NSTA members help with contests
The Tarleton Chapter of the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), sponsored by Dr. Allan Nelson in the Department of Biological Sciences, has had an active semester. Officers and members have helped faculty members in the department during three contests this semester. These include the ecology contest at the Regional Science Olympiad and University Interscholastic League (UIL) contests. At the Regional Science Olympiad, NSTA members graded contestant papers and helped contest directors Dr. Chris Higgins and Dr. Allan Nelson during the contest where middle and high school students answered questions on ecology and interpreted scientific data from desert and forest ecosystems. NSTA members also helped administer and grade high school Science University Interscholastic League (UIL) tests at a practice meet and the regional 2A contest. Members served as graders and monitors to assist the contest director, Dr. Allan Nelson.
Students involved in these activities include officers of NSTA, Aaron Manous (president), from Aledo, Hunter Hughes (vice-president) from Grapevine, and Jeanette Rogers (secretary), from Waldorf, Maryland. Members involved in the three activities include Jennifer Douglas (Flower Mound), Kymberlee Trnka (Caldwell), Lauren Hatton (Eastland), and Jamie Whitehead (Weatherford).