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Professional Development Opportunities. You don't need to be a member to participate! ** Fall 2012: ** NSTA Web Seminar Series on Scientific and Engineering Practices
 *  [|Asking Questions and Defining Problems] (Archived, from September 11, 2012)
 *  [|Developing and Using Models] (Archived, from September 25, 2012)
 *  [|Planning and Carrying Out Investigations] (October 9, 2012)
 *  [|Analyzing and Interpreting Data] (October 23, 2012)
 *  [|Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking] (November 6, 2012)
 *  [|Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions] (November 20, 2012)
 *  [|Engaging in Argument from Evidence] (December 4, 2012)
 *  [|Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information] (December 18, 2012)

NEWS!!!  I attended this and started a discussion thread, above. - Sue Klemmer, CHRHS
 * NSTA Web Seminar: Making the Transition to Scientific and Engineering Practices: Visiting the Potential of the Next Generation Science Standards**

Join us on October 25, 6:30?8:00 pm (Eastern), for a web seminar exploring science and engineering practices, one of three major dimensions of the National Research Council report, //A Framework for K?12 Science Education.// The Framework serves as the foundation for the //Next Generation Science Standards// (NGSS) now in development and scheduled for release late next year.

What are these practices? What are the similarities and differences between science practices and engineering practices? Why practices and not inquiry? What do these practices mean for science teaching? These questions, as well as next steps for science educators to prepare for NGSS will be addressed by Dr. Brian Reiser, Professor of Learning Sciences in the School of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University, a member of the NRC committee that authored the //Framework for K?12// //Science// and a member of the oversight group for the publication //Ready Set Science//; Francis Eberle, NSTA Executive Director; and Harold Pratt, Past NSTA President and science education consultant.

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 * The Release of the k-12 Framework is released and we have a short period of time to understand them in order to be prepared for the Next Generation Science Standards.**


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