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PLI-1: The Next Generation of Language Learning in Science: Engaging Multiple Language Learners in the Science Classroom
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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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Room: Grand Ballroom C, The Westin Boston Waterfront
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Ticket Price: $125; with conference registration
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A Framework for K–12 Science Education advocates a three-dimensional approach to teaching science that integrates disciplinary core ideas, crosscutting concepts, and science and engineering practices. But we need to leverage a fourth dimension—discourse—to effectively engage our nation's fastest-growing group of students: English language learners and multilingual learners (MLLs). Presenters will offer approaches, applicable for grades K–20, for engaging MLLs with their peers in the exciting and complex reasoning and discourse of science. Presenters will highlight the importance of experiential work and key language practices to simultaneously increase students' effectiveness in scientific reasoning and language use.
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David Crowther, Professor of Science Education, University of Nevada, Reno
Rita MacDonald, Language Researcher, Wisconsin Center for Education Research
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Session Topic:
Physical Science
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Session Type:
Professional Learning Institute
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PLI-2: The NSTA Atlas of the Three Dimensions
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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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Room: Grand Ballroom D, The Westin Boston Waterfront
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Ticket Price: $180; with conference registration
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The NSTA Atlas of the Three Dimensions maps the elements of the core ideas, practices, crosscutting concepts, connections to nature of science, connections to engineering, and performance expectations described in the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and other standards based on A Framework for K–12 Science Education. Applying the same techniques used to develop AAAS Project 2061’s Atlas of Science Literacy, the 62 maps in this new Atlas show how the elements of the dimensions relate to and build on one another. Learn how the Atlas was developed and how you can use it to support your work in curriculum, instruction, and assessment by gaining a deeper understanding of the progressions and connections in the standards. All attendees receive a copy of the Atlas.
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Speaker:
Ted Willard, Assistant Executive Director of Science Standards, NSTA
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Session Topic:
Earth and Space Science, Engineering-Technology-and the Application of Science, Life Science, Physical Science
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Session Type:
Professional Learning Institute
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PLI-3: Teaching with and Developing NGSS Storylines
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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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Room: Grand Ballroom E, The Westin Boston Waterfront
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Ticket Price: $125; with conference registration
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This full-day institute prepares participants to use tools developed by the NextGen Science Storylines project to teach with, adapt, or design NGSS storylines that are coherent from the student's perspective. In a coherent storyline, students help plan and manage investigations rather than simply follow instructions. Storylines support students in developing ideas over time, motivated by questions about real-world phenomena and problems, where each step is an attempt to address a question or gap in the classroom’s current explanations or design solutions. These tools help participants analyze or develop units that incorporate the teaching strategies needed for coherent storylines, and have been used to design four middle school and high school units (from NextGen Storylines and OpenSciEd) that have been awarded Achieve’s NGSS Design Badge.
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Brian Reiser, Professor, Northwestern University
Tara McGill, Curriculum Development Specialist, Northwestern University
Jamie Noll, Curriculum Development, Northwestern University
Michael Novak, Senior Curriculum Developer, Northwestern University
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Session Topic:
General Science Education
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Session Type:
Professional Learning Institute
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PLI-4: Using Technology to Conduct Investigations and Model Scientific Phenomena
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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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Room: Commonwealth Ballroom C, The Westin Boston Waterfront
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Ticket Price: $125; with conference registration
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Using technology in three-dimensional learning experiences can be truly transformative, empowering learners to discover the world for themselves. Concord Consortium experts guide participants through a series of interactive investigations using technologies ranging from probes and sensors, to data exploration tools, to flexible tools for modeling and simulation. In the process, participants observe how technology can make scientific phenomena more accessible and understandable and how the use of technology can personalize students’ learning. Participants gain experience with free tools they can use for their own teaching and develop a research-based understanding of the importance of investigation and modeling that can make all their science lessons more engaging and effective.
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Chad Dorsey, President & CEO, The Concord Consortium
Daniel Damelin, The Concord Consortium
Sarah Haavind, Senior Project Manager, The Concord Consortium
Sherry Hsi, Executive Vice President, The Concord Consortium
Amy Pallant, Science Education Researcher, The Concord Consortium
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Session Topic:
General Science Education
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Session Type:
Professional Learning Institute
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T-1: Teaching Science Outdoors
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9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
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Room: Arnold Arboretum, Off-site
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Ticket Price: $69 advance; $74 on-site
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Join us for this exploration of teaching science outdoors. Led by the Friends of the Boston Schoolyards and the Boston Public Schools (BPS) Science Department, participants will travel by bus to three special sites: the Arnold Arboretum, the Boston Nature Center, and a BPS outdoor classroom, where they will learn how to connect children with nature through authentic and meaningful outdoor science explorations. The Arnold Arboretum, an Olmsted-designed landscape established in 1872, was founded as a public-private partnership. Tour this unique blend of research institution and beloved public park in Boston’s Emerald Necklace to learn how field-based programs advance science standards for BPS students. Mass Audubon’s Boston Nature Center (BNC) features Boston’s first green building and a 67-acre living classroom with wetlands, meadows, and forests. BNC staff will share how, working collaboratively with BPS, they operate Boston Schools Environmental Initiative, connecting teachers and children to nature and science in their own neighborhoods. Over a 20-year period, under the leadership of the Boston Schoolyard Initiative, the BPS schoolyards were transformed into dynamic centers for learning. Participants will meet with a BPS science teacher in her outdoor classroom to learn how she brings students outside to learn. Note: Wear clothing and shoes appropriate for walking outside, rain or shine. Lunch provided.
Meet your educational trip leader in the Northeast Lobby of the BCEC on the Exhibit Level at least 15 minutes prior to departure time. |
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Session Type:
Educational Trip
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T-2: Behind the Scenes at the Harvard Museum of Natural History
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12:45 PM - 4:45 PM
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Room: Harvard Museum of Natural History, Off-site
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Ticket Price: $30 advance; $35 on-site
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The Harvard Museum of Natural History is an engaging place to visit, but have you ever wondered what is hidden behind the scenes of a museum? Are you interested in the rare, the ancient, or the odd? Join us for a behind-the-scenes tour of Harvard’s amazing zoological collections, comprising more than 21 million specimens not accessible to the public. A Harvard researcher will provide insights into the importance of museum collections to scientific research, and explain how new scanning and 3D technologies are used to share specimen data throughout the world. You will have the option to visit one collection—either Herpetology or Paleontology—where you will see species holotypes, specimens collected by 18th-century explorers, and newly described species. Following the tour, you will have time to visit the HMNH public museum, as well as the adjoining Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, and the nearby Semitic Museum. Note: Children and spouses may visit the public museum after paying the entry fee but they cannot participate in the collections tour.
NSTA wishes to thank the Harvard Museum of Natural History for their in-kind contribution of waiving the museum admission fees.
Meet your educational trip leader in the Northeast Lobby of the BCEC on the Exhibit Level at least 15 minutes prior to departure time. |
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Educational Trip
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T-3: Freedom Trail 90-Minute Tour: Walk Into History®
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1:00 PM - 4:15 PM
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Room: Walking Tour, Off-site
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Ticket Price: $20 advance; $25 on-site
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Follow the footsteps of America’s Founding Fathers on the Freedom Trail! Led by 18th-century costumed guides, this 90-minute walking tour is the Freedom Trail Foundation’s most popular, introductory tour. Preserved and dedicated by the citizens of Boston in 1951, the Freedom Trail is a unique collection of museums, churches, meeting houses, burying grounds, parks, a ship, and historic markers that tell the story of the American Revolution and beyond. This tour will visit 11 of the 16 official Freedom Trail historic sites, featuring Boston Common, Massachusetts State House, Park Street Church, Granary Burying Ground, King’s Chapel and King’s Chapel Burying Ground, Boston Latin School site/Benjamin Franklin statue, Old Corner Bookstore, Old South Meeting House, Old State House, Boston Massacre site, and Faneuil Hall. Note: Dress for the weather and wear comfortable walking shoes. Group will take public transit.
Meet your educational trip leader in the Northeast Lobby of the BCEC on the Exhibit Level at least 15 minutes prior to departure time. *Group will then walk to the Boston subway and board the train to the Boston Common metro stop.
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Educational Trip
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T-4: Explore the Christa McAuliffe Center for Integrated Science Learning
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1:00 PM - 6:00 PM
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Room: Christa McAuliffe Center for Integrated Scien, Off-site
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Ticket Price: $45 advance; $50 on-site
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Join us for an exploration of Earth’s climate at the Framingham State University Planetarium. New to the FSU Planetarium’s full-dome film lineup, Dynamic Earth explores the inner workings of Earth’s great life support system: the global climate. With visualizations based on satellite monitoring data and advanced supercomputer simulations, this cutting-edge production follows a trail of energy that flows from the Sun into the interlocking systems that shape our climate: the atmosphere, oceans, and the biosphere. Audiences will ride along on swirling ocean and wind currents, dive into the heart of a monster hurricane, come face-to-face with sharks and gigantic whales, and fly into roiling volcanoes. After the film, our educators will demonstrate how we use planetarium visualization software to display real data from NASA’s constellation of Earth Observing System satellites. Travel time is an hour each way.
Meet your educational trip leader in the Northeast Lobby of the BCEC on the Exhibit Level at least 15 minutes prior to departure time. |
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Educational Trip
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SC-1: Building Understandings of Natural Phenomena: Hands-On Learning About Living Things and Their Relationships to Each Other and Their Environment
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2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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Room: Pacific Salon A, Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel
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Ticket Price: $24 advance; $29 on-site
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For preservice and inservice early childhood / elementary educators—experience life science inquiry and build your knowledge of core ideas and concepts related to living things, using life science concepts in NGSS K-LS1-1 and 1-LS-1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes. Use natural phenomena (rocks, plants, animals) and 5Es and other models to deepen student learning. Participate in NGSS three-dimensional hands-on activities involving multiple subject areas designed to support student thinking, learning, and reflecting about rocks/plants/animals and the relationships between them. Discuss the teacher’s role in using natural phenomenon to support children’s scientific thinking, conceptual development, and engagement in the practices of science, integrating STEM and literacy in context. For more information, visit www.nsta.org/earlyyears and www.edc.org/cindy-hoisington. |
Peggy Ashbrook, Author/NSTA Early Years Columnist
Anne Lowry, Teacher, Aleph Academy
Cindy Hoisington, Senior Curriculum/Instructional Design Associate, Education Development Center, Inc.
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Session Topic:
Life Science
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Session Type:
Short Course
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Track:
Learning Science in All Spaces and Places: Near and Far
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SC-2: A Collection of Climate and Energy Educational Resources, Guiding Teachers Toward Climate and Energy Education
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3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
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Room: Pacific Salon F, Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel
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Ticket Price: $37 advance; $42 on-site
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Multiple organizations devoted to climate literacy will share inquiry-based, peer-reviewed curriculum and instruction resources focused on the Earth’s climate and global climate change. Participants will interact with educators from Climate Generation, National Center for Science Education, the Paleontological Research Institution (Cornell University), the Understanding Global Change Project (University of California, Berkeley), Young Voices for the Planet, American Meteorological Society, High School Students’ Climate Literacy through Epistemology of Scientific Modeling (CliMES) project at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the U.S. Ice Drilling Program, NOAA, Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN), and NSTA, itself. For more information, visit www.cleanet.org. |
Anne Gold, University of Colorado Boulder
Wendy Abshire, Education Program Director, American Meteorological Society
Jessica Bean, University of California, Berkeley
Devarati Bhattacharya, K-16 Stem Education Fellow, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Mark Chandler, Research Scientist, The Earth Institute, Columbia University
Lynne Cherry, Author/Illustrator/Filmmaker, Young Voices for the Planet
Don Duggan-Haas, Director of Teacher Programs, Paleontological Research Institution
Cory Forbes, Associate Professor and Science Literacy Coordinat, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Bradley Hoge, Director of Teacher Support, National Center for Science Education
Louise Huffman, Education Consultant, Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth
Frank Niepold, Climate Education Coordinator, NOAA Climate Program Office
Kristen Poppleton, Director of Education, Climate Generation: A Will Steger Legacy
Eric Pyle, Professor, James Madison University
Kimberly Carroll Steward, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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Session Topic:
Earth and Space Science
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Session Type:
Short Course
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T-5: Freedom Trail Pub Tour
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5:00 PM - 8:15 PM
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Room: Pub Tour, Off-site
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Ticket Price: $52 advance; $57 on-site
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Join a Freedom Trail Player®—18th-century costumed guide—on a Historic Pub Crawl and visit the real headquarters where the American Revolution was brewed—Blackstone Block. Revolutionary ideas may have come from fiery speeches at Faneuil Hall or a meeting of the Sons of Liberty, but their courage and inspiration came from Boston’s taverns. Experience Boston’s first taverns and enjoy Samuel Adams’ beer products. Note: Must be of legal drinking age: 21 or older; no substitutions. This 90-minute tour includes four pints of beer. Group will take public transit.
Meet your educational trip leader in the Northeast Lobby of the BCEC on the Exhibit Level at least 15 minutes prior to departure time. *Group will then walk to the Boston subway and board the train to the Faneuil Hall metro stop. |
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Educational Trip
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F-1: Geology and Habitats of Thompson Island: Walking Tour of a Boston Harbor Island
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7:20 AM - 5:15 PM
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Room: Walking Tour, Off-site
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Ticket Price: $25 advance; $30 on-site
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Join us for a walking tour of Thompson Island, a geologic and environmental gem in Boston Harbor. After a 25-minute ferry ride, we will investigate the bedrock geology of Boston from the harbor perspective, as well as glacial and sedimentary processes on the island and the environmental geology and habitats of two tidal salt marshes. We will focus on the perspective of grades 3–8 students, but all levels of teachers are welcome. In particular, we will consider the advantages and constraints of multiple student visits over one year, and how those can be integrated into a yearlong curriculum progression. Note: Dress appropriately for a 4- to 5-mile hike in New England spring weather, including sturdy footwear. A picnic box lunch is included. Group will walk a half mile to and from the Convention Center and the marina/pier.
Meet your educational trip leader in the Northeast Lobby of the BCEC on the Exhibit Level at least 15 minutes prior to departure time. *Group will then walk to the marina/EDIC pier to board ferry to the island. |
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Educational Trip
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SC-3: “I Don’t Know What to Write!” Use Models and Activity Summary Boards to Give Students Something to Write About
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8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
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Room: Pacific Salon C, Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel
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Ticket Price: $36 advance; $41 on-site
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Experience a lesson progression that builds knowledge to “figure out” phenomena while using science and engineering practices and crosscutting concepts to act, think, and communicate like scientists. Modeling supports the use of practices and crosscutting concepts through a progression of lessons and an activity summary board. The activity summary board serves as a record of students’ learning progression and develops a reference for constructing explanations; writing Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning; as well as engaging in argument from evidence. At the end of the workshop, participants will have experienced tools for the classroom that will engage students in three-dimensional learning. |
Nancy Karre, Science Educational Consultant, Battle Creek Area Math and Science Center
Steve Barry, Outreach and Professional Learning Director, Battle Creek Area Math and Science Center
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Session Topic:
General Science Education
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Session Type:
Short Course
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Track:
Thinking, Acting, and Communicating Like Scientists: A Focus on Disciplinary Literacy
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F-2: Teaching About Oceans and Coasts: An Insider’s Look at Research Institutions in the Woods Hole Area
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8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
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Room: Various Woods Hole Research Institutions, Off-site
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Ticket Price: $66 advance; $71 on-site
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Explore ocean and coastal research at renowned Woods Hole area laboratories! At Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (www.waquoitbayreserve.org), we’ll learn about research and try out curricula on estuary systems and coastal impacts of climate change. Enjoy lunch on own at one of Woods Hole’s many restaurants. In the afternoon, we’ll get the insider’s tour of Woods Hole research institutions. Note: We’ll be outside for much of the time so dress in layers and wear walking shoes. Travel time will be 1.5 hours each way.
Meet your educational trip leader in the Northeast Lobby of the BCEC on the Exhibit Level at least 15 minutes prior to departure time. |
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Educational Trip
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F-3: Protecting the Blue Planet at the New England Aquarium
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8:30 AM - 12:20 PM
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Room: New England Aquarium, Off-site
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Ticket Price: $42 advance; $47 on-site
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Come join us at the New England Aquarium, where you will meet with one of our Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life staff to hear about innovative research occurring to protect the Blue Planet. Afterward, our Education staff will share a case study on an educational opportunity with youth using this real-world data. Participants will learn about free educational supports at the New England Aquarium, get a chance to visit the Teacher Resource Center, as well as receive free entrance into New England Aquarium where they can self-explore all of our exhibits, including the brand-new 9,000-gallon floor-to-ceiling Indo-Pacific Reef tank.
NSTA wishes to thank the New England Aquarium for their in-kind contribution of discounted admission to the aquarium.
Meet your educational trip leader in the Northeast Lobby of the BCEC on the Exhibit Level at least 15 minutes prior to departure time. |
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Educational Trip
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F-4: Deer Island Tour and Interactive “Down-the-Drain” Presentation
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8:30 AM - 12:30 PM
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Room: Deer Island Treatment Plant, Off-site
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Ticket Price: $32 advance; preregistration only
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The Deer Island Treatment Plant is a technologically impressive wastewater treatment plant. Thousands of visitors near and far have toured the $3.8 billion dollar treatment plant to find out how 350 million gallons of wastewater is treated. The MWRA welcomes guests to see the effective treatment technologies and the resulting environmental improvements of Boston Harbor. Take a tour of the facility to learn more about the history of the Island, in addition to the science and technology involved at one of the largest wasterwater treatment plants in the country. The tour will begin in the restored 19th-century pumping station with an interactive “Down the Drain” presentation of the wastewater treatment process, followed by a tour of the plant. Visitors will visit the Lydia Goodhue Pumping Station, one of three pumping stations in the plant. Visit primary and secondary treatment facilities. Learn about odor control wherein chemical scrubbers and carbon adsorbers remove hydrogen sulfide gas and other air pollutants. View the 12 140-foot-egg-shaped digesters that begin the process of recycling sewage sludge. This once was the cause of pollution to Boston Harbor and is now recycled into Bay State fertilizer. Lastly, learn about the effluent that travels into the 100 plus deep waters of Massachusetts Bay through a 9.5-mile, 24-foot diameter Outfall tunnel. Note: Participants must present ID to enter facility and wear close-toed shoes. Photography is restricted to the exterior of the facilities. Travel time is one hour each way.
Meet your educational trip leader in the Northeast Lobby of the BCEC on the Exhibit Level at least 15 minutes prior to departure time. |
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Educational Trip
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SC-4: Using the “How Do Eggs Become Chickens or Other Living Things?” Storyline to Support Students in Meaningful Engagement in Core Life Science Performance Expectations
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10:30 AM - 5:00 PM
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Room: Pacific Salon A, Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel
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Ticket Price: $40 advance; $45 on-site
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Participants explore “How do eggs become chickens or other living things?”—a coherent NGSS storyline in which student questions lead to planning and carrying out investigations rather than simply following instructions. Immersed as students, participants experience the unit anchor where they develop their own Driving Question Board, identify related phenomena, and propose possible investigations to the lessons and unit performance expectations (MS LS1-1, MS LS1-2, MS LS1-3, and MS LS4-3). Finally, participants will examine authentic artifacts of summative three-dimensional assessments to map to the unit performance expectations and Driving Question Board. Bring your laptop/tablet. Plan for a 30-minute break for lunch on own. |
Dawn Novak, Teacher, Maple School
Barbara Hug, Teaching Associate professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Jamie Noll, Curriculum Development, Northwestern University
Tyler Scaletta, Middle School Science Teacher, North Shore Country Day School
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Session Topic:
Life Science
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Session Type:
Short Course
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Track:
Aligning the Lenses: Authentic, Three-Dimensional Measurement of Student Learning
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SC-5: NSTA Press Short Course: Understanding Climate Change
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2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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Room: Pacific Salon E, Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel
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Ticket Price: $34 advance; $39 on-site
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Engage students in this “hot topic” as they investigate evidence of climate change, present their findings, and create solutions—with three-dimensional learning woven throughout. Short course includes scaffolding for students to research climate change and then present their findings to classmates in much the same way that scientists do. We will share a system to evaluate both the ripple effects of a warming climate and the actions that can be taken to mitigate climate change. The curriculum is designed to be easy to use even if teachers have no background in climate science or are new to NGSS. Examples of student work will be shared to provide an in-depth look at the knowledge gained in these lessons. Presenters’ PowerPoint and handouts will be provided. Note-taking encouraged. |
Laura Tucker, Consultant
Lois Sherwood, Consultant/NSTA, Port Townsend High School
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Session Topic:
Earth and Space Science, Physical Science
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Session Type:
Short Course
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Track:
Thinking, Acting, and Communicating Like Scientists: A Focus on Disciplinary Literacy
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M-1: NSTA Teacher Awards Gala
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6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
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Room: Harbor Ballroom, The Westin Boston Waterfront
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Ticket Price: $78 advance; $83 on-site
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Come enjoy a fabulous evening celebrating with this year’s teacher award recipients! ALL of the teacher awards will be presented in one grand evening. Join your colleagues in recognition of this year’s winners. Evening attire is requested to honor our teacher award recipients. A limited number of tickets are available for this social event. |
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Session Type:
Networking Event
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SC-6: An Introduction to Using Free, Online CODAP Data Software in Grades 6–14 STEM Classrooms
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8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
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Room: Pacific Salon C, Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel
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Ticket Price: $37 advance; $42 on-site
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We’ll dive into datasets useful at multiple grade levels, learn ways to use CODAP (codap.concord.org), and think about data practices. Participants will work with three or more datasets spanning multiple disciplines using the NSF-funded Common Online Data Analysis Platform (CODAP), which is free, online, open source, and classroom friendly. Working in pairs, participants will explore data, generate conjectures, share visualizations for whole group discussion, learn about “data moves,” and become sufficiently proficient with CODAP to begin using it with students. Bring laptops (not tablets)! |
Speaker:
William Finzer, Senior Scientist, The Concord Consortium
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Session Topic:
General Science Education
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Session Type:
Short Course
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Track:
The Long View: Building a Lifelong Passion for Science
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SC-7: NESTA and CIRES: On Board with MOSAiC: Unprecedented Science and Curriculum from a Year in the Arctic
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8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
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Room: Pacific Salon D, Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel
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Ticket Price: $34 advance; $39 on-site
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MOSAiC stands for the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate. In this short course, embark on an expedition with MOSAiC! Explore the arctic through a multidisciplinary Problem-Based Learning unit. In order to plan an Arctic expedition, students will learn about atmospheric and oceanic circulation patterns to predict their route, use engineering practices to design a ship that can withstand the pressure of the ice, interpret international law to navigate the Arctic successfully, and write a fictional account of their voyage reminiscent of historic expeditions. In addition to the PBL unit, participants will explore VR Google Expeditions, discuss the unique ecology of sea ice-driven ecosystems, and learn about MOSAiC research from a MOSAiC scientist. Bring a smartphone/laptop, as well as Google Cardboard if you own one. For more information, visit https://mosaic.colorado.edu/education. |
Katya Schloesser, Curriculum Developer, University of Colorado Boulder
Anne Gold, University of Colorado Boulder
Katie Gavenus, Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies
Lynne Harden, Curriculum Developer, University of Colorado Boulder
Jonathan Griffith, University of Colorado Boulder
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Session Topic:
Earth and Space Science
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Session Type:
Short Course
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Track:
Learning Science in All Spaces and Places: Near and Far
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PLI-5: Teaching A Medical Mystery: A Digital Middle School Science Unit for the NGSS
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8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Room: Faneuil, The Westin Boston Waterfront
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Ticket Price: $50; with conference registration
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Do you need a middle school curriculum that is designed to address the NGSS? In this half-day institute, presenters introduce a 10-week online curriculum that is free and has received a high rating from the EQuIP Peer Review Panel. As students complete the unit, they answer the question, How can a problem in one body system cause symptoms in other body systems? Come explore the unit and learn about the real-world phenomenon that anchors the learning, as well as the supports for teachers and students. Leave with full access to the unit.
Click here for more information. |
Betty Stennett, Science Educator, BSCS
Susan Kowalski, Senior Research Scientist, BSCS
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Session Topic:
Life Science
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Session Type:
Professional Learning Institute
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S-1: Is It Spring Yet?
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9:15 AM - 12:45 PM
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Room: Arnold Arboretum, Off-site
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Ticket Price: $45 advance; $50 on-site
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When you live in New England, you are always asking, “Is it spring yet?” We think of springtime as balmy and verdant, but this is not how Boston experiences the technical start of springtime on March 21. For the curious person, signs of spring in the Arnold Arboretum landscape abound, even if skies are gray, trees are leafless, and we’re still wearing winter coats. Venture outdoors with bug boxes, binoculars, pollen collectors, and thermometers; we will seek out the flora and fauna that herald the re-emergence of life. Wear warm clothes, a hat, and comfortable walking shoes. Note: Participants should be able to participate in a two-hour outdoor program that involves a mile walk on pavement. |
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Educational Trip
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SC-8: Assessing What Matters: Designing Equitable 3-D Performance Assessments to Support All Learners
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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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Room: Pacific Salon B, Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel
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Ticket Price: $47 advance; $52 on-site
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Explore the key features of equitable three-dimensional assessments, designing assessments that value and advantage the assets students bring to the table. Walk away with a deeper understanding of the NGSS, knowledge of what 3-D assessments “look like” and how to design them, and models of how to design and modify current assessments to better support diverse learners. Bring your laptop. Plan for a half-hour break for lunch on own. |
Aneesha Badrinarayan, Director, Achieve, Inc.
Jill Wertheim, Stanford University
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Session Topic:
General Science Education
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Session Type:
Short Course
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Track:
Aligning the Lenses: Authentic, Three-Dimensional Measurement of Student Learning
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SC-9: Equity and STEM
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10:30 AM - 4:00 PM
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Room: Pacific Salon A, Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel
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Ticket Price: $22 advance; $27 on-site
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What hinders STEM access for ALL students? Learn and experience proven strategies that can enhance educators’ own cultural competency, diversity awareness, and perspectives on racism and prejudice. We will employ two structures (dyads and support groups) for our participants to experience them, discuss how they might be used with students or colleagues, resulting in developing an Equity Action Plan with short- and long-range goals, outcomes, and activities to implement when they return to their respective workplaces. Teams of two or more from a school, district, or region are recommended but not required. Plan for a half-hour break for lunch on own. |
Gary Nakagiri, Science Consultant
Jerry Valadez, COO / Senior Scientist, SAM Academy, Inc.
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Session Topic:
General Science Education
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Session Type:
Short Course
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S-3: Freedom Trail 3-Hour Tour: Walk Into History®
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12:00 PM - 5:15 PM
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Room: Walking Tour, Off-site
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Ticket Price: $26 advance; $31 on-site
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Follow the footsteps of America’s Founding Fathers on the Freedom Trail! Led by 18th-century costumed guides, you will visit all 16 official historic sites on this walking tour of Boston’s iconic 2.75-mile Freedom Trail. Preserved and dedicated by the citizens of Boston in 1951, the Freedom Trail is a unique collection of museums, churches, meeting houses, burying grounds, parks, a ship, and historic markers that tell the story of the American Revolution and beyond. Notable sites include Boston Common, Massachusetts State House, Park Street Church, Granary Burying Ground, King’s Chapel and King’s Chapel Burying Ground, Boston Latin School site/Benjamin Franklin statue, Old Corner Bookstore, Old South Meeting House, Old State House, Boston Massacre site, and Faneuil Hall. For a complete description of all 16 sites, visit www.thefreedomtrail.org/trail-sites. Note: Dress for the weather and wear comfortable walking shoes, as well as bring water to drink. Group will take public transit.
Meet your educational trip leader in the Northeast Lobby of the BCEC on the Exhibit Level at least 15 minutes prior to departure time. *Group will then walk to the Boston subway and board the train to the Boston Common metro stop. |
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Session Type:
Educational Trip
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S-2: WGBH Studios Tour, Science Media Screening, and Panel Discussion
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1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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Room: WGBH Studios, Off-site
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Ticket Price: $30 advance; $35 on-site
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WGBH is America’s preeminent public broadcaster and the largest producer of PBS content on television and online. Visit our studios to see where STEM productions like NOVA, Design Squad, Peep and The Big Wide World, and other shows are produced. Watch screenings in our theater of upcoming science media and resources WGBH is preparing for broadcast, as well as for publication on our education platform PBS LearningMedia. Trip includes a brief panel discussion on the work we’re doing in STEM for diverse learners. We’ll round out the afternoon with light refreshments and a bit of social time, optional studio tours, and complimentary gift bags. Note: No filming allowed in the theater, however photos are permissible.
NSTA wishes to thank WGBH for their in-kind contribution of the gift bags and light refreshments. |
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Session Type:
Educational Trip
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PLI-6: Developing Data Fluency Through Citizen Science and Real Data
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1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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Room: Faneuil, The Westin Boston Waterfront
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Ticket Price: $50; with conference registration
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Citizen science offers a supportive framework to engage in science investigations that are grounded in real-world observation, contributing to and building on locally relevant questions, and to work with real-world data to draw evidence-based conclusions. Through these learning experiences, students build science practices, data fluency, and critical-thinking skills in an authentic and engaging way. This PLI engages participants in models of data learning taken from multiple citizen science contexts and leveraging multiple technology tools that support work with large and complex datasets.
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William Finzer, Senior Scientist, The Concord Consortium
Jennifer Fee, The Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Christine Voyer, Education Program Manager, Gulf of Maine Research Institute
Meggie Harvey, Science Curriculum Specialist, Gulf of Maine Research Institute
Margaret Auclair, Professional Development Coordinator, Gulf of Maine Research Institute
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Session Topic:
Earth and Space Science, Life Science, Physical Science
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Session Type:
Professional Learning Institute
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