This is the home page of the WMU Middle School Science Teachers, an informal group of elementary education students at Western Michigan who are preparing for careers as middle school science teachers. We meet four times a year, twice during the Fall and Spring terms, and also attend local (SWMSES) and state (MSTA) conferences.

Our meetings (held Thursday afternoons) are hosted by area middle school science teachers who discuss issues of interest to us such as classroom management strategies, how to maintain discipline in the classroom, and how to prepare for the job market. They feature pizza, pop and door prizes.

We have two WMU faculty advisors, Dr. David Rudge (Biological Sciences, CAS) and Dr. Paul Vellom (Teaching Learning, and Leadership, COE) who each have a joint appointment in the Mallinson Institute for Science Education. Please feel free to contact either of them if you have ideas of topics you'd like us to discuss at meetings or speakers you think would be of interest to our group.

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Calendar of Upcoming Events

Fall 2007

October 4 - Information about our first meeting of the year is located here.

November 2 - SWMSES - This year's Southwest Michigan Science Educator's Symposium will take place on Friday, November 2 at Portage Northern High School. The symposium is a day long opportunity to network with area science teachers. This year's event will feature Steve Wolfe, a stunt coordinator/special effects guy from the motion picture industry. Information about this year's event will be posted here once it is available.

November 9- Information about our second meeting of the year is located here.

Spring 2008

March 6-8- MSTA - This year's annual meeting of the Michigan Science Teachers Association (MSTA) will take place from Thursday, March 6 through Saturday, March 8 in Lansing, MI. Additional information is located here. Please contact Dave by February 29, 2008 if you would like us to pay for your registration for the conference.

March 20- Information about our third and final meeting of the year is located here.