Wear your NSTA conference badge and get into the Exploratorium for Free (until March 16th)!

The Teacher Institute (TI) will be attending the NSTA San Francisco. Join us at our booth or attend one of our many workshop offerings.

NSTA Booth:

Visit us at booth 829. We will be demonstrating the following hands-on activities. Click on the activity name for a hand-out.

Hand-outs:

Avalanche [pdf] Over the Hill [pdf] Coupled Resonant Pendulum Coupled Resonant Pendulums 2 Resonator String Machine [pdf]

Push me a grape Energy vs. Color, RGB LED Vanna Sound Bite [pdf] Condiment Diver Straw Oboe Pocket Protractor Tiny Pants Photo Challenge

Groovy Sounds [pdf] Charge and Carry Fog Chamber Modulated LED [pdf] Modulated Coil [pdf] Bubble suspension Water Bottle Membranophone

Sessions:

Join us for one of our many workshops, presentations and tours. Resources/links can be found below each session listing.

Thursday, March 10
12:30–1:30 PM
Mary C. McCurdy Lecture: The Total STEM Learning Ecology: How to Use All a Child's Waking Hours to Activate the Science Learner in Every Student Before Adolescence
Moscone Center, 135
Dennis Bartels (Executive Director, Exploratorium: San Francisco, CA)

Thursday, March 10
1:45–5:15 PM - T-8: Explore the Exploratorium
Ticketed Event: $35 advance; $40 on-site
With Paul Doherty and Modesto Tamez

Thursday, March 10
2:00–3:00 PM - The Exploratorium Beginning Science Teacher Program
Marriott San Francisco Marquis, Yerba Buena Salon 7
With Linda Shore
For Handouts, click here

Friday, March 11
8:00–9:00 AM - Polymer Potpourri
Marriott San Francisco Marquis, Golden Gate Salon A
With Julie Yu
For Handouts, click here

Friday, March 11
9:30–10:30 AM - Our Amazing Immune System
Marriott San Francisco Marquis, Pacific I
With Victoria Brady
For Handouts, click here

Friday, March 11
9:30–10:30 AM - Applying Algebra to Pendulums: Language Acquisition Using Manipulatives
Moscone Center, 224 & 226
Sandra Robins
For Handouts, click here

Friday, March 11
9:30–10:30 AM - National Earth Science Teachers Association Geology Share-a-Thon
Moscone Center, Meeting Room Hall D
Eric Muller (one of many presenters)
For Handouts, click here

Friday, March 11
11:00 AM–12:00 PM - NESTA Session: National Earth Science Teachers Association Oceans and Atmosphere Share-a-Thon
Moscone Center, Meeting Room Hall D
With Eric Muller (one of many presenters)
For Handouts, click here

Friday, March 11
12:00–2:00 PM - M-7: NSTA/NMLSTA Middle Level Luncheon
Hilton San Francisco Union Square Hotel, Continental 8
Ticketed Event: $60 advance; $65 on-site
With Tory Brady and Sandra Robins
For Handouts, click here

Friday, March 11
12:30–1:30 PM - NSTA High School Physics Share Session
Marriott San Francisco Marquis, Willow
With Peter Hopkinson and Paul Doherty
For Handouts, click here

Friday, March 11
2:00–5:00 PM - Informal Science Day Share-a-Thon
Marriott San Francisco Marquis, Yerba Buena Salon 9
Lauren Lindskog, Julie Yu and Eric Muller (one of many presenters)

Friday, March 11
3:30–4:30 PM - Science Teaching in Second Life
Moscone Center, 232 & 234
With Linda Shore and Paul Doherty
For Handouts, click here

Saturday, March 12
9:30 AM–12:00 PM - NSTA/SCST 2011 Joint Session: Symposium on Nanotechnology
Hilton San Francisco Union Square, Continental 2
with Linda Shore
For Handouts, click here

Saturday, March 12
9:45 AM–2:15 PM - S-3: Explore the Exploratorium
Ticketed Event: $35 advance; $40 on-site
With Paul Doherty, Modesto Tamez and Eric Muller

Saturday, March 12
5:00–6:00 PM - Learning Sound by Building Musical Instruments
Hilton San Francisco Union Square, Union Square 15 & 16
With Modesto Tamez
For Handouts, click here

Saturday, March 12
5:00–6:00 PM - The Ups and Downs of Convection
Moscone Center, 220 & 222
With Eric Muller
For Handouts, click here

Sunday, March 13
8:00–9:00 AM - SMILE: Informal Activities in Formal Settings
Moscone Center, 310
with Lauren Lindskog
Howtosmile.org

Sunday, March 13
9:30–10:30 AM - Using the Exploratorium's Microscope Imaging Station in Your Classroom
Moscone Center, 228 & 230
with Karen Kalumuck
For Handouts, click here

Sunday, March 13
11:00 AM–12:00 PM - Personalized Medicine and Pharmacogenomics
Moscone Center, 228 & 230
with Karen Kalumuck
For Handouts, click here