CONASTA58 Conference

Invitation to Participate
The CONASTA 58 Convenor and Organising Committee are pleased to invite your participation in the 2009 conference of the Australian Science Teachers Association. CONASTA 58 offers excellent targeted professional learning opportunities for Science teachers, science educators, preservice teachers and the scientific community.

Between 350 and 500 delegates from around Australia as well as some international delegates will gather in Launceston for what will be an exciting CONASTA 58. The Conference theme is ‘Science Education: A bridge to the future’, and the program includes keynote speakers, seminar workshops, excursion-based workshops, highlighted sessions, trade displays, happy hours and social functions as well as a post conference excursion.

We look forward to your participation.

Theme
The main theme is Science Education: A Bridge to
the Future. Within this theme we will highlight:

Science – future problem solver
Educational change and the national curriculum
Science in a rural context
Science and literacy

Who should attend

Primary Teachers
Secondary Teachers
Lab Technicians
Tertiary Science Educators
Undergraduate Science Teachers
Pre-Service Teachers

Exhibitors
The following organisations will be exhibiting at the conference.

Australasian Corrosion Association
IASOS
whynotchemeng?
Geological Society of Australia
Educational Assessment Australia
Southern Biological
Cengage Learning
Cider House ICT
National Youth Science Forum
Australian Science Teachers Association
Australian Science Innovations
Gene And NanoTechnology Information Service
Science @ the University of Tasmania
Oxford University Press
Keepad Interactive
Jacaranda Educational Supplies and Children's Bookshop
The Solar Shop
Xllogger
ScienceIQ
Scientrific Pty Ltd
Australian Stem Cell Centre
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO)
Science In The National Capital
Science In The National Capital
CSIRO
CRC National Plant Biosecurity
Australian Institute of Food Science & Technology

Hosts

CONASTA 58 is organised by The Science Teachers Association of Tasmania on behalf of the Australian Science Teachers Association

Imaginarium
The Imaginarium Science Centre in Devonport will be hosting the Science on the Move and Fascinating Science exhibitions from Questacon at the time of the conference. Click here for more details.

Latest Information

Registration
Click here to print a PDF registration form. Online registration has closed. Please bring a completed registration form with you to the conference (see right for a PDF). All late registrations will need to be paid by credit card.

Program
The full provisional program is now online. You can also book for individual sessions when you register online or by accessing the delegate zone after you have registered.

Win a trip to London at CONASTA58!
Australian Science Innovations (ASI) organises the Australian Science Olympiads and the Rio Tinto Big Science program in schools. They are reviewing the Big Science programs this year, and will run a survey of science teachers to find out their response to both elements of the Program (the competition and the on-line component). They have a booth at CONASTA58, and will use this as a base to chat to registrants and invite them to complete a 3 minute survey on their response to Big Science.

One lucky person will win a return economy class airfare to London! The names of all respondents to the survey go into the hat, for a draw at the Conference dinner. Our sponsor Rio Tinto supports Big Science, and is keen to lift the profile of the program and has made this prize available.

More information about ASI at: www.asi.edu.au

Sponsors

Click here for information on sponsors and exhibition at the conference.