{"id":4057,"date":"2010-09-29T12:07:54","date_gmt":"2010-09-29T17:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=4057"},"modified":"2010-09-29T12:07:54","modified_gmt":"2010-09-29T17:07:54","slug":"apsu-will-be-host-to-elementary-middle-school-teachers-at-stem-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2010\/09\/29\/apsu-will-be-host-to-elementary-middle-school-teachers-at-stem-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"APSU will be host to elementary, middle school teachers at STEM conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-47306\" title=\"Austin Peay State University\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/apsu-logo-200x123.jpg\" alt=\"Austin Peay State University\" width=\"200\" height=\"123\" \/><strong>Clarksville, TN<\/strong> \u2013 Elementary and middle school teachers will participate in a conference that will focus on strategies for integrating science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) principles into instruction in grades K-8.<\/p>\n<p>The conference will be held Saturday, October 2nd in the Claxton Building at Austin Peay State University.<\/p>\n<p>Keynote speaker will be Michael Wilson, manager of the APSU Geographical Information Systems (GIS). His talk will focus on ways K-8 students can display experimental or research data.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Presentations will be made by teachers who attended the intensive STEM education program, sponsored by a non-competitive Congressional Award made to APSU and held during June 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Presenters will be Heather Ayers, Liberty Elementary School; Jeremy Cecil, Kathy Kolb and Patricia South, Moore Science Magnet School; Amy Castleberry, Pleasantview Elementary School; Jason Pierschbacher and Jennifer Burch, Kenwood Middle School; Patricia Smajdek, Byrns Darden Elementary School; Katie Hackette, Barkers Mill Elementary School; Mary Jon Hadley, Cumberland Heights Elementary School; and Dr. Sheila Pirkle, APSU-STEM Center.<\/p>\n<p>The Clarksville Sunrise Rotary Club is a co-sponsor, providing materials for the event, along with the support for the non-competitive grant award to the APSU College of Education from the U.S. Congress in 2009. Dr. Rebecca McMahan directs the Congressional Award.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, call Dr. Sheila Pirkle, director of the APSU-STEM Center, at 931-221-7055.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clarksville, TN \u2013 Elementary and middle school teachers will participate in a conference that will focus on strategies for integrating science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) principles into instruction in grades K-8. The conference will be held Saturday, October 2nd in the Claxton Building at Austin Peay State University. 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