Evolution for Middle School Educators

The Teacher Institute for Evolutionary Science (TIES) is a network of over 50 teachers providing free workshops for middle school science teachers. We’ve presented 75 workshops in 33 states in just three years. The workshop for the OSTA Annual Conference would include the following components:

1. A bell ringer activity
   
2. A slide presentation addressing middle school evolution standards (free for the participants and full of valuable web links and active learning ideas)
   
3. A tour of the TIES Online Learning Page (with dozens of free videos, hands-on labs, online games and links to informative evolution websites)
   
4. A hands-on activity on natural selection titled, This Lab is for the Birds which focuses on data collection and analysis (patterned after Peter and Rosemary Grants Galapagos Finch research)
   

Instructor: Kathryn Green, Teacher Institute for Evolutionary Science

Audience: Middle School

This event is open to everyone, OSTA Member or not. However, we respectfully request that if you are, or have been, an OSTA member, that you log in to the website before registering for this event. 

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Complete the online registration.  Click the "Pay online" button. This will take you to PayPal. If you do not have a PayPal account, just check out as a guest.

Paying by check?
Complete the online registration and click on the "invoice me button."  Print the invoice that will be e-mailed to you. Make your check payable to OSTA. Mail the printed invoice with your check to the Conference Registrar at the following address:

Oregon Science Teachers Association
2018 Fall Conference Registration
4110 SE Hawthorne Blvd, #1025
Portland, OR 97214-5246

Refund/Cancellation Policy: Cancellation and refund requests must be made in writing and be postmarked or timestamped 14 days before the event. Registration cancellations are subject to a processing fee. Email requests to the registrar at registrar@oregonscience.org. Mailed requests are to be sent to the address above.