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.0.13975 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