Hello all,
Welcome to the website for Texas Council of Elementary
Science! As president, I am pleased to welcome you to look around our website
and organization information.
It has been another great year for TCES, and we look forward
to more exciting changes and updates as we grow and expand.
Looking back…
It has been an amazing six months for TCES. This year we
have had yet another wonderful CAST (Conference for the Advancement of Science
Teaching), where our presenters shared a full strand of workshops supporting Elementary
Science in Texas on many levels, and we had the opportunity to meet and add
many new members to our group.
We are just off the heels of a really terrific Mid-Winter
Symposium held at the ever beautiful South Padre Island. We had the opportunity
to hear national NSTA speaker Steve Rich writer of Outdoor Science: A Practical Guide, attend our choice of sixteen
breakout session offerings, explore the local environment, and visit with
friends from across the state. We had such a wonderful time that we have
already begun plans for next year’s Mid-Winter Symposium in the scenic Texas hill
country.
The road ahead…
In its continued efforts to support Texas elementary
teachers, TCES is looking forward to a very proactive future. This summer TCES
members will again attend the National Science Teachers Association Congress of
Affiliates and Groups. As one of the few members representing elementary
science, TCES is proud to join NSTA at the CAGS meeting to help form and shape the
future of science education on a national level.
We are also looking forward to CAST 2011 in Dallas. We will
again sponsor our workshop strand and are looking forward to having another
great get together during lunch on Saturday. We hope to see you there.
Changing times….
In keeping up with our ever changing education environment
in Texas, look for TCES to support its members with resources from the CAST
strands, Symposiums, and other lesson and activity ideas via a members-only wikispace coming up soon!
Have a wonderful spring semester,
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TEXAS COUNCIL OF ELEMENTARY SCIENCE