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Education has Arrived! ...and much more!

Volume 56, Number 3 August 2012

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TheOfcial Newsletter of the Science Teachers Association of Texas


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About UsWe are STAT, the Science Teachers Association of Texas.

STAT is commied to the enhancement of the teaching of science in Texas at all levelsand in all science disciplines.

For STAT Position Statements, go to: http://www.statweb.org/positions

STAT is:o A statewide organization of elementary, middle level, and high school

teachers, college educators, supervisors of science, and others dedicated tomaintaining the highest levels of science and education in our schools.

o A chapter of the National Science Teachers Association.o Visit the NSTA site

STAT seeks to:o Serve as a unied voice for the science teachers of the state.o Keep science teachers and other members informed about current trends in

science education.o Provide opportunities for members to examine technology, curriculum,

materials, and services.o Inform members of local, state and national meetings, conferences, seminars

and workshops related to sciences.

o Cooperate with other science oriented organizations and teacher associationsin the promotion of teaching of science.

History:STAT, Science Teachers Association of Texas, was formally organized in 1957 duringthe 4th Annual Conference for the Advancement of Science & Mathematics Teaching(CASMT). STAT membership is now more than 7,000 strong!

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DecemberDecember STATelliteDecember 15

FebruaryFebruary STATelliteFebruary 15

STAT Ocer ElectionsFebruary 15

Science Teachers Dayat the CapitolFebruary 21-22Austin, TX

STAT Board MeetingFebruary 22-23Austin, TX

MarchISEA Annual ConferenceMarch 4-6Port Aransas, TX

STAT Ocer Elections EndsMarch 15

AprilNSTA National ConferenceApril 11-14San Antonio, TX

SeptemberCAST 2013 Planning Kicko PartyClick here to RSVP by emailSeptember 15, 10am - 12pmHarris County, Dept of Education

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September 30OctoberCAST Housing Rates Cut-O DateOctober 15

National Chemistry WeekOctober 21-27

TSAAPT Regional MeetingOctober 25-27Lubbock, TX

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A Message from President Kamas I love this time of year-the excitement of a new schoolyear, the anticipation of meet-ing new students, the redesignof bulletin boards and class-rooms, catching up with friendsand colleagues and all that goeswith the start of school. There isa buzz in the air - it is so ener-gizing!

After a very busy summer of deliveringand aending professional development, it feltgood to be back at work, ocially. The STATboard spent nearly a week in Albuquerque,NM at the National Congress on Science Edu-cation hosted by NSTA, where the focus wasthe Next Generation Science Standards. DuringCongress, we met several times as a board tocontinue our work on the STAT Strategic Plan.You have a hard-working board, dedicated tomaking STAT an organization that serves sci-ence educators well. We have several excitingevents in the works for our members, beyond

our yearly conference. Stay tuned-in to yourSTATellites and STATashes for details!

Speaking of the Next Generation ScienceStandards (NGSS), the second draft is currentlyunderway. You may wonder how that aectsyou. The easy answer is that the NGSS will notaect you directly, but there will be compo-nents that Texas science educators can use andlearn from. In my opinion, the more important

document for Texas is The Framework for K-12Science Education. This document created thefoundation for writing the new standards andshould serve as a research-based guide for

teaching and learning science and engineering.The Framework provides a description of thecontent and a sequence of learning, but youwont see specics in the Framework. What youwill see are three dimensions in which scienceeducation should be built around. The rst di-mension is scientic and engineering practices,the second is crosscuing concepts, and thethird being the core ideas in physical, earth andspace, life, and engineering, technology, andapplications of science. Crosscuing conceptswill be familiar to most teachers since we haveused unifying concepts for many years now.The crosscuing concepts are very similar. Do

systems, paerns, models, structure or functionsound familiar? Those are a few of the crosscut-ting concepts that are also present in the TEKS.The practices are similar to our current processskills. See if you can nd a few process skillsfound in the TEKS such as use models, analyzeand interpret data, construct reasonable conclu-sions, plan and implement investigations, askquestions, in the Framework practices listedbelow:

Framework Practices1. Asking questions (for science) and deningproblems (for engineering)2. Developing and using models3. Planning and carrying out investigations4. Analyzing and interpreting data5. Mathematics and computational thinking6. Constructing explanations (for science) anddesigning solutions (for engineering)

7. Engaging in argument from evidence8. Obtaining, evaluating, and communicatinginformation

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Message from the President(contd. from page 6)

I have found that the Framework providesmore detail and elaboration than the TEKS, butthere are many similarities. The last dimensionincludes the core ideas in each of the disciplines,physical, earth and space, life, and engineering,technology, and the applications of science. Thesecore ideas are meant to develop over time. Noticethe emphasis on engineering and technology in thepractices and in the core ideas. You will hear much

more about the Framework and the NGSS as theyear progresses. You can download a free copy ofthe Framework from the National Academies Press

atwww.nap.edu. Another great resource for geingfamiliar with the Framework is The NSTAs Guideto A Framework for K-12 Science Education By Har-

old Pra, available atwww.nsta.org/ngss. The sec-ond draft of the Next Generation Science Standardsis due out for public comment in late fall. STAT has

taken an active role in participating in the publiccomment process.

On November 8th, 2012, Corpus Christi willwelcome enthusiastic science educators from allover the state of Texas for another fantastic CAST.The eld trips look sensational this year, well worthyour time and there are many great speakers andpresentations planned. Are you ready to Get YourGeek On? Registration opens again on August15th. The CAST app was popular last year, but lookfor the new and improved app this year.

It may seem early, but CAST 2013 in Houstonis already in the works. If you have never served ona CAST commiee, it is not too late. All you need todo is e-mail and let me know. We will also have aCAST Kicko Party on September 15th for all whowant to be a part of making history. Dont miss it!Serving on the CAST Planning Commiee is greatfun. Check the STAT website and watch for emailnotications.

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Musings of a Board MemberBy Kiki Corry, STAT Member-at-Large

I would like to thank you forelecting me to represent you on the STATBoard of Directors. As a board member-at-large (not a large board member thatsentirely dierent), my responsibilities areto participate on commiees and duties asassigned. It is an honor and duty that I donot take lightly.

I thought you might like to knowwhat I have done since I took oce. I host-

ed the annual international Project WILD Coordinators meet-ing which took place in Galveston that very week this year. Ido hope I represented Texas educators with your passion andexpertise so that my counterparts from around the countrywent home saying, Those Texans really do know their scienceand how to teach it! I aended the STAT Board meeting at theNational Congress for Science Education which was hosted byNSTA. We have an active, enthusiastic, and solidly grounded

board focusing on both long-range strategic goals as well as theshort-term, immediate work of preparing for CAST 2012 in Cor-pus Christi. (Get Your Geek On!)

In addition to meetings, I facilitated the writing of theTexas Natural Resources/ Environmental Literacy Plan. Thisplan will focus, support, and coordinate eorts across the stateto help Texans understand and appreciate the natural systemsthat make Texas so great. I also aended the NSTA/NSELASummer Leadership Institute in Austin. Science educators and

educational leaders came from all over the country to learnabout the Next Generation Science Standards and A Frame-work for K-12 Science Education. While Texas will always haveour own standards and assessments, these two new documents with their research-based backbone will denitely inuencescience teaching in the future.

Please view me as a resource. I work at a science-richagency with resources and biologists I only dreamt of whenI was in the classroom. Education is mission-critical at Texas

Parks and Wildlife. If I dont know how to help you, Ill ndsomeone who does. Kiki Corry, Project WILD Coordinator,

Texas Parks and Wildlife [email protected] (512) 389-4369.

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Have you noticed how words canget tossed around and around andaround until regardless of MerriamWebster they take on a meaning of

their own? Or how about that oodof acronyms sprinkled into conversa-

tions until you are afraid to admityou dont actually know what they

are?

STAT The Science Teachers Asso-ciation of Texas: If you are receivingSTAT Flashes and the STATellite, youare one of the 6500 or so members.STAT is a non-prot with a boardelected from you and by you, the

members.CAST The Conference for theAdvancement of Science Teaching:This is the annual conference thatSTAT puts on for science educatorsin Texas.

NSTA National Science TeacherAssociation: The national associa-tion of which STAT is the Texas state

chapter. Headquartered in Washing-ton DC, NSTA is a resource for pub-lications and news about nationalscience education.

NSELA National Science Educa-tion Leadership Association: Thenational association of which TexasScience Education Leadership As-sociation is the state aliate. This is

an organization of leaders in scienceteaching both in the classroom andin administrative positions.
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A Framework for K 12 ScienceEducation has Arrived!

By Kevin Fisher, TSELA Past President

Implementation of the 2010 Science TexasEssential Knowledge and Skills has brought severalchallenges to science educators as they meet therequirements of the document. The science processesare expected to be integrated with science contentthroughout the lesson. Student expectations are morerigorous than in previous documents. Educators haveto prepare students for success on the STAAR assess-

ment. Not to mention, students need to receive a 21stCentury science education.

The National Research Council has recentlypublished A Framework for K -12 Science Education.The framework is designed to provide resources tomove all science education into the 21st century. Thevision is that over multiple years of school, studentswill be actively engaged in science and engineeringpractices, apply cross cuing concepts, and deepen

their understanding of core ideas in science and en-gineering elds. The vision also promotes two majorgoals for science education: (1) educating all studentsin science and engineering and (2) providing foun-dational knowledge for those who will become thescientists, engineers, technologists, and technicians ofthe future.

The framework has three dimensions: (1)Science and Engineering practices that are used to

establish, extend, and rene knowledge. The prac-tices are to be integrated with content. (2) Crosscut-ting concepts that are fundamental to understandingthe dierent disciplines and serve as unifying themeswithin and across disciplines. (3) Disciplinary CoreIdeas that represent the essential knowledge in eacharea.

The framework has several guiding prin-ciples: (1) Children are born investigators. (2) A

limited number of core ideas to allow for deep un-derstanding. (3) Understanding develops over time.(4) Science and engineering require knowledge andpractice. (5) Connecting to students interests andexperiences. (6) Promoting equity.

The beginning of this article focuses on someof the challenges in the implementation of the TexasScience Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS). Fromthe brief overview of the framework that has beenpresented, it should be apparent that the frameworkand TEKS documents have complementary goals. Sci-ence educators in Texas should view the frameworkas a viable resource to enhance science presentations

in classrooms across the state. The document allowseducators to easily access to research based practicesand resources that will increase student comprehen-sion and involvement in science and engineering.

In the near future look for information fromthe Texas Science Education Leadership Associa-tion (TSELA) and the Science Teachers Associationof Texas (STAT) that will enable science educatorsto seamlessly integrate the frameworks into science

instruction. The framework is a resource that can beadded to your toolkit that will assist in developmentof exemplary science lessons.
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Summer Science in BelizeBy Lynn Seman

Who said that teachers take the summer o? Not me!This summer I had the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to participatein a research project in Belize with a wonderful group of Math andScience teachers through the Texas Tech University MS2 program.

Eleven teachers from allover Texas spent 10 days re-searching coral reef sh spe-cies thanks to a grant from the

Greater Texas Foundation andTexas Tech. We were investi-gating whether the Hol Chan Marine Reserve is actually making adierence for sh species conservation. During the 10-day trip, wesnorkeled areas outside of the reserve and then similar areas insidethe reserve along the 2nd longest reef in the world, the Belize Bar-rier Reef which is part of the Mesoamerican reef. While snorkeling,we counted our assigned sh species including parrotsh, angelsh,grunts, and many more species.

Currently, we are working on the dataanalysis part of the research project with theexpert guidance of Dr. Mark McGinley, Associ-ate Professor of Biology with Texas Tech Hon-ors College. We were able to experience realscience rsthand and participate in an excitingnight snorkel, night seining, and meet local chil-dren from the area. Some of the highlights of thetrip include swimming with nurse sharks andstingrays, holding an octopus, witnessing sea

turtles grazing on turtle grass, a visit from a podof dolphins, and collaborating with each otheron actual research techniques.

As we work on our reports from the trip,we are still in amazement from all that we ex-perienced from this life-changing experience.What beer way to spend time o this summer?

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As science teachers you play a vital role in educating stu-dents about our natural resources and the complex processes thatcreate healthy ecosystems. As an informal educator and board mem-ber of the Informal Science Education Association, a STAT aliate,I depend on your eorts and value the partnership that we share increating science literate citizens. Texas Parks and Wildlife (TPWD) isoering resources to assist you in the task of understanding Texaswater, our most valuable natural resource.

Over the past six years, TPWD has produced The State ofWater documentary series exploring the crucial issues facing wa-ter for Texas, including allocations for wildlife and aquatic habitats.This series was shown on PBS stations around the state. Our recentdrought, continued population growth, and increasing demands onlimited water resources make this topic more important than ever. Inan eort to continue to utilize these wonderful documentaries andeducate others about these issues, we are encouraging schools to use

these videos in their classrooms and in extended learning opportuni-ties such as after-school clubs and family science movie nights.

Videos include: Texas: The State of Water, Finding a Balance, The State of Springs, TheState of Flowing Water, and The State of the Gulf: Americas Sea.

The State of Water Video Screening Toolkit is available on-line to assist you in using videos orhosting a screening. The toolkit has questions to encourage discussion and Save Water For Wildlifepledge cards to encourage wise water use by the participants following the screening. The toolkit in-cludes llable publicity yers and a media release to make publicizing the event a snap.

If you arent familiar with the videos, learn more at the website: http://www.texasthestateowater.org/ The latest video, The State of the Gulf: Americas Sea can be seen on the website. The State ofWater Video Screening Toolkit and related forms can be found at http://www.texasthestateowater.org/screening/index.php

Interested? Contact Cappy Smith at [email protected] or 512-389-8060 for additionalinformation or to receive the videos. There is no charge for the videos, but supplies are limited. Mosthigh school libraries already have the set so please check rst. Only one set per campus.

Educate Students About Waterfor Wildlife

By Cappy Smith, Aquatic Resource Education Specialist, Texas Parks and Wildlife
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7:00 am 10:00 am Registration & Tote Bag Pickup7:00 am 4:00 pm CAST Information Booth Open8:00 am 1:00 pm Exhibit Hall Opens8:00 am 3:30 pm Field Trips8:30 am 9:30 am Workshops & JAM Sessions - Session 11

9:00 am 12:00 pm Short Courses10:00 am 11:00 am Workshops & JAM Sessions - Session 1211:30 am 12:30 pm Workshops & JAM Sessions - Session 1312:30 pm 3:30 pm Short Courses1:00 pm 2:00 pm Workshops - Session 142:30 pm 3:30 pm Workshops - Session 15

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Thursday, November 8th

7:00 am 8:00 am First Time Aendees Coee Hour7:00 am 5:00 pm Registration & Tote Bag Pickup7:00 am 5:00 pm CAST Information Booth Open8:00 am 5:00 pm Field Trips8:30 am 9:30 am Workshops & JAM Sessions - Session 19:00 am 12:00 pm Short Courses10:00 am 5:00 pm Exhibit Hall Opens10:00 am 11:00 am Workshops & JAM Sessions - Session 211:30 am 12:30 pm Workshops & JAM Sessions - Session 31:00 pm 4:00 pm Short Courses1:30 pm 2:30 pm Workshops & JAM Sessions - Session 43:00 pm 4:00 pm Workshops & JAM Sessions - Session 54:30 pm 5:30 pm Workshops & JAM Sessions - Session 66:00 pm 7:30 pm Free Social Event: The Great Planet Earch Debate

Live Rock Band and Multimedia Educational Event

Friday, November 9th

7:00 am 5:00 pm Registration & Tote Bag Pickup7:00 am 5:00 pm CAST Information Booth Open8:00 am 5:00 pm Field Trips8:30 am 9:30 am Workshops & JAM Sessions - Session 79:00 am 7:00 pm Exhibit Hall Opens9:00 am 12:00 pm Short Courses10:00 am 11:00 am Workshops & JAM Sessions - Session 811:30 am 12:30 pm Workshops & JAM Sessions - Session 91:00 pm 4:00 pm Short Courses

1:30 pm 2:30 pm Workshops & JAM Sessions - Session 103:45 pm 5:00 pm Keynote Speaker: Danny Forster5:30 pm 7:30 pm Free Social Event: Special Film Screening

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Open Your Eyes and Home to the Wonderful World of ICESInternational Cultural Exchange Services (ICES) is seeking local families interested in hosting InternationalHigh School Students, ages 15-18, from Europe, Asia, Latin and South America for the 2011 2012School Year. Students have their own spending money and insurance, and a local Area Representativeprovides supervision and support. Hosting an exchange student is a rewarding way to experience anotherculture without ever leaving home! In addition, ICES Host Families are eligible for a tax deduction.

Think global, act local. Become a host family.

For more information please contact us:at 1.888.887.9915 or email

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TMA RewardsOutstanding Science Teachers!

Winning teachers and their schoolsreceive generous cash prizes!

Make sure your community is represented by applying today!Visit the program Web site atwww.tmacares.com

to apply by December 29, 2012.

For more information, call TMA at (800) 880-1300, ext. 1600.

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Registration and Housing

HOUSINGThe Omni Bayfront is the Ocial Host Hotel of theCAST 2012 Conference.

You may book there, or with any of our partner hotelson the CAST Housing Site.

When you book through the Housing Site, you willbe guaranteed that your hotel will be on the CAST2012 hotel shule route, receive lower rates throughSTATs room block, and stay at ocial CAST hotels,which have been inspected by sta prior to booking;we only book with hotels we have reviewed. You will

also help future hotel contract negotiations. CAST isable to keep rates low if more aendees book withinour designated hotels.

REGISTRATIONThe Early Bird gets the worm!

Visit the CAST Registration Site forfull details.

Early Bird Registration

(August 15 September 30): $120Advance Registration(October 1 October 31):$150

Regular Registration(November 1 November 8): $165

Family Member (w/ purchase of fullregistration): $50

Saturday Only: $55

Student: $30

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Keynote Speaker

Danny ForsterChief Architecture and Engineering Expert, Discovery Education

Host, Science Channels Build It BiggerFull Bio

Building Our World Through STEM EducationFriday, November 9th - 3:45pmAmerican Bank Center Level 1, Selena Auditorium

Danny Forster, chief architecture and engineering expert for Discovery Education

and host of the SCIENCE series Build It Bigger, will share his experience travelingthe world in search of incredible feats of architecture and engineering and discussthe science behind the structural design of buildings from around the globe. Healso will discuss the importance of STEM education to develop the curiosity,critical thinking and reasoning skills necessary to meet the technology challengesthat lie ahead in the world.

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Free Film Screening

[A] gripping and important lm for anyone who cares about the

future of public education.-Chris Vognar, The Dallas Morning News

with Director, Sco ThurmanFriday, November 9th - 5:30 PM

American Bank Center Level 1, Selena Auditorium

My fth grade science teacher created this energy, sparking my imagination and interest in sci-ence and so I sought to produce a short portrait of a science teacher in Texas thats also moving

minds with an intense and electrifying message. At the time, I discovered a survey stating that

half of the American public did not accept the theory of evolution and so I decided to focus my

lm on a Biology teacher and the lessons on evolution.

-Scott Thurman, Director

The goal ofTHE REVISIONARIES is to illuminate the politi-

cal wrangling behind the board that has gone on since

the 80s, and bring attention to this largely overlooked,

yet vitally important group of people. The Texas State

Board of Education is a modern, moral battleground in

the national debate between conservatives and liber-

als in this country. THE REVISIONARIES gives a face and a

personality to these political ghts.

Photo Credit: Courtesy of Kino Lorber

Fifteen people inuence what is taught to the next

generation of American children. Once every decade, thehighly politicized Texas State Board of Education rewrites

the teaching and textbook standards for its nearly 5

million schoolchildren. Texas is ground zero for the text-

book wars across the country. Our lm confronts the

critical issue and key players in the Texas State Board of

Educations textbook standards revision process and how

this impacts the entire US education system.

Photo Credit: Courtesy of Kino Lorber

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The success of CAST depends on our hundreds of dedicated volunteers who step upeach year to give their time back to the conference they love. Sign up for just one hour,or even ten! We sincerely appreciate your time and eort.

If you love science, people, and are comfortable in fast-paced environments, then wedlove to have you as a volunteer during CAST!

The following is a list of available positions:Registration (badge printing, info booth)

Workshop/Short Course RunnersBadge Checkers

Get Your Geek On by Lendinga Helping Hand at

CAST 2012

Sign up to be a volunteer!

Additional opportunities may be available.If you have a specic talent you feel would be helpful, please let us know!Email us at [email protected].

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Thank You for Helping MakeCAST 2012 Possible!

For more information on each sponsor, please click their logo.

Want to be cool like these guys? Youre in luck, sponsorships are still available!

To fnd out more, go to the sponsorship site.

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Congratulations to Our STAT Award Winners!

Rookie - Outstanding Science Teacher

Kelsey SlaughterFrenship High School; Frenship ISD

Elementary School - Outstanding Science TeacherJennifer Wright

Regina-Howell Elementary School; Beaumont ISD

Middle School - Outstanding Science Teacher

Aimee AyersOL Slaton Middle School; Lubbock ISD

High School - Outstanding Science Teacher

Lara HolbertFrenship High School; Frenship ISD

Distinguished Leadership in Science Award

Becky LindseySecondary Science Curriculum Coordinator; Crosby ISD

Skoog Cup

Dr. Louis JacobsSouthern Methodist University

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Make your voice heard and make a dierence for scienceteachers in Texas by taking a leadership role with STAT.

Each ocer serves as a voting member of the Board of Directors and the Executive Commiee. Below is alisting of the oces and the duties of each oce:

President-Elect:Assists with conference planning, serves as chief executive ocer in the absence of the STAT President.

Vice President:

Chairs Membership Commiee.

Treasurer:Serves as chief nancial ocer, supervises nancial transactions, maintains accurate nancial records, andprovides monthly nancial reports to the STAT Board of Directors.

Secretary:Keeps accurate minutes of the STAT Board of Directors and Executive Commiee meetings, provides aregular reporting of the minutes to the Board, and writes correspondence as directed by the Board.

Member at Large:

Performs ad hoc responsibilities at the discretion of the President.To nominate someone for STAT Oce, please visit thenomination siteand email the nomination form [email protected], or send to our address listed. Nominees will be sent a packet, which must be completedand returned to the Nomination Commiee in order to be considered for election.

The deadline for nominations is September 15th, 2012.

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Mailing Address:5750 Balcones Dr.,

Ste 201Austin, TX 78731

Phone:(512) 491-6685

Fax:(512) 873-7423

[email protected]

AppointedPositions

President:Sharon Kamas

281-328-9200 ext. [email protected]

Past President:Ross Ann Hill(806) 892-1900

[email protected]

President-Elect:Donald Burken(713) 723-0273

[email protected]

Treasurer:Terry Ward

(817) [email protected]

Vice President:Lola West


Secretary:Jo Anne Jackson


Members At Large:Kiki Corry

George HademenosDenise Hill

[email protected]@[email protected]

TEA Representative:Irene Pickhardt

Science Curriculum Division(512) [email protected]

STATellite Submissions:(512) [email protected]

Advertising:(512) 491-6685

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Executive Director:Chuck Hempstead(512) [email protected]

Assistant Executive Director:Lauren Swetland(512) [email protected]

CAST Exhibits Manager:Frank Butcher(281) [email protected]

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Awards CommieeChair Ross Ann Hill

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NominationsCommiee

Chair Patsy Magee

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Legal/LegislativeAairs Commiee

Chair Sandra [email protected]

CAST CommieeChair Ross Ann Hill

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Membership CommieeChair Lola [email protected]

Archives CommieeChair Karen [email protected]

Policy & Procedures CommieeChair Donald Burken

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Associated ChemistryTeachers of Texas

Jamie Flint

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ISEAInformal Science

Education Association

Amy Moreland

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TABTTexas Association of

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Mahew Wells

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TAEETexas Association for

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Lisa Brown

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TCESTexas Council of

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TESTATexas Earth Science

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TMEATexas Marine

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TSELATexas Science EducationLeadership Association

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SBOE District 1 - Charlie Garza12453 Tierra Cipres Dr.El Paso, Texas 79938(915) 630-2427

SBOE District 2 - Mary Helen Berlanga2727 Morgan AvenueCorpus Christi, TX 78405

(361) 881-1000(361) 881-1028 fax

SBOE District 3- Michael Soto2034 W. Kings Hwy.San Antonio, TX 78201(210) 685-8378

SBOE District 4 - Lawrence A. Allen, Jr.2130 Vermillion Oak St.Fresno, Texas 77545(713) 203-1355

SBOE District 5 - Ken MercerP.O. Box 781301San Antonio, TX 78278-1301(512) 463-9007

SBOE District 6 - Terri Leo23516 Twin Oaks Dr. RR#5Spring, TX 77389(281) 257-0832 fax

SBOE District 7- David Bradley2165 North Street

Beaumont, TX 77701(409) 835-3808

SBOE District 8 - Barbara Cargill61 W. Wedgemere CircleThe Woodlands, TX 77381(281) 465-8095

SBOE District 9 - Thomas RatliP.O. Box 232Mount Pleasant, TX 75456(903) 717-1190

SBOE District 10 - Marsha FarneyP.O. Box 99

Georgetown, Texas 78627(512) 966-6771

SBOE District 11 - Patricia Hardy900 North Elm

Weatherford, TX 76086

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SBOE District 12 - George Clayton526 Tiany Trail

Richardson, Texas 75081(972) 834-3618

SBOE District 13 - Mavis B. Knight6108 Red Bird Court

Dallas, TX 75232(214) 333-9575

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SBOE District 14 - Gail Lowe11 Chris Avenue

Lampasas, TX 76550(512) 556-6262

(512) 936-4319 fax

SBOE District 15 - Bob CraigP.O. Box 1979

Lubbock, TX 79408-1979(806) 744-3232

(806) 744-2211 fax

Barbara Cargill, ChairBob Craig, Vice Chair

Mary Helen Berlanga, Secretary

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