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Meet
with 1500 biology and life science educators in many venues –
sessions, exhibits, and field trips.
Biology
and life science teachers from around the world attend the National
Association of Biology Teachers’ Annual Convention. The program
includes more than 350 general sessions, including, general
sessions, invited speakers, symposiums, hands-on workshops,
demonstrations, and papers … intended for audiences from the
elementary school level to the university level and everything in
between … covering 25 different subject areas.
In
addition to the regular sessions, there will be 20 special in-depth
workshops that require advance registration.
Among
the many speakers lined up for this year’s Convention are:
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Elaine
Ostrander (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center,
Seattle, Washington) with a presentation on “The Canine
Genome: Progress and Promise;”
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Sue
Dale Tunnicliffe
(University of London, London, United Kingdom) speaking on
“English Children’s Understanding of the Natural World;”
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Nina Jablonski (California
Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California) with a
presentation on “Human Skin Color and Natural Selection;”
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Barry Lynn (Americans United
for the Separation of Church & State, Washington, DC)
speaking on “Science Yes: Religion No: The Creationism Debate
in Schools;”
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Kevin Petti (San Diego
Miramar College, San Diego, California) with a presentation
“Man’s Changing Image: The Historical Influence of Culture
on Anatomy;”
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Kent Thornburg (Oregon
Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon); and
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Roberta A. Pagon (University
of Washington, Pediatrics Department, Seattle, Washington.
The
deadline for advanced registration is September 7, 2003.
For more information and to register on-line go to www.nabt.org
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