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2008 Agenda
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| Time |
Event |
| Wednesday, July 9th |
| 7:30 - 8:30 |
Registration and Breakfast, NG Headquarters, 1145 17th St, NW, Washington, D.C. |
| 8:30 - 9:00 |
Welcome
Sherry Long, CEO, National Geographic School Publishing / Hampton-Brown
Fran Downey, VP & Publisher, National Geographic School Publishing |
| 9:00 - 9:15 |
Opening Remarks
Mary Lundeberg, Michigan State University Literacy Achievement Research Center |
| 9:15 - 10:30 |
Taking Science to School: Learning and Teaching Science in Grades K-8
Richard Duschl, Rutgers University |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
BREAK |
| 11:00 - 12:15 |
Science and Literacy for English Language Learners
Okhee Lee, University of Miami |
| 12:15 - 1:30 |
LUNCH |
| 1:30 - 2:45 |
Literacy Through Science: CORI in the Classroom for Grades 4-8
John Guthrie, University of Maryland |
| 2:45 - 4:15 |
Break / Role Alike Groups facilitated by LARC Principal Investigators |
| 4:15 - 5:30 |
Using Content Storylines to Connect Science and Literacy: Lessons Learned from the TIMSS Video Study
Kathleen Roth, Director and Chief Scientist, LessonLab Research Institute |
| 5:30 - 7:00 |
Welcome Cocktail Reception, Explorers Hall |
| Thursday, July 10th |
| 7:30 - 8:30 AM |
Registration and Breakfast |
| 8:30 - 9:45 |
Science Talk and Science Writing: A View from the Classroom
Karen Worth, Senior Scientist, Education Development Center, Inc.
Instructor, Wheelock College |
| 9:45 - 10:15 |
BREAK |
| 10:15 - 11:30 |
PANEL DISCUSSION: Writing to learn and learning to write - in science
James A. Shymansky, Moderator, University of Missouri, St. Louis
Jennifer R. Fruend, Rohan Woods School, St. Louis, MO
Rachella R. Dravis, Lincoln Elementary, Ft. Madison, IA
Charles R. Murphy, St. Louis Public Schools, St. Louis, MO |
| 11:10 - 1:00 |
Lunch and Networking |
| 1:00 - 2:15 |
Grade Level Break-Out Groups, Facilitated by LARC Principal Investigators |
| 2:15 - 2:45 |
BREAK |
| 2:45 - 4:00 |
P. David Pearson, University of California, Berkeley |
| 4:00 - 4:15 |
Closing Remarks |
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* Agenda subject to change. |
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