Science Teaching Reconsidered: A Handbook (1997)

Chapter: Appendix A: Societies and Organizations Involved with Science Teaching and Science-Related Issues

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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