Please note that if your district doesn't have a happy hour scheduled, then please feel free to join our happy hour.

SPEAKERS:
Lesley Urasky (Saratoga Middle/High School: Saratoga, WY), Wendi Laurence (Education Specialist: Park City, UT)

On behalf of the NSTA conference committee, it is with great pleasure that we invite you to participate in this exciting District XVIII: Canada event. During this Happy Hour, we will connect with each other about educational topics such as the NSTA opportunities, learning environments, and systemic oppression.
 
Would you like to know what your colleagues are doing? How to engage your learners? What works?
 
Your participation and encouragement will mean a lot to others. We hope you are in good health. 
 
Participants are encouraged to bring the following collection of materials to engage in the session.

• five blank sheets of standard-sized paper (printer paper works fine)
• writing tool (pencil, pen, or…)
• three different natural objects
• three different manmade objects
• red object
• green object
• (or yes and no cards)
• ruler

This Happy Hour is a BYO drinks and snacks event!

Oh, and a smile.

Please note that if your district doesn't have a happy hour scheduled, then please feel free to join our happy hour.

SPEAKERS:
Marilyn Webster (NSTA Director, District XVIII: Greenfield, NS), G. Michael Bowen (Mount Saint Vincent University: Halifax, NS), Gabe Kraljevic (Retired Science Teacher: Winnipeg, MB)