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Welcome 2022

3/9/2022

 

​New Jersey Science Convention

Bringing 21st Century Science Skills to the Classroom
​2022: Helping All Students Find Their Voice
October 18 & 19, 2022
at the Princeton Marriott Forrestal

NJSC: Celebrating 46 Years of Service to Science Education
On behalf of the New Jersey Science Convention Steering Committee, we welcome you to the 46th Annual science convention. The convention has a history of providing science teachers in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania with professional development over the course of two days. Our goal is to provide a variety of sessions over two days addressing K-12 three dimensional/NGSS lessons in all science areas, and those demonstrating methods of creating culturally responsive science classrooms that promote equity and inclusion, engage students in climate change through research, discourse, and problem solving and include the explanation and exploration of local problems.
 
Please join us for one or two days at the NJ Science Convention and for our Tuesday night banquet. This year we are pleased to present as our banquet speaker Dr. John Wilkin from the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.  “Dr. Wilkin is a member of NASA’s Ocean Surface Topography Science Team (OSTST) and is active in promoting uses of radar altimetry in the coastal ocean. He represents OSTST on the Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment (GODAE) Science Team (GOVST). Wilkin also co-chairs the User Working Group for NASA’s Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center (PO-DAAC), and is a member of the Ocean Observing panel for Physics and Climate (OOPC) of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS).” https://marine.rutgers.edu/team/john-wilkin/ In alignment with our 2022 theme, Dr. Wilken will share ​his presentation on the future of coastal ocean environmental forecasting.
 
If you are looking for new classroom ideas and strategies or if you are willing to share your successes with colleagues join us and catch the energy of the New Jersey Science Convention.
 
Interested in becoming a presenter? Submit a proposal at: http://www.njscienceconvention.org/submit-a-program-proposal.html

Angela Best and Lola Szobota, Executive Co-Chairs
Lola Szobota, NJSC Co-chair
Lola Szobota
Angela Best, NJSC Co-chair
Angela Best

Eric J. Pyle, NSTA President | NJSC 2021 Invited Presenter | How About a Field Trip...to Mars!

10/13/2021

 
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How About a Field Trip...to Mars!

Using JMARS software, classroom-based investigations can be integrated with ground-based rover data to create virtual field trips on Mars.  Bring a computer--the software is available at  https://jmars.asu.edu/.

​Session 130 | Wednesday 12:00-1:00 | in Carnahan

Dr. William Gutsch | NJSC 2021 Banquet Speaker & Invited Presenter | Science Education: A Grand Adventure

10/13/2021

 
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Science Education: A Grand Adventure
Building Bridges Between the Formal and Informal Sectors
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Dr. Gutsch will also be presenting a program at the Convention.

Science Goes to the Movies: Exploring Themes and Techniques for a Variety of Curricula

Science fiction movies provide a great “hook” for teaching science and the socio-political matrices in which they are created. We'll explore themes as well as the science and art behind Hollywood special effects.

​Session 123 | Wednesday 10:00-11:30 | in Carnahan

Samatha Ramaswamy, PSTA President | NJSC 2021 Invited Presenter | Long-term Lessons from Pandemic Teaching: Making Positive Changes Stick

9/3/2021

 
SESSION CANCELED

Long-term Lessons from Pandemic Teaching: Making Positive Changes Stick


This session will explore different technologies and strategies (Flipgrid, Pear Deck, and digital card sorts) used during remote and hybrid instruction and how they can be adapted for in-person instruction.
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Michael Heinz, NJDOE Science Coordinator | NJSC 2021 Invited Presenter | 2020 New Jersey Student Learning Standards and their Effect on Climate Change Education K-5 and 6-12

9/3/2021

 
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2020 New Jersey Student Learning Standards and their Effect on Climate Change Education K-5

NJ is the first state to adopt standards related to climate change across content areas. This workshop introduces participants to the 2020 NJSLS, climate change education, and resources for K-5 curriculum revisions.

Session 017 | Tuesday 10:00-11:00 | in Lowrie

2020 New Jersey Student Learning Standards and their Effect on Climate Change Education 6-12

NJ is the first state to adopt standards related to climate change across content areas. This workshop introduces participants to the 2020 NJSLS, and climate change resources to support 6-12 curriculum revisions.

Session 42 | Tuesday 1:00-2:00 | in Lowrie

Linda A. Cook, NSELA President | NJSC 2021 Invited Presenter | Increasing Science Engagement through Community Collaboration

9/3/2021

 
Increasing Science Engagement Through Community Collaboration
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A school district, community volunteers, and the broader science community collaborated to engage school and community members in science through a Nature Park, school and community gardens, and Citizen Science.

Session 50 | Tuesday 2:00-3:00 | in Bainbridge
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Welcome 2021

5/7/2021

 

New Jersey Science Convention

Bringing 21st Century Science Skills to the Classroom
2021: Science Unlocks the Future!

October 19 & 20, 2021
at the Princeton Marriott Forrestal
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NJSC: Celebrating 45 Years of Service to Science Education
​On behalf of the New Jersey Science Convention Steering Committee, we welcome you to the 45th Annual science convention. The convention has a history of providing science teachers in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania with professional development over the course of two days. Our goal is to provide a variety of sessions over two days addressing current K-12 science topics, including successful implementation of classroom lessons aligned to NGSS/NJSL-S, the development of assessment tasks that provide evidence of 3D science learning, using phenomena to support 3D learning, safety in science instruction, and other relevant science topics. This year we have selected as our main focus: 
Climate Change: Its Impact on Human Society  
Climate Change: Impacts in New Jersey 
Please join us for one or two days at the NJ Science Convention and for our Tuesday night banquet. This year we are pleased to present as our banquet speaker Dr. William Gutsch Distinguished Professor of the College of Arts & Sciences at Saint Peter’s University. A celebrated educator with a career spanning five decades, Dr. Gutsch will share his experiences and talk about some lessons learned along the way. 

If you are looking for new classroom ideas and strategies or if you are willing to share your successes with colleagues join us and catch the energy of the New Jersey Science Convention. 
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As we await guidelines from the State of New Jersey and the Marriott Hotel we are continuing to plan for an in person NJSC 2021. Be sure to check our site periodically for updates to this blog.

Interested in becoming a presenter? Submit a proposal at: http://www.njscienceconvention.org/submit-a-program-proposal.html

Lisa Doyle and Lola Szobota, Executive Co-chairs
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Lola Szobota
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Lisa Doyle

New Jersey Science Convention 2020 Announcement

7/16/2020

 
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the uncertainty of the future post pandemic environment the New Jersey Science Convention is announcing today that the in-person 2020 – Science: The Key to the Future scheduled to take place October 20 & 21, 2020 at the Princeton Marriott at Forrestal has been cancelled. 

This was not an easy decision for the Steering Committee. However, after careful consideration of all the challenges presented by COVID-19 and the health and safety risk to our attendees, exhibitors, speakers, volunteers and staff the committee unanimously decided that it is impossible and irresponsible to hold our event as scheduled. 

There are many stakeholders involved in making New Jersey Science Convention a successful event each year. Members of the Steering Committee, volunteers, attendees, presenters, exhibitors, and sponsors have provided continuous support over the years. Our partners at the Princeton Marriott at Forrestal have offered their cooperation with and mutual understanding of the COVID-19-related factors beyond our control that led to this decision. Their efforts and support have served New Jersey Science teachers over 43 years. 

The Steering Committee is definitely looking forward to a return to a time when we can resume a face-to-face event.  However, we recognize the need for change in 2020. We have begun to explore virtual learning as an exciting way to continue our mission of providing science professional development to New Jersey K-12 teachers of science. This will be different from the traditional two-day in person convention but for the current environment it will better serve the health and safety all our stakeholders. 

In the coming weeks, we will be providing additional details about the new convention experience for 2020. We hope that you will be part of NJSC 2020 either as a presenter or a sponsor. As the saying goes…Stay tuned. ​

Dr. Jeff Goldstein | NJSC 2020 Banquet Speaker & Invited Presenter

4/17/2020

 
Dr. Jeff Goldstein
Director for the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education

Human Exploration:
​It’s Not a Book of Knowledge...It's a Journey
Every parent remembers that magical time when our children first began to speak, that moment marking the beginning of an unending stream of questions.  In our children we can see our humanity—our innate curiosity—and recognize the obvious…that we are born to explore!

Science and more generally STEM, in all its seeming complexity, is nothing but a means to organize curiosity. A way to empower one’s self to ask the gift of a question, and to hone the art that allows navigation through the noise of the universe around us in quest of an answer.  It is an emotional, joyful, and wondrous journey that hopefully allows the traveler to pull back the veil of nature just a little, see how she operates, and celebrate the accomplishment.

​STEM education is no different. It is the means by which we immerse our children in the act of journey by letting them do science, and acknowledging it is their journey.  As teachers, our sweet reward is seeing the joys of learning wash over them.  And as teachers, we are charged with nothing less than patiently and gently launching the explorations of an entire generation.


What you don’t know is a gift…because you can ask a question and start a journey.

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Dr. Goldstein’s website: http://doctorjeff.org/bio/
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Jeff Goldstein hosting the SSEP Conference at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum July 1-2, 2019. He is standing under Space Shuttle Discovery, which placed the Hubble Space Telescope in Low Earth Orbit in 1990, and conducted two servicing missions to the telescope in 1997 and 1999.

Dr. Goldstein is also a certified Zumba instructor.  During this time of social distancing he is offering live streaming Zumba classes.  Click on this link http://doctorjeff.org/zumba-cardio-dance/zumba-classes-live-streamed/ for a lively dance class on Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings.  Class times are on the website.  Email him to get on his email list.  ​

Welcome 2020

2/2/2020

 

New Jersey Science Convention

Bringing 21st Century Science Skills to the Classroom
2020 - 
Science: The Key to the Future!
October 20 & 21, 2020
at the Princeton Marriott Forrestal
NJSC: Celebrating 44 Years of Service to Science Education!
On behalf of the New Jersey Science Convention Steering Committee we welcome you to the 44th Annual science convention. The convention has a history of providing science teachers in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania with professional development over the course of two days. Our goal is to provide a variety of sessions over two days addressing current K-12 science topics, including successful implementation of classroom lessons aligned to NGSS/NJSL-S, the development of assessment tasks that provide evidence of 3D science learning, using phenomena to support 3D learning, safety in science instruction, and other relevant science topics. 

Please join us for one or two days at the NJ Science Convention and for our Tuesday night banquet. This year we are pleased to present as our banquet speaker Dr. William Gutsch Distinguished Professor of the College of Arts & Sciences at Saint Peter’s University. A celebrated educator with a career spanning five decades, Dr. Gutsch will share his experiences and talk about some lessons learned along the way. 

If you are looking for new classroom ideas and strategies or if you are willing to share your successes with colleagues join us and catch the energy of the New Jersey Science Convention. Be sure to check our site periodically for updates to this blog.

Interested in becoming a presenter? Submit a proposal at: http://www.njscienceconvention.org/submit-a-program-proposal.html

Lisa Doyle and Lola Szobota, Executive Co-chairs
Lola Szobota
Lisa Doyle
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