NESTA provides Earth Science strands and sessions at national and regional conferences of the National Science Teachers Association.

NESTA is pleased to announce our sessions at the NSTA National Conference on Science Education in Boston, March 27-30, 2008. If you are interested in presenting at any of our Share-a-Thons during the conference, please contact Michelle Harris, NESTA National Share-a-Thon Coordinator, at Michelle_Harris@apsva.us

Wednesday, March 26

• NESTA Field Trip - Join us on our field trip to geoscience wonders in the vicinity of Boston! You can sign up to participate in the Field Trip online - register today (first-come, first served!).

Thursday, March 27

• 8:00 am - 12 pm NESTA Executive Committee meeting (by invitation only)
• 1:00 - 5:00 pm NESTA Board of Directors meeting, Adams Room

Friday, March 28
All events except the NESTA Net VIP Breakfast and the NESTA Friends of Earth Science Reception will be held in The Westin Boston Waterfront, Grand Ballroom B

• 7:00 - 8:30 am NESTA Net VIP Breakfast - by invitation only. The NESTA Net VIP Breakfast honors individuals who have gone the extra mile to help NESTA accomplish it's mission through service to the organization.
• 9:30 - 10:30 am NESTA Geology Share-a-Thon
• 11:00 am - 12:00 pm NESTA Oceans and Atmospheres Share-a-Thon
• 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm NESTA Space Science Share-a-Thon
• 6:30 - 8:00 pm NESTA Friends of Earth Science Reception, Grand Ballroom D, Westin Boston Waterfront.

Saturday, March 29
NESTA Earth and Space Science Resource Day - The International Polar Year and Climate*

All events except the NESTA Resource Day Breakfast will be held in The Westin Boston Waterfront, Grand Ballroom B

• 7:00 - 8:30 am NESTA Resource Day Breakfast - Louise Huffman, University of Nebraska Lincoln, and Julia Dooley, Christina School District, "Searching for the Climate 'Rosetta Stone' in Antarctica: ARISE Teachers' Experience on Ice" (ANDRILL Research Immersion for Science Educators). Buy tickets for this breakfast online. Adams Room, Westin Waterfront Boston.
• 9:30 - 10:30 am NESTA International Polar Year/Climate Share-a-Thon
• 11:00 am - 12:00 pm NESTA Advances in Earth and Space Science Scientist Lecture 1 - Dr. Mark Chandler, Columbia University, "EdGCM: Global Climate Modeling Research for Science Classrooms"
• 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm NESTA Advances in Earth and Space Science Scientist Lecture 2 - Professor David Marchant, Boston University, "Landscapes within Antarctica's Polar Deserts: Clues to Changing Climates on Earth and Mars"
• 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm NESTA Advances in Earth and Space Science Scientist Lecture 3 - Professor Harlan Spence, Boston University, "Fire and Ice: Unraveling Historic Solar Eruptive Events with Arctic Ice Cores"
• 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm NESTA Rock and Mineral Raffle
• 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm NESTA Membership Meeting - open to all members!

  * Sponsored by NASA

  
  

Thanks to everyone who helped out at NESTA events this fall at the NSTA Regional Conferences in Detroit, Denver, and Birmingham - see the list below! Our events at NSTA Regionals are over for the year, and we will get information online about our events at next fall's Regional Conferences soon!

In Detroit, Laura Amatulli, Annette Barzal, Lin Chambers, Dave Chapman, Cris DeWolf, Therese-Anne Eldredge, Susan Grammer, Brian Hansas, Becca Hatheway, Mikell Lynne Hedley, Kevin Czajkowski, Sandra Henderson, Ardis Herrold, Kathryn Hertzner, Heather Kortlandt, Christine Limunovic, David Mastie, Erin Olson, Michele Svoboda, Teresa Tucker, Pamela Whiffen, and Kellylyn Wood.

In Denver, Wendy Dew, Alan Gould, Becca Hatheway, Jennifer and Jeff Jay, Debbie Krumm, Seth McGinnis, Shelley Olds, Randy Russell, Rhonda Spidell, Sharon Stroud, Michael Uram, Pamela Whiffen, Sarah Wise, and Erin Wood.

In Birmingham, William Hurd Finnegan, Tom Ervin, Madge Nanney, Carole Mashburn, Laura Flaherty, Simone Dreifuss, Beverly Allen, Dennis Ward, Pamela Harman, Susan German, and Monica Ramirez.