ISTA/ExxonMobil DEADLINE EXTENDED TO MAY 9th

NEW COOL COMMUNITIES MINIGRANT PROGRAM

Cool Communities Working Together with Science Teachers

ISTA has been invited to organize a special opportunity for members of our organization to implement class projects that partner with your local municipalities during the spring and early summer of 2008...

GRANTS ANNOUNCED

More information and Application

2008 ISTA Annual Conference,"A Future in Science Starts Now"

November 13–15, 2008
Peoria Civic Center & the Hotel Pere Marquette

Information & Registration…
Call for Presentations
Partcipant Registration Form

ISTA To Recognize Outstanding Rookie Science Teachers

Outstanding rookie science teachers in their 1st through 4th year of teaching will be recognized for outstanding achievements in a new ISTA Awards Program. Up to five teachers will be recognized at the ISTA November 13-15 Annual Conference for innovative teaching experience, exemplary service or trend-setting teaching practices. Applications are due by June 30, 2008. For more details:

• Rules (PDF)
• Application (DOC)

Governors’s Green Youth Awards

Governors’s Green Youth Awards: March 17 is the deadline for applications for K-12 students involved in an environmental project.
More Information

ISTA/ExxonMobil Outstanding Teacher of Science Awards Program

• 2007–08 Awards Program
  DEADLINE EXTENDED TO MAY 9th (winners notification in May): Up to seven K-8 Science teachers representing the 7 ISTA regions will be awarded $1000 for extraordinary accomplishments.
• View the 2006–07 Program Winners

Medallions and Certificates

ISTA Medallions and Certificates now available through generous sponsorship by Illinois Petroleum Resources Board" http://iprb.org

If you are a current member of ISTA and teach high school, this is a great way to honor your top science student. Order by emailing Sherry Duncan at sherryduncan@insightbb.com

Illinois Building A Presence for Science

• Information on Building a Presence Illinois
• Current State Partners
• Network News Archive

Presidential Awardees for Math & Science Teaching

Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching: Nominations will be accepted up to March 1, 2008 and detailed applications (including self-applications) up to May 1, 2008. Applicants must have five years of classroom teaching experience. Applications this year are only for K-6 teachers (grades 7-12 in 2009). The state judging committee will forward up to three top math and three top science teachers applications to the National Science Foundation, which recommends winners to the President. The Illinois Awards Luncheon and mentoring session will be at the ISTA annual conference, November 13-15, 2008. For detailed rules, past winners, and nomination/application forms go to www.paemst.org.
Questions? Contact state coordinator Diana Dummitt: ddummitt@uiuc.edu

SPECTRUM—The Journal of the Illinois Science Teachers Association

Spectrum is published and mailed to members three times annually in the spring fall and winter by the ISTA, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, 1500 W. Sullivan Rd., Aurora, IL 60506. Send submissions and inquiries to the editor or focus editors.

Judith A. Scheppler, Ph. D.
IL Math and Science Academy