APA/TOPSS Pre-Convention Workshop Neuroscience and Research in the High School Classroom Grand Hyatt Washington Hotel – Franklin Square and McPherson Square Rooms 1000 H. Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 Wednesday, August 17, 2005 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Registration starts at 8:30 AM Presenters: Eric H. Chudler, PhD, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Stephen L. Chew, PhD, Samford University, Birmingham, AL; Allyson Weseley, EdD, Roslyn High School, Roslyn, NY The APA Education Directorate and the APA Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools (TOPSS) are pleased to announce a full-day workshop for teachers of high school psychology. The workshop will be held on August 17, 2005 and will precede the Annual APA Convention, being held in Washington, DC August 18-21, 2005. The TOPSS workshop will feature Dr. Eric Chudler of the University of Washington and “Neuroscience for Kids” website (http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html) presenting on ways in which teachers can integrate neuroscience into their psychology classrooms. Dr. Chudler will give an interactive overview of neuroscience and provide attendees with activities, experiments, and demonstrations to use in the classroom. Additional sessions will be held on integrating research experiences into the high school psychology classroom and supervising high school students in original research. These sessions will focus on the new TOPSS publication Conducting Psychological Research for Science Fairs: A Teacher's Guide and Resource Manual. Presenters will be Allyson Weseley, EdD, of Roslyn High School in Roslyn , NY , and Stephen Chew, PhD, of Samford University in Birmingham , AL . The workshop is open to all teachers of introductory psychology, particularly those who teach at the high school and community or junior college levels, and does not require participants to register for the APA Convention. Registration fees are $40 for TOPSS and APA members and $45 for non-members, and include breakfast, and relevant handouts and materials. Pre-registration deadline is August 1, 2005. Please visit http://www.apa.org/ed/topss/conf_wkshop.html for registration forms. The workshop is open to 50 participants. Please e-mail Emily Leary or phone at 1-800-374-2721 ext. 3013 if you have any questions.