“You stood in front of your community and said, ‘This is the scholar I have become. This is what I can do.’ And in doing so, you reminded all of us of what young people can do when given the freedom and the support to dream big.”
–Chris Lehmann, Graduation Speech to the SLA Class of 2015, June 12, 2015

Chris Lehmann motivates students every day as the founding principal of the Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia. This November 12-14, he’ll be doing the same for teachers. Lehmann will be a featured speaker at the 2015 Area Conference on Science Education in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he’ll be encouraging science teachers to think in new ways about how they engage students. Don’t miss “Beyond Googling—Building the Conditions for Structured Inquiry,” on Friday, November 13 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM, in the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Ballroom A, when Lehmann will discuss what he sees as the five core values of Inquiry, Research, Collaboration, Presentation, and Reflection, which are at the heart of the inquiry process.

What else will you learn about teaching revolutionary science in the digital age? Below is a small sampling of other sessions on this topic:

• Sustainability and Storytelling: iPads in the Outdoors
• ASTE Session: Science and Literacy—The 50-Cent Microscope/Foldscope
• Nature’s Notebook: A Modern Spin on an Age-old Process
• Leveraging Technology to Provide Students with the Autonomy to Differentiate Their Own Learning
• NASA’s “Eyes on the Solar System”: Bringing Planets into Your Classroom
• Technology as a Tool: Increasing Engagement in Science Classrooms
• Teaching Science Completely Online

Want more? Check out more sessions and other events with the Philadelphia Session Browser/Personal Scheduler. Follow all our conference tweets using #NSTA15, and if you tweet, please feel free to tag us @NSTA so we see it!

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Future NSTA Conferences

2015 Area Conferences

• Reno, October 22–24
• Philadelphia, November 12–14
• Kansas City, December 3–5

2016 National Conference

• Nashville, March 31–April 3

2016 STEM Forum & Expo

• Denver, July 27–30

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