8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Professional Development Institute
Inquiring into Inquiry
Convention Center Rm 252B
Sam Spiegel and Elizabeth Edmondson

8:00 - 9:00 am
Fuels for the Future? Inquiry-based Activities that Promote Critical Thinking about the Alternative Biofuel Ethanol
Convention Center Rm 252B
Paul Beardsley

9:30 - 10:30 am
Inquiring into Inquiry: Considerations for the Secondary Classroom
Convention Center Rm 252B
Jody Bintz and Elizabeth Edmondson

12:30 - 3:30 pm
Investigating Inquiry and Student Work to Enhance Science Learning
Convention Center Rm 252B
Elizabeth Edmondson and Nancy Landes

3:30-5:00 pm
BSCS Science Tracks
Convention Center Rm 106
Deb Jordan (Kendall/Hunt Publishing/BSCS session)

8:00 - 9:30 am
BSCS Biology: A Human Approach
Convention Center Rm 106
Paul Beardsley (Kendall/Hunt Publishing/BSCS session)

8:00 - 11:00 am
Content Deepening through Inquiry
Convention Center Rm 252B
Janet Carlson and Sam Spiegel

12:30 - 3:30 pm
Engaging Elementary Learners in Inquiry - Short Course
Convention Center Rm 252B
Deb Jordan and Sam Spiegel

5:00 - 6:00 pm
Assessment in the Inquiry Classroom
Convention Center Rm 252B
Betty Stennett

5:00 - 6:00 pm
Teaching Science As Inquiry: Contemporary Challenges and Opportunities
Robert H. Carleton Lecture
Convention Center Rm 210A
Rodger W. Bybee (NSTA Major Speaker)

11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Teaching About Environmental Problems: Insights from the 2006
Program for International Student Assessment (PISA)
Paul F. Brandwein Lecture
Convention Center Rm 210B
Rodger W. Bybee (NSTA Major Speaker)

11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Documenting Our Environment through Project DOE
Convention Center Rm 157B
Elizabeth Edmondson (Clemson University/BSCS session w/ Anna Baldwin)

5:00 - 6:00 pm
Leadership Teams Addressing Change and Challenge Together
Seaport World Trade Center - Flagship
Jody Bintz