This Extravaganza is not to be
missed! Join elementary groups of professionals for an exceptional opportunity. Gather
resources for use in your classroom immediately. Engaging hands-on
activities, strategies to excite and encourage your students, a preview of the best
trade books available, information about award opportunities, contacts
with elementary science organizations, sharing with colleagues, and much more will be
available to participants.
Walk away with a head full of ideas and arms filled with materials.
Organizations participating in the Elementary Extravaganza include:
- NSTA Committee on Preschool– Elementary Science Teaching
- Science & Children authors and reviewers
- Society of Elementary Presidential Awardees
NSTA is grateful to Linda Froschauer, 2006–2007 NSTA President, for
organizing this event.
SPEAKERS:
Elaine Sevin (Isidore Newman School: New Orleans, LA), Brittnie Hecht (Park City Library: Park City, UT), Scott Bartholomew (Brigham Young University: Provo, UT), Katie Morrison (University Child Development School: Seattle, WA), Stephanie Wendt (Tennessee Tech: Cookeville, TN), Jennifer Williams (Isidore Newman School: New Orleans, LA), Rebecca Kurson (Collegiate School: New York, NY), Christine Anne Royce (Shippensburg University: Shippensburg, PA), Katrina Kmak (Park City Library: Park City, UT), Carla Neely (Warrensville Heights Middle School: Cleveland, OH), Stephanie Long (Turnbow Elementary School: Springdale, AR), Jesse Wilcox (University of Northern Iowa: Cedar Falls, IA), Alissa Lange (East Tennessee State University: Johnson City, TN), Christine Moskalik (NSTA: No City, No State), Tiffany Pace (Cross Lanes Elementary School: Charleston, WV), Perihan Fidan (Tennessee Tech: Cookeville, TN), Julia Crane (Springdale Public Schools: Springdale, AR), Cathy Barthelemy (STEMexperts: Keller, TX), Katie Stevenson (South Redford School District: Redford, MI), Michael Novak (Northwestern University: Evanston, IL), Patrick Brown (Fort Zumwalt School District R-II: O'Fallon, MO), Marlee Tierce (Retired Educator: Vonore, TN), Gretchen Brinza (Louisville Middle School: Louisville, CO), Amy McGreal (James Ward Elementary School: Chicago, IL), Wendi Laurence (Education Specialist: Park City, UT), Lisa Felske Deslaurier (EduSmart, Inc.: Austin, TX), Dennis Schatz (Institute for Learning Innovation: Beaverton, OR), Julie Travaglini (Allegheny Land Trust: Sewickley, PA), Karen Matsler (University of Texas Arlington: No City, No State), Megan McCall (Barton Academy for Advanced World Studies: No City, No State), Elizabeth Barrett-Zahn (National Science Teaching Association)