Greetings colleagues-
We are excited to announce that the Earth Educators' Rendezvous meeting registration is now open (http://serc.carleton.edu/eart h_rendezvous/2018/registration.html) and encourage you to check out this year’s technical program (http://serc.carleton.edu/eart h_rendezvous/2018/program/index.html). Morning workshops require registration and will be filled on a first-come first-served basis. Workshops are interactive with participants learning from one another and from experts in formats that build on research-based pedagogies. These sessions feature time to work on your own introductory or upper-division course, to plan new ways to strengthen your program, or to move forward your education research agenda. All participants registered for a particular day can attend either afternoon mini-workshops or round table discussions, or can choose between multiple sessions featuring teaching demonstrations and/or contributed talks and posters. We envision that specific topics (e.g. broadening participation), specific pedagogical techniques (e.g. metacognition), and research results will be presented and discussed in these contributed sessions. Many of us have interests in multiple areas of Earth Science education in addition to our discipline-specific interests, and the Rendezvous is designed to allow exploration of these areas in ways not possible during conventional conferences and meetings. The Contributed Program is a critical component to this end, and offers both a venue to present work and an opportunity to see what is going on in the Earth Science education community. The Rendezvous provides a unique opportunity to present and discuss your work with an audience of Earth Educators. For more details and to submit an abstract for a talk or poster or to propose a teaching demo, visit: (http://serc.carleton.edu/earth_rendezvous/2018/program/cont ributed_program.html). The deadline for submitting an abstract or activity is March 1. Lastly, we would like to encourage the use of the Rendezvous as a venue for working meetings that allow groups to move forward their collaborative project while capitalizing on the opportunity to learn from colleagues at the Rendezvous. If you are interested in running a concurrent working meeting at the Rendezvous, you can apply to receive a $20 per day discount for the members of your group. We must receive your application before March 1 to be considered for the working group discount. For more details and to apply visit: http://serc.carleton.e du/earth_rendezvous/2018/working_group.html We hope you will find the program to be engaging and flexible. We hope to see you in Lawrence this summer! Important Dates - Working Group Application <http://serc.carleton.edu/earth_rendezvous/2018/working_group.html> By March 1, 2018 - Abstract /Teaching Demo Submission <http://serc.carleton.edu/earth_rendezvous/2018/program/contributed_program.html> By March 1, 2018 - Travel Stipend Application <http://serc.carleton.edu/earth_rendezvous/2018/travel_stipend_app.html> By April 8, 2018 - Registration <http://serc.carleton.edu/earth_rendezvous/2018/registration.html> Early Bird: May 1, 2018 -- -- Krista Herbstrith, National Association of Geoscience Teachers—Assistant Director Science Education Resource Center (SERC)—Program Manager Carleton College- Northfield, MN 55057 507-222-4545- kherb...@carleton.edu *like us on Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/200Division/>* *Join or renew <https://nagt.org/nagt/membership/index.html> your NAGT membership today* *Register today for the Earth Educators' Rendezvous <https://serc.carleton.edu/earth_rendezvous/2018/index.html>, July 16-20, 2018*
