The Federal STEM Plan: A Starting Point for State STEM Initiatives
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8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
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Room: 2008, Moscone Center West
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Now more than ever, the innovative capacity and global competitiveness of the United States depends on an effective and inclusive STEM education ecosystem. But what does an effective ecosystem look like and how do we get students involved in STEM from under-represented populations? Join panelists from leadership of state STEM networks to explore how the federal plan provides starting points for STEM stakeholders at all levels to support student learning.
Moderator: Regina Schofield, Director, Corporate Engagement & Education Outreach, Battelle, Arlington, VA
Panelists:
- David Burns, Director, STEM Innovation Networks, Ohio STEM Learning Network/Battelle, Columbus, OH
- Thomas Peters, Executive Director, South Carolina''s Coalition for Mathematics & Science, Clemson,SC
- Reo Pruiett, Senior Director, Programs, Educate Texas, Dallas, TX
- Vincent Stewart, Executive Director, California STEM Network, Children Now, Sacramento, CA
Sponsored by STEMx |
Speakers: Reo Pruiett, Senior Director, Programs, Educate Texas Thomas Peters, Executive Director, South Carolina's Coalition for Mathematics & Science David Burns, Director, STEM Innovation Networks, Ohio STEM Learning Network/Battelle Vincent Stewart, Executive Director, California STEM Network, Children Now Regina Schofield, Director, Corporate Engagement & Ed. Outreach, Battelle
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Audience:
College, Grade 1, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Kindergarten, Preschool
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Session Type:
Featured Panel
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Sponsor:
STEMx
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STEM and Special Needs—Strategies for Success
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8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
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Room: 2001, Moscone Center West
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Students with special needs, especially those with autism spectrum disorder, have many natural strengths and talents that lend themselves to STEM pursuits. However, in order to successfully develop those strengths a variety of strategies are required to accommodate and support students’ learning styles and their social emotional needs. In this panel discussion and workshop, two teacher specialists from STEM3 Academy, a STEM school for students with special needs, will share strategies and ideas.
Sponsored by STEM3 Academy |
Speakers: Megumi Guillaume, STEM/Spec. Ed Specialist, STEM3 Academy Mary Ellen O'Donnell, STEM Teacher Specialist, Village Glen West School
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Audience:
College, Grade 1, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Kindergarten, Preschool
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Session Type:
Featured Panel
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Available Handouts :
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Sponsor:
STEM3 Academy
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Connecting the STEM Pipeline from K to Career
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8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
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Room: 2003, Moscone Center West
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Learn about an
innovative partnership between industry and secondary and postsecondary education to strengthen
the STEM pipeline. Hear representatives from Da Vinci Science High School,
Northrop Grumman, and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo share
the outcomes of this unique
collaboration. Moderator: Steve Wallis, Da Vinci Science High School,
El Segundo, CA Panelists:
- Carleen Beste, Director of Corporate Citizenship, Northrop Grumman Corp., El
Segundo, CA
- Natalie Schaefer, Executive Director, Strategic Development Initiatives,
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Sponsored by Northrop Grumman |
Speakers: Carleen Beste, Director, Corporate Citizenship, Northrop Grumman Corp. Natalie Schaefer, Executive Director, Strategic Development Initiati, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Steve Wallis, Principal, Da Vinci Science High School
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Audience:
College, Grade 1, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Kindergarten, Preschool
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Session Type:
Featured Panel
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Sponsor:
Northrop Grumman
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Dynamic DNA: One Model to Teach It All
(3D Molecular Designs)
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8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
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Room: 3003, Moscone Center West
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Explore a new, atomically-accurate model of
double-helical DNA that can be untwisted into the familiar two-dimensional
ladder and separated into two single strands to model the processes of
replication and transcription! Engage students with manipulatives that allow
them to convert deoxyribose to ribose sugars and generate the universal currency
of energy, ATP. |
Speaker: Gina Vogt, Secondary Education Program Manager, 3D Molecular Designs
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Audience:
College, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 8, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
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Available Handouts :
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Sponsor:
3D Molecular Designs
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NSTA/NCTM STEM Ambassadors Featured Panel: STEM Up Your Classroom
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8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
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Room: 2014, Moscone Center West
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Teachers and administrators are encouraged to join these award-winning teacher leaders for a discussion on integrating STEM into your classroom and school. These teacher leaders will discuss engineering and design, STEM and globally connected classrooms, teaching math through computing, integrating STEM into K–6 curricula, “STEMing” up math, assessing efficacy across multiple subject strands, and more.
Moderator: Brian Langley, Novi High School, Novi, MI.
Panelists:
- Nathan Auck, Utah State Board of Education, Salt Lake City, UT
- Peg Cagle, Reseda High School, Reseda, CA
- Patrick Honner, Brooklyn Technical High School, Brooklyn, NY
- Richard Velasco, Pullman Public Schools, Pullman, WA
Sponsored by National Science Foundation |
Speakers: Nathan Auck, Early College and STEM Education Specialist, Utah State Board of Education Margaret Cagle, Math Teacher, Reseda High School Patrick Honner, STEM Teacher Ambassador, Brooklyn Technical High School Richard Velasco, STEM Teacher Ambassador, Pullman Public Schools Brian Langley, Teacher, Science Content Area Leader, Novi High School
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Audience:
College, Grade 1, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Kindergarten, Preschool
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Session Type:
Featured Panel
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Sponsor:
National Science Foundation
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Using 3D Printers and Design Thinking to Create Career
Pathways
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8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
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Room: 2002, Moscone Center West
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3D printers open up learning paths that allow students
to design, build, communicate, and share their own solutions to real-world
problems through the lens and application of content standards. When combined
with design thinking, it makes a powerful learning tool for students. Take a
look at how to really make use of 3D printers. Participants will take away
specific activities and strategies for employing 3D printers in their
classrooms. |
Speakers: Jared Mader, Director of Educational Technology, Lincoln Intermediate Unit 12 Ben Smith, STEM Coordinator, Lincoln Intermediate Unit 12
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Audience:
College, Grade 1, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Kindergarten, Preschool
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Session Type:
Featured Hands-On Workshop
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English Language Learners in STEM Subjects
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8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
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Room: 2006, Moscone Center West
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The imperative that all students, including English Language Learners (ELLs), achieve high academic standards and have opportunities to participate in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics learning has become even more urgent and complex given shifts in science and mathematics standards. ELLs comprise a diverse and multitalented pool of learners, yet these students continue to be underrepresented and lack access to rigorous STEM learning opportunities. A recent report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, “English Learners in STEM Subjects: Transforming Classrooms, Schools, and Lives” (2018) showcases the interconnectedness of language and content learning and identifies factors that affect ELLs’ opportunities to engage in rigorous, grade-appropriate STEM learning. This panel comprises authors of this report who will dig into these important issues and discuss the recommendations that describe the requisite steps that can be taken to increase access and support ELLs’ engagement and success in these subjects.
Moderator: K. Renae Pullen, Caddo Parrish Public Schools, Shreveport, LA
Panelists:
- Okhee Lee, New York University, New York, NY
- Christine Cunningham, Penn State, University Park, PA
Sponsored by The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine |
Speakers: Okhee Lee, Professor, New York University Christine Cunningham, Professor of Education and Engineering, Penn State K. Renae Pullen, Elementary Science Specialist, Caddo Parish Public Schools
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Audience:
College, Grade 1, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Kindergarten, Preschool
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Session Type:
Featured Panel
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Sponsor:
National Academy of Sciences
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Designing and Building Batteries
(Nasco Education)
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8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
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Room: 3004, Moscone Center West
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Participants will use the engineering design process in
a creative way to design and build “pile” or “foil” batteries! Then groups will
use their custom battery (batteries) design to create circuits and power
devices—a PD workshop perfect for beginners and experienced
teachers. |
Speaker: Jordan Nelson, Director of Science Education, Nasco
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Audience:
Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
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Trends in STEM Education and Their Impact
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8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
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Room: 2016, Moscone Center West
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During this panel, attendees will get a holistic view of the latest trends in STEM Education from experts in research, industry, and academia. Panelists will share the best practices and advice for STEM teachers to prepare tomorrow’s workforce from their unique perspectives. In addition, you will hear about the instrumental role that informal educational institutions such as National Geographic and The Tech Interactive play in STEM education and how a classroom teacher can leverage these partnerships to further STEM education.
Also, learn from these leaders how classrooms and schools should promote a focus on inclusive STEM instruction that promotes equitable opportunities for all learners, especially those from underrepresented groups within the STEM workforce.
Moderator: Kavita Gupta, National Geographic Educator Fellow; NGSS@NSTA Curator, STEM Forum Steering Committee Member, and AP Chemistry Teacher, Monta Vista High School, Cupertino, CA
Panelists:
- Alison Szopinski, Senior Director, Educator Community, National Geographic Society
- Tiffany Besse, Chief Academic Officer, Ferguson School District
- Allyson Kennedy, NSF AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow
- Nora Brackbill, Volunteer at Tech Trek, Podcaster, and PhD Student, Stanford University
- Apoorva Jindal, Senior Software Engineer, Uber Technologies
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Speakers: Alison Szopinski, Senior Director, Educator Community, National Geographic Society Tiffany Besse, Chief Academic Officer, Ferguson-Florissant School District Allyson Kennedy, NSF AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow Nora Brackbill, PhD Student, Stanford University Apoorva Jindal, Senior Software Engineer, Uber Technologies Kavita Gupta, NSTA STEM Forum Committee Member, Monta Vista High School
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Audience:
College, Grade 1, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Kindergarten, Preschool
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Session Type:
Featured Panel
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Robots, Coding, and Science: A Complete STEM
Experience
(Vernier Software & Technology)
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9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
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Room: 2007, Moscone Center West
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Come explore the fundamentals of coding with Vernier. Use
your science, mathematics, and problem-solving skills to navigate mBot, an
app-enabled, programmable robot. And learn to connect Vernier sensors to
Scratch, a popular block-based programming language. Coding makes a wonderful
supplement to traditional science course. |
Speaker: David Carter, Vernier Software & Technology
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Audience:
Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
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Sponsor:
Vernier Software & Technology
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STEMinar: Let’s Improve Student Achievement Through STEM
Teacher Actions and STEM Certification
(STEMscopes)
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9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
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Room: 2009, Moscone Center West
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Earning a STEM Teacher Certificate will refine and
demonstrate your understanding of 15 STEM Teacher Actions. These effective,
engaging, and evidence-based STEM instructional strategies will transform your
students outcomes and energize your campus. |
Speakers: Kenn Heydrick, National STEM Manager, Accelerate Learning Judy Zimny, National Institute for STEM Education
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Audience:
Grade 1, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Kindergarten
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Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
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Sponsor:
STEMscopes
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Make Any Classroom a Makerspace (Pearson)
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9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
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Room: 2004, Moscone Center West
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Makerspaces are everywhere, from television to your public library. You can make your classroom into a makerspace without a lot of equipment or cost. All you need is the right attitude and the willingness to promote innovative thinking in your students. Come try it out for yourself in this fun hands-on workshop.
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Speaker: Obie Martin, Pearson
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Audience:
Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Kindergarten
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Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
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Sponsor:
Pearson
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Are You Moody?
(Texas Instruments)
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9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
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Room: 2010, Moscone Center West
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We will bring science and coding together as
participants learn to do some basic coding (no experience necessary) while
developing a mood ring! The science of color mixing is explored while
determining the right body temperature thresholds. Is fuchsia flirty? Should
green be groovy? It’s up to you! |
Speaker: Jessica Kohout, Science Teacher, Reservoir High School
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Audience:
College, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
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Available Handouts :
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Sponsor:
Texas Instruments
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Building Classroom Equity Through Curiosity (Project Lead The Way, Inc.)
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9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
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Room: 3004, Moscone Center West
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This workshop introduces educators to foundational concepts needed to progress toward equity in the classroom. Participants will dive into the differences between equity and equality, understand its importance to students, and explore activities that will provide foundational skills for building equitable classrooms.
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Speakers: Allison Barkel, Content Development Specialist, Project Lead The Way, Inc. Lori Fields, Professional Development Content Developer, Project Lead The Way, Inc. Emily Schaefer, Professional Development Content Developer, Project Lead The Way, Inc.
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Audience:
Grade 1, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Kindergarten, Preschool
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Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
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Available Handouts :
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Sponsor:
Project Lead The Way, Inc.
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Preparing Students for Actual Science
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9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
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Room: 3022, Moscone Center West
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Join me for a discussion of how student are trained to be scientists emphasizing intuition and non-specialized knowledge rather than using the scientific method to make discoveries. |
Speaker: Ed Fenimore, Emeritus Fellow
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Audience:
College, Grade 11, Grade 12
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Session Type:
Presentation
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Track:
Post-Secondary
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Available Handouts :
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Attract Students to Water Concepts with Magnetic Water
Molecule Models
(3D Molecular Designs)
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9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
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Room: 3003, Moscone Center West
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Engage students by modeling chemical and physical
properties of water using hands-on/minds-on magnetic water molecules. Experiment
with liquids to enhance model-based understanding of real-world phenomena.
Explore common water phenomena such as density, solubility, cohesion, and
adhesion. Evaluate student understanding as they create and communicate their
own 2D models. |
Speakers: Gina Vogt, Secondary Education Program Manager, 3D Molecular Designs Keri Shingleton, Holland Hall
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Audience:
Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
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Available Handouts :
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Sponsor:
3D Molecular Designs
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Complementing Phenomena-Driven Instruction with Visible Thinking Routines (Activate Learning)
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9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
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Room: 2011, Moscone Center West
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Discover how visible thinking routines—such as see, think, and wonder—can help guide student thinking as they start investigating a phenomenon. Find out how to support the science and engineering practices by using explanatory and exploratory discourse to make sense of phenomena. |
Speaker: Jan Robertson, Teacher, Mt. Diablo Unified School District
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Audience:
Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
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Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
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Sponsor:
Activate Learning
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Shape Determines How Objects Function to Solve a Problem (Carolina Biological Supply Co.)
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9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
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Room: 2000, Moscone Center West
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Engineering practices for K–2 requires students to develop a sketch, drawing, or model to illustrate how the shape of an object helps it function to solve a problem. Investigate lessons which assist students in understanding shape, function, and problem-solving using the Building Blocks of Science. Take home lessons/workshop materials. |
Speaker: Eeva Burns, Independent Consultant
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Audience:
Grade 1, Grade 2, Kindergarten
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Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
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Sponsor:
Carolina Biological Supply Company
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Beginner Forensics: A Murder in the Art
Room!
(Edvotek, Inc.)
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9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
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Room: 3000, Moscone Center West
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Help! The principal has been murdered in the art room!
Your students become crime scene investigators as they walk into a murder scene.
Inspect the location of the murder using blood spatter analysis and then catch
the criminal with DNA fingerprinting. Leave with ways to incorporate
biotechnology and gel electrophoresis into your classroom. |
Speaker: Kelly Barford, Edvotek Inc.
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Audience:
College, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
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Sponsor:
Edvotek, Inc.
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NGSS—Designing Ocean
Breakwaters
(Lab-Aids, Inc.)
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9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
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Room: 2005, Moscone Center West
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Use new tools to model the effect of ocean waves on a
cliff as you design and test breakwater structures to prevent beach erosion.
Strong support for middle level NGSS engineering practices provided.
Supports Developing a Model, Designing Solutions, Engaging in Argument from
Evidence, and CCSS ELA. From the SEPUP 3rd. Edit. Middle School Land,
Water, and Human Interactions unit—redesigned for
NGSS. |
Speaker: Toby Chou, The Waverly School
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Audience:
Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
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Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
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Sponsor:
Lab-Aids, Inc.
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STEM: Human Learning at Its Best
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9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
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Room: 3006, Moscone Center West
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STEM learners relish engagement with intriguing
phenomena, where they can use their senses, imagination, conversation,
visualization, and trial-and-error. Collectively, these factors form a
contextual constellation around learning and memory. |
Speaker: Kenneth Wesson, Educational Consultant: Neuroscience
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Audience:
Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Kindergarten
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
Upper Elementary
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Embedding Claims, Evidence, Reasoning, and Rebuttal in
Inquiry-Based Labs
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9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
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Room: 3024, Moscone Center West
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Take part in hands-on activities in physical and life
science and engage in argument from the evidence of an inquiry
lab. |
Speakers: Nedaro Bellamy, Secondary Instructional Specialist, Houston ISD Takisha Gastile, Teacher Development Specialist, Houston ISD
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Audience:
Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 8, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
High School
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Available Handouts :
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Partnering Through Practices
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9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
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Room: 3020, Moscone Center West
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Hear about one STEM Partnership School’s journey to build and sustain community partnerships using crosscutting concepts and science and engineering practices as a foundation.
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Speakers: Elizabeth McAlpin, Teacher, John C. Dunham STEM Partnership School Arin Carter, Director, John C. Dunham STEM Partnership School Chetna Patel, Aurora University
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Audience:
College, Grade 1, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Kindergarten, Preschool
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Session Type:
Presentation
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Track:
Building STEM Ecosystems: Community Partnerships
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Integrating STEM and MWEE: A Multidisciplinary Approach
to Teaching Project-Based Environmental Education
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9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
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Room: 3012, Moscone Center West
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Explore how community partners can help you integrate
STEM with meaningful watershed educational experiences and leverage
instructional resources to engage students with Project-Based Learning
experiences. |
Speakers: Dat Le, Science Supervisor, Arlington Public Schools Candace Lutzow-Felling, Director of Education, Blandy Experimental Farm
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Audience:
Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Presentation
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Track:
Building STEM Ecosystems: Community Partnerships
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Available Handouts :
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Family STEM Night: The Ultimate Community
Outreach
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9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
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Room: 3018, Moscone Center West
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Prepare for a family STEM night with our theme ideas,
timelines, and resources. Walk away with helpful strategies for a successful
event in your community. |
Speakers: Wendy Goldfein, Retired Educator Cheryl Nelson, Retired Educator
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Audience:
Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Kindergarten, Preschool
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
Building STEM Ecosystems: Community Partnerships
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Available Handouts :
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Do You Need a Science Lab? Win a Shell Science Lab
Makeover ($20,000 Value) for Your School
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9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
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Room: 3014, Moscone Center West
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Are you a K–12 science teacher in need of science lab
makeover? Attend the Shell Science Lab presentation and learn how you can apply
to win the Shell Science Lab or Regional Makeover! 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
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Audience:
Grade 1, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Kindergarten, Preschool
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Session Type:
Presentation
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Track:
Building STEM Ecosystems: Community Partnerships
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Access for All Strategies in Teaching Computer
Science
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9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
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Room: 3010, Moscone Center West
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Emphasis will be placed on pedagogical methods in
computer science that support intellectual rigor while being relevant to diverse
populations of students. |
Speaker: Anu Gokhale, Professor, Illinois State University
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Audience:
College, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Presentation
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Track:
High School
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How Far Can Two Wheels Take You?
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9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
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Room: 2024, Moscone Center West
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BMX Olympic medalist Donny Robinson discusses “how far
can two wheels take you,” encouraging teachers and students alike to find their
own “two wheels.” |
Speaker: Donny Robinson, USA BMX Foundation
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Audience:
College, Grade 1, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Kindergarten, Preschool
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Session Type:
Presentation
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Track:
Building STEM Ecosystems: Community Partnerships
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The “M” in STEM: Could It Mean
Statistics?
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9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
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Room: 3011, Moscone Center West
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Have you been asking whether you should trust loud
claims of advertising? Or simply want to know what a penny is made
of? |
Speaker: Karlheinz Haas, Science/Math Instructor, The Pine School
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Audience:
College, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
High School
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Available Handouts :
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Creating and Navigating the Classroom Culture
Maze
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9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
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Room: 3008, Moscone Center West
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Encounter a new twist on the circuit maze challenge,
while engaging in a classroom-ready engineering and design task that will
bolster collaboration and feedback. |
Speakers: Daniel Schermele, Science Teacher, Brooklyn Ascend High School Louvina Jackman, Brooklyn Ascend High School
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Audience:
Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
High School
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One, Two, Three, Four…First-Graders Love to Explore…with Sound!
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9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
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Room: 2003, Moscone Center West
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Experience hands-on, integrated sound activities that include science, technology, engineering, math, ELA, social studies, and art. We will showcase first-grade lessons that captured the imagination of primary age learners.
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Speaker: Kelly Keeler, STEM Curriculum Developer, Loyola Marymount University
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Audience:
Grade 1
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
Lower Elementary/Early Childhood
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Available Handouts :
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Using Shadow Puppets to Create a Cross-Curricular STEAM Unit
***CANCELED***
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9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
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Room: 2006, Moscone Center West
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Discover how first graders created a cross-curricular STEAM product within a unit focusing on science and ELA standards. |
Speakers: Jennifer Eisenhart, First Grade Teacher, Addlestone Hebrew Academy Dominique Ragland, STEAM Facilitator, Addlestone Hebrew Academy
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Audience:
Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Kindergarten
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Session Type:
Presentation
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Track:
Lower Elementary/Early Childhood
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WIDA-Sponsored Session: Bringing ELLs into STEM, New
Resources from the NSTA-WIDA Affiliation
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9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
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Room: 2014, Moscone Center West
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Discover new instructional resources, collaboratively
developed by NSTA and WIDA, that support ELLs’ full engagement in
three-dimensional science, their science reasoning, and science
discourse. |
Speakers: Rita MacDonald, Language Researcher, Wisconsin Center for Education Research Jennifer Wilfrid, Research & Development, WIDA Consortium David Crowther, Professor of Science Education, University of Nevada, Reno
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Audience:
Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
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Session Type:
Presentation
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Track:
Middle Level
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Available Handouts :
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Engineering Fidget Toys: An Integrated Science and ELA
Unit
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9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
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Room: 3002, Moscone Center West
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A unit will be presented that engages students and
teachers in responsive classroom practices by allowing students to critique
fidgets, define criteria for appropriate fidgets, and design their own fidget
based on their learning. Students will justify their design as well as their
reasoning to allow or ban fidgets in the classroom. |
Speakers: Corbin Rice, Student, University of Minnesota Justine Kim, Graduate Student, STEM teacher, University of Minnesota
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Audience:
Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
Upper Elementary
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Available Handouts :
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Fail Often, Succeed Sooner: Assessment in Project-Based
Learning
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9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
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Room: 3005, Moscone Center West
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Explore what engineering success looks like and how to
use the NGSS science and engineering practices as the framework for
formative and summative assessment. |
Speaker: Erin Scroggins, Museum of Science, Boston
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Audience:
Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
Upper Elementary
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Available Handouts :
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Systems and System Models and Dance
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9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
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Room: 2020, Moscone Center West
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Bring systems and system models alive through the
creative dance process. Using the example of a life cycle, participants will
apply dance strategies that will help students internalize scientific content
kinesthetically. |
Speakers: Rachel Green, Lecturer, University of California, Los Angeles Dawn Dyson, Teaching Artist, The Music Center
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Audience:
Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Kindergarten
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
Upper Elementary
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Elementary STEM Showcase!
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10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
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Room: Exhibit Hall, Moscone Center West
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Organized by Jennifer Williams, Steering Committee Chairperson, 8th Annual STEM Forum & Expo, and Department Chair, Lower School, Isidore Newman School
The Elementary STEM Showcase brings together more than 30 leaders in STEM education who will provide a variety of preK–5 STEM teaching strategies and resources. Featured materials include NSTA Press® books, award-winning books from the Best STEM Books list, and strategies from the NSTA preK–5 journal, Science & Children. NGSS connections to student experiences will be highlighted during this flea market–style sharing experience where participants will engage in hands-on activities and interact with presenters about STEM investigations.
Participants will learn from this energy-filled experience and leave with ideas to use with students and colleagues. The Elementary STEM Showcase will be one of the featured events held during the STEM Forum & Expo, as well as the only elementary session provided during the Thursday 10:30 AM–12 Noon time slot.
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Speakers: Krista Adams, Assistant Professor, Eastern Kentucky University Belle Akers, Teacher, Convent of the Sacred Heart Milbeth Allen, Teacher, John P. Parker School Vicki Ardisana, Northern Arizona University-Yuma Campus David Bair, Professor, Grand Valley State University NancyLee Bergey, Retired (formerly Associate Director of Teacher Ed, University of Pennsylvania Eric Berson, Director of Teacher Happiness, Mystery Science, Inc. Darwin Bobbitt, Teacher, John P. Parker School Barbara Bromley, 6-8 Science Teacher, Hazelwood Elementary School Sarah Bush, Associate Professor of K-12 STEM Education, University of Central Florida Kristin Cook, Associate Professor, Bellarmine University Patricia DeCoster, Science Department Head, Ansonia High School Elizabeth Dethloff, Instructional Specialist, Robert R. Shaw Center Rondale Dixon, Teacher, John P. Parker School Collin Doruff, Isidore Newman School Jenna Doudrick, Second Grade Teacher, Larry J. Macaluso Elementary School Barbara Ehlers, Associate Professor of Education, Upper Iowa University Francisca Flores, Teacher, E.P. Foster STEM Academy Jade Foust, Second Grade Teacher, Larry J. Macaluso Elementary School Janet Gallivan, Operations Director, PlaySTEAM USA Lupe Gomez, Kindergarten Teacher, E.P. Foster STEM Academy Ron Grady, Teacher, Isidore Newman School Karen Hays, Youth Programs Manager, Denver Zoo Rebecca Haystead, Teacher, E.P. Foster STEM Academy Jason Innes, Manager of Training and Curriculum Development, Kinderlab Robotics, Inc. Tanya Juarez, Elementary Teacher, E.P. Foster STEM Academy Mary Kelley, 1st Grade Teacher, Sylvan STEAM Academy Pamela Knox, School Community Resource Coordinator, John P. Parker School Ryan Kurada, Kindergarten Teacher/PBL Coach, University Elementary School Rebecca Kurson, Science Teacher, Collegiate School Chuan Li, Principal, Shanghai STEM+ Research Institute Diana Lockwood, Science & STEAM Teacher, The Paideia School Kelsey Lockwood, Teacher, John P. Parker School Kimberly Mack, Principal, John P. Parker School Elinore Malloy, John P. Parker School Pamela McCudden, Teacher, John P. Parker School Amira Michalowski, Teacher, John P. Parker School Alex Morgan, Boulder Journey School Godwyn Morris, Director, Dazzling Discoveries Kerri Murphy, Teacher, Norton High School Patricia Newman, Author/Educator Patricia Parker, 2nd Grade Teacher, All Saints Catholic School Ellen Schiller, Professor, Grand Valley State University Elaine Sevin, 5th Grade Science Teacher, Isidore Newman School Lisa Swenson, Teacher, Isidore Newman School Alison Szopinski, Senior Director, Educator Community, National Geographic Society Jeffery Townsend, Associate Professor, Eastern Kentucky University Lauren Vu-Tran, Program Director, Kids at Science Foundation Robyn White, John P. Parker School Ying Zhang, Shanghai STEM+ Research Institute Jennifer Williams, Steering Committee Chair, 8th Annual STEM Forum & Expo, Isidore Newman School
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Audience:
Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Kindergarten, Preschool
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Session Type:
Special Session
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Sponsor:
Great Minds, Pitsco Education, PlaySTEAM, and Science Connected
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How to Use the Orton-Gillingham Method in the STEM/STEAM
Science Classroom
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11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Room: 3024, Moscone Center West
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Learn Orton-Gillingham strategies and activities for
science vocabulary, concepts, and organizational skills that can be used
immediately in all grade levels and inclusion classes. |
Speaker: Kathryn Wink Gilligan, High School Science Teacher (Special Ed), The Bridge Academy of New Jersey
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Audience:
Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Presentation
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Track:
Middle Level
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Creating Learning Experiences That Are Inclusive and Fun! (Activate Learning)
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11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Room: 2011, Moscone Center West
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Get highlights on how formative assessment, driving questions, meaningful phenomena, and student engagement can support equity and learning in a STEM or science classroom. Participants will use tools and activities designed to support the learning of science for all learners.
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Speaker: Jan Robertson, Teacher, Mt. Diablo Unified School District
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Audience:
Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Kindergarten
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Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
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Sponsor:
Activate Learning
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NGSS—Exploring Energy Efficiency (Lab-Aids, Inc.)
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11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Room: 2005, Moscone Center West
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Students apply their understanding of the concepts of energy transfer and transformation to compare the efficiencies of two types of light bulbs. They do so by measuring the amount of thermal energy produced by the two bulbs, applying the law of conservation of energy, and calculating how much of the electrical energy supplied was converted into light energy.
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Speaker: Toby Chou, The Waverly School
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Audience:
Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
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Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
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Sponsor:
Lab-Aids, Inc.
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Modeling the Flow of Genetic Information (MSOE Center for BioMolecular Modeling)
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11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Room: 3003, Moscone Center West
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Guide your students in the development and use of models as tools for “making sense” of phenomena. Learn how to help your students “think with models” to explain the cellular processes of transcription and translation as they relate to a genome sequencing molecular story. Handouts. |
Speakers: Gina Vogt, Secondary Education Program Manager, 3D Molecular Designs Tim Herman, Director, MSOE Center for BioMolecular Modeling
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Audience:
College, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 8, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
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Available Handouts :
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Sponsor:
MSOE Center for BioMolecular Modeling
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Quick and Easy Experiments Using the Latest
Technology
(Vernier Software & Technology)
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11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Room: 2007, Moscone Center West
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Collecting and analyzing experimental data has never been
easier using Vernier technology in your lab. Help prepare students to meet the
NGSS and state standards through data-collection experiments that
support three-dimensional learning. Bring your own device with our Graphical
Analysis 4 app installed or use ours during the workshop. |
Speaker: David Carter, Vernier Software & Technology
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Audience:
Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
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Sponsor:
Vernier Software & Technology
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Awesome STEM Activities!
(Flinn Scientific, Inc.)
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11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Room: 3004, Moscone Center West
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Whether you’re looking for ways to integrate STEM in your
science curriculum, add a STEM class, or start an after-school STEM program,
FlinnSTEM has a solution for you! Learn to successfully integrate engineering,
physical, life, and Earth, and environmental science topics. Explore hands-on
activities designed to engage the energy of early adolescent students and help
them make real-world connections. Handouts. www.flinnsci.com, www.flinnstem.com. |
Speaker: Janet Hoekenga, Flinn Scientific, Inc.
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Audience:
Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
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Sponsor:
Flinn Scientific, Inc.
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STEM Education at the Molecular Level: 3D Visualization and More (Wavefunction, Inc.)
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11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Room: 3000, Moscone Center West
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With nanotechnology and biomolecular engineering becoming ever more prevalent, gaining familiarity with molecular phenomena is an educational must for all grade levels. Bring a Windows or Macintosh laptop (some loaners will be available) and see how ODYSSEY Molecular Explorer helps students develop a scientifically correct feel for the molecular world. |
Speaker: Jurgen Schnitker, Vice President, Science Education, Wavefunction, Inc.
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Audience:
College, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
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Sponsor:
Wavefunction, Inc.
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Implementing AR/VR in District STEAM Programs (zSpace)
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11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Room: 2000, Moscone Center West
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Discover how K–12 students in Forsyth County Schools are using augmented and virtual reality to explore and expand STEM curriculum and prepare for college and future careers in STEAM. Gain leadership perspectives on funding new technology along with implementation strategies for building your own STEAM lab and makerspace environment. |
Speakers: Kerry Ward, Science Lab/STEM teacher, Shiloh Point Elementary School Eric Ashton, Principal, Daves Creek Elementary School Megan Horsley, Instructional Technology Specialist, Daves Creek Elementary School Joe Dowd, Teacher, Daves Creek Elementary School Colleen Tereniak, Teacher, Daves Creek Elementary School Lauren Parsell, Teacher, Daves Creek Elementary School Christine Stroer, Teacher, Daves Creek Elementary School
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Audience:
Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Kindergarten, Preschool
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Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
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Sponsor:
zSpace
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Using the Chemistry Lab for STEM Exploration Before Explaining (Grades 6–12) (Pearson)
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11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Room: 2004, Moscone Center West
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What comes first in your chemistry classroom, explanations or lab? What does an exploration-based chemistry lab look like? In this hands-on workshop, we’ll show you how to facilitate discovery that will provide a truly 3-D experience of chemistry that meets the NGSS. |
Speaker: Christopher Moore, Associate Professor of Physics, University of Nebraska Omaha
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Audience:
Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
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Sponsor:
National Math + Science Initiative
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STEMinar: Let’s Engage Students Through Phenomena-Based
Science Instruction
(STEMscopes)
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11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Room: 2009, Moscone Center West
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Science is about explaining the phenomena that occur in
the world around us. Join in to experience how phenomena is used during
instruction and learn how to develop your own anchor and investigative phenomena
to drive your lessons. |
Speakers: Lynette Lawton, STEMscopes Stephanie Shield, STEMscopes
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Audience:
Grade 1, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Kindergarten
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Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
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Sponsor:
STEMscopes
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Come on Over and Code a Rover!
(Texas Instruments)
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11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Room: 2010, Moscone Center West
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Designed for middle
school and high school, join us if you’re new to coding and want to get
up to speed. We will bring coding and hands-on together as you learn how to
program a robotic vehicle (called a Rover) to get as close to an object
as possible without touching it! No coding experience is necessary. |
Speakers: Fred Fotsch, Texas Instruments Wendy Peel, Texas Instruments
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Audience:
College, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
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Sponsor:
Texas Instruments
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Maker Racers
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11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Room: 2022, Moscone Center West
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Feel like a student in this hands-on activity
integrating STEM disciplines, while using various 3D printing
platforms. Perfect for the novice to intermediate
educator. |
Speakers: Quenna Beston, Munich Public School Beth Podoll, Student, North Dakota State University Kelsey Mongeon, Teacher, Fessenden-Bowdon High School Holly Erickson, Liberty Middle School
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Audience:
Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
Middle Level
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Available Handouts :
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Gender Equity and Small Group Participation in a Laser
Security System STEM Unit
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11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Room: 2008, Moscone Center West
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Complete an integrated STEM activity focused on
properties of light, view student participation video, and consider gender
equity in small group STEM activities. |
Speakers: Gillian Roehrig, Professor, STEM Education Center Jeanna Wieselmann, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Minnesota Emily Dare, Assistant Professor, Florida International University Elizabeth Ring-Whalen, Assistant Professor of Education, St. Catherine University
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Audience:
Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
Middle Level
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Available Handouts :
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Pascal’s Pyramid: Visited (and
Revisited)!
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11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Room: 2018, Moscone Center West
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Construct a Pascal’s Pyramid and discover interesting
mathematical patterns hidden within. If you love Pascal’s Triangle, come meet
her equally interesting yet often overlooked cousin! |
Speakers: Alison Mall, Assistant Principal/Teacher, Homer High School Liane Ryan, Teacher, Redington Sr. Junior/Senior High School
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Audience:
Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
Middle Level
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Available Handouts :
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Using a Web-Based Graphing Tool to Analyze and Interpret Local and National Weather and Climate Data for Patterns and Change
***CANCELED***
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11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Room: 2024, Moscone Center West
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Explore weather and climate data through an online graphing tool that simplifies data visualization so students can focus on analysis and interpretation. |
Speaker: Matthew Mirabello, Science Educator, American Museum of Natural History
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Audience:
Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
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Session Type:
Presentation
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Track:
Middle Level
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STEMulating PBL
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11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Room: 3008, Moscone Center West
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Interested in creating cross-curricular Project-Based
Learning in your STEM course or curriculum? Bring a lesson or unit to transform
into a PBL masterpiece! |
Speakers: Rebecca Shaw, Immaculata-La Salle High School Adriana Da Silva, Teacher, Immaculata-La Salle High School
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Audience:
Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
High School
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Available Handouts :
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Bridging the STEM Acronym: Seamless Integration of
Science and Math
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11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Room: 2002, Moscone Center West
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When students collect their own data, they are WAY more
likely to take an interest in the data. Come to this 100% hands-on session and
experience the engagement, the interactivity, and the fun that comes with data
collection! |
Speaker: Jeffrey Lukens, Retired Science Teacher
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Audience:
Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
Middle Level
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How to Code Your H2O!
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11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Room: 3006, Moscone Center West
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All life depends on water. Wade into three-dimensional
learning by creating an efficient water usage model. Inspired by real-world
events, students are motivated to apply problem-solving skills and learn some
basic programming to come up with innovative solutions to the drought situation
in southern Africa. |
Speakers: Stacy Thibodeaux, Science Teacher, Southside High School Jessica Kohout, Science Teacher, Reservoir High School
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Audience:
College, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
High School
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Available Handouts :
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Build San Francisco
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11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Room: 3012, Moscone Center West
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Build San Francisco is a consortium of educators and
design professionals who have come together to create a STEM education
environment for high school students. |
Speaker: Alan Sandler, Executive Director, Architectural Foundation of San Francisco
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Audience:
Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Presentation
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Track:
Building STEM Ecosystems: Community Partnerships
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Building a Vibrant STEM Ecosystem Through Manufacturing Apprenticeships
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11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Room: 3014, Moscone Center West
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Hear about an innovative, exciting new approach to exciting inner-city high school students around STEM, and preparing them to join the advanced manufacturing workforce of the future! |
Speaker: Autumn Russell, MAGNET: Manufacturing Advocacy & Growth Network
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Audience:
College, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Presentation
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Track:
Building STEM Ecosystems: Community Partnerships
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Using National Science Olympiad STEM Classroom Materials
to Address NGSS Crosscutting Concepts and Content
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11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Room: 3016, Moscone Center West
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National Science Olympiad competitions include events
and supporting resources that are easily incorporated into existing curricula to
actively engage students with STEM activities and projects. |
Speaker: Donna Young, NASA/NSO UoL Coordinator
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Audience:
Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Presentation
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Track:
Building STEM Ecosystems: Community Partnerships
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Available Handouts :
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Building STEM PBL with Research Experiences for Teachers
and Students
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11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Room: 3005, Moscone Center West
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The Advanced Self-Powered Systems of Integrated Sensors
and Technologies (ASSIST) at NC State University engages teachers in a summer
research experience where teachers develop STEM PBL lesson plans incorporating
wearable sensing devices. |
Speakers: James Lamberth, Enloe Magnet High School Evelyn Baldwin, Science Department Chair, Wake STEM Early College High School
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Audience:
College, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Presentation
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Track:
Building STEM Ecosystems: Community Partnerships
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Available Handouts :
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A Greening STEM Place-Based Learning
Approach
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11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Room: 3001, Moscone Center West
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We will share case studies involving STEM project
partnerships between 21st-century community learning centers and National
Park Service field sites. Receive an introduction to NEEF’s Greening STEM
Place-Based Learning toolkit. |
Speakers: Linda Rosenblum, Education Program Manager, National Park Service Robert Sendrey, Program Director, Environmental Education, National Environmental Education Foundation Felecia Hinton-Causey, Teacher, Santa Rosa Day School
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Audience:
Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Presentation
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Track:
Building STEM Ecosystems: Community Partnerships
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Available Handouts :
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Mission: NASA’s Mars 2020 Name the Rover Student Essay
Contest
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11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Room: 3010, Moscone Center West
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Find out about NASA’s essay contest for K–12 students to
name the Mars 2020 rover, as well as preview educational resources and share
best practices. |
Speakers: Stephanie Johnson, Battelle Deanne Bell, Future Engineers Tanya Silva, Product Manager/NGSS Specialist, Future Engineers
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Audience:
Grade 1, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Kindergarten
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
Middle Level
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Available Handouts :
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City on the Delta: Engaging Students in STEM Learning
with River Investigations and Flood Protection Engineering
Projects
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1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
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Room: 3010, Moscone Center West
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River investigation and the creation of model flood
protection projects offer unique experiential opportunities to engage young
students in STEM learning experiences that are relevant to the communities that
live in and promote environmental stewardship. Learn how one school created
multifaceted STEM partnerships to teach their students about their city,
wetlands, culture, and river. |
Speaker: Jennifer Williams, Steering Committee Chair, 8th Annual STEM Forum & Expo, Isidore Newman School
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Audience:
Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
Upper Elementary
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Available Handouts :
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Creating Diverse Community Outreach Opportunities Through
Immersive Games
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1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
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Room: 3018, Moscone Center West
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Play immersive evolution games as you learn strategies
for building effective, community-specific science outreach in collaboration
with multiple regional partners. |
Speaker: Katherine Carter, National Center for Science Education
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Audience:
College, Grade 1, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Kindergarten
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
Building STEM Ecosystems: Community Partnerships
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Available Handouts :
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Preparing the Next Generation of STEM Teacher
Leaders
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1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
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Room: 3020, Moscone Center West
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Engage in a discussion about an innovative partnership
between Morgan State University, a Historically Black College and University,
and a local school district focused on preparing the next generation of STEM
teacher leaders. |
Speakers: Vanessa Dodo Seriki, Associate Professor, Morgan State University Damaries Blondonville, Senior Project Manager, Prince George's County Public Schools Bridgette Jones, Teacher, Central High School Heather Anglin, Science Teacher, Stephen Decatur Middle School Lashore Redmond, Science Teacher, Oxon Hill Middle School Airis Freeman, Teacher, Morgan State University Tiana Dempsey, Science Teacher & Science Department Chair, Stephen Decatur Middle School
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Audience:
College, Grade 1, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Kindergarten, Preschool
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
Building STEM Ecosystems: Community Partnerships
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Available Handouts :
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Moving Past 18th-Century Standards to 21st-Century Space
Science
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1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
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Room: 3009, Moscone Center West
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How much of our curriculum is spent focusing on Newton’s
laws or the Bohr model? While these are important for building our students’
toolbelts in the science of old, come learn activities on how NASA is moving
science forward. |
Speaker: Brandon Rodriguez, Education Professional Development Specialist, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Audience:
Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
High School
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Insurance Institute for Highway Safety in the
Classroom: Investigating the Dangers of Distracted Driving
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1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
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Room: 3011, Moscone Center West
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Complete a distracted driving “simulation” and discover
free IIHS-related STEM activities and real-world applications exploring vehicle
crashworthiness and crash avoidance technologies. |
Speakers: Pini Kalnite, Vice President, Media Operations, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Griff Jones, Science Ed. Professor, University of Florida
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Audience:
Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
High School
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Teaching Environmental Sustainability Using a Free
Place-Based Watershed Model
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1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
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Room: 3008, Moscone Center West
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Model My Watershed is a free, web-based application that
invites students to explore the condition of their local watershed with a
scientifically valid watershed model. |
Speakers: Steve Kerlin, Director of Education, Stroud Water Research Center Carolyn Staudt, Senior Scientist/ Curriculum/Professional Develope, The Concord Consortium Nanette Marcum-Dietrich, Professor, Millersville University
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Audience:
Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
High School
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Available Handouts :
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Robotics, Coding, Engineering, Oh My!
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1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
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Room: 2006, Moscone Center West
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Sphero and Dash robots are flexible tools that can
engage students of all ages. Participants will learn how educational robotics
can be used to teach engineering design challenges with
students. |
Speakers: Shannon Essler-Petty, Professor, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University Diana Fenton, Science Pedagogy Specialist, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University
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Audience:
College, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5
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Session Type:
Presentation
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Track:
Lower Elementary/Early Childhood
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Available Handouts :
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NSTA Press® Session: A Head Start on Life Science
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1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
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Room: 2008, Moscone Center West
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Come participate in “science of wonder” science and learn
to help your young learners to joyfully explore science in their everyday
world. |
Speaker: William Straits, Professor, California State University, Long Beach
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Audience:
Grade 1, Kindergarten, Preschool
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
Lower Elementary/Early Childhood
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Water Like Wine—Reflects the Region Where It’s
Produced
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1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
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Room: 3012, Moscone Center West
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Water, like wine, has significant variations. Explore
drinking water; take home numerous inexpensive experiments and hands-on
activities for students to use investigating their drinking
water. |
Speaker: Janet Migaki, Retired Educator
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Audience:
Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Presentation
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Track:
Middle Level
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Available Handouts :
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Animals Are Engineers
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1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
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Room: 2002, Moscone Center West
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Engage and explore how animals solve problems as
characters in folktales and apply the scientific practices to learn how animals
are natural engineers. |
Speakers: Margaret Giunta, Staff Developer, Douglas L. Jamerson, Jr. Elementary School Kimberly Mack, Principal, John P. Parker School
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Audience:
Grade 1, Grade 2, Kindergarten, Preschool
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
Lower Elementary/Early Childhood
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Available Handouts :
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NGSS—Engineering with
Electromagnets
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1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
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Room: 3014, Moscone Center West
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Join us to investigate a middle school engineering
activity where students design an electromagnet to meet the design criteria and
constraints of an engineering challenge. |
Speakers: Janet Bellantoni, Curriculum Developer, The Lawrence Hall of Science Timothy Hurt, Associate Specialist 1, The Lawrence Hall of Science
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Audience:
Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
Middle Level
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Block It Out: Coding Robots in STEM
Classes
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1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
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Room: 2024, Moscone Center West
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Block-based coding is a perfect transition for students
to learn how coding can be seen on a computer screen to how it can be used to
move physical objects. |
Speakers: Jared Mader, Director of Educational Technology, Lincoln Intermediate Unit 12 Ben Smith, STEM Coordinator, Lincoln Intermediate Unit 12
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Audience:
Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Presentation
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Track:
Middle Level
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Localize, Leverage, and Learn—Tennessee’s Rural STEM
Collaborative
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1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
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Room: 3016, Moscone Center West
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The Tennessee STEM Innovation Network has developed a
strong, statewide STEM ecosystem for K–12 rural educators. Teachers engage in a
yearlong cohort that focuses on STEM learning through authentic exploration
while leveraging local partnerships to provide equal access to STEM
opportunities and experiences. |
Speakers: Brandi Stroecker, Director of Education Strategy & Outreach, Tennessee STEM Innovation Network-Battelle Evan Curran, Program Manager, Tennessee STEM Innovation Network-Battelle
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Audience:
Grade 1, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Kindergarten, Preschool
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Session Type:
Presentation
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Track:
Building STEM Ecosystems: Community Partnerships
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STEM Is a State of Mind: Start with a Good
Book
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1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
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Room: 3001, Moscone Center West
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Why a STEM book? STEM books engage students deeply by
demonstrating a way of thinking. What are some of these great books and how do
they ignite even the most reluctant learner. |
Speaker: Christine Anne Royce, NSTA Retiring President, Prof. & Co-Dir. of MAT, Shippensburg University
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Audience:
Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Kindergarten, Preschool
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
Upper Elementary
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Making It Better! Moving from Science to
STEM
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1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
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Room: 3006, Moscone Center West
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Starting STEM from scratch can be an overwhelming task.
Instead, learn how to take existing science curricula and STEMify it! Come learn
about how common elementary science lessons can be modified into STEM lessons by
adding context and design challenges. |
Speakers: Corbin Rice, Student, University of Minnesota Justine Kim, Graduate Student, STEM teacher, University of Minnesota Elizabeth Stretch, University of Minnesota
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Audience:
Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
Upper Elementary
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Equity: Building the Foundation
***CANCELED***
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1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
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Room: 3002, Moscone Center West
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Dive into the differences between equity and equality, as well as understand equity’s importance to students as you explore activities that will provide foundational skills for building equitable classrooms. |
Speakers: Allison Barkel, Content Development Specialist, Project Lead The Way, Inc. Emily Schaefer, Professional Development Content Developer, Project Lead The Way, Inc. Lori Fields, Professional Development Content Developer, Project Lead The Way, Inc.
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Audience:
Grade 1, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Kindergarten, Preschool
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
Upper Elementary
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Zombie
Apocalypse
(Texas Instruments)
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1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
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Room: 2010, Moscone Center West
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Be part of a zombie apocalypse! Learn about disease-spread modeling using simulations and
fun storylines about a zombie outbreak. Applicable for middle school and high school, this
workshop is sure to scare you and your little
zombies with its exciting Hollywood themes used to engage students in learning
science! |
Speaker: Jeffrey Lukens, Retired Science Teacher
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Audience:
College, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
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Sponsor:
Texas Instruments
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Electricity and Magnetism from Impact Science—A Middle School NGSS Unit (Impact Science Education, Inc.)
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1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
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Room: 3000, Moscone Center West
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We will preview our Electricity and Magnetism unit, which covers all the middle school electricity and magnetism performance expectations but also gives students a chance to build circuits, motors, and electromagnets—all using inexpensive materials. Participants will have a chance to try out the activities and experience the learning sequence. |
Speakers: Ladie Malek, President, Impact Science Education, Inc. Larissa Walder, 8th Grade Science Teacher, Burlingame Intermediate School
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Audience:
Grade 8
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Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
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Available Handouts :
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Sponsor:
Impact Science Education, Inc.
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Make Science Real with Problem-Based Learning (Pearson)
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1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
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Room: 2004, Moscone Center West
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Science is about more than just content and vocabulary. Science is about using creativity, communication, and collaboration to solve problems. Join in to engage in hands-on activities that show how bringing Problem-Based Learning into the science classroom leads to more engaged students, more meaningful learning, and better outcomes. |
Speaker: Obie Martin, Pearson
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Audience:
Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Kindergarten
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Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
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Sponsor:
Pearson
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NASA Educator Professional Development Collaborative: Exploring the Connection Between Makerspaces and X-Planes (Texas State University)
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1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
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Room: 3004, Moscone Center West
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Explore real-world connections with NASA research, X-planes, and the Maker Movement. Learn about NASA’s X-57 Electric Plane and how circuits work. Engage in activities about circuits, alternative energy, and batteries. Create, build, and test simple circuits. Leave with hands-on activities combining math, science, engineering, and technology.
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Speaker: Barbara Buckner, Educator Professional Development Specialist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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Audience:
College, Grade 1, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Kindergarten
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Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
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Available Handouts :
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Sponsor:
Texas State University
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Teaching Science Through Conservation
(U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
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1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
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Room: 2005, Moscone Center West
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Energize your students with two great lessons
presented by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service—Seasons of Change and Native Fish in
the Classroom. Explore these lesson plans and techniques to help you teach
science, and bring nature and conservation into your classes! |
Speakers: Malcolm Pringle, San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Complex Cynthia Overby, George Mayne Elementary School Leslie Code, George Mayne Elementary School Angela Palacios James, Fish Biologist, New Mexico Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office
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Audience:
Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Kindergarten
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Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
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Available Handouts :
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Sponsor:
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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Student Performance of Content-Rich Literature, The Power of STEAM (Southern Science Supply)
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1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
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Room: 2007, Moscone Center West
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Brod Bagert the Science Poet™ will entertain, demonstrate, train, and explain his simple but powerful method of performing science poetry in the classroom. “Performing high-energy science poetry elevates instruction to the level of personal experience. Students don’t just think about science, they become the science.” |
Speaker: Brod Bagert, Author
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Audience:
College, Grade 1, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
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Sponsor:
Southern Science Supply
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5 E’sy Ways to Investigate Proteins and Enzyme
Action
(3D Molecular Designs)
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1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
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Room: 3003, Moscone Center West
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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. |
Speakers: Gina Vogt, Secondary Education Program Manager, 3D Molecular Designs Keri Shingleton, Holland Hall
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Audience:
College, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
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Available Handouts :
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Sponsor:
3D Molecular Designs
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Creating “Coherence and Science Storylines” for Middle School (Activate Learning)
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1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
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Room: 2011, Moscone Center West
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Powerful questions and coherent storylines help solve the integration challenge. IQWST is built around interesting and meaningful driving questions and phenomena. We will explore an activity that supports the integration of science and engineering to engage ALL students in high-quality STEM and science learning. |
Speaker: Jan Robertson, Teacher, Mt. Diablo Unified School District
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Audience:
Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
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Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
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Sponsor:
Activate Learning
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STEMinar: Let’s Use the 5Es to Provide Equity and Access for All Students in STEM (STEMscopes)
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1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
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Room: 2009, Moscone Center West
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The 5Es model of lesson design can drive equal access and opportunities for all students to succeed in STEM. STEM education strives to promote equity so that bias does not occur with gender, culture, and background. Come learn how to provide more equitable opportunities for students. |
Speakers: Mackenzie Brooke, STEMscopes David Rude, Director, Accelerate Learning
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Audience:
Grade 1, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
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Sponsor:
STEMscopes
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Criteria and Constraints: Raising the Bar for Rigor (Carolina Biological Supply Co.)
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1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
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Room: 2000, Moscone Center West
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NGSS has raised the bar for scientific rigor and thinking. Grades 3–5 students define problems using criteria for success and constraints for limits of possible solutions. Use criteria and constraints in developing solutions to problems with the Building Blocks of Science. Take home lessons/workshop materials. |
Speaker: Eeva Burns, Independent Consultant
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Audience:
Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5
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Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
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Sponsor:
Carolina Biological Supply Company
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Interested in Science? So Are Our Students—Using the
Virtual Environment to Connect
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1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
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Room: 3022, Moscone Center West
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Quality engagement and support offered through student
clubs can impact the college experience of students. We will highlight the
challenges and successes of the Student Science Club. |
Speaker: Tyra Hall-Pogar, Professor, Purdue Global University
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Audience:
College
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Session Type:
Presentation
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Track:
Post-Secondary
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Challenges and Strategies: An Unconference for Teaching Postsecondary Students
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3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Room: 3022, Moscone Center West
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All conference attendees are invited to join our community of postsecondary educators as relative topics in STEM education are discussed and debated in this unique Edcamp/unconference format. Be prepared to share, learn, and lead through this shared experience.
These participant-driven discussions will be facilitated by:
Beth Allan, NSTA President-Elect
Steven Koether, College of Sciences & Engineering Technology, Sam Houston University
David Wojnowski, Field Editor, Journal of College Science Teaching |
Speakers: Elizabeth Allan, NSTA President-Elect, University of Central Oklahoma Steven Koether, Sam Houston State University David Wojnowski, Clinical Assistant Professor, Georgia State University
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Audience:
College, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
Post-Secondary
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This IS Rocket Science! (Estes Industries)
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3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Room: 2010, Moscone Center West
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Join the Estes crew for a workshop that truly IS Rocket Science! Estes, the world leader in model rocketry, is launching a major reboot to their curricula and lesson plans coupled with new model rockets. Come build your own beginner-level rocket and enter to win a new model Saturn V! |
Speaker: Michael Hellmund, Teacher, Freedom High School
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Audience:
College, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
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Available Handouts :
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Sponsor:
Estes Industries
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A Microscopic to Molecular Perspective in Modeling Chromosomes (MSOE Center for BioMolecular Modeling)
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3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Room: 3003, Moscone Center West
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Give your students a hands-on/minds-on modeling opportunity to make the connection between chromosomes at the microscopic and molecular scales. Discover a new way to investigate independent assortment, segregation, crossing over, and other mechanisms that contribute to genetic variation during cell division. Handouts. |
Speaker: Gina Vogt, Secondary Education Program Manager, 3D Molecular Designs
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Audience:
College, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
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Available Handouts :
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Sponsor:
MSOE Center for BioMolecular Modeling
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Rising Flood Water: Engineering Design
Challenge
(Great Minds)
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3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Room: 3000, Moscone Center West
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Great Minds, the nonprofit behind Eureka
Math/EngageNY, introduces PhD Science to support three-dimensional teaching and learning.
Join us to use the engineering design process to design a seawall based on
established criteria and constraints (SEP.6) to reduce the impact of flooding
(ESS3.B) caused (CC.2) by storm surge. |
Speaker: Isaac Stauffer, Great Minds
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Audience:
Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5
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Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
|
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Climate Change Hands-On Investigations with Real-World
Data
(PocketLab by Myriad Sensors)
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3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Room: 2007, Moscone Center West
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Discover how ClimateChangeEducation.org and the Mobile
Climate Science Labs have taught thousands of students about the science
supporting climate change using hands-on experiments with infrared cameras and
PocketLab Air sensors. Get the tools to do authentic climate science with your
students inside the classroom, as well as outdoors in urban and rural
settings. |
Speakers: James Callahan, Climate Science Specialist, ClimateChangeEducation.org Clifton Roozeboom, Ceo, Myriad Sensors, Inc.
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Audience:
College, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
|
Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
|
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Conductive Tape and You: Creating Paper-Based Circuitry
Projects
(Nasco Education)
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3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Room: 3004, Moscone Center West
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Find out all about the world of conductive tape circuitry
in this fun and interactive workshop! Turn simple circuitry lessons into fun
STEAM lessons through the fun and inexpensive work of Paper Circuits. Great for
all ages and free materials provided for attendees. |
Speaker: Jordan Nelson, Director of Science Education, Nasco
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Audience:
College, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
|
Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
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Advancing STEM Concepts and Engagement
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3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Room: 3007, Moscone Center West
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Discussion centers on modeling integration of STEM disciplines in classroom explorations, by constructing and analyzing physical structures, and analytically examining and evaluating everyday tools and household objects, to ignite engagement and advance learning, critical thinking and creativity. Handouts.
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Speaker: Donna Knoell, Educational Consultant
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Audience:
Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6
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Session Type:
Presentation
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Track:
Upper Elementary
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Presenting Wetland Research Using Basic Circuitry and
Paper Circuits
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3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Room: 3002, Moscone Center West
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Join in for a STEM activity that introduces circuitry for
elementary classrooms using conductive tape, button batteries, and LEDs to
create an interactive wetland museum. |
Speaker: Elaine Sevin, 5th Grade Science Teacher, Isidore Newman School
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Audience:
Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
|
Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
Upper Elementary
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Available Handouts :
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Phenomena to Scenario: Intentionally Moving from Inquiry
to STEM Application
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3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Room: 3001, Moscone Center West
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Experience how anchoring real-world Phenomenological
Experiences can provide the foundation that grounds the STEM learning and acts
as a tether from which students can connect new learning. |
Speakers: Jo Anne Vasquez, STEM and Science Education Consultant, Rocks to Rainbows, LLC Michael Comer, Director of Marketing, Science K-12, Pearson Joel Villegas, STEM Education Specialist, Pinal County School Office Education Service Agency
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Audience:
Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
Upper Elementary
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Available Handouts :
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Materials, Equipment, Phenomena: Indispensable Links to
Teaching and Learning Science
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3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Room: 2006, Moscone Center West
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Discussion centers on how 3- to 7-year-old Head Start and
low SES children do unusual, challenging STEM projects building statues,
helicopters, and domes—as well as researching how to clean polluted
water. |
Speaker: Ann Lewin-Benham, Author/Educator
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Audience:
Grade 1, Grade 2, Kindergarten, Preschool
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Session Type:
Presentation
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Track:
Lower Elementary/Early Childhood
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Available Handouts :
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Investigating Properties of Water with Paper
Clips
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3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Room: 2002, Moscone Center West
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Learn about a multi-part water lab designed for second
graders. Use paper clips to explore surface tension and water cohesion. Will
they sink or float? |
Speaker: Rebecca Kurson, Science Teacher, Collegiate School
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Audience:
Grade 1, Grade 2
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
Lower Elementary/Early Childhood
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Available Handouts :
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Using Children’s Literature to Integrate Science and
Engineering
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3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Room: 2020, Moscone Center West
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Discover how to use a variety of K–4 children’s
literature as a basis to teach Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics,
and Art (STEAM) by developing a planning guide. Participants will be exposed to
books such as Mike Mulligan and His STEAM Shovel and Katy and the
Big Snow—story content that is not typically associated with high-level
STEAM-based content. |
Speakers: David Garringer, Assistant Principal, Castlebay Lane Charter Elementary School Ruth GamboaBrooks, Principal, Castlebay Lane Charter Elementary School
|
Audience:
Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Kindergarten
|
Session Type:
Presentation
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Track:
Lower Elementary/Early Childhood
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Teaching Science Through Hands-On Programming Tasks, No
Experience Necessary
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3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Room: 3010, Moscone Center West
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Our NSF-funded project helps non-programming teachers
integrate Arduino and Raspberry Pi into their classes. Get free resources and
hear our pilot teachers share their stories. |
Speaker: Joseph Kern, Emporia State University
|
Audience:
College, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
|
Session Type:
Presentation
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Track:
High School
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Available Handouts :
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Dumpster Dive with STEM
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3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Room: 3011, Moscone Center West
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Connect the human impact of trash pollution to
engineering design. Get your students thinking critically and creatively as they
collaborate in real-world problem solving. |
Speakers: Jessica Kohout, Science Teacher, Reservoir High School Stacy Thibodeaux, Science Teacher, Southside High School
|
Audience:
Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
High School
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Available Handouts :
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San Francisco’s NGSS Chemistry
Curriculum
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3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Room: 3009, Moscone Center West
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Come learn about and experience NGSS chemistry
curriculum that San Francisco has created from the ground up. It includes
embedded Earth and space science standards. |
Speaker: Katrina Rotter, HS Science Coordinator, San Francisco Unified School District
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Audience:
Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12
|
Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
High School
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Available Handouts :
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STEM: Teaching Across Disciplines
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3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Room: 2024, Moscone Center West
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Learn how to incorporate STEM across multiple curricula
to increase collaboration among educators and foster a love of STEM education
through Problem- and Project-Based Learning. |
Speaker: Emily Nelson, Teacher, Greene Central High School
|
Audience:
Grade 1, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Kindergarten
|
Session Type:
Presentation
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Track:
High School
|
Available Handouts :
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Using Anatomy to Explain Orthopedic Special Tests and
Postural Dysfunction
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3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Room: 3008, Moscone Center West
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Muscular-skeletal anatomy is useless in 2D! Using the
anatomic structures involved in the Trendelenburg and Thomas orthopedic tests,
we will explain this common pelvic dysfunction. |
Speaker: Richard Drew, Science Teacher, Marianapolis Preparatory School
|
Audience:
College, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 9
|
Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
High School
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Available Handouts :
|
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Micro-Credentialing Urban Science Teachers’ Action
Research to Improve Student Learning
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3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Room: 3018, Moscone Center West
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Review findings from a study that examined how action
research and micro-credentialing the knowledge domains of teaching documents
develop science teachers’ professional practice to improve student
learning. |
Speakers: Barbara Bales, University of Wisconsin System Adminstration Anja Blecking, Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
|
Audience:
College, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 9
|
Session Type:
Presentation
|
Track:
Building STEM Ecosystems: Community Partnerships
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Available Handouts :
|
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Community-Centered STEM: Use a Botanic Garden as Your
University Field Site
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3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
|
Room: 3020, Moscone Center West
|
Southern Methodist University and the Dallas Arboretum
representatives share successes and lessons learned in a collaborative design
project with M.Ed. candidates pursuing a STEM specialization. |
Speakers: Dustin Miller, Director of Education, Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden Dara Rossi, Southern Methodist University
|
Audience:
College, Grade 1, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Kindergarten, Preschool
|
Session Type:
Presentation
|
Track:
Building STEM Ecosystems: Community Partnerships
|
Available Handouts :
|
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Keynote Presentation: Dream Beyond
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4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
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Room: 2001/2003/2014/2016, Moscone Center West
|
Dr. Bernard A. Harris, Jr. believes all students are born with
talents and purpose and that they have infinite possibilities. He inspires
students and adults alike with his experiences of growing up at a time when the
“right stuff” was exclusively defined by white men. Having reached his dreams of
becoming a medical doctor and astronaut, Dr. Harris has spent the past 30 years
increasing access to STEM education and urging students to dream beyond any
limits and to leverage education to reach their highest
potentials. |
Speaker: Bernard Harris, Jr., Chief Executive Officer, National Math + Science Initiative
|
Audience:
College, Grade 1, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Kindergarten, Preschool
|
Session Type:
Featured Speaker
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Sponsor:
National Math + Science Initiative
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Awesome STEM Activities! (Flinn Scientific, Inc.)
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8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
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Room: 3000, Moscone Center West
|
Whether you’re looking for ways to integrate STEM in your science curriculum, add a STEM class, or start an after-school STEM program, FlinnSTEM has a solution for you! Learn to successfully integrate engineering, physical, life, and Earth, and environmental science topics. Explore hands-on activities designed to engage the energy of early adolescent students and help them make real-world connections. Handouts. www.flinnsci.com, www.flinnstem.com.
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Speaker: Janet Hoekenga, Flinn Scientific, Inc.
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Audience:
Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
|
Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
|
Sponsor:
Flinn Scientific, Inc.
|
|
NSTA/NCTM STEM Ambassadors Featured Panel: STEM Up Your Classroom
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8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
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Room: 2014, Moscone Center West
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Teachers and administrators are encouraged to join these award-winning teacher leaders for a discussion on integrating STEM into your classroom and school. These teacher leaders will discuss engineering and design, STEM and globally connected classrooms, teaching math through computing, integrating STEM into K–6 curricula, “STEMing” up math, assessing efficacy across multiple subject strands, and more.
Moderator: Brian Langley, Novi High School, Novi, MI.
Panelists:
- James Brown, Sand Creek Middle School, Albany, NY
- Alison Mall, Homer High School, Homer, AK
- Maria McClain, Deer Valley High School, Antioch, CA
Sponsored by National Science Foundation |
Speakers: James Brown, 5-6 Stem Teacher/ STEM AMBASSADOR, Sand Creek Middle School Alison Mall, Assistant Principal/Teacher, Homer High School Maria McClain, Math Teacher, Department Chair, NSTA/NCTM STEM Amb, Deer Valley High School Brian Langley, Teacher, Science Content Area Leader, Novi High School
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Audience:
College, Grade 1, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Kindergarten, Preschool
|
Session Type:
Featured Panel
|
Available Handouts :
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Sponsor:
National Science Foundation
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Using 3D Printers and Design Thinking to Create Career
Pathways
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8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
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Room: 2002, Moscone Center West
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3D printers open up learning paths that allow students
to design, build, communicate, and share their own solutions to real-world
problems through the lens and application of content standards. When combined
with design thinking, it makes a powerful learning tool for students. Take a
look at how to really make use of 3D printers. Participants will take away
specific activities and strategies for employing 3D printers in their
classrooms. |
Speakers: Jared Mader, Director of Educational Technology, Lincoln Intermediate Unit 12 Ben Smith, STEM Coordinator, Lincoln Intermediate Unit 12
|
Audience:
College, Grade 1, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Kindergarten, Preschool
|
Session Type:
Featured Hands-On Workshop
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STEM and Special Needs—Strategies for Success
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8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
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Room: 2001, Moscone Center West
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Students with special needs, especially those with autism spectrum disorder, have many natural strengths and talents that lend themselves to STEM pursuits. However, in order to successfully develop those strengths a variety of strategies are required to accommodate and support students’ learning styles and their social emotional needs. In this panel discussion and workshop, two teacher specialists from STEM3 Academy, a STEM school for students with special needs, will share strategies and ideas.
Sponsored by STEM3 Academy |
Speakers: Megumi Guillaume, STEM/Spec. Ed Specialist, STEM3 Academy Mary Ellen O'Donnell, STEM Teacher Specialist, Village Glen West School
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Audience:
College, Grade 1, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Kindergarten, Preschool
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Session Type:
Featured Panel
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Available Handouts :
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Sponsor:
STEM3 Academy
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English Language Learners in STEM Subjects
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8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
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Room: 2006, Moscone Center West
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The imperative that all students, including English Language Learners (ELLs), achieve high academic standards and have opportunities to participate in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics learning has become even more urgent and complex given shifts in science and mathematics standards. ELLs comprise a diverse and multitalented pool of learners, yet these students continue to be underrepresented and lack access to rigorous STEM learning opportunities. A recent report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, “English Learners in STEM Subjects: Transforming Classrooms, Schools, and Lives” (2018) showcases the interconnectedness of language and content learning and identifies factors that affect ELLs’ opportunities to engage in rigorous, grade-appropriate STEM learning. This panel comprises authors of this report who will dig into these important issues and discuss the recommendations that describe the requisite steps that can be taken to increase access and support ELLs’ engagement and success in these subjects.
Moderator: K. Renae Pullen, Caddo Parrish Public Schools, Shreveport, LA
Panelists:
- Okhee Lee, New York University, New York, NY
- Christine Cunningham, Penn State, University Park, PA
Sponsored by The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine |
Speakers: Okhee Lee, Professor, New York University Christine Cunningham, Professor of Education and Engineering, Penn State K. Renae Pullen, Elementary Science Specialist, Caddo Parish Public Schools
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Audience:
College, Grade 1, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Kindergarten, Preschool
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Session Type:
Featured Panel
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Sponsor:
National Academy of Sciences
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Exploring DNA Structure and Function with Physical
Models
(3D Molecular Designs)
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8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
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Room: 3003, Moscone Center West
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Explore a variety of hands-on/minds-on instructional
materials that introduce students to DNA as a double-stranded helical molecule,
as information (a sequence of As, Ts, Gs and Cs) that encodes proteins, and as a
3.2 billion base-pair genome. Using the models, students authentically discover
how DNA structure fits its functions. Assess student understanding of DNA
structure by engaging them in critical evaluation of alternative
models. |
Speakers: Gina Vogt, Secondary Education Program Manager, 3D Molecular Designs Keri Shingleton, Holland Hall
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Audience:
College, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 8, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
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Available Handouts :
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Sponsor:
3D Molecular Designs
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Using Phenomena and Data Analysis to Explore Population
Dynamics
(HHMI BioInteractive)
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8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
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Room: 2004, Moscone Center West
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Engaging phenomena helps students use the SEPs to
develop explanations and predictions. Join in to use free HHMI BioInteractive
resources to explore the phenomenon of the “Wolves of Isle Royale.” Participants
will predict population interactions, analyze data gathered over 60 years, and
explore the factors affecting the dynamics of this system. |
Speaker: Dana Navarro, Teacher, Thousand Oaks High School
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Audience:
Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
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Sponsor:
HHMI BioInteractive
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The Federal STEM Plan: A Starting Point for State STEM Initiatives
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8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
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Room: 2008, Moscone Center West
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Now more than ever, the innovative capacity and global competitiveness of the United States depends on an effective and inclusive STEM education ecosystem. But what does an effective ecosystem look like and how do we get students involved in STEM from under-represented populations? Join panelists from leadership of state STEM networks to explore how the federal plan provides starting points for STEM stakeholders at all levels to support student learning.
Moderator: J. Wesley Hall, Executive Director, STEMx at Battelle, Nashville, TN
Panelists:
- David Burns, Director, STEM Innovation Networks, Ohio STEM Learning Network/Battelle, Columbus, OH
- Thomas Peters, Executive Director, South Carolina''s Coalition for Mathematics & Science, Clemson,SC
- Reo Pruiett, Senior Director, Programs, Educate Texas, Dallas, TX
- Vincent Stewart, Executive Director, California STEM Network, Children Now, Sacramento, CA
Sponsored by STEMx |
Speakers: David Burns, Director, STEM Innovation Networks, Ohio STEM Learning Network/Battelle Thomas Peters, Executive Director, South Carolina's Coalition for Mathematics & Science Reo Pruiett, Senior Director, Programs, Educate Texas Vincent Stewart, Executive Director, California STEM Network, Children Now J. Wesley Hall, Executive Director, STEMx at Battelle
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Audience:
College, Grade 1, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Kindergarten, Preschool
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Session Type:
Featured Panel
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Sponsor:
STEMx
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Connecting the STEM Pipeline from K to Career
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8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
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Room: 2003, Moscone Center West
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Learn about an
innovative partnership between industry and secondary and postsecondary education to strengthen
the STEM pipeline. Hear representatives from Da Vinci Science High School,
Northrop Grumman, and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo share
the outcomes of this unique
collaboration. Moderator: Steve Wallis, Da Vinci Science High School,
El Segundo, CA Panelists:
- Carleen Beste, Director of Corporate Citizenship, Northrop Grumman Corp., El
Segundo, CA
- Natalie Schaefer, Executive Director, Strategic Development Initiatives,
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Sponsored by Northrop Grumman |
Speakers: Carleen Beste, Director, Corporate Citizenship, Northrop Grumman Corp. Natalie Schaefer, Executive Director, Strategic Development Initiati, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Steve Wallis, Principal, Da Vinci Science High School
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Audience:
College, Grade 1, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Kindergarten, Preschool
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Session Type:
Featured Panel
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Sponsor:
Northrop Grumman
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Ink Chromatography and Invisible Inks
(Nasco Education)
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8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
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Room: 3004, Moscone Center West
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Interested in learning about forensic science and want to get
a taste of how to engage your students in it? Try out this hands-on workshop focusing
on chromatography and invisible inks! Decipher messages, find out about
misconceptions and pitfalls about these topics, and learn about real-world
applications. |
Speaker: Jordan Nelson, Director of Science Education, Nasco
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Audience:
Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
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Trends in STEM Education and Their
Impact
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8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
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Room: 2016, Moscone Center West
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During this panel, attendees will get a holistic view of
the latest trends in STEM Education from experts in research, industry, and
academia. Panelists will share the best practices and advice for STEM teachers
to prepare tomorrow’s workforce from their unique
perspectives. In addition,
you will hear about the instrumental role that informal educational
institutions such as National Geographic and The Tech Interactive play in
STEM education and how a classroom teacher can leverage
these partnerships to further STEM
education. Also, learn from these leaders how classrooms and schools should promote a
focus on inclusive STEM instruction that promotes equitable opportunities for
all learners, especially those from underrepresented groups within the STEM
workforce. Moderator: Kavita Gupta, National Geographic Educator
Fellow; NGSS@NSTA Curator, STEM Forum Steering Committee Member, and AP
Chemistry Teacher, Monta Vista High School, Cupertino, CA Panelists: - Alison Szopinski, Senior Director, Educator
Community, National Geographic Society
- Tiffany Besse, Chief Academic Officer, Ferguson School District
- Patrick Moyle, Professional Learning Specialist and
Services Lead, Making Sense of SCIENCE, WestEd
- Gretchen Walker, Vice President, Learning, The Tech Interactive
- Nora Brackbill, Volunteer at Tech Trek, Podcaster, and PhD Student,
Stanford University
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Speakers: Alison Szopinski, Senior Director, Educator Community, National Geographic Society Tiffany Besse, Chief Academic Officer, Ferguson-Florissant School District Patrick Moyle, Professional Learning Specialist, Making Sense of SCIENCE at WestEd Gretchen Walker, Vice President, Learning, The Tech Interactive Nora Brackbill, PhD Student, Stanford University Kavita Gupta, NSTA STEM Forum Committee Member, Monta Vista High School
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Audience:
College, Grade 1, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Kindergarten, Preschool
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Session Type:
Featured Panel
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One Device to Collect Force, Pressure, and Temperature
Data!
(Nasco Education)
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9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
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Room: 3004, Moscone Center West
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Using tools to collect and interpret motion-related data
is fundamental to the NGSS practices and STEM education in grades 6–8.
Participants will use a relatively new digital tool, PocketLab, to collect and
interpret pressure as well as force and motion data while engaging in three
short labs. |
Speaker: Jordan Nelson, Director of Science Education, Nasco
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Audience:
Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
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Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
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A Lesson in Engineering—Building the Ultimate Classroom
Electrophoresis System
(MiniOne Systems)
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9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
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Room: 2000, Moscone Center West
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Though electrophoresis is generally taught in the life
science classroom, all facets of STEM were required to design and build The
MiniOne Electrophoresis System for the educational market. Come learn about
design/engineering considerations, challenges, and outcomes that shaped our
system, and how it integrates life science, chemistry, and
physics. |
Speaker: Richard Chan, Sales Department, MiniOne Systems
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Audience:
College, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
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Sponsor:
MiniOne Systems
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Establishing an Orangutan Reserve: Investigating Weather
Patterns to Design Solutions
(Amplify)
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9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
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Room: 2007, Moscone Center West
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Experience how students investigate which locations are
most suitable for a population of orangutans while analyzing data and figuring
out principles of global weather and climate patterns. Get a hands-on dive into
Amplify Science for Grades 2–5, engaging with this new NGSS-designed
curriculum from The Lawrence Hall of Science. |
Speaker: Rebecca Abbott, Professional Development Specialist, The Lawrence Hall of Science
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Audience:
Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Kindergarten
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Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
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Available Handouts :
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Sponsor:
Amplify
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Earthquake Towers: A Middle School STEAM Project from Impact Science (Impact Science Education, Inc.)
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9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
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Room: 3000, Moscone Center West
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Come take part in this STEAM project, part of our Earth Systems unit. Student teams play different roles in “engineering firms” hired to design and build a mixed-use structure that meets certain criteria and will withstand an earthquake. We will also show how to make a no-cost homemade shake table. |
Speakers: Ladie Malek, President, Impact Science Education, Inc. Robin Cooper, Science Teacher, Albany Middle School
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Audience:
Grade 6, Grade 7
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Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
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Available Handouts :
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Sponsor:
Impact Science Education, Inc.
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Genes in Space: Genetics on the Space Station, Free Loaner Equipment, Curricula, and More! (miniPCR Bio)
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9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
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Room: 2010, Moscone Center West
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Genes in Space is a STEM competition for students to design DNA experiments to be performed on the International Space Station. Learn about the contest, free equipment loans, and classroom resources. Discover how to use miniPCR, restriction digest, and gel electrophoresis to characterize bacteria and protect the health of astronauts. |
Speaker: Bruce Bryan, miniPCR
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Audience:
College, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
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Sponsor:
miniPCR Bio
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Engage ALL Students by Integrating Engineering and Science into Daily Life (Activate Learning)
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9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
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Room: 2011, Moscone Center West
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Learn about Engineering the Future 2.0, a new curriculum for grades 8–12 that meets Standards for Technological Literacy and the NGSS. This curriculum engages students in solving daily problems of shelter, transportation, and entertainment by applying core ideas of energy, systems, and modeling. |
Speaker: Matthew Anthes-Washburn, Master Teacher/Facilitator
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Audience:
Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
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Available Handouts :
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Sponsor:
Activate Learning
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NGSS—Designing Better Chemical
Batteries
(Lab-Aids, Inc.)
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9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
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Room: 2005, Moscone Center West
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Students investigate how chemical energy can be
transformed via a chemical process into electrical energy. After building a
prototype wet cell, students brainstorm improvements and build, test, and
evaluate new prototypes to meet a set of predetermined criteria within specified
constraints. |
Speaker: Toby Chou, The Waverly School
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Audience:
Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
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Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
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Sponsor:
Lab-Aids, Inc.
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STEMinar: Let’s Examine the New CAST (California Science Test) Assessments in Grades 3–12 (STEMscopes)
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9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
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Room: 2009, Moscone Center West
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What will they look like? How are they constructed? Will they be performance-based? These and other questions will be part of this engaging, interactive session on CAST assessments and ways that STEMscopes can help you and your students be successful.
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Speakers: Mackenzie Brooke, STEMscopes David Rude, Director, Accelerate Learning
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Audience:
Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
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Available Handouts :
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Sponsor:
STEMscopes
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Activism in the Science Classroom: Where to Draw the
Line?
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9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
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Room: 3022, Moscone Center West
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As instructors, we want to reflect on how to balance
activism and adversarial attitudes among students and faculty in the science
classroom. How do we present the science and address students claims supported
by examples in the media? |
Speakers: Annissa Furr, Professor, Kaplan University Tyra Hall-Pogar, Professor, Purdue Global University
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Audience:
College
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Session Type:
Presentation
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Track:
Post-Secondary
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2018 NSTA/NCTM STEM Ambassador Share-a-Thon
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9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
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Room: Lobby #3, Moscone Center West
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Join teacher leaders as they share their “STEM-ed” up classroom-tested activities, research, and resources on a variety of different subjects, including engineering and design, K–6 integrated STEM, and more that will inspire and engage students in exciting and STEM activities. Leave with examples of “STEMed up” lessons and classroom activities.
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Speakers: Brian Langley, Teacher, Science Content Area Leader, Novi High School Alison Mall, Assistant Principal/Teacher, Homer High School Richard Velasco, STEM Teacher Ambassador, Pullman Public Schools Nathan Auck, Early College and STEM Education Specialist, Utah State Board of Education Maria McClain, Math Teacher, Department Chair, NSTA/NCTM STEM Amb, Deer Valley High School Patrick Honner, STEM Teacher Ambassador, Brooklyn Technical High School Margaret Cagle, Math Teacher, Reseda High School James Brown, 5-6 Stem Teacher/ STEM AMBASSADOR, Sand Creek Middle School
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Audience:
Grade 1, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
Building STEM Ecosystems: Community Partnerships
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Available Handouts :
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Sponsor:
National Science Foundation
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Mentoring of STEM Students of Color
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9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
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Room: 2022, Moscone Center West
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This session should particularly benefit STEM educators
who are interested in advising, empowering, and supporting their culturally
diverse students to pursue STEM careers or to continue STEM resilience, while
learning how to practice cultural humility in their advocacy roles to support
these students. |
Speaker: Cassy Thime, EdD Student, Long Island University, Post
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Audience:
College, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Presentation
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Track:
Building STEM Ecosystems: Community Partnerships
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An Innovative Model for the Role of Nonprofits in
Building STEM Ecosystems
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9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
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Room: 3016, Moscone Center West
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Representatives from Regional Opportunity Initiatives
will share ways to build collaboration among school and community partners to
expand economic development and community prosperity through STEM
education. |
Speakers: Adrienne Evans Fernandez, Education Specialist, Regional Opportunity Initiatives, Inc. Todd Hurst, Director of Education and Workforce, Regional Opportunity Initiatives, Inc.
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Audience:
College, Grade 1, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Kindergarten, Preschool
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Session Type:
Presentation
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Track:
Building STEM Ecosystems: Community Partnerships
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Yes, You Can! Tips and Tricks for Presenting at an NSTA
Conference
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9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
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Room: 3012, Moscone Center West
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So you have this great idea! Now what? Learn from
present and past STEM Forum & Expo steering committee members on how to take
a successful classroom activity, strategy, or lesson and turn that into a
successful proposal and presentation worthy of being presented at a future NSTA
conference. |
Speakers: Kavita Gupta, NSTA STEM Forum Committee Member, Monta Vista High School Jennifer Williams, Steering Committee Chair, 8th Annual STEM Forum & Expo, Isidore Newman School Dedric McGhee, STEM Manager, Shelby County Schools Adriana Guerra, Teacher, E.P. Foster STEM Academy
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Audience:
College, Grade 1, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Kindergarten, Preschool
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Session Type:
Presentation
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Track:
Building STEM Ecosystems: Community Partnerships
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Available Handouts :
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Introducing Engineering Through Play: Opportunities to
Engage Primary Students in STEM
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9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
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Room: 2001, Moscone Center West
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Let’s explore the opportunities to engage young students
(preK–grade 2) in the application of engineering practices and have some fun
with science. |
Speaker: Melissa Parks, Assistant Professor, Stetson University
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Audience:
Grade 1, Grade 2, Kindergarten, Preschool
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Session Type:
Presentation
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Track:
Lower Elementary/Early Childhood
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Bringing the Joy of STEM Cooking to the
Classroom
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9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
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Room: 2008, Moscone Center West
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Our successful STEM lessons incorporate NGSS,
teaching fractions, and the joy of cooking for the holidays into the elementary
classroom. Pumpkin pies, cranberry salad, and gingerbread houses are on the
menu. |
Speaker: Patricia Parker, 2nd Grade Teacher, All Saints Catholic School
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Audience:
Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Kindergarten
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
Lower Elementary/Early Childhood
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Exploring the Everyday STEM Connections Encountered in
the Young Child’s World
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9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
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Room: 2003, Moscone Center West
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Inspire sustained curiosity and engaged exploration and
learning in your students. Discussion centers on exemplary, integrated STEM
activities where children explore objects, materials, and technology-rich
manipulatives to see the effects of their actions and to help them see the
interconnectedness of the STEM disciplines. Handouts. |
Speaker: Donna Knoell, Educational Consultant
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Audience:
Grade 1, Grade 2, Kindergarten, Preschool
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Session Type:
Presentation
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Track:
Lower Elementary/Early Childhood
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Digital Humanity: The Familiar and
Unfamiliar
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9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
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Room: 2006, Moscone Center West
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Physical connections are no longer the only learning
option. We have been examining the digital possibilities that currently exist,
and how those possibilities make space for our youngest
citizens. |
Speaker: Alex Morgan, Boulder Journey School
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Audience:
Preschool
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Session Type:
Presentation
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Track:
Lower Elementary/Early Childhood
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Available Handouts :
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Explore Building Mousetrap Vehicles to Integrate
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)
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9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
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Room: 3008, Moscone Center West
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Build a mousetrap vehicle and discover how to integrate
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) by modifying variables
to increase speed or distance traveled. |
Speakers: Karen Ostlund, NSTA Past President (2012-2013), The University of Texas at Austin Alden Balmer, Teacher, McNeil High School
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Audience:
College, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
High School
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Anatomy of Saving a Life
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9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
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Room: 3009, Moscone Center West
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Bring STEM to life as participants use engineering and
coding skills (no experience necessary) to learn how cardiologists use
technology to keep their patients alive. |
Speakers: Jessica Kohout, Science Teacher, Reservoir High School Stacy Thibodeaux, Science Teacher, Southside High School
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Audience:
Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
High School
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Available Handouts :
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Socio-Scientific Reasoning: Develop Higher-Order Thinking
Skills in STEM Classroom
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9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
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Room: 3007, Moscone Center West
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Engage your students in contemporary controversial issues
in an authentic environment and give them the opportunity to develop
higher-order thinking skills that will propel them toward a career in
STEM. |
Speaker: Hai Nguyen, PhD Candidate, University of Missouri
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Audience:
College, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 8, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
High School
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Available Handouts :
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Modeling Precipitating Change While Embedding Computational Thinking into the Middle School Science Classrooms
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9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
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Room: 2018, Moscone Center West
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The universal interest in the weather, combined with the use of computational methods in meteorology, make weather forecasting promising in the integration of STEM learning. |
Speakers: Carolyn Staudt, Senior Scientist/ Curriculum/Professional Develope, The Concord Consortium Nathan Kimball, Developer, The Concord Consortium Nanette Marcum-Dietrich, Professor, Millersville University
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Audience:
Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
Middle Level
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Available Handouts :
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Planning with a Purpose: Connecting Math and Science
Through the Practices in Grades 3–5 Classrooms
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9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
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Room: 3002, Moscone Center West
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How can we purposefully integrate math and science in the
grades 3-5 classroom? Experience a sample STEM lesson exploring connecting math
and science through CCSS-math and NGSS. Leave with an
easy-to-use planning tool to help make math and science connections more natural
in your classroom. |
Speakers: Sarah Pierce, Science Instructional Coach, Loyola University Chicago Julie Jacobi, Science Instructional Coach, Loyola University Chicago Rachel Shefner, Assoc Dir Center for Science and Math Education, Loyola University Chicago
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Audience:
Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Kindergarten
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
Upper Elementary
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Available Handouts :
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Implementing Meaningful Passion
Projects
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9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
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Room: 2014, Moscone Center West
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Learn how to implement student-driven passion projects
into your classroom. I will share how I have successfully allowed students to
drive their learning. |
Speaker: Jacquelynn Daymut, STEM Teacher, Keystone Middle School
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Audience:
Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Presentation
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Track:
Middle Level
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Available Handouts :
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Explore How STEM Helped in the Hunt for Typhoid
Mary
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9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
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Room: 2016, Moscone Center West
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Using the fictional book Deadly, as well as
paired nonfiction reading selections, investigate how STEM helped track down
Typhoid Mary. |
Speaker: Christine Anne Royce, NSTA Retiring President, Prof. & Co-Dir. of MAT, Shippensburg University
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Audience:
Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
Middle Level
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Challenges and Strategies: An Unconference for Teaching Postsecondary Students
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11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Room: 3022, Moscone Center West
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All conference attendees are invited to join our community of postsecondary educators as relative topics in STEM education are discussed and debated in this unique Edcamp/unconference format. Be prepared to share, learn, and lead through this shared experience.
These participant-driven discussions will be facilitated by:
Beth Allan, NSTA President-Elect
Steven Koether, College of Sciences & Engineering Technology, Sam Houston University
David Wojnowski, Field Editor, Journal of College Science Teaching |
Speakers: Elizabeth Allan, NSTA President-Elect, University of Central Oklahoma Steven Koether, Sam Houston State University David Wojnowski, Clinical Assistant Professor, Georgia State University
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Audience:
College, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
Post-Secondary
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A Socially Conscious Electrical Design
Unit
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11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Room: 3010, Moscone Center West
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Find out how urban high school students designed
off-grid power systems providing services for people in homeless encampments.
This unit addresses how science and engineering can positively impact
society. |
Speaker: David Mangiante, Teacher, Oakland High School
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Audience:
Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12
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Session Type:
Presentation
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Track:
High School
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Starting and Maintaining a Successful Robotics
Program
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11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Room: 3011, Moscone Center West
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Discussion will be centered on how Rockhurst High School
researched and continues to develop its robotics program to meet the needs of
its students. Participants will gain insight into different robotics platforms
and competitions. |
Speaker: Andy Wilcox, Computer Science & Engineering Dept. Chair, Rockhurst High School
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Audience:
Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Presentation
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Track:
High School
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Available Handouts :
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STEM Day: Bring STEM to ALL Students
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11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Room: 2014, Moscone Center West
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Discover how to implement a STEM day with students at
any grade level to engage every student in a daylong STEM
competition. |
Speaker: Jacquelynn Daymut, STEM Teacher, Keystone Middle School
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Audience:
Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
Middle Level
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Available Handouts :
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Sensing Science Through Modeling Matter for Kindergartners
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11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Room: 2020, Moscone Center West
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Take part in Sensing Science and uncover your children’s ability to reason about the states of matter using visualizations, including models, probes, and online interactive stories. |
Speakers: Carolyn Staudt, Senior Scientist/ Curriculum/Professional Develope, The Concord Consortium Nathan Kimball, Developer, The Concord Consortium Jamie Broadhead, Videatives, Inc.
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Audience:
Kindergarten
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
Lower Elementary/Early Childhood
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Available Handouts :
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What Is the State of STEM in America? Establishing Community and Corporate Partnerships to Grow the STEM Talent Pipeline
***CANCELED***
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11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Room: 3018, Moscone Center West
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Join in to better understand the role that companies and corporations play in developing the STEM talent pipeline and how to establish partnerships among them. |
Speaker: Erin White, STEMconnector
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Audience:
College, Grade 1, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Kindergarten
|
Session Type:
Presentation
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Track:
Building STEM Ecosystems: Community Partnerships
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STEM Up Math Class with Computing
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11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Room: 3009, Moscone Center West
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Use computer science to bring core STEM concepts—like
design, experimentation, creation, and integration—into math
class. |
Speaker: Patrick Honner, STEM Teacher Ambassador, Brooklyn Technical High School
|
Audience:
College, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
|
Session Type:
Presentation
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Track:
High School
|
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When the Wheels Are Turning, the Students Are
Learning!
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11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Room: 3008, Moscone Center West
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If you’re new to coding, come get up to speed! This
session combines coding and hands-on activities as you learn to program a
robotic vehicle to perform different challenges. |
Speaker: Karlheinz Haas, Science/Math Instructor, The Pine School
|
Audience:
College, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
|
Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
High School
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Available Handouts :
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Integrating Fear-Free Hands-on Programming into STEM and
Agriculture Classes
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11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Room: 3007, Moscone Center West
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Our NSF-funded project helps nonprogramming teachers
integrate Arduino and Raspberry Pi into their classes. Get free resources, and
BYOD to participate in some programming fun. |
Speakers: Charles Seimears, Eastern Oregon University Joseph Kern, Emporia State University
|
Audience:
College, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
|
Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
High School
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Available Handouts :
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Critical Thinking Through Crosscutting Concepts
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11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Room: 2003, Moscone Center West
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Engage in hands-on/minds-on learning to further your understanding of crosscutting concepts as critical components of the K–12 Framework that deepen learning for young children. |
Speakers: Lexi Alexander, University of Miami Daryl Greenfield, Professor of Psychology & Pediatrics, University of Miami Elica Sharifnia, Graduate Student, University of Miami
|
Audience:
Kindergarten, Preschool
|
Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
|
Track:
Lower Elementary/Early Childhood
|
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Teaching STEAM through a Problem-Based Paleontology
Exploration
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11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Room: 2022, Moscone Center West
|
The lesson presented exemplifies an integrated approach
using the content areas embedded in STEAM to teach about paleontology. In
designing this lesson, we used a problem-based inquiry framework to encourage
students’ questioning, critical thinking, and problem-solving
abilities. |
Speakers: Kristin Cook, Associate Professor, Bellarmine University Sarah Bush, Associate Professor of K-12 STEM Education, University of Central Florida
|
Audience:
Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5
|
Session Type:
Presentation
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Track:
Upper Elementary
|
Available Handouts :
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Entry into Innovation: Engineering for Early
Learners
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11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Room: 2008, Moscone Center West
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Examine the development of engineering practices for
early learners through hands-on exploration and discuss how to foster
engineering skills and critical-thinking for all young
children. |
Speaker: Erin Scroggins, Museum of Science, Boston
|
Audience:
Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Kindergarten, Preschool
|
Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
|
Track:
Lower Elementary/Early Childhood
|
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Transforming University-District STEM Ecosystems to
Promote Equity and Access for English Language Learners
|
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Room: 3012, Moscone Center West
|
Capitalize on assets and contributions of
transdisciplinary teams and partners to improve English language learner student
outcomes through a STEM learning ecosystem focused on urban
ecology. |
Speakers: Magaly Lavadenz, Director, Center for Equity for English Learners, Loyola Marymount University Gisela O'Brien, Loyola Marymount University
|
Audience:
Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
|
Session Type:
Presentation
|
Track:
Building STEM Ecosystems: Community Partnerships
|
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STEAM Rising: Beyond the Buzzwords!
|
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Room: 3006, Moscone Center West
|
Who, what, where, when, and why? How a Title 1, Urban,
K–5 school started STEM and is gaining STEAM! |
Speakers: Daniel Hartman, 5th Grade Teacher, Dubois Elementary School Shannon McCloud, 5th Grade Teacher, Dubois Elementary School Donna Jefferson, Principal, Dubois Elementary School Jennifer Mann, Instructional Teacher, Dubois Elementary School Elizabeth Marcy, Visual Arts Educator, Dubois Elementary School
|
Audience:
Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Kindergarten
|
Session Type:
Presentation
|
Track:
Upper Elementary
|
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Storyline Redesign: Upcycling Science Kits to Support
NGSS
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11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Room: 3014, Moscone Center West
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Hear how we transitioned our regional STEM Materials
Center from traditional inquiry-based science kits to an approach that better
supports NGSS. We will share our strategy to develop storylines that
engage students in phenomenon-based learning that focus on local problems by
using a combination of research, teacher leadership, and community partnerships.
Receive templates and access to Open Educational Resource
storylines. |
Speakers: Vickei Hrdina, STEM Director, Educational Service District 112 Stacy Meyer, Regional Science Coordinator, Educational Service District 112
|
Audience:
Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Kindergarten
|
Session Type:
Presentation
|
Track:
Building STEM Ecosystems: Community Partnerships
|
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Oil Spill: Calling All Environmental
Engineers!
|
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Room: 3016, Moscone Center West
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We will present a popular Science from Scientists
lesson. Using a model of an oil spill, participants design and implement an
environmental cleanup procedure to minimize negative effects on marine
stakeholders. |
Speakers: Simone Lewis-Koskinen, Outreach Coordinator / Instructor, Science from Scientists Esther Niemasik, Instructor and Kit Manager, Science from Scientists Paul Luperini, Classroom Teacher, Bayside Academy
|
Audience:
Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
|
Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
|
Track:
Building STEM Ecosystems: Community Partnerships
|
Available Handouts :
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Scaffolding STEM Identity Exploration During the Easley
Space Camp
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11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Room: 3024, Moscone Center West
|
This mixed methods study analyzes a summer space camp
that was designed to support STEM career identity exploration in African
American middle school females. |
Speakers: Magdalene Moy, PhD Candidate, Drexel University Hamideh Talafian, Researcher, Drexel University
|
Audience:
Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
|
Session Type:
Presentation
|
Track:
Middle Level
|
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Using Models in Formative Assessments to Uncover
Chemistry Misconceptions
(3D Molecular Designs)
|
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Room: 3003, Moscone Center West
|
Uncover students’ conceptual understanding of atoms,
molecules, and compounds using NGSS science and engineering modeling
practices. Explore chemistry topics in polarity, pH, density, solubility,
bonding, and much more with three-dimensional teaching and learning
manipulatives! Make learner thinking visible through student-centered
simulations of dissociation and neutralization. Great formative assessment
probes provided! |
Speaker: Gina Vogt, Secondary Education Program Manager, 3D Molecular Designs
|
Audience:
College, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 9
|
Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
|
Available Handouts :
|
Sponsor:
3D Molecular Designs
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NGSS—Waves: Make an Abstract Concept Become
Visible!
(Lab-Aids, Inc.)
|
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Room: 2005, Moscone Center West
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Experience two exemplary NGSS-focused
activities from SEPUP that build up to “Waves and Their Applications in
Technologies for Information Transfer” (MS-PS4-2). Anchored in the context of
health issues around various types and levels of wave exposure, these activities
model seamless integration of the three dimensions, ELA, and math standards. We
will explore the relationship between visible light frequency and energy through
the use of a phosphorescent material and use light boxes to explore reflection
and refraction. |
Speaker: Toby Chou, The Waverly School
|
Audience:
Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
|
Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
|
Sponsor:
Lab-Aids, Inc.
|
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Designing, Inspiring, Resilient Settings for STEM/STEAM/STREAM
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11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Room: 2002, Moscone Center West
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This architect-led, interactive session invites administrators and educators
to collaborate in defining spaces that best support STEM/ STEAM /STREAM learning
outcomes. Explore best practices in the design of learning spaces that are
inspiring, accommodating, and flexible. Analyze the ingredients of a successful
setting for an integrative STEM program through the review of exemplary case
studies.
Sponsored by American Institute of Architects Committee on Architecture
for Education
|
Speakers: Michael Maza, Partner, Kliment Halsband Architects John Dale, Principal / Studio Leader, HED (Harley Ellis Devereaux)
|
Audience:
College, Grade 1, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Kindergarten, Preschool
|
Session Type:
Featured Hands-On Workshop
|
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Leveraging Technology to Promote Powerful STEM
Learning
|
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
|
Room: 3005, Moscone Center West
|
Hear how the U.S. Department of Education and Digital
Promise captured innovative, research-based approaches for using technology to
improve STEM learning that you can apply in your classroom. |
Speakers: Bernadette Adams, Senior Policy Advisor, U.S. Dept. of Education Barbara Means, Executive Director, Digital Promise Vanessa Peters Hinton, Senior Learning Sciences Researcher, Digital Promise
|
Audience:
Grade 1, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Kindergarten
|
Session Type:
Presentation
|
Track:
Upper Elementary
|
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STEMulating the Heart with Code!
(Texas Instruments)
|
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
|
Room: 2010, Moscone Center West
|
We will combine biology and coding to create an
artificial heart! With some basic materials, you will construct a four-chambered
heart and then innervate it with an artificial nervous system. From there, write
some very simple code (no coding experience required) to bring the
heart to life! If time permits, you will also create an AED! Appropriate for
middle school and high school students. |
Speakers: Jeffrey Lukens, Retired Science Teacher Jessica Kohout, Science Teacher, Reservoir High School
|
Audience:
Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
|
Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
|
Available Handouts :
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Sponsor:
Texas Instruments
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STEMinar: Let’s Use Claim-Evidence-Reasoning (CER) to Frame Scientific Explanations in Your Classroom (STEMscopes)
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11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Room: 2009, Moscone Center West
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CER is a way for students to explain observed phenomenon in a scientific way and how observations and data from an investigation are connected to science knowledge. This acclaimed and highly successful instructional strategy is changing how lab instructions are conducted and making science investigations meaningful for students. ELD and Dual Language strategies will be shared and modeled for an equitable learning environment.
|
Speakers: Lynette Lawton, STEMscopes Stephanie Shield, STEMscopes
|
Audience:
Grade 1, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Kindergarten
|
Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
|
Sponsor:
STEMscopes
|
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Embedded and Immersive Engineering
(Amplify)
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11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Room: 2007, Moscone Center West
|
Join this session to discover how engineering is
seamlessly integrated into the Amplify Science curriculum across grades K–8 as
student design solutions to real-word problems. Join the curriculum designers
from UC Berkeley’s Lawrence Hall of Science to experience their cutting-edge
approach to engineering and its connections to the
NGSS. |
Speaker: Jacqueline Ryan, The Lawrence Hall of Science
|
Audience:
Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Kindergarten
|
Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
|
Available Handouts :
|
Sponsor:
Amplify
|
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Teaching with Virtual Specimens: Venture into the AR/VR
Science Class
(Animalearn)
|
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Room: 3000, Moscone Center West
|
Want to help your students discover science without
dissecting animals? Come explore innovative AR/VR science resources and other
hands-on nonanimal resources that will both amaze and engage your students. All
participants will have the opportunity to demonstrate virtual dissections AND
win valuable STEM resources! |
Speaker: Nicole Green, Director, Animalearn
|
Audience:
Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
|
Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
|
Sponsor:
Animalearn
|
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Implementing AR/VR in District STEAM Programs (zSpace)
|
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Room: 2000, Moscone Center West
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Discover how K–12 students in Forsyth County Schools are using augmented and virtual reality to explore and expand STEM curriculum and prepare for college and future careers in STEAM. Gain leadership perspectives on funding new technology along with implementation strategies for building your own STEAM lab and makerspace environment. |
Speakers: Kerry Ward, Science Lab/STEM teacher, Shiloh Point Elementary School Eric Ashton, Principal, Daves Creek Elementary School Megan Horsley, Instructional Technology Specialist, Daves Creek Elementary School Joe Dowd, Teacher, Daves Creek Elementary School Colleen Tereniak, Teacher, Daves Creek Elementary School Lauren Parsell, Teacher, Daves Creek Elementary School Christine Stroer, Teacher, Daves Creek Elementary School
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Audience:
Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Kindergarten, Preschool
|
Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
|
Sponsor:
zSpace
|
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Making the Invisible Visible (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
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11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
|
Room: 2011, Moscone Center West
|
Learn strategies to teach students how to measure and monitor weather and climate variables, develop local networks, and incorporate web-based radar and satellite data. |
Speaker: Michael Passow, Retired Teacher
|
Audience:
Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
|
Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
|
Available Handouts :
|
Sponsor:
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Building Classroom Equity through Curiosity (Project Lead The Way, Inc.)
|
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Room: 3004, Moscone Center West
|
This workshop introduces educators to foundational concepts needed to progress toward equity in the classroom. Participants will dive into the differences between equity and equality, understand its importance to students, and explore activities that will provide foundational skills for building equitable classrooms. |
Speakers: Allison Barkel, Content Development Specialist, Project Lead The Way, Inc. Lori Fields, Professional Development Content Developer, Project Lead The Way, Inc. Emily Schaefer, Professional Development Content Developer, Project Lead The Way, Inc.
|
Audience:
Grade 1, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Kindergarten, Preschool
|
Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
|
Available Handouts :
|
Sponsor:
Project Lead The Way, Inc.
|
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ITEEA Session: Elementary STEM Building Blocks: EbD TEEMS
PreK–6
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1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
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Room: 3009, Moscone Center West
|
Engineering byDesign™ Grades PreK–6 delivers
technological and engineering literacy in STEM contexts. Hear how a 6E learning
cycle (Evaluate, Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, Evaluate) guides students
into innovation through engineering design. |
Speaker: Tyler Love, Assistant Professor, Elementary/Middle Grades STEM, Penn State Harrisburg
|
Audience:
Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Kindergarten, Preschool
|
Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
|
Track:
Upper Elementary
|
Sponsor:
International Technology and Engineering Educators Assoc.
|
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ITEEA Session: Secondary STEM Design-Driven Problem Solving: EbD for
Grades 6–12
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1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
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Room: 3011, Moscone Center West
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Engineering byDesign™ Grades 6–12 delivers technological
and engineering literacy in STEM contexts. Hear how a 6E learning cycle
(Evaluate, Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, Evaluate) guides students into
innovation through engineering design. |
Speaker: Jennifer Buelin, International Technology and Engineering Educators Association
|
Audience:
Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
|
Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
|
Track:
High School
|
Sponsor:
International Technology and Engineering Educators Assoc.
|
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Six Benefits of Using Robotics with Young Learners—Play with KIBO! (KinderLab Robotics, Inc.)
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1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
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Room: 2007, Moscone Center West
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Learn the benefits of using robotics with your young learners (ages 4–7). We will share research and examples, showing the impact of screen-free coding and robotics with KIBO. See how easy it is to engage young students to learn STEAM concepts through play and creative self-expression! |
Speaker: Jason Innes, Manager of Training and Curriculum Development, Kinderlab Robotics, Inc.
|
Audience:
Grade 1, Grade 2, Kindergarten, Preschool
|
Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
|
Available Handouts :
|
Sponsor:
Kinderlab Robotics, Inc.
|
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Get Your Game On: Game-Based Learning with Legends of Learning! (Legends of Learning)
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1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
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Room: 2005, Moscone Center West
|
Legends of Learning creates standards-focused digital games. In our study with Vanderbilt University, students had higher levels of engagement, increased test scores, and faster comprehension of content. Use Legends of Learning to integrate an exciting game-based learning platform into your curriculum to give your students the superpower of knowledge! |
Speakers: Aryah Fradkin, Manager of Teacher Outreach/Engagement, Legends of Learning Julia O'Kelly, Director of Regional Accounts, Legends of Learning
|
Audience:
Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
|
Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
|
Sponsor:
Legends of Learning
|
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Use Design Thinking to Navigate Cross-Curricular
Collaboration
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1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
|
Room: 2016, Moscone Center West
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Come to this hands-on workshop where educators can apply
design thinking to cross-curricular lesson planning through the use of five
powerful questions. |
Speaker: Valeria Rodriguez, STEM Educator & Instructional Technologist
|
Audience:
Grade 1, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Kindergarten, Preschool
|
Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
|
Track:
Middle Level
|
Available Handouts :
|
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UrbanEngineers: Building a Resilient and Adaptive 21st-Century City (HouseStories, Inc.)
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1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
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Room: 3003, Moscone Center West
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Using an interdisciplinary, systems-thinking framework, participants will tackle the 21st-century’s greatest challenge, namely creating adaptive and resilient habitats and cities. Participants will be given a platform to integrate single-subject information and make higher-level thinking choices/arguments/designs as they plan their own city. |
Speaker: Maureen Ferry, Director, HouseStories Inc.
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Audience:
Grade 10, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
|
Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
|
Sponsor:
HouseStories, Inc.
|
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Creating Challenges for Middle School and High School Science (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
|
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
|
Room: 2011, Moscone Center West
|
Explore strategies to engage and challenge your students with looming threats to sustainability such as ocean acidification.
|
Speaker: Michael Passow, Retired Teacher
|
Audience:
Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
|
Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
|
Available Handouts :
|
Sponsor:
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
|
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STEMinar: Let’s Create a STEM Ecosystem to Support
Campus Improvement in a Community
(STEMscopes)
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1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
|
Room: 2009, Moscone Center West
|
Collaboration among partners, schools, businesses,
community members, and after-school programs can strengthen student readiness
and academic achievement. An effective STEM campus will grow and connect STEM
learning opportunities for all students. Barriers that hinder equitable access
also need to be identified. Come learn how to plan, implement, and sustain a
campus—the cornerstone of a STEM ecosystem. |
Speakers: David Rude, Director, Accelerate Learning Kenn Heydrick, National STEM Manager, Accelerate Learning
|
Audience:
College, Grade 1, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Kindergarten
|
Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
|
Sponsor:
STEMscopes
|
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Save a Nickel and Learn to Trickle
(Texas Instruments)
|
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
|
Room: 2010, Moscone Center West
|
Whether you’re brand new to coding or a pro, this session
will enable you to learn to program a system that automatically irrigates your
garden! You will control the output of a pump using the input from sensors, such
as soil moisture, humidity, temperature, and light. It’s the perfect combination
of science, technology, engineering, and math rolled into one awesome project.
Appropriate for middle school and high school students. |
Speaker: Stacy Thibodeaux, Science Teacher, Southside High School
|
Audience:
College, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
|
Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
|
Available Handouts :
|
Sponsor:
Texas Instruments
|
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Wire a Toy House: A Middle School STEAM Project from Impact Science (Impact Science Education, Inc.)
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1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
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Room: 3000, Moscone Center West
|
Come take part in this STEAM project, part of our Electricity and Magnetism unit. We will play and experiment with simple circuits, then think about how to use these to represent different “appliances” in a shoebox house. Attendees can be creative while learning the basics of electrical circuits. |
Speakers: Ladie Malek, President, Impact Science Education, Inc. Larissa Walder, 8th Grade Science Teacher, Burlingame Intermediate School
|
Audience:
Grade 8
|
Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
|
Available Handouts :
|
Sponsor:
Impact Science Education, Inc.
|
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Creating Circuits on LEGO®: Crazy Circuits
Curriculum
(Nasco Education)
|
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
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Room: 3004, Moscone Center West
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Turn LEGO® into interactive circuitry lessons for all
ages. Learn how to create simple circuits and even do basic programming in a fun
and engaging environment. No prior knowledge needed! Free curriculum and
materials will be provided for all who attend. |
Speaker: Jordan Nelson, Director of Science Education, Nasco
|
Audience:
College, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
|
Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
|
|
“Anchoring” Your Life Science Course with HHMI
BioInteractive Lactase Activities
(HHMI BioInteractive)
|
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
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Room: 2004, Moscone Center West
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Enzymes, proteins, and genes, Oh My! You know they are
all related…but how can you help your students see and understand the
connections? Come learn how you might use lactase as a phenomenon, part of a
suite of free HHMI BioInteractive resources, to anchor your life science
course. |
Speaker: Katherine Ward, Aragon High School
|
Audience:
Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 9
|
Session Type:
Exhibitor Workshop
|
Available Handouts :
|
Sponsor:
HHMI BioInteractive
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STEM in the Urban Community
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1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
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Room: 3012, Moscone Center West
|
Explore how to find free and inexpensive STEM resources
in your community. We will share how we incorporated guest speakers,
corporations, small businesses, and student-centered pedagogy into the STEM
classroom. |
Speaker: Valecia Kelly, Biology Teacher, Shroder High School
|
Audience:
Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
|
Session Type:
Presentation
|
Track:
Building STEM Ecosystems: Community Partnerships
|
Available Handouts :
|
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Teaching Engineering, Motion, and Energy through Rube
Goldberg
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1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
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Room: 3006, Moscone Center West
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This introduction to STEM for elementary classrooms will
allow participants to explore motion and energy while creating their own Rube
Goldberg machine using found objects. |
Speaker: Elaine Sevin, 5th Grade Science Teacher, Isidore Newman School
|
Audience:
Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
|
Session Type:
Presentation
|
Track:
Upper Elementary
|
Available Handouts :
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Teaching STEM with Weather in Grade 3
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1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
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Room: 3005, Moscone Center West
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Teaching weather is an ideal way to integrate STEM, ELA,
and social studies. We will share all materials (e.g., activities, assessments)
from our weather unit. |
Speakers: Garry Gay, Silver Creek Elementary School Jeffery Townsend, Associate Professor, Eastern Kentucky University
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Audience:
Grade 3
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
Upper Elementary
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Available Handouts :
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Using Meaningful 3D Design when Creating a STEM Unit
***CANCELED***
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1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
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Room: 3002, Moscone Center West
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Engage in a hands-on 3D design of a molecule or landform while learning about the STEM Integrative Flow Model for creating STEM units. |
Speaker: Mark Nance, Teacher, Westridge Elementary School
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Audience:
Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
Upper Elementary
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Creating Effective STEM-Focused Makerspaces: Integrated
STEM and Robotics—What and How?
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1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
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Room: 2024, Moscone Center West
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Discussion centers on how to create an effective
STEM-focused makerspace, specifically designed to advance engineering
principles, robotics, technology skills, ignite learning and engagement, and
fulfill the NGSS. Emphasis will be placed on criteria for what to
include, how to use it to reach diverse populations, and how to measure its
effectiveness, emphasizing exploration and innovation. |
Speaker: Donna Knoell, Educational Consultant
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Audience:
Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6
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Session Type:
Presentation
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Track:
Upper Elementary
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Creating Sustainable Partnerships for Your
School
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1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
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Room: 3016, Moscone Center West
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Explore examples of successful collaboratives between
museums and schools and learn how to get what you need from your community
partners. |
Speaker: Karyn Torigoe, STEM Learning Manager, Great Lakes Science Center
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Audience:
Grade 1, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Kindergarten, Preschool
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Session Type:
Presentation
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Track:
Building STEM Ecosystems: Community Partnerships
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Available Handouts :
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Narrative: The Link to Learning
Science
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1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
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Room: 2006, Moscone Center West
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Watch images of two renowned evolutionary biologists’
field work over 45 years. Discuss intriguing activities that bring the science
to life for 3- to 9-year-olds. |
Speaker: Ann Lewin-Benham, Author/Educator
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Audience:
Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Kindergarten, Preschool
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Session Type:
Presentation
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Track:
Lower Elementary/Early Childhood
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Available Handouts :
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Making Math Invitational
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1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
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Room: 2003, Moscone Center West
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How can we invite students to tinker with math as they
move through classroom spaces? Emphasis will be placed on how creating positive
math identities in early learning impacts later STEM
engagement. |
Speaker: Molly Daley, Educational Service District 112
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Audience:
Kindergarten, Preschool
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
Lower Elementary/Early Childhood
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Connecting Math and Science through Technology: Making
Data Analysis Easy
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1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
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Room: 3008, Moscone Center West
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Increase student engagement in analysis and evaluation
of real data. Engage students of different ability levels in mathematical
modeling with measurements not previously accessible in the
classroom. |
Speaker: Karlheinz Haas, Science/Math Instructor, The Pine School
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Audience:
College, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
High School
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Available Handouts :
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How to Support Teachers for Successful STEM
Implementation
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1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
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Room: 3010, Moscone Center West
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Learn why teachers struggle to teach STEM in their
classroom and what you can do to increase successful STEM education in your
school or district. |
Speaker: Patricia Watson, STEM Teacher, Skyline Middle School
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Audience:
Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Presentation
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Track:
Middle Level
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Teaching with Technology: Using EPA’s EnviroAtlas in the
Classroom to Empower Tomorrow’s Decision-Makers
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1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
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Room: 3018, Moscone Center West
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Discover connections between the environment and human
health using evidence from 500+ scientific articles in the online tool,
EnviroAtlas from the U.S. EPA. |
Speaker: Jenna Hartley, ORISE Participant, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
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Audience:
College, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
Middle Level
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Available Handouts :
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Systematically Engaging in Systems: System Thinking and
Learning
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1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
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Room: 3024, Moscone Center West
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Gain a clear understanding of a system, its parts and
processes through a hands-on and fun investigation suitable for your STEM
students. |
Speaker: Candace Lutzow-Felling, Director of Education, Blandy Experimental Farm
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Audience:
Grade 1, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Kindergarten
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
Middle Level
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Available Handouts :
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How Big? The Crucial Importance of Proportional
Reasoning
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1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
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Room: 2018, Moscone Center West
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When asked how much bigger or smaller one quantity is
than another, many people overlook the importance of thinking
proportionately. |
Speaker: Brad Huff, Coordinator, California State University, Fresno
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Audience:
College, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Presentation
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Track:
Middle Level
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Available Handouts :
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NSTA Press® Session: Argument-Driven Engineering in Grades 6–8:
Three-Dimensional STEM Design Challenges
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1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
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Room: 3020, Moscone Center West
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Find out about Argument-Driven Engineering and how it can
help students learn to use the disciplinary core ideas, crosscutting concepts,
and science and engineering practices to design solutions to meaningful
problems. |
Speaker: Victor Sampson, Associate Professor of STEM Education, The University of Texas at Austin
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Audience:
Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
Middle Level
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STEM Team Challenges in the Elementary Classroom
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3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Room: 3006, Moscone Center West
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Learn how to incorporate team challenges using STEM best practices in all content areas to promote inquiry, collaboration, creativity, and engagement in the elementary classroom. |
Speaker: Katie Poulsen, Teacher, Bennett Ranch Elementary School
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Audience:
Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
Upper Elementary
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Available Handouts :
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The Good Life-DC: A Simulation of Project-Based Learning in the Classroom
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3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Room: 3007, Moscone Center West
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Have you wondered what PBL looks like in your classroom? Engage in a simulation of an environmental science Project-Based Learning unit to understand how to implement core content using an interdisciplinary PBL approach. Receive a quick lesson on water pollution. Participants will then have the opportunity to rotate tables to look for common microorganisms in various water samples and to test them for pH and ammonia levels. |
Speaker: Lenora Felder, Teacher, Friendship Technology Preparatory High School
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Audience:
Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
High School
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Available Handouts :
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ITEEA Session: Engineering for Social Good: EbD™
PreK–12
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3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Room: 3011, Moscone Center West
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Broaden the STEM pipeline through engineering for social
good with Engineering byDesign: vertical farming, hydroponics, modified ride-on
electric cars for toddlers with disabilities, and more! |
Speaker: Jennifer Buelin, International Technology and Engineering Educators Association
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Audience:
College, Grade 1, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Kindergarten, Preschool
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
Middle Level
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Sponsor:
International Technology and Engineering Educators Assoc.
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ITEEA Session: The Computer Science and Computational Thinking of
STEM
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3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Room: 3009, Moscone Center West
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Computer science and computational thinking are pervasive
throughout Engineering byDesign for Grades PreK–12: coding with Crumble, Texas
Instruments Innovator Hub and Rover, automated hydroponics, and
more! |
Speaker: Tyler Love, Assistant Professor, Elementary/Middle Grades STEM, Penn State Harrisburg
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Audience:
Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
Middle Level
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Available Handouts :
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Sponsor:
International Technology and Engineering Educators Assoc.
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Energize Your Middle School Classroom with eesmarts NGSS-Focused Lessons
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3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Room: 2020, Moscone Center West
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We will present middle school activity-filled energy lessons—developed by eesmarts, a Connecticut energy education initiative. Access to online curriculum and e-books is provided. Giveaways.
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Speakers: Rebecca Tonkinson, Education Consultant, Capitol Region Education Council Kathleen Brooks, Educational Consultant, Capitol Region Education Council Gio Koch, Program Manager, Capitol Region Education Council
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Audience:
Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
Middle Level
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Science through Social Justice—The Brooklyn Way!
***CANCELED***
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3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Room: 2014, Moscone Center West
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Empower students through culturally responsive Project-Based Learning. Join us as we delve into both an interactive and engaging session exploring science projects that allow scholars to collaborate and advocate for themselves and their communities.
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Speaker: Cora Neville, Brooklyn Ascend Middle School
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Audience:
Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7
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Session Type:
Presentation
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Track:
Middle Level
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Order Up a Helping of Forensics, with a Side of
Maggots
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3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Room: 3008, Moscone Center West
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From helping to determine the time of a victim’s death
to analyzing DNA samples from crime suspects, this workshop has it all! Come get
your hands wrapped around the STEM of crime solving! |
Speaker: Jeffrey Lukens, Retired Science Teacher
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Audience:
Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
High School
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Using Python to Enhance Teaching Algebra
2
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3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Room: 3010, Moscone Center West
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Make Algebra 2 more interesting by teaching students how
to code simple algebraic functions in Python. No prior knowledge of Python
needed. Find out how to code a few short algebra-related Python programs, such
as a quadratic equation solver. |
Speaker: Mary Ellen O'Donnell, STEM Teacher Specialist, Village Glen West School
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Audience:
Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Presentation
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Track:
High School
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Available Handouts :
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Making the Argument: How Connecting Science and
Mathematics Practices Can Improve Student Discourse
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3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Room: 2016, Moscone Center West
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Communication and problem-solving are key components of an
effective STEM classroom. However, scientifically rich student discourse is
often too teacher-centered or missing from the classroom altogether. Learn about
an approach to increase the impact of discourse by connecting science and
mathematics practices in a STEM classroom setting. |
Speakers: Sarah Pierce, Science Instructional Coach, Loyola University Chicago Rachel Shefner, Assoc Dir Center for Science and Math Education, Loyola University Chicago Julie Jacobi, Science Instructional Coach, Loyola University Chicago
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Audience:
Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
Middle Level
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Available Handouts :
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Engendering Science Conceptual Understanding within
STEM-Related Project-Based Challenges
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3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Room: 2022, Moscone Center West
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How to go beyond the project-based challenges of building
towers, roller coasters, or parachute apparatus by using STEM-based strategies
to learn science content. |
Speakers: William Sumrall, Professor, Science Education, The University of Mississippi Kelle Sumrall, Teacher, Lafayette Middle School
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Audience:
Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
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Session Type:
Presentation
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Track:
Middle Level
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Available Handouts :
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Applications of Global Collaborative STEM
Education
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3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Room: 2018, Moscone Center West
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STEM educators will engage in and be informed of various
applications, activities, and projects of global collaborative STEM education
(e.g., balloon-powered vehicles, geometry scavenger hunt). |
Speaker: Richard Velasco, STEM Teacher Ambassador, Pullman Public Schools
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Audience:
Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
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Session Type:
Presentation
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Track:
Middle Level
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Available Handouts :
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NSTA Press® Session Argument-Driven Inquiry in Biology, Chemistry, and
Physics: Lab Investigations for Grades 9–12
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3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Room: 3020, Moscone Center West
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Find out about Argument-Driven Inquiry and how it can help
students learn how to use disciplinary core ideas, crosscutting concepts, and
science and engineering practices to explain natural
phenomena. |
Speaker: Victor Sampson, Associate Professor of STEM Education, The University of Texas at Austin
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Audience:
Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
High School
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Solar Car Design Project
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3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Room: 2024, Moscone Center West
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Students use the design-thinking process to design and
build a solar-powered car for a peer. This STEAM project encompasses many
skills: design sketch, iterative idea generation, interpersonal interviewing
skills, visual-spatial skills, mechanical engineering, sustainability,
electrical circuitry, empathy, and giving. |
Speakers: Eric Hogenson, Laurence School Liz Beck, Director of Technology, Laurence School
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Audience:
Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Presentation
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Track:
Upper Elementary
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Available Handouts :
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Building a Culture of Collaboration for STEAM
Integration
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3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Room: 2006, Moscone Center West
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Find out how this grant-funded STEAM Integration
Specialist is building a culture of collaboration and science teaching capacity.
Future plans, joys, and mistakes will be shared. |
Speaker: Kate Burton, STEAM Integration Specialist, Trinity School
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Audience:
College, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Kindergarten
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Session Type:
Presentation
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Track:
Lower Elementary/Early Childhood
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Available Handouts :
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Learning Scientific Inquiry and Reading Strategies Through Storytelling
***CANCELED***
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3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Room: 2008, Moscone Center West
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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. Use the power of storytelling to teach scientific inquiry skills while teaching reading skills. Leave with strategies for incorporating scientific inquiry skills and reading strategies. |
Speaker: Elondra Napper, Author, Entrepreneur, Consultant, and Speaker
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Audience:
Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Kindergarten, Preschool
|
Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
Lower Elementary/Early Childhood
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Elephant Trunks and Dolphin Tales: Engineering for
Animals? Oh My!
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3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Room: 2002, Moscone Center West
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Develop students’ understanding of how engineers help
animals through collaborative engineering challenges that identify real-world
problems, plan solutions, design models, and share results. |
Speakers: Rafael Robinson, Teacher, Douglas L. Jamerson, Jr. Elementary School Amber Robinson, Teacher, Douglas L. Jamerson, Jr. Elementary School
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Audience:
Grade 1, Grade 2, Kindergarten
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
Lower Elementary/Early Childhood
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Available Handouts :
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Design a Better World: Engaging Students through
Community Design Challenges
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3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Room: 3018, Moscone Center West
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Join Battelle Education staff to learn how to plan and
execute a community-wide design challenge to encourage students to employ the
engineering design process and develop innovative solutions to local
problems. |
Speakers: Heather Sherman, Director, Ohio STEM Learning Network, Ohio STEM Learning Network/Battelle Evan Curran, Program Manager, Tennessee STEM Innovation Network-Battelle
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Audience:
College, Grade 1, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Kindergarten
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
Building STEM Ecosystems: Community Partnerships
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Introducing Cyber and STEM Curricula into the
Classroom
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3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Room: 3016, Moscone Center West
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NICERC and the Department of Homeland Security provides
teachers with 21st century cyber and STEM curricula that provides awareness to
cyber-based degree and career opportunities. |
Speakers: Kevin Nolten, Director of Academic Outreach, Cyber Innovation Center Latasha McCord, Education Program Analyst, U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security
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Audience:
Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Presentation
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Track:
Building STEM Ecosystems: Community Partnerships
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Available Handouts :
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The Pteranodon Inquiry…or How I Learned to Love Paper
Clips and Modeling Clay
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3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Room: 2001, Moscone Center West
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Engage in a hands-on exploration of a particular
classroom activity that requires minimum equipment but provides huge
opportunities for learning about the science and engineering practices (often
called “inquiry”). Plus, our Pteranodon flies! |
Speakers: Gareth Price, Senior Research Fellow, Sheffield Hallam University Stuart Bevins, Principal Research Fellow, Sheffield Hallam University
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Audience:
Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
Middle Level
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Available Handouts :
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Engineering for Social Impact
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3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Room: 3002, Moscone Center West
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Join us as we explore ways that youth are using an
engineering design process to create solutions to problems they identify in
their own communities. |
Speaker: Erin Scroggins, Museum of Science, Boston
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Audience:
Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
Upper Elementary
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Making Sense of Science through
Songwriting
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3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Room: 3001, Moscone Center West
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Deconstruct informational science text to use to bring
science to life through song. |
Speakers: Rachel Green, Lecturer, University of California, Los Angeles Dawn Dyson, Teaching Artist, The Music Center
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Audience:
Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
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Session Type:
Hands-On Workshop
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Track:
Upper Elementary
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Available Handouts :
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Crash into STEM with the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety in the
Classroom
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3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Room: 3014, Moscone Center West
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Use free, web-based, crash-testing videos, inquiry-based
activities, and tours of the IIHS’s Vehicle Research Center to integrate STEM
concepts and promote career awareness. |
Speakers: Pini Kalnite, Vice President, Media Operations, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Griff Jones, Science Ed. Professor, University of Florida
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Audience:
College, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
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Session Type:
Presentation
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Track:
Building STEM Ecosystems: Community Partnerships
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Why Professional Educators Need to Connect with
Innovation Technology Communities
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3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Room: 3022, Moscone Center West
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Emphasis will be placed on how making connections within
start-up technology communities can benefit the education
community. |
Speaker: Mallika Raman, Upper Elementary Science Teacher, Chesterfield Day School
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Audience:
College
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Session Type:
Presentation
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Track:
Post-Secondary
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Closing Session: That’s a Wrap…a STEM-tastic Celebration
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4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
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Room: 2006, Moscone Center West
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Join us for a STEM-tastic wrap-up session from the 8th Annual STEM Forum & Expo’s Steering Committee. After three long days of intensive and fruitful professional development in STEM education, join us to share in fond memories, connect themes within and across our strands, and reflect upon the deep learning experienced at this year’s STEM Forum & Expo. We would like to thank our attendees for your engagement in the STEM Forum and wish those of you who have traveled here a safe trip home. Celebrate the wonderful sessions, panels, workshops, speakers, and networks created during your time in beautiful and progressive San Francisco. Be ready to ask steering committee members questions about this year’s and next year’s STEM Forum & Expo in Louisville. We look forward to hearing from you and expanding the collaborations and networks created in the months and years to come.
One lucky attendee will have the chance to win a free registration to the 9th Annual STEM Forum & Expo (2020) in Louisville and we’ll also raffle off several gift cards to the NSTA Store. |
Speakers: Jennifer Williams, Steering Committee Chair, 8th Annual STEM Forum & Expo, Isidore Newman School Adriana Guerra, Teacher, E.P. Foster STEM Academy Brandi Leggett, Instructional Coach, Rosehill Elementary School Kavita Gupta, NSTA STEM Forum Committee Member, Monta Vista High School Kerri Murphy, Teacher, Norton High School Karen Hays, Youth Programs Manager, Denver Zoo Elizabeth Allan, NSTA President-Elect, University of Central Oklahoma
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Audience:
College, Grade 1, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Kindergarten, Preschool
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Session Type:
Special Session
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Available Handouts :
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