Hello Friends of Science on the Move,

This semester we will again be offering virtual visits with Science on the Move. The calendar for visit requests is now open and can be found here: https://sotm.osta.fsu.edu/visit-requests. The calendar will remain open until midnight on Friday, September 10, 2021. I will contact those who have been selected for a visit by Friday, September 17, 2021. If additional slots are open, I will be in touch with information on these.

A  few things to keep in mind as you make a request...

1)  SOTM classroom visits requests are not "first-come, first-served".  Requests are granted at the sole discretion of the program director based on several factors (e.g., date of last SOTM visit, date and activity availability, demonstrated need, past cooperation).  For this reason, please take your time completing the entire visit request form. If you are part of a teaching team, please discuss this with your team, make sure everyone is on board, and choose one representative to file a request and run point.

2)  If you have requests for extracurricular activities, do not attempt to sign up using the calendar.  Please email all requests for extracurricular activities (science clubs, science nights, science festivals) directly to sotm@osta.fsu.edu.  The calendar is for normal school day visits only. 

3) We are reopening equipment loans for Fall 2021. Please bear with us as we navigate this portion of the program in these unusual times. For more information please see https://sotm.osta.fsu.edu/equipment-loans.

4) If you have questions about virtual visits, check out our FAQs page: https://sotm.osta.fsu.edu/faq.

There is a lot of detailed information, so please read over all of the instructions carefully, give the visit request form questions some thought, and take your time signing up.  There's no rush, there is no priority given for signing up first, and you have until midnight on Friday, September 10, 2021.

If you have any questions, please check out the website (https://sotm.osta.fsu.edu/) or email us at sotm@osta.fsu.edu. 

Thank you for your continued support of the program and I look forward to working with you this semester! 

Best wishes,

Hannah

 

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Hannah Hiester, Ph.D.

Director, Science on the Move

https://sotm.osta.fsu.edu

 

Office of STEM Teaching Activities

1062 King Life Sciences Building

Florida State University

Phone: (850) 645-4966 | Fax: (850) 644-0643

 

Each quarter, Envision Credit Union offers six $500 grants that allow teachers to fulfill a dream project, purchase extra school supplies, or prepare their classroom just how they envision it.  The deadline to apply for a Summer Classroom Grant is September 13, 2019.

 

Envision Classroom Grants

The Kansas School Naturalist is a free resource for secondary science teachers.  The Kansas School Naturalist is a print publication that can be sent to teachers upon request.  Teachers can also access online and PDF versions of the resource at the KSN website.  Currently, there are about 175 issues online.

 

PJ Duncan from FLDOE notes that a recent issue is of particular interest to students and teachers in Florida because of the accidental re-introduction of the screwworm in the Everglades and the Keys.  “Screwworm Eradication”  was written before the recent outbreak, and it is the very same USDA team that KSN worked with for this article that is now working day and night to eliminate the re-introduced fly in Florida.

 

PJ Duncan from FLDOE also recommends checking out “Integrity in Scientific Research and Writing.” It covers many of the most common questions that students ask when writing research papers and lab reports.

 

To access this resource please visit http://www.emporia.edu/ksn/.  If you should have further questions about KSN, please contact John Schrock, Editor KSN, at educationfrontlines@yahoo.com.

The Tallahassee Astronomical Society has stocked the Leon County Public Libraries with “easy-to-use” telescopes that can be checked out.

FDOE recently added a Biology Instructional Toolkit to their website and also has a toolkit for 8^th grade science.  You can view the toolkits at http://www.fldoe.org/academics/standards/toolkits

Special thanks to Tom Miller, PhD, for a very engaging presentation on science research, including a discussion on carnivorous plants, and congratulations to the following BLAST award winners.

 

Leadership in Science Education

William "Billy" Millard, Buck Lake Elementary School

Douglas Cook, Rickards High School

 

Excellence in Science Teaching

Dr. Paula Hall, Rickards High School

 

Seed Pearl Award of Promise

Stephanie Cornais, Maclay School

 

Tallahassee Scientific Society Student Award

Ammar Syed, Chiles High School

 

BLAST Student Award

Aditya Hota, Rickards High School

 

Community Service Award

Jim Davis, Executive Director Sustainable Tallahassee

Big Bend Leon Association for Science Teaching - http://blastscience.org/

 

BLAST Membership Application

Big Bend Leon Association for Science Teaching - http://blastscience.org/

Florida Association of Science Teachers - https://fastscience.wildapricot.org/

National Science Teachers Association - http://www.nsta.org/

 

Tallahassee Scientific Society - http://tallysci.org/

NSTA STEM Forum and Expo – July 12-14 in Orlando, http://www.nsta.org

AAPT Summer Meeting – July 22-26 in Cincinnati, http://www.aapt.org

FAST - October 19-21 in Orlando, https://fastscience.wildapricot.org/FAST-Conference

NABT Conference - November 9-12 in St. Louis, http://www.nabt.org/

NSTA Regional Conference - November 30-December 2 in New Orleans, http://www.nsta.org

NSTA National Conference - March 15-18, 2018 in Atlanta, http://www.nsta.org