NEW HAVEN — The Connecticut Science Teachers Association in cooperation with the Connecticut Science Supervisors Association will hold its annual awards banquet Wednesday at the New Haven Lawn Club.

The dinner will be preceded by a reception and a guided tour of Yale University’s Peabody Museum. During the evening, the outstanding science educators will be honored.

‰Kenneth Russel Roy, a Glastonbury teacher, be inducted as an Educator Fellow, the highest and most prestigious award given by the association.

‰Ralph Lewis, retired Connecticut state geologist and faculty member of the University of Connecticut Marine Sciences Department will receive the Dr. Sigmund Abeles Science Advocate Award.

‰Louis Kuslan will receive the Special Recognition Award for his lifetime of contributions to CSTA, Southern Connecticut State University, and his continuing work in the history of science.

In addition, three people will be recognized for excellence in teaching.

‰Nancy J. Juliano of Shepherd Glen School in Hamden will receive the Excellence in Elementary Science Teaching. Juliano, a Hamden resident, teaches grade five physical, earth and space science. She holds a master’s degree from Sacred Heart University and has been teaching for three decades.

‰Marge S. Drucker of the Barnard Environmental Magnet School in New Haven will receive the Excellence in Middle School Science Teaching award. Drucker, a Hamden resident, has 16 years of experience, holds a sixth-year certificate from the University of Connecticut, and plans and coordinates the kindergarten through seventh-grade science curriculum at Barnard. She teaches general science at the seventh-grade level and has acquired several grants for her school. She believed experience is the key to genuine learning and strives to provide her students with the opportunities to engage nature by studying habitats, raising Atlantic salmon, and gardening.

‰Ruth A. Heckman will receive the Excellence in Science Teaching at the high school level. She teaches at Guilford High School, where she lives. She has a master’s in environmental studies from Southern Connecticut State University and a sixth-year certificate from Southern Connecticut State University.

A teacher for 32 years, Heckman is responsible for three sections of advanced placement biology. Outside of the classroom, she has served the community in a number of religious, social and athletic youth organizations. She works to spark students’ curiosity by offering exciting but demanding course material.

The following teachers have received grants:

Kristen M. Hebert of the Barnard Environmental Studies Magnet School in New Haven will receive $500 to advance her project to use digital imagery of science projects.

Matthew J. Jacobs of Norwich Free Academy will receive $250 to buy equipment to enhance his course in forensic science.

Dorothy Gillespie of Thomas Edison Middle School in Meriden will also receive $250 to buy equipment for her shoreline environmental studies course.