Saturday Mornings Beginning October 10, 2009 in Ann Arbor

Saturday Morning Physics

The University of Michigan is proud to be starting their 14th year of Saturday Morning Physics on October 10. Topics include: How Fast is Evolution, The Museum of Zoology: A Priceless Collection of Life, Protein, Fat, or Politics?  Big-Game Hunting in Human Evolution, Light of the Living Dead: The Remarkable Radiation from Neutron Stars, and more.

October 10, 30-31, 2009

February 27, 2010

East Lansing

Frontiers in Science Weekend Workshop Series

The Frontiers in Science Weekend Workshops provide opportunities for teachers with secondary science credentials to meet with top researchers on cutting edge scientific developments.  Topics include: The Actin Cytoskeleton: A platform for Innate Immunity Signaling in Plants, Can Biofuel Landscapes Enhance Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services?, and The Behavioral Ecology of the Spotted Hyena.

If you have questions about the Frontiers in Science Program, please call Margaret Iding, MSU Division of Science and Mathematics Education at 517-355-1708 ext. 105 or email, idingm@msu.edu.

Upcoming Vernier Workshops in Michigan

Join the instructors from Vernier for four hours and learn how to integrate their data-collection technology into your chemistry, biology, physics, math, middle school science, physical science, and Earth science curriculum. You will have the opportunity to explore their award-winning sensor interface, the Vernier LabQuest. These free, 4-hour, hands-on workshops include a meal and lab handouts.  For more information and online registration please visit the link above

Upcoming Vernier Workshops in Michigan

Join the instructors from Vernier for four hours and learn how to integrate their data-collection technology into your chemistry, biology, physics, math, middle school science, physical science, and Earth science curriculum. You will have the opportunity to explore their award-winning sensor interface, the Vernier LabQuest. These free, 4-hour, hands-on workshops include a meal and lab handouts.  For more information and online registration please visit the link above

October 19, 2009
Three Rivers, MI

Teaching with Nature: Curing Nature Deficit Disorder

This conference is to help teachers in both Indiana and Michigan learn about new methods to inspire students to learn about and enjoy nature.  Participants will be attending 4 workshops and will receive a free reusable tote bag. If you are interested in participating, please call (269) 244-5125 for more information.

October 26-27, 2009
Higgins Lake, MI

Fifth Annual MiCorps Conference

The conference, to be held at the Ralph A. MacMullan Conference Center on October 26 and 27, will celebrate work that is being done by volunteers and look at new steps in volunteer water monitoring.  It will also include presentations and training from regional experts, the DEQ, and MiCorps staff.

Volunteer monitoring program leaders, citizen volunteers, water resource professionals, and others interested in the protection of Michigan waters are encouraged to register online at the link provided above.

For further information contact Laura Kaminski of the Great Lakes Commission at 734-971-9135, or laurak@glc.org

October 30, 2009
Howell

Livingston Energy Summit

Various speakers will be addressing state-of-the-art technologies and the latest developments in green energy and products, as well as a range of interests from manufacturing to environmental, nuclear, solar, energy savings, products, education, and jobs.

November 5, 2009 Silver City, MI

Get Outdoors, Michigan!

Michigan residents are encouraged to participate in the 2009 Get Outdoors, Michigan! Working Summit. The event is to be held in the Upper Peninsula town of Silver City, Michigan, and will take place on November 5th between 8:00am and 5:00pm.

The summit will underscore the importance of building and maintaining a relationship with nature, as well as providing tips and strategies to encourage such relationships amongst children. In doing so, both families and communities can become better equipped to develop action plans that will reconnect younger generations with the outdoors. Organizations, businesses and educators will be on hand to promote the importance of getting families and their children involved. For further information, please contact the following:

• Ottawa National Forest: Darla Lenz @ 906.884.2085, dlenz@fs.fed.us
• MSU-Extension: Jody Maloney @ 906.884.4386, malone13@msu.edu
• Western Upper Peninsula Center for Science, Mathematics & EnvEd: Joan Chadde @ 906.487.3341, jchadde@mtu.edu

November 6-7, 2009
Traverse City, MI

Building an Underwater Remotely Operated Vehicle for Your Classroom Workshop

This workshop is open to all K-12 educators who have interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines, and/or related aquatic studies. Participants will be prepared to utilize NASA Educational resources to enhance their existing curriculum while incorporating the Underwater ROV into the STEM and related aquatic disciplines.  For additional information contact Keith Forton, Traverse City Central Senior High at 231-933-8536 or fortonke@tcaps.net.

Deadline to register is October 12.

November 7, 2009
Royal Oak

Sowing Seeds Humane Education Workshop at the Detroit Zoo

The Sowing Seeds Workshop is designed to train educators to effectively teach critical thinking about social justice, environmental ethics, and animal protection, and thereby enhance their students' understanding that their choices make an impact on themselves, other people, other species, and the Earth.  The workshop is recommended for educators of all types – classroom teachers, community educators, concerned citizens and activists.

November 13-16, 2009
Communication Arts & Sciences Building, Michigan State University

Green on the Big Screen

Presented by the College of Communication Arts & Sciences and the Knight Center for Environmental Journalism, this environmental film festival and fair strives to showcase important environmental issues that extend from the local community to the rest of the world.  This event promises to raise awareness and foster a dialogue about numerous environmental issues facing society.  For more information, please visit the event website.

November 13-17, 2009
Crystal Mountain
Resort & Spa

The Conference for Michigan’s Future: Energy, Economy & Environment 2009

The 2009 conference features forty expert speakers from the U.S. and Canada who take an in-depth look at the challenges facing Michigan’s future, exploring energy, economy and environment in a manner that brings together the interests of environment, industry, business, and governments.

November 9-12, 2009
Ann Arbor

SMART Moving Minds: The Next Transportation Infrastructure Summit

This summit will give special attention to: "Moving Minds" -- understanding the cultural, psychological, and aspirational underpinnings of our relationship to transportation (for both users and leaders), and responding with innovative systems, policies, and business models that address these dimensions sustainability, equitably, and compellingly.

March 4-6, 2010
Lansing, MI

“Science on a Shoestring”

Those interested in the 57th Michigan Science Teachers Associations Annual Conference, taking place March 4-6, 2010, can register via the links provided.  The conference will be held at the Radisson Hotel and Lansing Center in Lansing, Michigan.

http://www.msta-mich.org/conference/registration.php