Arctic Directory: BP sponsors Alaska math, science conference

On Oct. 7 Capital City Weekly carried an article about the 2009 Alaska Math & Science Conference, which is being held in Juneau for the first time Oct. 14-17 and is sponsored by the Alaska Department of Education & Early Development, BP Alaska, Delta Education FOSS, ExxonMobil, the Juneau School District and the University of Alaska Southeast.

The goal of the conference is to help science and math teachers, and in turn their students, understand the connections in the natural world, enhancing science literacy.

There will be participants from all over the state, from as far away as Bethel and Barrow, capitalcityweekly.com reported. The publication also said there will be an industry panel, “In which educators can hear about opportunities for internships for students or externships for teachers in a variety of local industries, including fish processing, mining, and energy.”