Deep Earth Academy – the educational arm of the scientific ocean drilling programs at the Consortium for Ocean Leadership – will be joining you at the National Science Teachers Association Conference in Boston March 27 – 30. We are excited to tell you about a few of the new features we’re going to have there to share with you.

Deep Earth Academy does professional development workshops, scientist-educator partnerships and production of online and print materials based on scientific ocean drilling expeditions to strengthen students' math, science and analytical skills for a lifetime of learning. But what we’re rolling out at NSTA this year is really special.

Educator participants from one of the workshops we’re most proud of – the School of Rock – together with staff from our research vessel and scientists will be on hand at our booth in the exhibit hall. The star of our brand new web-based interactive – Bubba the Driller – will be there in person. And you can try out this new online tool on the big screen. Plus, enter to win a replica of the seafloor core sample showing the Cretaceous/Tertiary (or K/T) boundary.

We want to give you a chance to meet us all and talk to us about our materials and programs. But most of all, we want to help you learn how to apply our materials in your classroom.

See you in Boston.