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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Societies and Organizations Involved with Science Teaching and Science-Related Issues." National Research Council. 1997. Science Teaching Reconsidered: A Handbook. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5287.
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Appendix A
Societies and Organizations Involved with Science Teaching and Science-Related Issues

SCIENCE TEACHING SOCIETIES AND ORGANIZATIONS

American Association for Higher Education

One Dupont Circle, Suite 600

Washington, DC 20036-1110

(202) 293-6440

American Association of Physics Teachers

1 Physics Ellipse

College Park, MD 20740-3845

(301) 209-3300

American Council on Education

One Dupont Circle, Suite 800

Washington, DC 20036

(202) 939-9300

Association for the Education of Teachers in Science

The University of West Florida

11000 University Parkway

Pensacola, FL 32514

(904) 474-2860

Association of American Colleges and Universities

1818 R Street, NW

Washington, DC 20009

(202) 387-3760

Biological Sciences Curriculum Study

5415 Mark Dabling Blvd.

Colorado Springs, CO 80918-3482

(719) 531-5550

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Societies and Organizations Involved with Science Teaching and Science-Related Issues." National Research Council. 1997. Science Teaching Reconsidered: A Handbook. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5287.
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Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

1755 Massachusetts Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20036

(202) 387-7200

Coalition for Education in the Life Sciences

Office of Education and Training

American Society for Microbiology

1325 Massachusetts Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20005

(202) 737-3600

Council of Chief State School Officers

One Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 700

Washington, DC 20001-1431

(202) 408-5505

Council of Graduate Schools

One Dupont Circle, Suite 430

Washington, DC 20036

(202) 223-3791

Independent Colleges Organization

1730 Rhode Island Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20036

(202) 232-1300

National Association for Research in Science Teaching

Ohio State University

1929 Kenny Rd., Suite 100

Columbus, OH 43210-1015

(614) 292-3339

National Association of Biology Teachers

11250 Roger Bacon Drive, Suite 19

Reston, VA 22090

(703) 471-1134

National Association of Geoscience Teachers

c/o Robert A. Christman

P.O. Box 5443

Bellingham, WA 98227-5443

(360) 650-3587

National Center for Improving Science Education

2000 L Street, NW, Suite 603

Washington, DC 20036

(202) 467-0652

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Societies and Organizations Involved with Science Teaching and Science-Related Issues." National Research Council. 1997. Science Teaching Reconsidered: A Handbook. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5287.
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National Center on Postsecondary Teaching, Learning, and Assessment

The Pennsylvania State University

403 South Allen Street, Suite 104

University Park, PA 16801-5252

(814) 865-5917

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

1906 Association Drive

Reston, VA 20191-1593

(703) 620-9840

National Earth Science Teachers Association

c/o M. Frank Watt Ireton

American Geophysical Union

2000 Florida Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20009

(202) 462-6910x243; (202) 328-0566

National Science Teachers Association

1840 Wilson Blvd.

Arlington, VA 22201-3000

(703) 243-7100

Society for College Science Teachers

c/o Dr. William McIntosh

Delaware State University

Dover, DE 19901

(302) 739-5206

State Higher Education Executive Officers

707 17th Street, Suite 2700

Denver, CO 80202-3427

(303) 299-3600

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY-RELATED ORGANIZATIONS

American Association for the Advancement of Science

1333 H Street, NW

Washington, DC 20005

(202) 326-6400

American Association of Medical Colleges

2450 N Street, NW

Washington, DC 20037

(202) 828-0400

American Astronomical Society

2000 Florida Avenue, NW

Suite 400

Washington, DC 20009

(202) 328-2010

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Societies and Organizations Involved with Science Teaching and Science-Related Issues." National Research Council. 1997. Science Teaching Reconsidered: A Handbook. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5287.
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American Chemical Society

1155 16th Street, NW

Washington, DC 20036

(202) 872-4600

American Geological Institute

4220 King Street

Alexandria, VA 22302

(703) 379-2480

American Geophysical Union

2000 Florida Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20009

(202) 462-6900

American Institute of Biological Sciences

1444 I Street, NW, Suite 2000

Washington, DC 20001-4521

(202) 628-1500

American Institute of Physics

1 Physics Ellipse

College Park, MD 20740-3843

(301) 209-3007

American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges

State Technical Institute at Memphis

5983 Macon Cove

Memphis, TN 38134

(901) 383-4643

American Mathematical Society

1529 18th Street, NW

Washington, DC 20036

(202) 588-1100; (800) 321-4267

American Physical Society

1 Physics Ellipse

College Park, MD 20740-3843

(301) 209-3007

American Physiological Society

9650 Rockville Pike

Bethesda, MD 20814-3991

(301) 530-7118

American Society for Cell Biology

9650 Rockville Pike

Bethesda, MD 20814-3992

(301) 530-7153

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Societies and Organizations Involved with Science Teaching and Science-Related Issues." National Research Council. 1997. Science Teaching Reconsidered: A Handbook. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5287.
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American Society for Engineering Education

1818 N Street, NW, Suite 600

Washington, DC 20036

(202) 331-3500

American Society for Microbiology

1325 Massachusetts Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20005

(202) 737-3600

Carnegie Commission on Science, Technology and Government

437 Madison Avenue

New York, NY 10022

(212) 371-3200

Geological Society of America

P.O. Box 9140

300 Penrose Place

Boulder, CO 80301

(303) 447-2020

Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

60 Garden Street

Cambridge, MA 02138

(617) 496-4798

International Center for the Advancement of Scientific Literacy

Chicago Academy of Sciences

2060 North Clark Street

Chicago, IL 60614

(312) 549-0606

Mathematical Association of America

1529 18th Street, NW

Washington, DC 20036

(202) 387-5200

Optical Society of America

2010 Massachusetts Avenue

Washington, DC 20036

(202) 223-8130

Science, Technology, and Society Program

133 Willard Building

University Park, PA 16802

(814) 865-9951

Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society

P.O.13975

Research Triangle Park, NC 27611-7448

(919) 549-4691

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Societies and Organizations Involved with Science Teaching and Science-Related Issues." National Research Council. 1997. Science Teaching Reconsidered: A Handbook. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5287.
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ORGANIZATIONS FOR WOMEN IN SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS, AND ENGINEERING

American Association of University Women

1111 16th Street, NW

Washington, DC, 20036-4873

(202) 785-7700

Association for Women in Mathematics

4114 Computer and Space Science Building

University of Maryland

College Park, MD 20742-2461

(301) 405-7892

Association for Women in Science

1522 K Street, NW, Suite 820

Washington, DC 20005

(202) 408-0742

Society of Women Engineers

120 Wall Street

New York, NY 10005

(212) 509-9577

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Societies and Organizations Involved with Science Teaching and Science-Related Issues." National Research Council. 1997. Science Teaching Reconsidered: A Handbook. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5287.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Societies and Organizations Involved with Science Teaching and Science-Related Issues." National Research Council. 1997. Science Teaching Reconsidered: A Handbook. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5287.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Societies and Organizations Involved with Science Teaching and Science-Related Issues." National Research Council. 1997. Science Teaching Reconsidered: A Handbook. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5287.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Societies and Organizations Involved with Science Teaching and Science-Related Issues." National Research Council. 1997. Science Teaching Reconsidered: A Handbook. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5287.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Societies and Organizations Involved with Science Teaching and Science-Related Issues." National Research Council. 1997. Science Teaching Reconsidered: A Handbook. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5287.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Societies and Organizations Involved with Science Teaching and Science-Related Issues." National Research Council. 1997. Science Teaching Reconsidered: A Handbook. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5287.
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Effective science teaching requires creativity, imagination, and innovation. In light of concerns about American science literacy, scientists and educators have struggled to teach this discipline more effectively. Science Teaching Reconsidered provides undergraduate science educators with a path to understanding students, accommodating their individual differences, and helping them grasp the methods—and the wonder—of science.

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Written by scientists who are also educators, the handbook offers suggestions for having a greater impact in the classroom and provides resources for further research.

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