GK-12 NEWSLETTER 12/19/03

	ESI	UTIG	UTMSI
Meeting Dates	03 December 2003 – UTeach interns 08 December 2003 – fellows and teachers 15 December 2003 - fellows (Spring dates not established.)	17 December 2003 (Next meeting is decided upon during the current meeting.)	16 January 2004 (All meetings, except January’s, are held on the second Wednesday of each month.)
Lecture Series	John Abbott – date TBA	TBA	Schweppe Series 29 January 2004 Dr. Ostrom’s presentation: Fish Tales (Salmon) 25 February 2004 Ms. Grottoli’s presentation: Coral Bleaching
RET	Research topics may include: · geochemical evolution of groundwater in the Edwards Aquifer · protecting the quality of recharge in urbanizing areas of the Edwards Aquifer · impact of brush control on aquifer hydrogeology · effects of root zone biodiversity and grassland herbivory on aquifer recharge Deadline for applications 10/31/04 Interviewing applicants 12/(15-19)/04		Summer 2004 Rivers of the Peruvian Amazon (Oxapampa, Peru) Mid July – late August 2004 Arctic Climate Change (USCG ice-breaker Healy) Deadline for applications 01/17/04 www.utmsigk12.org
GK-12 Workshops/ Field Trips	15 October 2003– Water and Air Quality Workshop (6 GK-12 teachers and 19 other teachers) 11 November 2003– Edwards Aquifer Field Trip (7 GK-12 teachers and 12 other teachers)	Field Trip Enchanted Rock	16 January 2004 Workshop Focus: spring planning, 5E model, and digital microscopes.
Professional Development	18 November 2003 Classroom management techniques
Recent Presentations	31 Oct.-1 Nov. 2003 CAST Jennifer Bourland, Johnathan Bumgarner, and Michele Mann. Making middle school science “real.”	AGU
Future Presentations	26-28 February 2004 TMSA Adrian Carrales, Tricia Jarrott, Lynn Kirby, Alex Hendrex, Nancy Nixon, Dennis Ruez, and Jay Banner. University Outreach: The GK-12 Program's impact on Curriculum Change in Science and Social Studies. 4-6 March 2004 TAS Lynn Kirby, Jane Thomson, Jasmine Thum, Chloe Tuck, and Amanda Villarreal. Texas Air: The Austin Ozone Problem. Tricia Jarrott, Sir Van, Lawrence Franks, Antonio Gomez, and Raymond Selby. Solid waste and carbon dioxide in the Austin area. 15-16 March 2004 GSA Veronica R., Chapa, Jessica D. Gordon, and Nancy Nixon. Ecology and Community: Alternative Approaches with GIS. Carla G. Guthrie and Martha M. Maas. Adaptation of a Stream Rapid Bioassessment Protocol to Teach the Concept of Biomonitoring in the Classroom.. Jay L. Banner, Libby A. Stern, and Nelson Guda. A Novel Lecture Series and Associated Outreach Program in the Environmental and Natural Sciences. Jessica D. Gordon, Sara Hilgers, and Nancy Nixon. Utilizing Long-Term Soil Experiments to Engage Students in Scientific Learning. Dennis R. Ruez, Jr. and Jay L. Banner. Back to School: Graduate Students and University Researchers in Environmental Sciences Join K-12 Classrooms Lynn Kirby. Measuring Your Carbon Dioxide Footprint.		15-16 March 2004 GSA Marilyn Cook and Andrea Kopecky Using Inquiry to Promote Scientific Thinking in the Classroom

Future Meetings/Conferences:

11-13 February 2004 – 2004 Border Regional Environmental Conference: Integrating Policy, Training, Education, and Sustainability for the U.S.-Mexican Border Region, Laredo. http://www.scerp.org/04conf.htm

22-26 February 2004 – Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Environmental and Engineering Problems, Denver. No longer accepting abstracts. http://www.sageep.info/

26-28 February 2004 – Texas Middle School Association annual conference (TMSA), Austin. Still accepting abstracts. http://www.lmsaonline.org/txmsa%20early%20registration%20form%202004.pdf

4-6 March 2004 – Texas Academy of Science (TAS) annual meeting, Kerrville. No longer accepting abstracts. http://www.texasacademyofscience.org/

15-16 March 2004 – South-central Geological Society of America (GSA) meeting with K-12 outreach session, College Station. No longer accepting abstracts. http://www.geosociety.org/sectdiv/southc/04scmtg.htm

31 March-4 April 2004 – National Earth Science Teachers Association meeting, Atlanta. http://www.nestanet.org/events.html

1-3 April 2004 – Research on the Environmental Sustainability for Semi Arid Coastal Areas Conference, Kingsville, Texas. Abstract deadline 31 December. http://www.stei.org/events-rba.shtml

15-17 April 2004 – Southwestern Association of Naturalists, San Antonio. Abstract deadline 13 February 2004. http://www.biosurvery.ou.edu/swan/meet04/Call_for_Papers.html

17-20 May – 4^th National Water Quality Monitoring Council Conference, Chattanooga. No longer accepting abstracts. http://www.nwqmc.org/2004conference.pdf

13-18 June 2004 – American Society of Limnology and Oceanography summer meeting. Abstract deadline 1 February 2004. http://www.aslo.org/meetings/savannah2004/

27 June-2 July 2004 – 11^th International Symposium on Water-Rock Interaction, Saratoga Springs, New York. No longer accepting abstracts. http://www.outreach.psu.edu/C&I/WRI/

7-10 August 2004 – ESRI Education Users Conference, San Diego. Abstract deadline 16 January 2004. http://www.esri.com/events/uc/papers/callforpapers.html

15-17 September 2004 – Texas Water Monitoring Congress, Austin. Includes focus group on public outreach. Abstract deadline 15 January. http://www.txwmc.org/2004_Congress/TWMC_2004_Call_for_Papers.pdf

21-24 October 2004 – Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science, Austin. Abstract deadline 23 January 2004. http://www.sacnas.org/cfpk1204.html

4-6 November 2004 – Conference for the Advancement of Science Teaching, San Antonio. Abstract deadline 30 April 2004. http://www.statweb.org/CASTCC/

7-10 November 2004 – Geological Society of America national meeting, Denver. Will include K-16 education session. Session proposal deadline 15 January 2004. Abstract deadline 13 July. http://www.geosociety.org/meetings/2004/

13-17 December 2004 – American Geophysical Union fall meeting, San Francisco. Abstract deadline not announced. http://www.agu.org/meetings/meetings.html

Other Events

17 January 2004 – The World of Microbes Teacher Workshop. Museum of Health and Medical Science, Houston. $20. http://www.mhms.org/images/workshops_spring_2004.pdf

24 January 2004 – Teachers Who Rock, Wild Basin Preserve. http://www.beg.utexas.edu/esw/other/rockingteachers2003.doc

24-25 January 2004 – Texas Archeology Academy, Dallas. $90. http://www.txarch.org/arch/2004.html

31 January 2004 – Medical Mysteries Teacher Workshop. Museum of Health and Medical Science, Houston. $20. http://www.mhms.org/images/workshops_spring_2004.pdf

January-July 2004 – Teacher workshops at Fort Worth Zoo. http://www.fortworthzoo.com/school/workshops.html

7 February 2004. Add it UP: Combining Math and Science TEKS. Museum of Health and Medical Science, Houston. $20. http://www.mhms.org/images/workshops_spring_2004.pdf

7-8 February 2004 – Texas Archeology Academy, Huntsville. $90. http://www.txarch.org/arch/2004.html

21 February 2004 – Whodunit? Teacher Workshop: Bringing Forensics into the Classroom. Museum of Health and Medical Science, Houston. $20. http://www.mhms.org/images/workshops_spring_2004.pdf

21-22, 28 February 2004 – Texas Archeology Academy, San Angelo. $90. http://www.txarch.org/arch/2004.html

February 2004 – Science Teacher Workshop by South Texas Chapter, Health Physics Society, Edinburg. FREE. http://www.stc-hps.org/teacher1.htm

6 March 2004 – Austin Science Fun Day. http://www.tmm.utexas.edu/events/asfd/index.html

6 March 2004 – Genetics: Breaking the Code Teacher Workshop. Museum of Health and Medical Science, Houston. $20. http://www.mhms.org/images/workshops_spring_2004.pdf

6-7 March 2004 – Texas Archeology Academy, San Antonio. $90. http://www.txarch.org/arch/2004.html

20-21, 27 March 2004 – Texas Archeology Academy, El Paso. $90. http://www.txarch.org/arch/2004.html

28 March 2004 – Play With Your Food: The Best of Edible Science. Museum of Health and Medical Science, Houston. $20. http://www.mhms.org/images/workshops_spring_2004.pdf

3 April 2004 – Brain Attach! Teacher Workshop. Museum of Health and Medical Science, Houston. $20. http://www.mhms.org/images/workshops_spring_2004.pdf

24 April 2004 – Wet in the City Professional Development. Museum of Health and Medical Science, Houston. $20. http://www.mhms.org/images/workshops_spring_2004.pdf

24-25 April, 1 May 2004 – Texas Archeology Academy, Corpus Christi. $90. http://www.txarch.org/arch/2004.html

8 May 2004 – That’s a Family! Teacher Workshop. Museum of Health and Medical Science, Houston. $20. http://www.mhms.org/images/workshops_spring_2004.pdf

7-11 June 2004 – Texas Mining and Reclamation Association Teacher Workshop, Rockdale, Texas. FREE. http://www.tmra.com/freeteacherworkshop.html

7-11 June 2004 – Physics Teaching Resource Agent’s Rural Program, by American Association of Physics Teachers, College Station. Stipend offered for teachers. http://teacher.physics.tamu.edu/

21-25 June 2004 – Texas Mining and Reclamation Association Teacher Workshop, Rockdale, Texas. FREE. http://www.tmra.com/freeteacherworkshop.html

June-July 2004 – Teacher workshops at McDonald Observatory. http://drs.yahoo.com/S=2766679/K=teacher+workshops+2004+texas/v=2/SID=w/l=WS1/R=1/H=0/*-http://mcdonaldobservatory.org/teachers/profdev/

10-14 July 2004 – Down Under, Out Yonder Workshop for Educators, Galveston. $100-$250. http://gulfmex.org/duoy.htm

17-21 July 2004 – National Energy Conference for Educators, Galveston. http://www.need.org/training.htm