This page describes the 2006 BSTARS Symposium. If you are looking for info about the 2007 BSTARS event, click here.

Bilingual Science Teachers
Annual Resources Symposium (BSTARS)

8:30 AM – 4:00 PM, Wednesday, November 29, 2006
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, Colorado

BSTARS Registration Form

Draft Agenda

Map/Directions

BSTARS will bring together over 100 bilingual science teachers from the Denver metropolitan region and Veracruz, Mexico, who teach in schools with large populations of Spanish speaking students.

The goal is to support teachers in achieving science education excellence in their schools.

BSTARS participants will:
  • Receive bilingual geoscience lessons plans immediately useful in their classrooms
  • Explore and practice hands-on science inquiry activities
  • Build networks and collaborations
Mini-workshop topics include:
  • Science and Literacy
  • Scientific Inquiry
  • Weather and Climate
  • Earth System Science
  • Sun-Earth Connections and Magnetism
  • Activities Share-a-thon
BSTARS includes tours of NCAR’s exhibits on Weather, Climate, and Supercomputing.

For more information contact:

Bernie Martinez, Martinez_B@cde.state.co.us, (303) 866-6870

Marina LaGrave, mlagrave@ucar.edu, (303) 497-2588.

BSTARS is co-sponsored by the Colorado Department of Education, Veracruz Science Council, NCAR, Friends of UCAR, Boulder Valley School District, Coors and Alianza Interpreters