The Newsletter of the Informal Science Education Association of Texas

Informally Speaking, issue 17 Port A. photo: J. Geisler; UTMSI photo credited to Joseph Giron, Jr. 1

Back PageFind out how you can get involved with ISEA! Page 15

Informally Speaking

www.texasinformalscience.org

 

A Bi-Annual Seasonal Newsletter Issue N° 17 — Fall 2012

CAST 2012by Schelly CorryPages 3 - 4

President’s Corner - Call for Board nominationsby Jerrel GeislerPage 2

Feature StoriesCheck out what our informal science partners are up to! Page 6 - 14

ISEA’s 16th Annual ConferenceMarch 4-6, 2013

UT Marine Science Institute, Port Aransas,TX

http://www.utmsi.utexas.edu/visit.html

Propose a Session! Deadline, November 1, 2012.

See page 5 for more 2013 conference info!

ISEA 2013 Conferenceby Amy MorelandPage 5

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P R E S I D E N T ’ S C O R N E R -B O A R D E L E C T I O N S

Dear ISEA Members,

Fall 2012 is a great time in our nation to embrace our right to vote. While our nation decides on its future leaders,   the Informal Science Education Association of Texas needs to decide on our future leaders as well. It’s time to consider nominations for service on the ISEA Board of Directors!

You can join a dedicated group of individuals and contribute your talents to the ISEA leadership!  You can also nominate someone you think would make a great board member (please make sure to get that person’s approval, of course).

The ISEA Board of Directors consists of At-large Members and the Executive Committee (President, Past-President, President-Elect, Secretary and Treasurer).   The nominating committee is now accepting nominations for At-large seats.  At-large board members will serve a three-year term beginning January 1, 2013.   Only board members are eligible to be nominated for an Executive Committee position.

All nominees are asked to commit to the following if elected:

•Attend the two of four regular Board meetings in the 2013 calendar year. The first two meetings for 2013 will be Saturday, January 12 in Austin and March 3 in Port Aransas (the Sunday before the conference). The following two meetings should occur on Saturdays in May 2013 and September 2013 (annual board retreat). Most non-conference and non-retreat Board meetings are held in the Austin area.

•Fully attend the ISEA annual conference.   The 2013 conference will be March 4-6 in Port Aransas, Texas.

•Actively participate in Board activities including overseeing committees for the conference, CAST and/or special activities.

•Actively participate in CAST (Conference for the Advancement of Science Teaching) by assisting the CAST chair with preparations, introducing an ISEA strand workshop or short course and/or helping with the ISEA exhibit booth. CAST 2013 will be in Houston.

If YOU are interested in serving on the Board, please complete the form (found HERE) and/or nominate a fellow colleague—please make certain you get that person’s approval. Nominees will be contacted prior to their name being placed on the ballot. Deadline for submitting nominations is November 15. Elections will proceed in December.

ISEA rotates Board members and is committed to maintaining diversity in site representation and geographic location.

Submit the nomination form/contact information by email or mail to:

Jerrel Geisler, ISEA President12550 Water Works WayHumble, Texas 77396PHONE: (281) 467-2259

jerrelgeisler@sbcglobal.net

Deadline for nominations is November 15, 2012.

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ISEA Affiliate Strand at CAST 2012!The Science Teachers Association of Texas (STAT) is getting ready for a great Conference for the Advancement of Science Teaching (CAST) this November in Corpus Christi, TX. For over 50 years, STAT has been connecting science educators and policymakers from across the state of Texas at CAST. For those who have never attended CAST, know that included in your registration is access to over 650 free workshops. We are so thrilled to present this awesome ISEA strand below. Check out the conference program for more info about sessions.

Session Title Type Presenters Date/Time/Location Session Code

ISEA Presents Informal Science: Getting Your Geek On Outside the Box

Short  Course  (3  hrs)

Cheryl Boyette and many other ISEA members

11/9/2012, 1:00pm-4:00pm, ESC2

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ISEA Presents: Characteristics of Organisms--Sort Them Too

Workshop  or  Jam  Session  (1  hr)

“Dr. Bob” Williams 11/9/2012, 11:30am-12:30pm and 1:30pm-2:30pm, Ortiz Center

WS2177, WS2186

ISEA Presents: Sort Them - Alike and Different Workshop or Jam Session (1 hr)

“Dr. Mary” Hobbs 11/8/2012, 3:00pm-4:00pm, Ortiz Center

WS1237

ISEA Presents: “The Internet Is All Wet, or Everything I Learned about Water is Online – Almost” – Includes a Project WET Introduction

Workshop or Jam Session (1 hr)

Jerrel Geisler 11/9/2012, 8:30am-9:30am, Ortiz Center

WS2165

ISEA Presents: Clipbirds and Other Out Of This World Animal Oddities

Workshop or Jam Session (1 hr)

Christina Cid 11/8/2012, 8:30am-9:30am and 10:00am-11:00am, Ortiz Center

WS1220, WS1213

ISEA Presents: Forest for Every Classroom – Place-based Education Building Sustainable Communities

Short  Course  (3  hrs)

Tamberly Conway 11/8/2012, 9:00am-12:00pm, ESC2

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ISEA Presents: Healthy Habitats – Connecting STEM and TEKS through Service-Learning Projects and the Texas Conservation Action Plan

Workshop or Jam Session (1 hr)

Jana Harter 11/8/2012, 11:30am-12:30pm, American Bank Center

WS1049

ISEA Presents: Models in the Solar System Workshop or Jam Session (1 hr)

Marc Wetzel 11/10/2012, 11:30am-12:30pm, American Bank Center

WS3049

ISEA Presents: SciGirls in the Classroom: Proven Gender Equity Strategies that Promote STEM for All Learners

Short  Course  (3  hrs)

Melissa Cigarroa 11/9/2012, 9:00am-12:00pm, ESC2

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ISEA Presents: Stand the Test of Time – Get Fossilized!

Workshop or Jam Session (1 hr)

Pamela Owens 11/8/2012, 11:30am-12:30pm and 1:30pm-2:30pm, Ortiz Center

WS1224, WS1230

ISEA Presents: Water Works - Exciting Girls to Engage in Robotics

Workshop or Jam Session (1 hr)

Didey Muniz 11/8/2012, 10:00am-11:00am, American Bank Center

WS1034

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C A S T 2 0 1 2 - H E L P N E E D E D !

Hello Members of ISEA Texas! Each year ISEA has a strand of workshops and sessions at CAST designed to help teachers gain hands-on, fun, new, and unique ways of teaching science. We also have an ISEA Texas booth that helps get information out to everyone that comes to CAST. This is where you come in! WE NEED YOU! Below are some of the things we could really use your help with. If you can donate any of the following please e-mail me back with what and when you can help!

Let me know if you are going to be at CAST this year and can help sit at our ISEA Texas booth. Booth sitting times will only be an hour and a half to two hours each. Nice and short to fit into your schedule. Items needed include:

• Donations of CANDY or PENCILS from your organization- We need candy to give away at the ISEA Booth (chocolate is always popular).

• Donations of items to give away as prizes during CAST

• Your time to sit in our ISEA Texas booth and share with visitors what Informal Science Education is and who we are. Only 1.5 to 2 hours.

• Your time to be a room monitor for ISEA Texas strand sessions. We would like room monitors to stay for the duration of the session or workshop if possible.

CANDY and GIVE AWAY items can be delivered to me several ways:

• Mailed to my home address before the end of October – 107 Sharp Lane, McKinney, Texas, 75442

• I can pick items up if you are in the Dallas/Fort Worth Area – call or text me 469-450-7751

• You can drop them off to me at the ISEA Texas booth at CAST in Corpus Christi

Thank you!Schelly CorryISEA Board Member at Largeschellycorry@gmail.com

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ISEA 2013 Conference - We Don’t Make Science, We Make Science Better.

We are please to announce our Call For Proposals for the 2013 ISEA Annual Conference in Port Aransas, Texas. The dates are set for: Monday-Wednesday, March 4-6, 2013.

We have some amazing pre-conference and other activities scheduled for you out at the UT Marine Science Institute. Dr. Lynn Dierking will be our amazing keynote speaker this year. To read more about her and her work, visit: http://www.ilinet.org/display/Team/Lynn+D.+DierkingThe 2013 ISEA conference theme - We Don’t Make Science, We Make Science Better – conjures the

notion of improving upon science learning via learning in informal environments. Do people learn science in non-school settings? This is a critical question for policy makers, practitioners, and researchers alike — and the answer is yes.

The National Research Council Committee on Learning Science in Informal Environments published their 2009 report

titled, Learning Science in Informal Environments: People, Places, and Pursuits (http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12190). They found abundant evidence that across all venues – everyday experiences, designed settings, and programs – individuals of all ages learn science.

Soon, we will be sending the full conference registration packet of information about costs, pre-conference activities, general information about UTMSI, auction info, etc. For now, please consider submitting a conference session proposal by clicking HERE.

Proposals are due by 5pm, NOVEMBER 1, 2012. We look forward to receiving some really great session proposals this year!

www.texasinformalscience.orgtexasinformalscience@gmail.com

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ISEA members Susan Rowe, Education Program Manager at the Lubbock Lake National Historic Landmark; Johnnie Smith, Principal of Eden Park Academy; and Tara Schultz, Director of Education at the Texas State Aquarium; along with Dr. Reese Todd, Assistant Professor at the College of Education/Texas Tech University presented a panel discussion entitled “Navigate the Seas of Classroom Education: Chart a New Course with Collaboration” and the 2012 Mountain Plains Museum Association’s annual conference, Corpus Christi, TX.

The panel members focused on their particular area of expertise from formal and informal education backgrounds, all focused on helping Museums and their informal educators be more successful at building strong collaborations and

partnerships with their formal education counterparts. ISEA’s strong history of carrying out this very same mission across the state of Texas was expertly highlighted by Tara Schultz! We are proud of the accomplishments of our organization as we lead the nation in our Statewide Informal network and organization! Johnnie spoke about the similarities between formal education’s curriculum design and delivery, and informal education’s exhibit and program design and delivery. These similarities can be used to strengthen educational ties between formals and informals. We both have identical educational goals for our respective audiences, which once pointed out and explored, can serve as a bridge connecting the efforts of each and building the bonds of strong partnerships. Susan Rowe submitted the session proposal, designed the format and was our moderator and did a fantastic job of keeping us on task and moving the discussion along. All in all, it was a great session and we were able to spread the word (to an Association representing 10 states) of the fantastic things that ISEA is doing and the unlimited potential that exists when Formal/Informal partnerships are utilized.

Johnnie SmithPrincipal, Eden Park Academy

ISEA members present at the Mountain Plains Museum Association Conference

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I finally posted pictures from summer camp on our website and had a chance to reminisce about one of the funner (it’s now a real word, I promise!) camps we run annually – creature camp.

I know many informal science places choose this rich topic probably for the same reason we do; every year we love making the list of bugs and other crawly creatures to share with the kids. Carolina Biological supplies some of them, we keep on hand a few, and we look for them actively during camp as well.

Whether kids study bessbugs, mealworms, or Madagascar hissing cockroaches, the fascination is almost palpable. Trying to discover what the Texas land snail prefers to eat or which end is up on a Red Wiggler create opportunities not only to engage in the process of investigation but to create memorable experiences about life science. Touching a milksnake is a defining moment of courage and develops into a bragging right of passage. Rescuing a water turtle is a lesson of overlapping habitats. Releasing hundreds of ladybugs gives just a hint of bugs’ overwhelming

numbers!

These authentic experiences with live creatures are exhilarating and enduring. They celebrate the wonder of

the natural world and foster a respect for the unique characteristics of its varied inhabitants. We build habitats – or try to, in the case of the bird nest! – craft cool projects, and observe, observe, observe plus touch, touch, touch. Except for the cool millipede we found: no tactile encounter there!

And the kids remember. They remember, carrying these experiences with them, when they were asked to notice, wonder, question, and explore, based on their own natural curiosities and inventions. Isn’t that what childhood is all about? That, in a nutshell, is what guides our camp formulation: will it be a memorable experience that will engage kids’ senses while we have fun? If so, it’s a go and we are half-way to meeting our mission. The other half is acquiring all the many materials and enjoying every day of camp to share the joy of learning about new and interesting things that are a part of the world in which we live. Is this job great or what!

Melissa CigarroaLead Educator, Informal Science Learning Associates of Laredo (ISLA)

Reflections on Another Great Summer Camp!

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As parents and teachers, it is our responsibility to guide children to see the beauty in nature and to create a sense of wonder which will last a lifetime. Adults who exhibit environmental values and behaviors today attribute their commitment to two factors:

•Spending many hours outdoors in wild or semi wild settings in self-directed play and

•The guidance of an adult to respect nature.

The first step is to give young children the opportunity to explore the natural world in an unlimited setting where they can explore and experience without being directed to learn names and processes. Allow children to get in touch with their prehistoric instincts of hunting, gathering, collecting, and, when possible, consuming the natural world.

As they use all of their senses to make discoveries on their own, learning names and systems are not necessary. That learning will come at a later age. At all ages

it is important in environmental education for adults to model how to experience, respect, appreciate, and be curious. In other words, a sense of wonder.

In an article called “Look, Don’t Touch The problem with environmental education”, published in the July/August 2012 issue of Orion magazine, David Sobel says, “A creeping focus on cognition has replaced the goal of exhilaration that once motivated educators to take children outside.”

Imaginative and fantasy play will create a love of the natural world much more than learning names. Build on a child’s innate desire

to explore. As they see patterns and make sense of things on their own they will create the foundation for future learning of science.

Good web sites about children and nature:http://www.childrenandnature.org/http://www.naturerocks.org/http://www.nwf.org/http://www.nps.gov/index.htmhttp://www.ymca.net/healthy-family-home/go-outside.htmlhttp://allianceforchildhood.org/http://www.commonsensemedia.org/

Claire ScogginDirector of Wiess Energy Hall Programming

Teacher Workshop to accompany the movie: Mother Nature’s Child

“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.” -Rachel Carson, Sense of Wonder

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Project WET Workshop for Educators Join us at Baylor University on the banks of the beautiful Brazos River to learn proven, effective skills and methods for teaching about water through hands-on activities. Since 1984, Project WET, an award-winning 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, has dedicated itself to the mission of reaching children, parents, teachers and community members with water education. Suitable for a wide range of educators, you will leave the workshop with activities to use with youth and adults in schools, recreation centers, camps, or other settings. TEA and TEEAC CPE credit for teachers, and has been approved for TX Master Naturalists advanced training. Date: Saturday, December 15, 2012 Time: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Location: Baylor University BSB (Baylor Science Building), 101 Bagby Avenue, Waco TX (a map will be sent to registrants) Cost: $20 registration fee includes award-winning Project WET curriculum Version 2.0 Enrollment is limited—please register by November 15! Contact: Melissa Mullins, Environmental Educator, (254) 710-2382 or Melissa_mullins@baylor.edu Pre-registration is required: Check www.baylor.edu/crasr for on-line registration via credit card OR To pay with a check, complete the form below and mail it along with your registration payment to the address shown. Checks should be made payable to Baylor University- CRASR. PROJECT WET TRAINING December 15 2012 Name:____________________________ Email:________________________________ Organization (district/ campus, scouts etc)_____________________________________ Position (ages/grade/subject taught, etc):______________________________________ Address:____________________City:_____________State:_____Zip:_____________ Phone:________________________ Mail to: Attention: Vasana Tibbs Baylor University Center for Reservoir and Aquatic Systems Research One Bear Place #97178 Waco TX 76798

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EcoFriends Acorn Project Tree Planting

On Saturday, September 22, a volunteer group from the learning community of Peggy Carnahan Elementary School’s students, families, teachers, and administrators planted over 70 native pecan seedling trees in the Leon Creek Greenway across the street from the school. We were joined by our school’s namesake Peggy Carnahan, and volunteers from the Texas Master Naturalists of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Native Plant Society of Texas, and the Global Learning and Observing to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) organization sponsored by NASA and NOAA, with guidance and support by the City of San Antonio Parks and Recreation Department’s City Forester, Michael Nentwich.! The morning was a “learn by doing” event. Tree planters of all ages worked with their families to learn how to successfully plant trees that would provide a lifetime of benefits. Families not only learned the basics of tree planting but also learned of the benefits of native trees including filtering air, reducing erosion, conserving water, increasing biodiversity and sequestering carbon. This lesson in natural resource stewardship provided great family-friendly exercise and a lasting legacy for present and future generations. The seeds were originally planted by students in recycled soda bottles during studies on soil formation, seasonal cycles in nature, plant life cycles, natural resources, and adaptation. The cycle for next year’s event is already beginning as seeds begin to ripen for collection this autumn. Seeds are gathered only from native trees in natural areas without supplemental care that by age or size indicate superior qualities for survival. The project is

part of a 3-5 year joint study with the school and City of San Antonio Parks and Recreation Department on the survival and wildlife predation of the trees. The research data will be correlated with the Smithsonian Institute’s North American Dendrometer Studies and measurements of the air, soil, and water by students taken during walking field trips to the site for observations and recorded measurements using scientific tools. High interest activities like getting into natural settings to plant trees provides the opportunity for rigorous and complex problem solving, especially when built around a service project that benefits the neighboring community. It becomes a powerful interdisciplinary anchor activity to reference throughout the school year as students work through the state standards. These natural areas are public lands but are sometimes been treated as if they belong to no one. By giving students a sense of ownership through the trees they plant, the youngsters develop into stakeholders in the care and maintenance of these irreplaceable natural sites. Now they can show their family the tree they planted. In 20 years, they can show their own children. In 50 years they can show their grand children. One day those grandchildren may tell their own grandchild how the old pecan grove at Earl Scott Pond came to be planted. To paraphrase the tree planter’s proverb, the best time to teach a child to plant a tree was 20 years ago, the next best time is today.

Kent PageScience Academic Support TeacherPeggy Carnahan Elementary SchoolNorthside ISD, San Antonio

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NNOCCI’s Study CircleThe National Network for Ocean and Climate Change Interpretation (NNOCCI) announces an: A Study Circle for interpreters or communicators who focus on ocean or coastal issues The National Network for Ocean and Climate Change Interpretation announces a professional development opportunity for interpreters who focus on climate change and ocean issues.

What is NNOCCI?NNOCCI is a collaborative effort led by the New England Aquarium with the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, the FrameWorks Institute, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, the National Aquarium in Baltimore, Monterey Bay Aquarium, the New Knowledge Organization in partnership with Pennsylvania State University and the Ohio's Center for Science and Industry. With support from the NSF Climate Change Education Partnership program, NNOCCI's goal is to establish a national network of professionals who are skilled in communicating climate science to the American public.

What is a Study Circle?A NNOCCI Study Circle is a cross-disciplinary learning group made up of peers

with expertise from fields of professional interpretation, climate and ocean sciences and communications and cultural sciences. Through a series of facilitated in-person meetings, webinars, conference calls and practical activities, participants build knowledge of ocean and climate science and communications and cultural sciences. They apply lessons learned to communications or educational opportunities in the context of their work environment through several cycles of development, practice, sharing and reflection. The Study Circle has two major phases. During the first six months participants engage in a formal, facilitated learning process. Upon graduating participants join the larger network of colleagues and continue to experiment, evaluate and share successes from their work with each other. Through the Study Circle, participants will learn about the latest findings in climate science and oceanography and how to apply these to interpretive contexts in their home institutions. In addition participants build trust and lasting bonds among colleagues from multiple institutions who share an interest in developing effective ways to engage audiences in learning about climate and ocean change. Who is the Study Circle for?The Study Circle is intended for pairs of staff members from informal learning centers such as zoos, aquariums, science centers, National Parks, natural preserves, and other institutions that have a focus on coastal or ocean issues.

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Study Circle (cont’d)

Costs and Compensation:NNOCCI will pay for direct costs1 for participation in Study Circle activities that are not also part of participants' routine work. This includes travel, lodging and food for in-person meetings. NNOCCI will also provide a $3,000 stipend2 to up to 10 institutions which support two staff members to participate in the Study Circle. Key Criteria:•Applicants should have institutional

support before they apply. The institution should meet the following criteria:

•Have an ocean or coastal ecology theme within their work.

•Have regular interpretation programming led by staff and/or volunteers.

•Have interest in addressing issues related to climate change.

•Be willing to support two staff members to fully participate in both the learning and evaluation phases of the Study Circle

Criteria for individual participants:•Able to commit to 3 in-person meetings (see

dates, below) and about 3 hours/week of Study Circle work from approximately February, 2013 through June 2013.

•Able to commit to coordinating visitor impact surveys at your institution between June and December of 2013.

•Have regular opportunities to apply information and learning from the Study Circle through professional responsibilities such as interpretation for visitors, written communications, educational programming or presenting training for colleagues or volunteer interpreters.

•Have supervisor support for full participation in the Study Circle.

•Have a colleague who meets all of the criteria above.

In-Person Meeting Dates:•February 6 & 7 (Boston, MA)•April 3 & 4 (Woods Hole, MA)•May 13 & 14 (St. Louis, MO) How to apply:Both applicants from an institution should submit a separate application. Click here to fill out the online application. Application deadline is November 4, 2012.•NNOCCI will reimburse direct expenses,

with receipts. Costs of alcoholic beverages and certain other items are excluded and may not be reimbursed.

•Stipends will be paid to the home institution for each pair of participants. In the event that more than 10 institutions are selected, stipends may be recalculated and spread equitably among participating institutions.

Jess ReeseNNOCCI Regional LeaderInterpretive Programs Coordinator

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Come Register, Recycle and Win with Al the CanAl the Can extends an invitation to your school to earn money, recycle and party. Registration is now open at www.cancentral.com. During the second annual event, schools recycled over 4.5 million cans, raising more than $100,500 in Great American Can Roundup School Challenge. Expedition Academy in Green River, Wyoming not only was number one recycling school in the state, but continues to celebrate as the national winner for a second year. We encourage you to challenge your school to see how many beverage cans they can recycle per student between America Recycles Day (November 15) and Earth Day (April 22), 2011. It's an extraordinary opportunity for schools to show their true green spirit and environmental leadership by stepping up to the Great American Can Roundup School Recycling Challenge. The Can Manufacturers Institute, the national trade association of can manufacturers and their suppliers, is giving away a $1,000 per state to the top per capita school and an additional $5,000 to the top recycling school for a total of $56,000. Your school could win up to $6,000, plus the value of the

cans and the chance to win $50 pizza cards. Put your school in contention by going to www.cancentral.com/RoundUp and register by December 15 to be eligible for the School Recycling Challenge. There you will find everything needed to build recycling enthusiasm and rally the community for the win. At www.cancentral.com/RoundUp you will be able to compare your schools' recycling progress. Environmental educators will also appreciate grade appropriate, free interdisciplinary curricula and worksheets for the classroom to continue the discussion of the positive impact on the environment through aluminum can recycling. We look forward to seeing your schools on the Great American Can Roundup School Challenge leader board. Please contact

Jenny Day at 202/232-4677, or by email jday@cancentral.com with any questions or ways we can help.

Jenny DayCan Manufacturers Institute, Washington, D.C.

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Water Works is an exciting project and summer camp curriculum for students at the middle and high school levels in which they build fully submersible robots. Using a great variety of LEGO pieces, their robots become increasingly complex and able to complete sophisticated underwater tasks. In the process, the students gain knowledge in several areas of science, engineering, and technology.

Educators gain access to all camp curriculum as well as loaner kits to facilitate a one week summer camp for 20 girls. The training fee is $300 per organization.

Additional details as well as the application can be found online. The application closes December 7, 2012 or when all spaces are filled with confirmed organizations.

Water Works Educator Training

January 7-11, 2013 Austin, TX

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A Bi-Annual Seasonal Newsletter Issue N° 17- Fall 2012

How Can ISEA Members Get Involved?

Call for :•Board Elections - See Page 2.•ISEA 2013 Conference

Session Proposals - Pt. Aransas, UTMSI, See Page 5.

Submit to Informally SpeakingSimply attach an article to amy.l.moreland@gmail.com and Cappy.Smith@tpwd.state.tx.us

200-500 word submissions can include anything from news about your informal institution, recent research in the field, formal education connections, curricula....you name it! Please also attach high resolution photos with your submission.

Visit our ISEA site often!www.texasinformalscience.org

Email us: texasinformalscience@gmail.com

Friend us on Facebook!http://www.facebook.com/groups/texasinformalscience/

2012 Executive Officers

Jerrel Geisler - President

Amy Moreland - President Elect

Linda Kunze - Secretary

Susan Rowe - Treasurer

Board of DirectorsCheryl BoyetteJohn BoyetteMelissa CigarroaSchelly CorryMartin HagneBarbara PetersonCheryl PotempkinCappy SmithJohnnie SmithJanice Sturrock

Newsletter Editors, DesignAmy MorelandCappy Smith

Contributors Melissa CigarroaSchelly CorryJerrel GeislerKent PageJess ReeseJohnnie Smith Claire Scoggin