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Educator Conferences

Schedule
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
5:30 - 8:00pm Reception honoring Dr. Sally Ride on the 25th anniversary of her first space shuttle flight.
Location: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Visitor’s Center, Greenbelt, MD.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
8:00 – 8:45am Registration and breakfast
8:45 – 9:15am Welcome and Introductions
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA)
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
  • U.S. Department of Energy
  • National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)
9:15 – 9:35am NSTA Learning Center
9:35 – 10:30am Welcome and Keynote Address
  • Sally K. Ride
    President and CEO
    Sally Ride Science
10:30 – 11:30am General Session
  • Susan Solomon
    Co-chair of Working Group 1 of the
    U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
11:30am – 1:30pm Lunch, Street Fair
1:30 - 2:30pm Panel
  • Where have we been?
  • Where are we today?

Moderator: Frank Niepold

Panel Members:

  • U. S. Forest Service
  • NASA
  • NOAA
2:45 – 3:45pm Breakout Session #1
4:00 – 5:00pm Breakout Session #2
5:15 – 5:30pm Wrap-up
 5:30 - 6:30pm Reception to follow
Thursday, July 24, 2008
7:45 – 8:15am Breakfast
8:15 – 9:15am General Session – Carbon Cycle
  • Inez Fung
    Professor of Atmospheric Science;
    Co-Director, Berkeley Institute of the Environment
9:30 – 10:30am Breakout Session #3
10:45 – 11:45am General Session – Climate Modeling 
  • Dr. Richard Somerville
    University of California, San Diego
    Scripps Institution of Oceanography
    Distinguished Professor Emeritus
11:45am – 1:00pm Lunch
  • Rebecca Bell
    Environmental Education Specialist
    MD Department of Education
    Green Schools Initiative (EPA)
1:15 – 2:15pm Breakout Session #4
2:30 – 3:15pm Networking/Brainstorming Session
3:15 – 4:15pm General Session
  • Where do we want to be in 2050?

Moderator: Frank Owens, NSTA

A conversation with:

  • Dr. Sally Ride
  • Dr. Kathy Sullivan
4:15 – 4:30pm Wrap-up and Door Prizes
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