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Tales from the Trail: Exploring Strategies for Setting Students on a Science Path and Sustaining Them on Their Science Journeys
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12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
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Room: 255C, Salt Palace Convention Center
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Experience strategies for equitable invitations to science that cultivate curiosity, doing authentic science, and inspiring science passion supplemented with real-world (sometimes hilarious) student examples. |
Alisa Winkler, K-5 Science Facilitator, Renton School District Jaimi Butler, GSLI Director, Westminster College
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Session Topic:
General Science Education
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
Hook ’em for Life: Sustaining Science Teaching and Learning
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Learning Scientific Inquiry and Reading Strategies Through Storytelling
***CANCELED***
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2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
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Room: 255C, Salt Palace Convention Center
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Meet Sammie, the Scientific Method and Reggie, the Ruler and other science skills brought to life through the power of storytelling. Develop scientific inquiry and reading skills with storytelling. Leave with ideas, strategies, and sample book titles to use in your classroom to integrate science into reading groups. |
Speaker: Elondra Napper, Author, Entrepreneur, Consultant, and Speaker
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Session Topic:
General Science Education
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
Hook ’em for Life: Sustaining Science Teaching and Learning
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Energy, Energy Everywhere—An Investigation for Young
Children Using Toys
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3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
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Room: 255C, Salt Palace Convention Center
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Investigate different types of energy such as
electrical, thermal, sound, hydro, wind, and solar energy using various types of
toys. |
Speaker: Debbie Yarger, Early Childhood Consultant
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Session Topic:
Physical Science
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
Hook ’em for Life: Sustaining Science Teaching and Learning
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Slingshot Physics
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8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
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Room: 255C, Salt Palace Convention Center
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Challenge your students’ to apply the concepts of work,
energy, friction, and Newton’s first law of motion using an inexpensive rubber
band slingshot. |
Aaron Osowiecki, Science Teacher, Boston Latin School Jesse Southwick, Physics Teacher, Boston Latin School
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Session Topic:
Engineering-Technology-and the Application of Science, Physical Science
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
Hook ’em for Life: Sustaining Science Teaching and Learning
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Student Engagement Strategies, Activities, and Resources
That Reduce the Achievement Gap
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9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
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Room: 255C, Salt Palace Convention Center
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Get 30+ classroom-ready strategies, activities, and
resources that will engage all learners, increase student achievement in STEM,
and target areas of the 5Es (Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, and Evaluate)
model. |
Speaker: Iris Mudd, Middle School Science Instructional Coach, Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools
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Session Topic:
General Science Education
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
Hook ’em for Life: Sustaining Science Teaching and Learning
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Mastering Models in Elementary Science
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11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Room: 255C, Salt Palace Convention Center
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We will construct and use a variety of models to help
students develop explanations about natural phenomena in order to support the
science and engineering practices as outlined by the
NGSS. |
Speaker: Kevin Hill, Elementary Science/STEM Teacher Specialist, Wicomico County Public Schools
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Session Topic:
General Science Education
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
Hook ’em for Life: Sustaining Science Teaching and Learning
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Inviting Play into the Classroom
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12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
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Room: 255C, Salt Palace Convention Center
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Let’s address our compliance issues to allow room for play. Play feeds curiosity and nurtures lifelong learners. Explore using LEGO® bricks for modeling in science. |
Rebecca McDowell, Director, K-8 Science, Niles Township High School District 219 Elizabeth Nelson, K-5 Stem Teacher, Barrington 220 School District
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Session Topic:
Engineering-Technology-and the Application of Science
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
Hook ’em for Life: Sustaining Science Teaching and Learning
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Teaching Science Through Everyday
Challenges
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2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
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Room: 255C, Salt Palace Convention Center
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Use engineering problem-solving strategies to teach
science through resolving everyday vexations. This session will look at how
Western Governors University’s preservice and TOR students learn this strategy
firsthand. |
Speaker: Stan Schmidt, Faculty Mentor, Western Governors University
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Session Topic:
Engineering-Technology-and the Application of Science, General Science Education
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Session Type:
Presentation
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Track:
Hook ’em for Life: Sustaining Science Teaching and Learning
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Featured Presentation: Engaging the Whole Family in
STEM: Leveraging the Influence of the Home Toward STEM Interests, Aspirations, and
Identity
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2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
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Room: 155E, Salt Palace Convention Center
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Families are the most important
influence on a student's motivation, ambition, and interest in STEM. Enlisting the whole family in sustained
STEM opportunities can create a positive shift toward STEM identity with both
parents and students. Join me as I discuss specific experiences designed to engage
and support the whole family in STEM, particularly those from diverse/underrepresented
backgrounds. Concrete examples will be examined that can be implemented
in any school setting. |
Sonia Galaviz, STEM Coordinator and Fifth-Grade Teacher, Garfield Elementary School Sharon Cates, Teacher, Capital High School
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Session Topic:
General Science Education, Informal Science Education
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Session Type:
Featured Speaker
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Track:
Hook ’em for Life: Sustaining Science Teaching and Learning
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