Fall Conference
October 7-9, 2021
Doane University
Crete, Nebraska
Register to Attend
Registration opens: June 11, 2021
Early Registration closes: Sept 20, 2021
Cost, includes 1 year membership:
Early Registration: $100
Late Registration: $130
Hotel Information:
Fairfield Inn - Crete: (402) 318-7770
Group rate: $96/night
To get rate, please call hotel
(online booking is full).
Vendor Registration
Presenter Call for Proposals
Run for NATS board:
Nominate someone for the Catalyst Award:
Keynote Speaker
TJ McKenna
Boston University
NGSSphenomena.com
Making Science Education Meaningful
Science teaching and learning should build toward more sophisticated understandings and practices – but where do we start? Leading with meaningful phenomena and problems help us move past the question of what to teach, and instead allow us to focus on the why.
Schedule
Detailed Schedule at-a-glance: bit.ly/NATS21Sched
Complete Conference App: nats21sched.glideapp.io
Oct 7 - Afternoon
Follow up sessions for OpenSciEd summer workshop and EPSCoR/NATS Summer
conference
Oct 8 - 7:30 - Vendor Space Opens
8:00 - Session 1
9:00 - Keynote Address - TJ McKenna "Making Science Education Meaningful"
10:00 - General NATS Meeting
10:45 - Session 2
11:45 - Lunch
12:30 - Session 3
1:30 - Session 4
2:30 - Ice Cream Social w/ Vendors
3:00 - Session 5
4:00 - NATS Board Meeting
Oct 9 - 8 AM - Noon
Mini-BioBlitz with Nebraska Master Naturalist Program (be prepared to be outside
exploring nature)
MASKS REQUIRED FOR CONFERENCE.