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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:15.0pt;mso-line-height-alt:14.05pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;letter-spacing:-.6pt'>Professional Development Event for Teachers at Bridgewater State University:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:15.0pt;mso-line-height-alt:14.05pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#262626;letter-spacing:-.6pt'>CASE Conference 2016: <a href="http://microsites.bridgew.edu/case/prek-12-teachers"><span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'>Registration Now Open</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.6pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>When</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333'>: February 25, 2016 (snow date: March 3, 2016)<br><span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Where:</span> Bridgewater State University, Dana Mohler-Faria Science and Mathematics Center<br><span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Time:</span> 3:00 - 9:00 PM (registration begins at 2:30 PM)<br><span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Cost:</span> $30 (includes plenary, keynote address, 2 workshop sessions and buffet dinner)<br><span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Professional Development</span>: Up to 10 PD hours available<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.6pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:15.6pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#333333'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Keynote Speaker: <a href="http://capeandislands.org/people/heather-goldstone"><span style='color:#791419;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'>Heather Goldstone </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.6pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333'>All Climate is Local: Lessons in Communicating Science to the Public<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.6pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333'>At its core, science is a deeply human endeavor to understand and interpret our world. The passion, curiosity, and excitement that drives scientists; the painstaking pace of research; the accidents and mistakes that sometimes lead to important revelations, all are key elements of science that are often lost in the rush to convey scientific facts and figures to the general public. But, without understanding how science – and scientists – work, non-scientists stand little chance of understanding the results they produce. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.6pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.6pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333'><a href="http://capeandislands.org/people/heather-goldstone"><span style='color:#791419;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'>Heather Goldstone</span></a> is science editor at WCAI and host of Living Lab on The Point, a weekly show exploring how science gets done and makes its way into our daily lives. Dr. Goldstone holds a Ph.D. in ocean science from M.I.T. and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and spent a decade as a researcher before leaving the lab to pursue journalism. She has reported extensively on Woods Hole’s unique scientific community and key environmental issues on Cape Cod. Her stories have appeared in outlets ranging from Cape Cod Times and Commercial Fishery News, to NPR and PBS News Hour. Most recently, Dr. Goldstone hosted <a href="http://www.wgbh.org/byers/Climatide/index.html"><span style='color:#791419;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'>Climatide.org</span></a>, an NPR-sponsored blog exploring present-day impacts of climate change on coastal life.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:14.05pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#262626'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:15.6pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#333333'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Plenary Session where all the participants discuss a current topic in science education.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:15.6pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#333333'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Hands-on Workshop Sessions that provide teachers with sample projects, activities and lessons that can be included in their classrooms.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:15.0pt;line-height:15.6pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333'>For detailed descriptions of the workshop sessions and for information about registration, please visit our website at <a href="http://microsites.bridgew.edu/case/prek-12-teachers">http://microsites.bridgew.edu/case/prek-12-teachers</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:15.0pt;line-height:15.6pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333'>If you have any questions, please contact Maura Whittemore, Administrative Assistant for CASE at <a href="mailto:mwhittemore@bridgew.edu">mwhittemore@bridgew.edu</a> or Kim McCoy, Assistant Director for CASE at <a href="mailto:kmccoy@bridgew.edu">kmccoy@bridgew.edu</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>