Events for Educators

Special FREE event for Middle and High School Educators

2008 OSA Science Educators’ Day
Thursday, October 23, 2008
4:30 PM -8:00 PM (includes complimentary dinner)
Rochester Riverside Convention Center, Rochester, New York

OSA Science Educators’ Day’08 will be held in conjunction with Frontiers In Optics (FiO), the Optical Society of America’s Annual Meeting. This free event is co-hosted by the OSA Rochester Local Section and OSA’s national organization.

The Educators’ Day program is designed for middle and high school science teachers from the greater Rochester, NY area and features:

• Presentations by optics experts
• Interactive, “hands-on” activities--with a special emphasis on experiments that teachers can replicate in their classrooms
• Approximately 15 classroom demonstrations--including lesson plans (PDF file)
• A complimentary dinner