In partnership with individual Educational Service
Districts, Washington Green Schools (WGS) is sparking climate science knowledge
and action in diverse schools across the state.
Speakers: Nayiri Haroutunian, Program Manager, Washington Green Schools Becky Bronstein, Program Coordinator, Washington Green Schools
Session Topic:
Earth and Space Science, Engineering-Technology-and the Application of Science, Life Science
Session Type:
Presentation
Track:
Building Partnerships for Effective Science Education
Explore the parallel processes in science and literacy
learning for young students that helps to build capacity for lifelong learning
in both areas. Handouts.
Speakers: Ana Houseal, Associate Professor and Science Outreach Educator, University of Wyoming Clare Gunshenan, University of Wyoming
The development of CRISPR as a gene editing tool is one of the most exciting biotechnology breakthroughs of the past decade. Now you can incorporate this amazing technology into your classroom. We will review the biology behind CRISPR-Cas technology and examine the use of gene therapy to treat a patient suffering from cystic fibrosis. You’ll design guide RNAs to target a mutation in an essential gene, and then use electrophoresis to analyze pre-prepared DNA after CRISPR treatment.
Speaker: Kelly Barford, Edvotek Inc.
Session Topic:
Engineering-Technology-and the Application of Science, Life Science
Explore the role literacy plays in the IQWST classroom.
Take part in a science lesson that demonstrates the integration of literacy
strategies in the context of science. This includes the incorporation of
academic language in written responses and oral discourse in conjunction with
investigations using an interactive word wall. Reading and differentiation
strategies highlighted.
Speaker: Ellen Mintz, PD Facilitator, Activate Learning
Room: Ballroom 6B, Washington State Convention Center
Feeling overwhelmed by all there is to see and do at an
NSTA conference on science education? Join us for an interactive exploration
through the program, the conference app, and NSTA’s social media. By the end of
the session, you will know just how to get the most from your conference
experience in addition to building new networks with science
colleagues.
Speakers: Christine Anne Royce, NSTA Retiring President, and Professor and Co-Director of MAT, Shippensburg University Korei Martin, Senior Manager, Social Media & Marketing, NSTA
Find out how to blend career-connected learning with
science learning using a suite of career awareness and exploration resources
featuring diverse STEM professionals and STEM workplaces.
Speakers: Becky Howsmon, Institute for Systems Biology Claudia Ludwig, Education Program Manager, Institute for Systems Biology
Students see themselves reflected in phenomena-based
science curricula. Receive replicable units and guidelines for life science
curriculum that centers students’ identity and investment.
Speakers: Christine Zarker Primomo, Science and STEAM Teacher, Lake Washington Girls Middle School Lewis Maday-Travis, Independent Consultant and Curriculum Designer, Educurious Partners
Journals, notebooks, and trade books are featured in outdoor science lessons—with indoor options. Use work samples and kids books to learn how. Free seeds.
Speaker: Steve Rich, Science Author/Consultant, University of West Georgia
Session Topic:
General Science Education, Life Science
Are you a K–12 science teacher in need of a science lab makeover? Attend this
Shell Science Lab presentation and learn how you can apply to win the Shell
Science Lab Regional Challenge! You will have an opportunity to actually begin
to complete the application and have your questions answered.
Speaker: Ruth Ruud, Adjunct Instructor, Cleveland State University
Model stellar evolution processes using NASA images, plot H-R diagram
transitions, and determine the chemistry and physics of supernovas using NASA
STEM image analysis tools.
Speaker: Donna Young, NASA/NSO UoL Coordinator
Session Topic:
Earth and Space Science, Engineering-Technology-and the Application of Science, Physical Science
Port Townsend School District will share their process
for building ocean acidification projects in collaboration with community
partners, teachers, and students at multiple grade levels.
Speakers: David Kelley, Teacher, Port Townsend High School Brandi Hageman, Teacher, Port Townsend High School
Shelton School District students participate in outdoor
learning experiences every year. Find out how these experiences prepare grades
5–8 students for high school STEM pathways in the natural
sciences.
Speakers: Toni Ochoa Pierson, 8th And 9th Grade Science Teacher- Cte, Oakland Bay Junior High School Michaela McCoy, Oakland Bay Junior High School Don Welander, Director of Career Connected Learning, Shelton School District
The Boeing Academy for STEM Learning at The Museum of Flight in Seattle presents best practices and tips on how to facilitate relationships between STEM companies and professionals and educational organizations.
Explore citizen-science projects that can engage diverse
students, especially girls, in authentic data collection and inspire scientific
investigations.
Speakers: Kelly Schaeffer, Education Specialist, BirdSleuth K-12, The Cornell Lab of Ornithology Casi Herrera, Educational Programs Manager, National Girls Collaborative Project
Session Topic:
General Science Education, Informal Science Education, Life Science
Learn how to access and explore NOAA’s data-rich
resources, lesson plans, and visualization tools to help you build student
proficiency in scientific data analysis.
Speakers: Jeannine Montgomery, Education Coordinator, NOAA Office of Education Bekkah Lampe, Education Outreach Specialist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Explore and discuss strategies for deepening the
NGSS competencies of secondary science through ongoing PD with a focus
on meeting teacher PD needs using data collection and learning progressions to
shift teacher practice.
Speaker: MaryMargaret Welch, Science Program Manager, Seattle Public Schools
Teachers from Beijing middle and secondary STEM schools
will demonstrate unique integrated projects and activities. Participants will be
actively engaged in model lessons that authentically include all STEM
components.
Speakers: Norman Lederman, Professor, Illinois Institute of Technology Judith Lederman, Director of Teacher Education, Associate Professor, Illinois Institute of Technology
Come engage in a quick engineering challenge that
demonstrates how your students can define problems, create criteria and
constraints, and engage in evidence-based engineering
argumentation.
Speaker: Kim Weaver, STEM Coordinator, Olympic Educational Service District 114
What makes it rain? M&Ms vs. Skittles? Baking soda
vs. baking powder? Free online lesson plans of hands-on activities and
animations help your elementary students build foundational concepts in
chemistry.
Speaker: James Kessler, Manager, Office of K-8 Science, American Chemical Society
Central to scientific argumentation is the relationship
between claims and evidence. We will model how to observe trees to discover the
many types of organisms that use them as habitats and answer the question, “Do
trees provide habitats for a variety of organisms?” Discussion centers on
categorizing organisms, creating graphs to analyze data, and using talk moves to
discuss claims and evidence.
Speakers: Pat Otto, Education Manager, Pacific Education Institute José Rios, Associate Professor, University of Washington Tacoma
Join us to explore permeable and impermeable surfaces
with a science and math integrated activity used to engage learners in locally
relevant, watershed-based investigations.
Join us to learn how to anchor student learning in
hyper-local and relevant phenomena using the anchoring phenomenon
routine.
Speakers: Brian MacNevin, Regional Science Coordinator, Northwest Educational Service District 189 Cheryl Lydon, STEM Program Manager, Puget Sound Educational Service District Jeff Ryan, Regional Science Coordinator, Olympic Educational Service District 114
Session Topic:
Earth and Space Science, Life Science
Explore the concepts of metabolic budgets and oxygen
minimum zones and how human activities may be affecting organisms that live in
these extreme environments.
Speaker: Beth Callaghan, Teacher Programs Supervisor, Monterey Bay Aquarium
In 2019, Achieve launched a network of districts in
Tennessee with the goal of building their collective capacity to move toward
their vision for science education for all students. Find out how the network
used a collective need for better assessments as a key lever for change to
simultaneously improve assessments, increase teacher capacity, and advance
equity in science.
Speakers: Vanessa Wolbrink, Senior Associate, Achieve, Inc. Jenny Sarna, Director, District Support, Achieve, Inc.
What does pH actually measure? In this investigation, you will measure pH
indirectly using indicators and absorption using the Lab-Master. Using their
data, participants generate a graph of absorbance versus pH. This graph can be
used to determine the pH of solutions, within the measured pH range. Join us for
this activity from The Natural Approach to Chemistry program.
Speaker: Andrew Uy, Science Teacher, Loyola High School of Los Angeles
The word “assessment” can strike fear into the hearts of students. Join FOSS developers to learn how assessment can be transformed into an integrated teaching tool that grades 3–8 teachers and students can both embrace to create a classroom culture of growth mind-set that motivates effort to improve learning.
Speaker: Brian Campbell, Curriculum Developer, The Lawrence Hall of Science
ENGAGE your students in investigating enzyme structure/function using multiple modeling strategies. EXPLORE and EXPLAIN catabolism, anabolism, competitive and noncompetitive inhibition with hands-on/minds-on instructional materials. ELABORATE on insecticide inhibition at an enzyme active site resulting in unintended consequences. EVALUATE student learning with an enzyme molecular story. Handouts provided!
Speakers: Gina Vogt, Secondary Education Program Manager, 3D Molecular Designs Tim Herman, MSOE Center for BioMolecular Modeling
Session Topic:
Engineering-Technology-and the Application of Science, Life Science, Physical Science
Explore how to adapt a classic science activity,
strawberry DNA extraction, to allow students agency in experimental design and
emphasize the importance of collaborative argumentation.
Speakers: Jeanne Chowning, NSTA Director, District XVII, and Director, Science Ed Partnership, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Regina Wu, Program Manager, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Hanako Osuga, Science Resource Coordinator, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
