Tag: science

Nancy Hall Duncan, a retired home economics and science teacher, has been inducted into the Gov. Louie B. Nunn Kentucky Teacher Hall of Fame.

Melanie Trowel, a 7th-grade science teacher at Leestown Middle School (Fayette County), has been named the 2020 Teacher of the Year by the Kentucky Education Association.

The Kentucky Crushed Stone Association (KyCSA) will hold its annual teachers’ workshop, “Rocks and Minerals in Modern Society,” June 18-19 at the Georgetown College Leadership and Conference Center in Georgetown.

The Eastern Kentucky University College of Science will host its Science and Math Camp June 2-7 on the EKU campus in Richmond.

The Arboretum, State Botanical Garden of Kentucky is offering a classroom experience in which students can explore connections between plants, other organisms and their environments by designing miniature ecosystems contained within terrariums.

The National Stem Cell Foundation partners with The Carol Martin Gatton Academy of Science and Mathematics and The Center for Gifted Studies at Western Kentucky University to fund 10 scholarships each year for middle school science teachers working to transfer a passion for science to students in this age group.

The Louisville Zoo offers educational experiences that provide an opportunity for students to discover natural phenomena in an immersive learning environment. The zoo’s education department strives to make each educational experience an extension of the classroom.

Are you a high school mathematics teacher? Do you have students who like to explore mathematics and science independently? Do they like the challenge of modeling mathematically a realistic physical science/engineering, life sciences/chemistry or social sciences scenario?

The Kentucky Science Teachers Association (KSTA) will hold its annual KSTA Conference on Science Education Nov. 8-10 at the Lexington Convention Center and Hyatt Regency Hotel.

Susan McLaughlin, an integrated science and physics teacher at Lafayette High School (Fayette County), received the Kentucky Education Association Award for Teaching Excellence at the KEA delegate assembly this spring.