March 01, 2010 -
Ideas for Summer Learning

Free Conference Call - Ideas for Summer Learning
Monday, March 1, 2010

Are you looking for concrete tips and strategies to improve the quality of your summer program?  This session will explore seven strategies to do just that!  Participants will leave with strategies, examples from rural, suburban and urban summer programs, as well as a chance to share their own best practices!

Click here to register

Questions?  Contact Ken Anthony at kanthony@ctafterschoolnetwork.org

March 03, 2010 -
CSSA Dinner Meeting

CSSA Dinner Meeting
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
5:30 pm.
4 Points Hotel, Meriden
www.cssaonline.net/CSSACalendar.htm

March 06, 2010 -
Ancient Technology - Making Bone Tools

Ancient Technology - Making Bone Tools
Jeff Kalin, Primitive Technologies, Inc.
Saturday, March 6, 2010 from 12 noon to 4 pm.
Museum of Natural History (map will be mailed to participants)
Advance registraton is required:  $40
($30 for Museum Members) Includes materials fee
Adults and children ages 8 and above;
children must be accompanied by an adult

For over two million years our ancestors made and used bone tools like sewing needles, harpoons and awls.  Now you can explore the ancient art of making bone tools with Jeff Kalin, a consultant to museum curators and archaeologists, who has 25 years of experience in the analysis of ancient artifacts and as a producer of museum-quality reproductions.

Presented by the Connecticut State Museum of Natural History and Connecticut Archaeology Center, part of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at UConn. 
860-486-4460 or http://www.mnh.uconn.edu

March 06, 2010 -
Connecticut Chemistry Teachers Workshops

C²T (Connecticut Chemistry Teachers) Workshop Sessions
Supported by the Division of Chemical Education - High School Committee
March 6, 2010
SAcred Heart University Science Building

8:30-9:00          Registration and Coffee
9:00 - 9:50        Five Simultaneous 50 minute Workshops
10:10 - 11:00    Address
11:10 - 12:00    Five Simultaneous 50 minute Workshops
12:00 - 12:30    Networking
The deadline for registration is Friday, February 26.

The registration fee is $20.00 and is non-refundable.  Workshop and program-related materials and a one-year subscription to ChemMatters will be provided to all workshop participants.  (CEU's may be available)

~ See the attached link for program and registration form which needs to be completed and returned to Fred Vital (fvital@fairfield.k12.ct.us)
http://www.cssaonline.net/CSC/Chemistry_workshop.doc

March 06, 2010 -
Wildlife Workshop

Event:          Wildlife Workshop - Part of the 2009 - 2010 Connecticut
                    Envirothon - Workshop for students and advisors.
Date:            Saturday, March 6, 2010
Time:            8:30 am. to 1:00 pm.
Location:       Sessions Woods WMA, Burlington

Website:        www.ctenvirothon.org

There will be many learning opportunities, with both indoors and outdoors activities that include viewing educational wildlife exhibits, collections of mammal skins, bird mounts and skulls.  There will be interpretive field walks to look at wildlife signs and habitat management practices.

March 07, 2010 -
CT Junior Science and Humanities Symposium

CT Junior Science and Humanities Symposium
March 7 - 8, 2010
http://vm.uconn.edu/~ctjshs

March 07, 2010 -
Altered Experience-The Anthropology of Drug Use

Altered Experience-The Anthropology of Drug Use:  An 85 Year History
Dr. Merrill Singer, Department of Anthropology and Senior Research Scientist at the Center for Health, Intervention and Prevention (CHIP), UConn
Sunday, March 7, 2010 at 3:00 pm.
Biology/Physics Building, Room 130
No registration needed:  Free
Adults and children ages 12 and above; children must be accompanied by an adult

There will be a book signing after the talk.

Presented by the Connecticut State Museum of Natural History and Department of Anthropology, part of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at UConn.
860-486-4460 or http://www.mnh.uconn.edu

March 09, 2010 -
2010 CT Science Fair

2010 CT Science Fair
March 9 - 13, 2010
www.ctsciencefair.org

March 10, 2010 -
CT Science Fair Judges Needed

Connecticut Science Fair Needs Judges:

We are recruiting judges for the 2010 CT Science Fair.  Judging is on Wednesday and Thursday, March 10 - 11, at Quinnipiac University in Hamden.  Volunteers are needed for either day or both.  We need approximately 300 judges.  I can assure you that seeing our middle and high school students' work will leave you highly impressed with Connecticut's next generation of scientific and engineering minds.  See the attached invitation on the CSF website for details and to register online:  http://www.ctsciencefair.org/information/judging.html
To gain access - Name:  judge, Password:  taurus - all lower case.
George "Bob" Wisner, Fair Director, Connecticut Science Fair:
director@ctsciencefair.org

March 15, 2010 -
Investigations & Inquiry in Math & Science for Young Children

Investigations & Inquiry in Math & Science for Young Children
Monday, March 15, 2010
8:15 am. to 4:00 pm.
sponsored by:
The School for Young
Children at Saint Joseph College

  *  We are currently looking for math and science presenters.  Workshops are structured for educators working with preschool through grade 2 children.  Individuals will be compensated for the workshop presentation.  Presenters will also attend the remainder of the day free of charge.  Please contact Diane Morton or Sue O'Donnell for more information.
  *  Keynote address and workshops by:  Dr. Cheryl Charles

For more information, contact:
Diane Morton at dmorton@sjc.edu
Sue O'Donnell at sodonnell@sjc.edu

March 15, 2010 -
JETS TEAMS Competition

JETS TEAMS Competition
March 15, 2010
www.jets.org

March 18, 2010 -
NSTA's National Conference on Science Education

NSTA's National Conference on Science Education
Invest in Science Education - Yours
March 18 - 21, 2010
Philadelphia, PA

Professional Development for science educators in not a luxury.  Nearly 2000 sessions, workshops, presentations, institutes and day long programs are planned for teachers and administrators, including every grade band and every discipline who attend this conference.
Featured speakers will stir you - you'll hear from Bill Nye about remarkable solar sail spacecraft which will be launched over several years. 
John Mooy, storyteller and author, will share with us, "Class, I's Like You To Meet Mr. Einstein."  Greg Marshall, National Geographic VP, scientist, inventor and film-maker will lead off with "Crittercam:  Science Exploration from the Wild." 
Visit www.nsta.org/philadelphia to review the schedule.

March 19, 2010 -
COEEA Annual Conference

COEEA Annual Conference
Sustainability Education for the 21st Century
March 19, 2010
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Central Connecticut State University
www.coeea.org/annualconference.php

Connecticut Outdoor and Environmental Education Association, The Connecticut Partnership in Sustainability Education and The School of Education Professional Studies at Central Connecticut State University have partnered for this year's conference.
We will be focusing on sustainability education with applications that bring together classrooms and informal education centers.

March 22, 2010 -
NERC 2010

Northeast Regional Conference (NERC) 2010
"Beyond Borders:  Creating Connections ~ Changing the World"
Sturbridge, MA
March 22 - 25, 2010
www.ctgeoalliance.org

March 24, 2010 -
CT Mathematics, Science & Technology Leadership Council Meeting

CT Mathematics, Science & Technology Leadership Council Meeting Wednesday, March 24, 2010 4:00 - 5:30 pm CT Academy for Education Conference Room chartshorn@ctacad.org for more information

March 25, 2010 -
March Board of Directors Meeting

SENEME
www.seneme.org
March Board of Directors Meeting
Thursday, March 25, 2009
4:30 - 7 pm
URI Office Marine Programs, Rhode Island
Contact the Board of Directors:  senemeboard@seneme.org

March 27, 2010 -
First Robotics Competition

First Robotics Competition Connecticut Regional March 27-28, 2010 www.usfirst.org