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The mission of MAST is:
To enhance science teaching and empower teachers of science

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2012 MAST/MSELA Annual Conference: Teach to the Future
November 15-16, 2012 at the Holiday Inn, Boxborough, MA

Contact Conference Chair, Betsey Clifford at betsey.clifford@gmail.com to help out with the conference and with general questions. 
Presenters should contact Mary Liscombe at mliscombe@framingham.edu with questions. 

Commercial Exhibitors should contact ESANE at www.esane.org to reserve your table.
Not-for-Profit Exhibitors should contact Michele Daigle at daiglemichele@hotmail.com

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We hope to provide teachers of science at all levels with the content, strategies, and skills, necessary for teaching science in the 21stcentury. Teachers who attend your workshop should experience new and innovative ways of teaching.

 

From A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas

Executive Summary:

 

Science, engineering and technology permeate every facet of modern life, and they also hold the key to meeting many of humanity’s most pressing current and future challenges. Yet too few U.S. workers have strong backgrounds in in these fields and many people lack even fundamental knowledge of them. This national trend has created a widespread call for a new approach to K-12 science education in the United States.

 

To support students’ meaningful learning in science and engineering, three major dimensions need to be integrated into the standards, curriculum, instruction, and assessment:

·         Science and engineering practices;

·         Crosscutting concepts that unify the study of science and engineering through their common application across fields; and

·         Core ideas in four disciplinary areas: physical sciences; life sciences; earth and space sciences; and engineering, technology, and the application of science.

 


 

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Please consider nominating a qualified science educator for induction into
the Massachusetts Hall of Fame for Educators.  The criteria and
nomination information can be found at
http://www.bridgew.edu/MHFSE/NominationMembership.cfm
Any questions, contact the HoF Vice Chair, Marilyn Richardson at marilyn@pcom.com
 

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