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
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
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
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
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
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