This document contains the abstracts of the presentations made at this conference. Topics of presentations included: (1) linking research and science teaching using community resources; (2) planning science teacher workshops; (3) school-related recycling programs; (4) improving student attitudes toward science; (5) rural science teaching; (6) spatial versus conceptual reasoning in geology; (7) critical thinking; (8) learning and thinking styles; (9) courses spanning science and education; (10) organizing centers for science education; (11) using video training to enhance teacher skills; (12) science literacy in high school and college curricula; (13) interdisciplinary teacher training; (14) school district collaboration with higher education; and (15) program evaluation. (TW)