2024 Teacher Conference Presentations

It’s Teacher Conference season and Teacher Advisory Council (TAC) members will be at exhibition booths and conducting engaging and fun sessions focused on how teachers can use Switch Classroom resources to enhance their curriculum! Below is a list of the conferences Switch Classroom representatives will be attending, including presentation dates and times. We can’t wait to see you there!

1. BC Science Teachers’ Association Catalyst Conference
   Date: October 25th, 2024
   Location: Squamish, BC, Canada
   
   

2. STANYS (Science Teachers’ Association of New York State) Conference
   Date: November 2nd-4th, 2024
   Location: Syracuse, NY
   
   

3. NCSTA (North Carolina Science Teachers Association) Conference
   Location: Benton Convention Center, Winston-Salem, NC
   Date: November 7th, 2024

Sessions: 

• Energy Literacy; Thinking Critically about Energy Resources
  Presented by: Ben Schosek
  Time: 2:30 - 3:20pm
  Room: Winston 1B

• Power Up: The New Electricity Science and Engineering Practices
  Presented by: Ruthann McComb
  Time: 8:30 - 9:20pm
  Room: Winston 3C

4. NSTA (National Science Teachers Association) Conference
   Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, LA

Sessions:

Date: November 7th

• Using Switch Classroom for Applications in Agriscience
  Presenter: Kathy Daniels
  Time: 1:00pm
  Room: 390

• Harnessing the Wind: Engaging Teachers in Renewable Energy Education
  Presenter: Lynn Kistler
  Time: 2:20pm
  Room 387

• Using Switch Classroom to Develop and Scaffold PBL Curriculum
  Presenter: Kathy Daniels
  Time: 3:40pm
  Room: 398

Date: November 9th

• Pros and Cons of Energy Resources Lesson Showcase
  Presenter: Lynn Kistler
  Time: 12:00pm
  Room: Exhibit Hall (Poster Session)

• Using Switch Classroom to Develop Media Literacy
  Presenter: Kathy Daniels
  Time: 1:00pm
  Room: 274
  
  Bonus! Visit the Switch Classroom booth in the Exhibit Hall to chat with our education experts and pick up resources and swag. We look forward to seeing you there!

  
  

5. CASE (California Conference of Science Educators) Conference
   Date: November 8th-10th, 2024
   Location: Sacramento, CA
   
   

6. CAST (Conference for the Advancement of Science Teaching) Conference
   Date: November 14th-16th
   Location: San Antonio, TX

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