http://expertvoices.nsdl.org/2007fall-nsta-sems This blog accompanies the 2007-2008 NSDL/NSTA Web Seminar Series showcasing our presenters as they share their experiences in pursuing careers in science and science education. Associated resources within the NSDL collection are also featured for educators to incorporate into their teaching. Fri, 23 May 2008 13:55:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My name is Jessica Fries-Gaither, and I am an elementary resource specialist at the Ohio State University, where I serve as project director for Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears. Beyond Penguins is a free, online professional development magazine for elementary teachers dedicated to increasing knowledge of the polar regions and ... http://expertvoices.nsdl.org/2007fall-nsta-sems/2008/05/23/reading-writing-and-science/ Karen Kalumuck, presenter for the NSDL web seminar, Small Creatures Under the Microscope, has had a lifelong desire to learn and teach science at all age levels. From the university classroom to the science center lab at the Exploratorium, Karen has dedicated herself to making science exciting for the ... http://expertvoices.nsdl.org/2007fall-nsta-sems/2008/03/11/karen-kalumuck-a-translator-of-science/ As a teenager, I didn't know what I wanted to do. But I did know what I wanted to study. I lived in the Washington, D.C., suburbs until I was 13. So it was a shock to move to rural upstate New York. But soon the woods and ... http://expertvoices.nsdl.org/2007fall-nsta-sems/2008/02/06/communicating-for-a-cause-craig-cramer/ Marcia Eames-Sheavly of the Garden-Based Learning Program at Cornell University and presenter for the NSDL Web Seminar: Flower Bulb Science shares how she was able to combine her interests into a satisfying career: When I was in high school, I admired my friends who seemed to know exactly what ... http://expertvoices.nsdl.org/2007fall-nsta-sems/2008/02/06/merging-science-and-art-marcia-eames-sheavly/ I never figured I’d work so much of my career in science museums, but looking back it really comes as no surprise. The city park in the area that I grew up in is right next to what was then the Denver Museum of Natural History. Our family ... http://expertvoices.nsdl.org/2007fall-nsta-sems/2008/01/29/my-career-as-an-informal-science-educator/ As our presenter for "Studying Genomes", Rob DeSalle takes life as one big discovery after another. Here's an excerpt from his biography from the AMNH Seminars on Science profiles: As an undergraduate at the University of Chicago in the 1970s, Rob had vague plans of becoming a social worker. But ... http://expertvoices.nsdl.org/2007fall-nsta-sems/2007/11/27/dr-rob-desalle-portrait-of-a-passionate-scientist/ My name is Lynn Diener and I work on the new Chemistry Education pathway. The Chemistry Education Digital Library (ChemEd DL) brings together a variety of innovative electronic resources for teaching Chemistry. We will highlight a number of these resources in our upcoming seminar, Chemistry Comes Alive II: Sticky Molecules ... http://expertvoices.nsdl.org/2007fall-nsta-sems/2007/10/22/mole-day-seminar-learn-about-sticky-molecules-and-folding-proteins/ My name is Christina Symons and I am one of the geologists working on the ERESE Project (Enduring Resources for Earth Science Education, http://www.Earthref.org/ERESE). ERESE provides a digital collection rich with state of the art earth science data and images for the classroom, bringing students and teachers onboard virtual ... http://expertvoices.nsdl.org/2007fall-nsta-sems/2007/10/02/marine-geologists-investigate-earths-hot-processes/ Hello, everybody! Thanks for visiting the blog for the NSDL/NSTA Web Seminar 2007 Fall Series. My name is Bethany Carlson, and I worked with project director Sarita Nair-Pillai on the creation of the FunWorks NSDL collection. A little about me: I have a B.S. in engineering—I was one of those kids in ... http://expertvoices.nsdl.org/2007fall-nsta-sems/2007/09/20/nsta-nsdl-web-seminar-tonight-the-funworks/ We've asked our presenters for the NSDL/NSTA Web Seminar 2007 Fall Series to share their insights on pursuing careers in science and science education. They'll also share some of their current work in their fields of expertise. Read, share, and comment on the discussion for the Fall Series ... http://expertvoices.nsdl.org/2007fall-nsta-sems/2007/08/20/hello-world/