February 1

Teaching as a Performing Art

Rod Hart, UMass School of Education

February 12

Wave, Sound and Light:  k12 Labs and Demonstrations

Chris Emery (Amherst Regional HS)  and Steve Murphy (Holyoke Public Schools—retired)

February 15

Displaying Maps and Providing an Integrated Framework Linking Maps, Images, Guide Texts, and Data Through CD Web Publication as Dynamic Digital Maps

Chris Condit, UMass GeoSciences Department

March 1

The PCET Program — Engineering for Elementary School Teachers

Sarina Ergas & Bree Carlson, UMass Civil and Environmental Engineering; Kathy Rubin, UMass Engineering

March 5

Energy and Chemistry

Sharon Palmer (Amherst Regional HS) and STEM ED.

March 19

My DNA:  Bring the Human Genome Home to Everyone!

Freida Reichsman and Molly Hayes-Fitzgerald, UMass Biochemistry

April 2

Estimates and the Environment

Sarina Ergas, UMass Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

April 5

Conducting Environmental Research Using K-12 Student Data:  The Forest Watch Program at UNH

Barrett Rock, UNH Natural Research and Complex  Systems Research Center

April 9

Energy Symposium (9:00 AM — 5:00 PM)

National Speakers/Panelists

April 19

Science Education Online:  Inquiry and Electricity and Magnetism Course — What We Learned

Chris Emery (Amherst Regional HS)  and Mary Mawn, UMass Teacher

Education and Curriculum Studies

May 3

Planet Earth Online:  Earth Science for Teachers Via Distance Learning

Steve Schneider, UMass Astronomy  Department