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2019 Life Science Institute

  • 01 Mar 2019
  • 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM
  • Brookfield Zoo Discovery Center
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  • A day to join experts and colleagues as we work to implement NGSS-based science. Lunch is not included with this option. No fee for the institute.
  • A day to join experts and colleagues as we work to implement NGSS-based science. No fee for the institute. Lunch included for $10 with this option.

Thank you for your registration. Please let us know if your plans change as last year there was a waitlist.
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For any and all teachers of life science!  


Come learnthe truth about NGSS implementation from national and international experts!

Illinois Science Teachers Association (ISTA) presents:

Friday, March 1, 2019

8:30am – 3:00pm

Please RSVP using the registration link below. 

Featuring high impact, high quality professional development from trained science educators and experts with cutting-edge resources from HHMI and ISTA’s 

NGSS Biology Storylining Working Group


General Session Expert Presenter: 

 General Session Expert Presenter: 

Penguin Conservation

Tim Snyder
Curator of Birds, Chicago Zoological Society

With a special appearance by Pepe the Humboldt Penguin!

Breakout sessions will include learning from the experts in NGSS implementation and storylining as well as exposure to models of coherent storyline units that have been piloted in elementary, middle and high school classrooms.  

All teachers who attend will receive HHMI classroom materials and ISBE PD credits!  

RSVP today!
Click the "Register" button on left to join your colleagues
Seating is limited!

The only cost is the optional lunch for $10.  

Special thanks to our Program Sponsor HHMI’s Biointeractive

And our host – Chicago Zoological Society

Brookfield Zoo’s Discovery Center
3300 Golf Road
Brookfield, Illinois

Please contact Bob Wolffe with questions about lunch payments if not paying through PayPal -- rjwolffe@bradley.edu

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We are a membership-based organization dedicated to promoting excellence in science teaching and learning throughout Illinois.   As the state chapter of the NSTA, the Illinois Science Teaching Association (ISTA) serves as a local resource for science educators in Illinois.   

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