Climate Change Workshop blog

I hope as many of you as possible will be able to participate in the Field Meeting. Beavers Bend is a wonderful place and you will love seeing colleagues new and old. I won't be there because I an participating in a workshop this weekend. The Climate Change Workshop this weekend at the University of Oklahoma Biological Station. Sponsored by Oklahomans for Excellence in Science Education (OESE) and the Oklahoma Climatological Survey, this workshop will acquaint high school teachers with the basic facts about climate change and introduce active learning experiences they can use with their students. For many years OESE has held evolution workshops, but we recognized that climate change is just as controversial a topic as evolution, if not more so, and teachers really want some help in approaching this topic. I plan to "live-blog" from the event on my science blog. Last year I "live-blogged" from the OESE evolution workshop; see here. Want some straight and clear information about climate change? Check us out starting Friday evening September 20. Or, for those of you at the field meeting, check us out afterward--or during the meeting, if the sound of the frogs keeps you awake at night and you can find a connection. Stan Rice, president-elect

Great weather forecast for Fall Field Meeting this weekend

The Fall Field Meeting of the OAS is this weekend, at Beaver's Bend State Park in McCurtain County. Many of you have preregistered. But some of you may not have, deciding to hold off until you know what the weather would be. Well, the forecast is for great weather!

Here is what weather.com is predicting:
http://www.weather.com/weather/weekend/Beavers+Bend+State+Park+OK+814:19:US

It is too late to preregister, but make plans to come down on Friday regardless. The on-site registration is only $5 more. Meal tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis, so it is best to arrive as early Friday evening as possible.

Need help navigating? This link http://goo.gl/maps/Hx7Yp gets you to the Google Maps pin for the park, and from the site you can click on "Get Directions" and enter your starting point.