State and Regional Presentations


UFOs, Science and Science Education. Presentation at the Northeast Regional meeting of the Association of Educators of Teachers of Science. Syracuse NY , October 14-15, 2004

Assessing Alumni Satisfaction of Geneseo Graduates. Panel presentation at the Annual Meeting of the New York State Association of Teacher Educators. Albany, NY, April 21-23, 2004

Nonsense and the Threat to Science Education. (with copresenter, Ken McCarthy) Concurrent Session for the 104th Annual Conference of the Science Teacher's Association of New York State. Ellenville, NY, October 31- November 2, 1999.

The search for UFO's: Applying the principles of science. Concurrent Session for the 102nd Annual Conference of the Science Teacher's Association of New York State. Ellenville, NY, November 2-4, 1997.

Energy: Many Uses, Many Perspectives. Keynote address of the first annual Northeast Energy Education Network conference. Northhampton, MA. May 20, 1997.

Energy use and production in the world. Keynote address to the Energy, education, economics and environment conference, held at the Edinboro Conference Center, Edinboro, Pennsylvania, June 15, 1993.

Do scientists behave scientifically? Concurrent session for the Science Teachers Association of New York State. Ellenville, New York. November 3, 1992.

The use of role-playing in teaching energy-related concepts. Keynote address for the Energy from Natural and Technologically-Enhanced Resources (Enter 2000) Conference. University Park, Pennsylvania. July 21, 1992.

The teacher into the laboratory and the laboratory into the teacher. Report on an in-service program design to the regional conference of the Association for Educators of Teachers of Science (AETS). New York City, NY. November 15, 1991 (with Dr. J.R. Holman).

Report from the NSTA Moscow Conference. Concurrent session for the annual meeting of the Science Teachers Association of New York State. Ellenville, NY, Nov 4, 1991.

The theory of reasoned action as a framework for designing attitude studies. Presentation at the meeting of the Mathematics and Science Education Research Network. Queens College, Flushing, NY. October 13, 1989.

Energy education and curriculum development. Invited presentation for the conference: Examining natural and technological energy resources toward the year 2000 (ENTER 2000). University Park, PA. July 29, 1988.

The effect of the Chernobyl accident on the attitudes of high school science students toward nuclear energy. Concurrent session for the regional meeting of the National Science Teachers Association. Pittsburgh, PA. November 5, 1987.

The effect of the Chernobyl accident on the attitudes of high school science students toward nuclear energy. Concurrent session for the annual meeting of the Science Teachers Association of New York State. Ellenville, NY. November 2, 1987.

Energy education: how to have an impact. Keynote address to the Community Access to Science and Energy Education Project Advisory Committee. Thorndale PA. July 31, 1987.

Energy education and curriculum development. Invited presentation for Examining Natural and Technological Energy Resources Toward the Year 2000 (ENTER 2000) conference. University Park, PA. July 31, 1987.

Developing curricula to address issues of risk perception. Invited presentation for the Nuclear Concepts and Energy Resources Institute. University Park, PA. July 27, 1987.

Considerations of energy education into the 1990's. Keynote address to the Massachusetts Energy Education Conference. Auburn, MA. April 1, 1986.

Radiation activities for youth series-- RAYS. Workshop for the Annual Convention of the Pennsylvania Science Teachers Association. Monroeville, Pennsylvania. November 14, 1985.

Realities in formulating an energy policy in the United States. Keynote address to CONNECT-- Connecticut Energy Council for Teachers, Annual Conference. Hartford, Connecticut. October 19, 1985.

Radiation activities for youth series. Workshop sponsored by the Edison Electric Institute for the Wichita Regional Conference of the National Science Teachers Association. Wichita, Kansas. October 24, 1985.



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