Conversations
in Science Series
for
K-12 Educators
A partnership between The Wisconsin Initiative for Science Literacy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison The Madison Metropolitan School District & The Edgewood Sonderegger Science Center
October 11, 2007
“Science in Space: Wisconsin’s 100 year Journey to the Hubble Space Telescope”
Evan Richards, UW Space Science and Engineering Center
November 8, 2007
“The Rebirth of Nuclear Power”
Prof. Michael Corradini, Department of Engineering Physics
December 13, 2007
“The Science of Love”
Prof. John Delamater, Department of Sociology
January 10, 2008
“Across Biological Kingdoms: From Potatoes to Polio”
Prof. Molly Jahn, Dean, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
February 14, 2008
“Climate Change and Waters of Wisconsin”
Prof. John Magnuson, Center for Limnology
March 13, 2008
“Biominerals, the Toughest Structures of Life”
Prof. Pupa Gilbert, Department of Physics
April 10, 2008
“Evolution and its Enemies”
Prof. Ronald Numbers, Department of Medical History and Ethics
May 8, 2008
“Faults and Earthquakes: Up Close and Personal”
Prof. Cliff Thurber, Department of Geology