The Newsletter of the Wisconsin Society of Science Teachers Excellent science learning for every student! Spring 2025 Vol. 66, #3
67th Annual Conference: Welcome to Osh-Vegas!
From the President WSST President, Dennis Rohr
Hello science educators! I am so looking forward to seeing you in Oshkosh April We are a little over a month away from 3-5! Stacey Strandburg, Jamie Groark the 2025 WSST OshVegas Conference! and the entire WSST Conference Have you registered? Have you decided Committee members are putting in a ton on which field trips or workshops you want to attend? Did you get your ticket to of work to make sure this conference is extra special, as this is the first time the banquet? Did you get your hotel room? If you haven’t, head to the WSST since 1966 that WSST will be held in downtown Oshkosh. website to register today! Registration Do you want to know a secret? You and increases after March 15. I both know of the many positive impacts that attending the WSST conference does for our own teaching. Wouldn’t it be nice to show your administrators first-hand how awesome the conference is? Make sure to invite your administrator; they are able to join us for free. Have them fill out the registration form and select the correct spot for a complementary Stacey Strandberg and Jamie Groark, Conference 2025 Co-Chairs
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This year, we have a full lineup offering a variety of presentations, from using phenomena in the classroom to supporting multilingual learners and workshops that will help ignite elementary curiosity to the continued on page 4
Inside this Issue! Page 1 Page 7-20 Page 22-24 Page 25 Page 26-27 Page 29-36 Page 38-39
President’s Address & Conference Info Conference 2025 Information WSST Election Info WSST Baseball, July 2025 WSST Writing Contest WSST News and Member Submissions NASA’s Night Sky Notes