NC-ASTE

Welcome to the homepage for the North Central Region of the Association of Science Teacher Education

Welcome to the NC-ASTE home page! Our region consists of members from the upper Midwest, and even Canada! We host a Regional Meeting each year, often the second weekend of October.

Our regional meetings include interactive papers, invited research papers, round-table discussions, and our new segment, practical idea sharing.

Were you at our regional meeting? If so, click here to download a program evaluation form. Please fill it in and email it back to Richard Hechter.

Our region has a rich past. It’s history, as documented by Kevin Finson, can be f0und here.

Some of our members have written some Op-Ed pieces. Here are a few of them:

Race to the Top Letter 9-26-11.docx

Celebration of Membership

We are very proud of our membership, and the accomplishments they have achieved. Please click the heading above to see some of our recent success stories!

Email our webmaster.

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JSTE

Regional Bylaws

ASTE

Regional Leadership

Director
Karen Bengtson (College of St. Benedict/St. John’s University)

Director-elect
TBA

Treasurer
Patricia Simpson
(St. Cloud St.)

Secretary
K.T. Willhite (University of Wisconsin - La Crosse)

Membership list coordinator
Cherin Lee
(University of Northern Iowa)

Past Director
Mark Minger (St. Cloud State)

Regional Representative to ASTE Board (2010-2013)
Richard Hechter
(University of Manitoba)

About the region

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(Photo: Hair elastic as seen by the digital microscope - captured by a Preservice Elementary teacher)

The ASTE National Meeting is just around the corner.

See you in Clearwater!