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THE ART OF SCIENCE LEARNING CONFERENCES 2011
www.artofsciencelearning.org

Washington DC - April 6-7 
The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History 

> Preliminary Washington DC Agenda Now Posted
Keynote by Dr Susan Sclafani of Pearson Foundation
http://www.artofsciencelearning.org/conferences/washington-dc/agenda.html 

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Chicago - May 16-17
Illinois Institute of Technology  

San Diego - June 14-15
California Institute of Telecommunications and Information Technology (CALIT2) 
at the University of California San Diego
in collaboration with the San Diego Science Alliance.

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EARLY BIRD ($199) REGISTRATION ENDS MON MARCH 7  
$250 FROM MARCH 8

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Please consider registering today in order to join us for one of the Art of Science Learning conferences being held this spring in Washington DC, Chicago and San Diego. 

Explore new strategies to foster scientific literacy through arts-based experiential learning. Learn new techniques that use the arts to develop the creative, critical thinking, and the collaborative and communication skills needed in America's 21st-Century STEM workforce

The Art of Science Learning is an NSF-funded project convening scientists, artists, educators, business leaders, researchers and policymakers in three conferences this Spring to explore how the arts can be engaged to strengthen STEM skills and spark creativity in the 21st-Century American workforce. 

The 1½-day conferences are hands-on, workshop-based forums organized around three interactive tracks that will: showcase interdisciplinary methods using arts-based learning to develop creativity, critical thinking and communication skills in the future STEM workforce (Educational Practice); share current research into the impact of arts-based approaches on science education (Research); and explore the connection between the arts, innovation and American economic competitiveness (Workforce Development).

An outline agenda for the Washington conference is now available at http://www.artofsciencelearning.org/conferences/washington-dc/agenda.html. Agendas for the Chicago and San DIego conferences will be available shortly.

For more information on the NSF-funded project as a whole, including community-building with science educators, the workforce development report and the development of a research agenda outlining strategies needed to assess the impact of this approach to scientific literacy and STEM skill development, see our website at www.artofsciencelearning.org.

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David Green
Content Development
Art of Science Learning
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