The Newsletter of the Wisconsin Society of Science Teachers Excellent science learning for every student! Winter 2024 Vol. 66, #2
67th Annual Conference: Welcome to Osh-Vegas!
From the President WSST President, Dennis Rohr
First and foremost, thank you to each and every one of you for keeping science As we approach the New Year and setin the forefront for each of your students! ting resolutions, have you considered We must stick together and build each ways to increase your student engageother up to keep us all striving to keep ment? The 2025 WSST Conference Oshvegas: Increasing your Student’s Odds trying to make this a better world. At the most recent Winter Board meetof Engagement will do just that. The conference will be held from April 3 to the 5, ing, we voted to accept a three-year con2025 at the Oshkosh Convention Center. tract with Sched to allow our schedule of presentations to be available using the Sched app. Over the years, the WSST Board has made a concerted effort to keep our registration costs to a minimum and not raise the rates. But with increasing food, beverage, rental, transportation costs at the conference center, and higher credit card fees for charging conference payments, we have made the decision to raise the registration rates across the Stacey Strandberg and Jamie Groark, Conference 2025 Co-Chairs
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We are excited to share a variety of fantastic field trips in the Oshkosh area, including EAA field trips to their newly built 15,000-square-foot education building. There are also opportunities to visit a craft distillery, a winery, a craft brewery, a continued on page 4
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President’s Address & Conference Info WSST Awards Information WSST Election Info, Nomination Form WSST Foundation Grants WSST News WSST News and Member Submissions NASA’s Night Sky Notes