East Rockaway Junior-Senior High School Science Chairperson Mrs. Dame Forbes was a presenter at the 126th Science Teacher Association of New York State’s annual conference, held in Rochester, New York. The conference was entitled “Sharing the Stories of Science: A look at storylines in science education.”

Mrs. Forbes is the section area representative for chemistry, Suffolk County section, and presented a workshop, “The Shocking Truth About Water,” along with Emily Green, section area representative, Southeast section. For the exciting workshop, participants predicted the properties of solutions and developed and used models to plan and carry out an investigation that determined conductivity.

The district congratulates Mrs. Forbes on this wonderful opportunity.