The Biology BreakfastKathy Hoppe, DALMary Colvard, HHMIDr. Rob Jackson, Duke University

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NYC

*Lisa Brosnick Southwestern

*Diane D’Gravio Central Western

Angela Pegano Southern

Christine Mooney North Central

Annick O’Reilly Catskill-Leatherstocking

Jessica Poseluzny Westchester

*Carol Ann Pryor Nassau

*Kelly Ryan Eastern

Sue Schafer Mohawk Valley

Glen Cochrane Suffolk

*Brian Fico Central

Karen Huffman Western

Peter Jablonski Northwestern

Current TopicsIn New York State Science Education

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the

dance. ~ Alan Watts

Our New Reality

Adopted in January 2011; required instruction in k-12

science, content reading and writing grades 6-12

Developed by National Research Council to provide a guide for the development of Next Generation

Science Standards

READ informational text; write using evidence from text, draw conclusions from multiple

sources

LITERACY in the CONTEN T AREA

Released for public comment in the summer of 2010

FINAL EDITION released in Summer of 2011

Standards are being developed, based on the Framework for

Science Education by Achieve

NYS teachers and STANYS are participating in “confidential

reviews” of the NGSS

NGSS available for public comment in Jan/Feb of 2012;

STANYS will notify members when available

NYS will decide whether or not to adopt the NGSS after has been

finished

NYS is highly invested in the development of

NGSS

Websites for reference

The role of STANYS Providing leadership Involved in the process in partnership with

New York State Education Department Staying current for our members Annual Conference 2012 to address the

changing situation

http://www.stanys.org

Mary Colvard Co-Author of Pearson’s

Biology Review Book CIBT Educational Consultant

for HHMI Dolan Learning Center

for the Genes to Cognition

The Making of the Fittest: HHMI’s Night at the Movies in Your Classroom

Presentation

“Reducing Our Footprint: Biology and Sustainable

Energy”

Dr. Rob JacksonCo-Author of the Campbell Biology

Author of “The Earth Remains”

Chair of Global Environmental Change at the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University

Education: PhD, Utah State

University, 1992 M.S. Statistics, Utah State University, 1992 M.S. Ecology, Utah State University, 1990 B.S. Chemical Engineering, Rice University, 1983

Dr. Robert B. Jackson

Awards Murray F. Buell Award from the

Ecological Society of America 1999 Presidential Early Career Award in

Science and Engineering from the National Science Foundation

one of 19 scientists honored at the White House by President Clinton

Fellow in the American Geophysical Union

Over 75 papers published

Written intriguing books for students of all ages and grade levels

Author of Biology (2010, 2008) Pearson/Benjamin Cummings

Door Prizes Ward’s Natural Science Educational Innovations Vernier Software and Technology Science Take Out Pellets Inc. Aquatic Ecosystems Digital Frog, International