CASE Conference 2013

Bridgewater State University's Center for the Advancement of STEM Education (CASE) Announces its Annual CASE Conference

Topic:  Introducing the New CASE:  Education and Outreach for the Future
When: Thursday, February 28, 2013 (Snow date: March 7, 2013)

Where: Bridgewater State University, Conant Science and Mathematics Center

Time:  3:00 PM to 9:00 PM with buffet dinner provided

Cost: $20 includes workshops, plenary session, keynote address, dinner, and Certificate for PDP

Preview of Conference Highlights

• 2 Workshop Sessions showcasing the educational outreach opportunities offered through CASE for educators, students, and community members.  Our programs include BSU CityLab, the Watershed Access Lab, EarthView, the BSU Observatory, the Mathematics and Computer Science Collaborative at BSU (MACS), BSU GreenLab, and Games Teachers Play.  Come and tryout some of the hands-on experiences offered through CASE and learn about our programs.
• Plenary Session discussing the Next Generation Science Standards
• Keynote Address by Kenneth Miller, PhD, Professor of Biology, Royce Family Professor for Teaching Excellence, Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, & Biochemistry, Brown University.  Dr. Miller is a cell biologist and the author of some of the most widely used high school biology textbooks in America.  He is the author of Finding Darwin’s God: A Scientist’s Search for Common Ground Between God and Evolution, an analysis of the key issues that seem to divide science and religion, as well as the author of Only A Theory: Evolution and the Battle for America’s Soul. 

• 2013 Conference Workshops

• Tentative Program Schedule

Registration is now closed.  If you would like to be put on a waitlist in case of cancellations, please email kmccoy@bridgew.edu

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