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Friday
, March 2
8:00am EST
IB meets the NGSS
Michigan 1
Donna Hertel • Colin Killmer • Michelle Mason • Kathy Mirakovits
The Lake Michigan Food Web: What did the Lampreys do?
Meeting Room 203
William Hodges
Building a Summer Science Field course
Banquet 8
Chris Bolhuis • Dario Lirio
Earth System Science Resources to Use on Monday! Free from NOAA to You!
Capitol 1
June Teisan
Teaching about Floods Using Extreme Weather Events
Meeting Room 202
Stephen Mattox • Nickolaas Vlietstra
How to start an AP environmental science course (and love it too!)
Michigan 3
Chris Groenhout • Karina White
An Administrators Guide to the New Michigan Science Standards through the lens of Phenomenal Science (curriculum) & 3DSPA (assessment)
Meeting Room 201
Jennel Martin-Powell • Darcy McMahon • Matthew Samocki
Creating 3D Learning: Modeling, Argumentation and Explanation in your classroom through NGSX study groups!
Banquet 1
James Emmerling
Incorporating STEM into the Classroom
Meeting Room 103
Gary Curts
Making Grades More Meaningful
Meeting Room 204
Brian Langley
Science Talk
Meeting Room 101
Katherine Armstrong • Roxane Dupuis • Kathleen Schutter
Supporting Early Literacy Development and the Michigan Science Standards
Banquet 2
Wendi Vogel
Updates from the Michigan Department of Education and the DTMB
Capitol 4
Rashell Bowerman • Jill Griffin • Ruth Anne Hodges • TJ Smolek • Mi STEM
“Our Teaching Experiences:” Learning to Recognize our Students’ Expertise with an NGSS-aligned Middle Grades Engineering Curriculum
Michigan 2
Selena Bliesener • Marcos David Gonzalez-Flores • Christina Restrepo Nazar • Angela Calabrese Barton, Ph.D. • Kathleen Schenkel
Health in Our Hands: Using online simulations to explain phenomena
Banquet 5
Idit Adler • Renee Bayer • Darlene McClendon
Phenomenal Unit Plan
Banquet 4
Kristy Butler • Patti Richardson
Using Our National Parks to Blend Curriculum
Regency 1
Gabe Knowles • Noelle Knowles
Teaching Science when you don’t know diddly-squat
Capitol 2
Tracy D'Augustino
Yeah, Buoy! (Buoyancy Demos)
Governor
Jonathan Paddock
Schoolyard BioBlitz: Connecting Citizen Science to the Classroom
Regency 2
Gabrielle Likavec • Lisa Marie Tobin
Mastering the Chemical Formula
Meeting Room 104
Bill Cline
Claims, Evidence, and Reasoning in Action
Meeting Room 102
Marjorie Frank • Ann Pearson
Digital Data Nuggets - real research, real data, real classrooms
Meeting Room 205
Marcia Angle • Melissa Kjelvik • May Lee • Elizabeth Schultheis
How to See What Your Students are Thinking: Student Modeling and the NGSS
Banquet 3
Jim Clark • Samantha Johnson
Make Your Elementary Science Phenomenal! Understanding Phenomenal Science Instructional Strategies in Grades 3-5
Banquet 6
Jennel Martin-Powell • Darcy McMahon • Matthew Samocki
A Mi-STAR Lesson: Patterns and Cause & Effect
Banquet 7
Jean Buller • John Gregg
MEECS - Ecosystems and Biodiversity
Capitol 3
Jessica Wagenmaker
9:00am EST
Weaving Stories Throughout Your Biology Course Using HHMI Biointeractive Resources
Banquet 4
Mark Eberhard
Aerial Exploration of Environmental Study Sites, Using Kites, Cameras and Other Sensors
Banquet 1
Jeff Bouwman • David Bydlowski • Andy Henry
Merging High School Geology with NGSS
Banquet 8
Chris Bolhuis • Stephen Mattox • Ashley Meyer • Claire Sobolak • Brad Stevens
Incorporating Science Practices into STEM Classrooms: Design and Assessment
Meeting Room 201
Danny Caballero
Making Sense of Science Through Notebooks
Meeting Room 101
Katherine Armstrong • Roxane Dupuis • Kathleen Schutter
Health in Our Hands: A free life science middle school curriculum
Banquet 5
Idit Adler • Renee Bayer • Darlene McClendon
Using Wildlife CSI to Teach Claim, Evidence, Reasoning
Meeting Room 204
Becky Durling • Jon Gray
Online Formative Assessment Tools in Science
Michigan 2
Ranya Croitori • Catherine Hamilton
Becoming a Certified Environmental Educator
Meeting Room 203
Cindy Fitzwilliams-Heck
Inquiry-based Introduction to Gel Electrophoresis
Michigan 3
Richard Chan • Mindy Lee-Olsen
Make Your Elementary Science Phenomenal! Understanding Phenomenal Science Instructional Strategies in Grades K-2
Michigan 1
Jennel Martin-Powell • Darcy McMahon • Matthew Samocki
Structuring Discussion to Be Equitable and Rigorous
Meeting Room 103
Diane Wright
The Coaching Connection: Supporting Best Practice Science Instruction
Banquet 2
Mary Burke
Three-Dimensional Assessment Writing Workshop
Capitol 4
TJ Smolek
Science Talks
Meeting Room 202
Noreen Habana
Seeing is Believing: Physics Demonstrations to Energize Your Classroom
Capitol 2
Don Pata
Hands-on with virtual nuclear research
Governor
Zachary Constan • Rich Lund
10:00am EST
Coffee 101 with BIGGBY® COFFEE
Meeting Room 203
Nikki Walsh • Heather Zink
Observe, Investigate and Enjoy! A tour of free, NGSS aligned, classroom activities.
Meeting Room 204
Natalie Elkins
Super Protection from Superbugs: the Fight Against Antibiotic Resistance
Meeting Room 201
Katelin Anderson • Elaine Bailey
Let's Debate
Banquet 6
Yvonne Coogan • Jane Culp
A Science Teacher in a Math Classroom
Regency 2
Sarah Murphy
Creating System Thinkers --- Transforming Student Illustrations into Scientific Models
Banquet 1
Jessica Ashley • Michael Gallagher
Easy Tech Tools to Facilitate Discussion/Reflection
Michigan 2
Alaina Sharp • Dan Spencer
It's Phenomenal!
Meeting Room 101
Katherine Armstrong • Roxane Dupuis • Kathleen Schutter
Virtual Field Trips with Google Expeditions
Meeting Room 102
Ann Pearson
Secondary Teachers of Science as Agents of Change: An NGSS Approach to Understanding the Environmental Impacts of Everyday Decisions
Capitol 1
Joyce Parker • Jane Rice
Electromagnetic Spectrum & Radioactivity
Banquet 8
Kevin Dehne
Grab their Attention with Gizmos!
Regency 1
Diana Markley • Julie Parks
Protein Synthesis and Mutations with magnetic beads
Banquet 4
William Hodges • Heather Peterson
One in a Million
Meeting Room 104
Bill Cline
Phenomenal Tools for MSS Chemistry and Physics Instruction and Assessment
Banquet 5
Cameron Cochran • Deborah Peek-Brown • Israel Touitou
Integrating Technology into Science-Based STEM with the 5E
Meeting Room 205
Karen Kudla • Ken Wester
A Mi-STAR Lesson: Comparing Engineering Solutions with a Decision Matrix
Banquet 7
Tony Matthys • Stephanie Tubman
What did they say? Student Discourse and the NGSS
Banquet 3
Jim Clark • Samantha Johnson
MSTA Garage Sale
Garage Sale (Coat Room)
11:00am EST
What's in the Woods?
Meeting Room 204
Kevin Frailey
Forestry and Forest Ecology for Elementary and Middle School
Meeting Room 203
Michael LeValley
Chemistry Phenomenons to Kick Start Your Units
Capitol 4
Jaime Hainer • Kristy Lee
A Long Walk to Water - A Cross-Curricular Unit
Meeting Room 202
Shawn Knaack
A Teacher Friendly Version of the Stratigraphic Column of Michigan
Banquet 8
Conner Frymier • Stephen Mattox
#gettingsciencedone -- Citizen Science
Capitol 1
Jeff Bouwman • David Bydlowski • Andy Henry
Accountable Talk in the Science Classroom
Michigan 1
Amanda Iocoangeli • Danielle Jozwiak • Carlie Rzepa • Vanya Steel
Lesson Planning with NGSS: The 5E Instructional Model
Meeting Room 102
Ann Pearson • Kelly Short
Promoting Classroom Discussions with Talk Moves
Banquet 2
Minna Turrell
Science Talk
Meeting Room 101
Katherine Armstrong • Roxane Dupuis • Kathleen Schutter
Stop Creating Lesson Plans: Start Creating Learning Experiences
Governor
Randy Schregardus
The Voice of the Teacher - For Students, For Science, For Our Futures
Capitol 2
Christine Royce Ed.D
What The Heck Happened?!?!
Meeting Room 201
Ted Beyer
You've Got This - Teach More Discipline Less!
Regency 2
Jennifer Gottlieb
STEM Connecting Schools and Businesses
Regency 1
Rick Mushing • Ebiri Nkugba
Invade Your Parks and Back Again!
Michigan 2
Christine Kelly
A Focus on Modeling in the Phenomenon-Based Classroom
Meeting Room 103
Diane Wright
"Ready Set Go" STEM
Banquet 6
Cassandra Cayce • Connie Eisenhart
AP Computer Science Principles (Grades 10-12) and Computer Science Discoveries (Grades 6-9)
Banquet 1
Kathy Surd
1:00pm EST
Michigan Predator Prey Project
Meeting Room 204
Kevin Frailey
Aquaponics in the Classroom
Banquet 8
Jeremy Hyler • Jeremy Winsor
Moving from Learning Read and Write to Reading and Writing to Learn: Literacy Strategies in the Science Classroom
Meeting Room 103
Diane Wright
Partnering with the Michigan Nature Association in a Place Based Education Opportunity.
Meeting Room 202
Rachel Maranto • Aaron Wesche
Sensory Activities for Early Learners: lessons you can use tomorrow!
Meeting Room 203
Becky Durling • Natalie Elkins
3 Dimensional Learning in Middle School Modeling Instruction
Meeting Room 201
Nell Bielecki • George Nelson • Scott Stokes • Andrea Williams
Curriculum Connections - ELA & Science in Elementary
Banquet 6
Amy Quinn
District Science Leader Round-table: High School Course Sequence Sharing
Banquet 2
Heather Robotham • Wendi Vogel
Family Engineering & Design Thinking Night
Meeting Room 101
Diana Matthews • Lisa Morgan
Find the Fund$ for STEM
Regency 1
June Teisan
Middle School Share-a-thon
Michigan 2
Susan Tate
Summer isn't just for suntans. It is for Research too!
Regency 2
Marty Buehler • Connie High
Teaching Science: The Next Generation
Meeting Room 102
Todd Koenig
Wait, What? There’s a New Science Assessment?!?
Capitol 4
TJ Smolek
Healthy Grading: A Moral Imperative
Capitol 1
Don Pata
Health in Our Hands: Using the Driving Question Board to explain phenomena
Banquet 5
Idit Adler • Renee Bayer • Darlene McClendon
Integrating Chromebook with Vernier Technology
Meeting Room 205
Patti Smith
Mathematizing Biodiversity: Using Species Accumlation Curves to Measure Biodiversity
Banquet 4
William Hodges • Heather Peterson
Photosynthesis and Respiration Shuffle
Meeting Room 104
Bill Cline • Shannon Mareski
A Mi-STAR Lesson: Got a Problem? Yo, I’ll Solve It!
Banquet 7
Lisa Ogiemwonyi • Monica Wyrwicz
Engage Students to Think, Communicate, and Act Like Scientists!
Capitol 2
Jan Huff • Randy Schregardus
Taking Flight with Children's Literature
Banquet 1
Christine Royce Ed.D • Dr. Steve Rich
Learning Labs at the Detroit Zoo
Michigan 1
Akilah Franklin • Claire Lannoye-Hall
Lloyd's Toolbox of Engineering Ideas & Activities
Michigan 3
Lloyd Hilger
May the Force Be With You
Governor
Dale Freeland
Creating Three-Dimensional, Equity-Based Tasks for an NGSS Classroom.
Banquet 3
Jim Clark • Samantha Johnson
MEECS - Energy Resources
Capitol 3
Jessica Wagenmaker
2:00pm EST
Setting the Stage for Doing Science in Chemistry
Capitol 4
Colin Costello • Kate Hagerman
Bat Conservation in Your Classroom
Meeting Room 201
Aja Marcato
Cultivating Classroom Culture for New(er) Teachers
Michigan 2
Elizabeth Michaels • Rebecca Murawski
Curriculum Review for 3-Dimensions
Banquet 2
Rich Bacolor • Wendi Vogel
Making Science Real with Problem Based Learning
Meeting Room 205
Chuck McMillan • Paul Meyers
Student Drivers - Driving Question Boards empower students to figure out what they really need to know and how they will get there
Meeting Room 102
Holly Hereau • Wayne Wright
Successful STEM Techniques in Elementary Classrooms
Banquet 6
Michele Bielby • Kelly Swales
Teaching Students about the Brain: How I’ve Learned to View Neurodiversity
Banquet 8
Laura Panek
Salmon in YOUR Classroom
Meeting Room 204
Tracy Page
Transition from one Dimensional GLCE's to Three Dimensional NGSS
Regency 2
Andrew J. Frisch • Duncan Gervin
Thematic Science Fairs - Using Scientific Inquiry to Increase Environmental Literacy
Meeting Room 203
Bridget Booth
Project-Based Inquiry Science™ (PBIS): Creating “Coherence and Science Storylines” for Middle School
Meeting Room 103
Mary Starr
K-8 Teachers as Agents of Change: NGSS and the Environmental Impacts of Using Natural Resources
Regency 1
Laura Markham • Jane Rice
Teaching with the Big Ideas in Mind
Meeting Room 202
Kristin Kiebler-Green • Joe Showerman
Making sense of phenomena by using a free online modeling tool
Banquet 5
Tom Bielik • Li Ke • Consuelo Morales
Effectively engaging youth in the process of science
Meeting Room 101
Tracy D'Augustino • Norm Lownds
3:00pm EST
Tools for thinking about assessment for the new MSS. - MSELA
Banquet 2
Sarah Coleman
Boatload of Biology
Banquet 4
Kristy Butler • Patti Richardson
Microbes ate my underwear!
Meeting Room 203
Heather Kittredge • Misty Klotz
Invaders in Your Classroom: Resource Kits to Teach About Aquatic Invasives
Meeting Room 204
Tracy Page
Elemental Fictions: Storytelling and Narratives in Introductory Science
Capitol 4
Courtney Mather • Prasad Venugopal
Explore Hands-On Science for Elementary Students at Impressions 5
Impressions 5
Micaela Balzer • Toni Daymon
Flipping with Ease
Michigan 2
Adam Alster • Cynthia Bridges
Get Students Asking THEIR OWN Questions
Banquet 6
Katie Stevenson
Make Your K-5 Science Phenomenal! An Introduction to Phenomenal Science Units
Banquet 7
Jennel Martin-Powell • Darcy McMahon • Matthew Samocki
Making It Real... Cheap!!
Meeting Room 102
Darrick Gregory • Julie Hahn • Jodi Heaney
One Crime Scene; 100 Students! Oh my!
Meeting Room 205
Kathy Mirakovits
Phenomenon-first Examples in the Classroom
Meeting Room 201
Carl Wozniak
Productive Talk: How to Get Students to Share Their Thinking Through Scientific Discussions
Capitol 2
Kelly MacDonell • Katie MacDonell
Video Storylines in the Science Classroom
Meeting Room 103
Josh Nichols
WALLS: Water, Air, Land, Lifeand Space.
Regency 2
David Mastie
IBN-Drawing and Writing to Learn Science
Banquet 8
Lisa Weise
Let's Debate!
Regency 1
Kathy Agee
RC Cars, Sensors, and Coding… Oh My!
Michigan 3
Allison Abram • Alexandra Wagner
What does that graph show me?
Governor
Dale Freeland
Cell Differentiation and Gene Expression
Meeting Room 104
Bill Cline • Shannon Mareski
No Time for Science? Learn How to Integrate Reading and Writing Using the Cereal City Science Units
Michigan 1
Steve Barry • Nancy Karre
4:00pm EST
Doing, Thinking, Understanding: Science Performance Assessments
Meeting Room 201
Jennel Martin-Powell • Darcy McMahon • Matthew Samocki
Focus on Figuring Out – Grade 4 (Multiple Literacies in Project-Based Learning)
Banquet 5
Sue Codere Kelly • Joseph Krajcik • Deborah Peek-Brown • Samuel Severance
Solar Panels and Pool Covers: Revving UP Biology
Meeting Room 203
Amy Weesies
Medicines and Me-developing a New Flu Prevention Drug
Banquet 8
Samantha Cree • Cynthia Duncan
Community Connection Activities in Biology Classrooms
Banquet 3
Craig Kohn
Physical Science Phenomena for Middle School
Governor
Michelle Mason • Kathy Mirakovits
A New Formula? PASCO + Curriculum = PASCO education (ALL in one STEM solution for Chemistry and Physics)
Banquet 7
Julie Thomas
Spandex of Gravity - Modeling the Very Fabric of Space and Time!
Meeting Room 202
Christine Brillhart • Dr. Christie N. Gayheart • Mark Hackbarth
Bring Michigan Science Standards to Life Using Place-based Education
Michigan 2
Kym Pawelka • Amanda Syers
Michigan Environmental Public Health Tracking - A Tool You Can Use!
Capitol 2
Jill Maras • Sydney Ogden
Science and Engineering Practices in the NGSS
Meeting Room 205
Matt Moorman
Teaching with Technology
Regency 1
Michelle Campbell
Using 3D Learning Strategies to Improve Standardized Assessment
Regency 2
Karen Kudla
Zero to STEM in 60 minutes!
Banquet 6
Crystal Brown
Great Demos on a Small Budget
Capitol 4
Mark Sheler
ECHO: Distance Learning at the MiSci
Meeting Room 103
Jeanane Charara
Ignite Your Classroom With Digital Storytelling (Featuring GoPro Cameras).
Meeting Room 204
Josh Nichols
5:00pm EST
Night at the Movies - Sponsored by HHMI
Banquet 1
Mark Eberhard
Saturday
, March 3
8:00am EST
Turning Science Fiction Into Science Facts: A compelling project based approach using new STEM investigative techniques
Meeting Room 201
Greg Gage • Will Wharton
Biology Practices That Drive Thinking Forward
Banquet 4
Rebecca Brewer
Activities for the Anthropocene
Michigan 3
Holly Schaeffer
Oh Deer! Populations, Models, and Technology
Michigan 1
Rob Keys • Benjamin VanDyke
The Triple E’s of Climate Change: Environmental Change, Epidemiology & ELISA Testing!
Meeting Room 205
Tamica Stubbs
Getting them Talking Constructively
Banquet 3
Mari Maltby
Claims, Evidence and Reasoning (CER) in an AP chemistry classroom.
Capitol 4
Jamie Benigna • Alice Putti
Michigan Chemistry Teachers Meeting
Michigan 2
Michelle Mason • Mary Jordan McMaster
NGSS Unit Creation & Assessment
Meeting Room 204
Brenda Lantinga
Incorporating STEM into the Classroom
Meeting Room 103
Gary Curts
Make Any Classroom a Makerspace
Banquet 5
Chuck McMillan • Paul Meyers
Muffins for MSTA Members
Regency 1
Roberta Cramer
NGSS Puzzles and Mysteries: Using Phenomena in the Classroom
Meeting Room 102
Ann Pearson
Creating professional learning communities around 3D Formative Assessment
Banquet 1
Mary Starr
Fake News in Science
Meeting Room 101
Steven Tezak
Mi-STAR Up and Running in Your School
Banquet 7
Doug Oppliger • Stephanie Tubman
Making Nasty Problems Fun!
Meeting Room 203
Michael Sinclair
Mysteries of Magnetism - THEMIS & MMS
Banquet 8
Cris DeWolf • Lisa DeWolf
Floating Trains: Phenomena, 3-D Instruction, and Amplify Science for Grades K-5
Meeting Room 202
Bill Badders
Integrating Environmental Data Analysis into your Classroom: Climate Change and Michigan’s Cherries
Regency 2
Isabella Garramone • Katie Torkelson-Regan
idk whut 2 say: teen dialogue in the classroom
Capitol 2
Rebecca Heckman
“It’s Just too Hard to Explain!” - Making Sense of Phenomena by Developing and Using Models in the Elementary Classroom.
Banquet 6
Steve Barry • Nancy Karre
Newton's 2nd Law of Motion Activity, NGSS
Governor
Brad Parsons
Waves
Meeting Room 104
Bill Cline • Lisa Kelp
Energy and the NGSS
Capitol 1
Don Pata • Laura Ritter
MEECS - Water Quality
Capitol 3
Joan Chadde
MSTA Garage Sale
Garage Sale (Coat Room)
9:00am EST
Using Phenomena in Biology to Give Context and Purpose for Learning
Banquet 3
Courtney Lutz • Katherine Rydzinski
Classification Can Be Fun
Regency 1
Lu Anne Cuthbert
Teaching About Climate Change in Biology
Banquet 4
Wendy Johnson • Christie Morrison Thomas
We've got Gall, do you?
Michigan 3
Edward Johns • Steve Vree
1 Class Period+ 1 Model System + 2 Cellular Processes= Success 4 Students!
Meeting Room 205
Tamica Stubbs
Slow down to go fast? How modeling can increase student engagement through storytelling
Meeting Room 203
Mason Converse • Sandra Erwin
Implementing NGSS 3D Learning with NASA/GLOBE Earth System Learning Progressions
Meeting Room 204
Janet Struble
Rock with Your Students!
Banquet 8
Maria Gonzalez
3-2-1 Blast Off!
Meeting Room 201
Diane Correnty
Building Solid Storylines
Meeting Room 102
Ann Pearson • Kelly Short
Creating a space for the Crosscutting Concepts: from questions to explanations to assessments
Banquet 1
Mary Starr
Scientific Argumentation: How to reason like a scientist
Michigan 1
Samuel Langhorne • Samantha Lichtenwald
Biological and health student's perception about academic integrity.
Michigan 2
Samuel Coronel-Nuñez • Rafael Diaz-Garcia • Jorge Joel Reyes-Mendez
Science Songs, Simple Stuff and Sliquids
Meeting Room 101
Kevin Koch
Focus on Figuring Out – Grade 3 (Multiple Literacies in Project-Based Learning)
Banquet 5
Sue Codere Kelly • Joseph Krajcik • Deborah Peek-Brown
Teaching Chemistry to Middle School Students
Capitol 4
Kathleen O'Connor
Structuring Discussion to Be Equitable and Rigorous
Meeting Room 103
Diane Wright
Mi-STAR Professional Learning Session I: Introducing the Challenge
Banquet 7
Megan Coonan • Emily Gochis • Stephanie Tubman
10:00am EST
Classroom Gardens and the NGSS
Meeting Room 205
Testing Advertising • Maureen Klein
STEM Cells on Station
Meeting Room 201
Tom Drummond • Peter Lawrie
Interactions: A Free Three-dimensional Science Curriculum for 9th Grade Physical Science
Banquet 5
Angela Kolonich
Citizen Scientists Needed! Students Collecting Data for the GLOBE Urban Heat Island Effect Campaign
Meeting Room 204
David Bydlowski • Janet Struble
Natural Learning
Banquet 8
Amy Greene
Beyond CER: Explanation and Argument - Distinctions & Implications for Instruction
Banquet 1
Amy Deller-Antieau • Darcy McMahon
Cementing Their Learning - Making it Stick!
Meeting Room 101
Chris Blackstock
Dig Deeper! Ways to Get More Meaningful Reflection and Talk
Michigan 2
Patrick Lothrop • Jaime Ratliff
Engaging All Learners in Meaningful Scientific Conversations
Meeting Room 203
Heather Damick
From Storybook STEM to Beyond
Michigan 3
Amanda Iocoangeli • Danielle Jozwiak
Journaling in Science using Evidence Notebooks
Meeting Room 102
Todd Koenig
Supporting Student Science Talk in Kindergarten
Banquet 6
Kirsten D. Edwards • Amelia Gotwals • Tanya S. Wright
Everything I needed to know about assessment I learned in marching band
Regency 1
Taylor Funk
Using a Driving Question Board to Figure out Phenomena
Banquet 4
Wendy Johnson
How dense are my students?
Michigan 1
Samantha Kempf • Brian Welch
LITERARY SCIENCE: The Integration of ELA and Science at the Secondary Level to Promote Scientific Literacy
Capitol 2
Hannah Homrich
Cars That Can't Crash - Fact or Fiction
Governor
Dave Acton • Mark Davids
Man’s Real BFF 2.0
Banquet 3
Roberta Cramer • Cheryl Hach
Modeling the Introduction of a New Species: NGSS Ecology
Meeting Room 104
Bill Cline • Lisa Kelp
Integrate Scientific Modeling, Climate Change, and Forest Ecology into your Middle School Classroom: Climate Change and Michigan Forests
Regency 2
Isabella Garramone • Virginia Hawkins
Tips You Can Use in Class Tomorrow: Building Community, Accountability, and Class Relevance
Meeting Room 202
Mark Francek
11:00am EST
Scaffolding 3-Dimensional Science Using (free) Carbon TIME Units
Capitol 1
Christie Morrison Thomas
Investigating Ecological Relationships Using HHMI Biointeractive Resrources
Banquet 4
Mark Eberhard
Modeling and Experimental Design Using Isopods
Michigan 3
Jennifer Beck
Reflections from adding phenomenon
Governor
Kristin Mayer
3 Dimensional Learning with Bring Science Alive!
Meeting Room 205
Matt Moorman
Elementary Inquiry and STEM Extravaganza
Banquet 8
Betty Crowder
KLEWS: Organizing Science Ideas & Building Literacy
Banquet 1
Rich Bacolor • Mary Starr
Let's Have a Ball: Incorporating Movement Activities in Science
Meeting Room 203
Patti Picard
Mi-STAR From A Teacher Perspective
Michigan 1
Yonee Bryant-Kuiphoff • Dawn Kahler
Tools for Teaching Elementary Science
Banquet 6
Marie Woodman
How to Develop an Instructional Storyline
Regency 1
Joe Austin • Rochelle Rubin
TATTS MSS: Tips and Tricks to Survive MSS
Michigan 2
April Holman
Project-Based Inquiry Science™ (PBIS): Creating “Coherence and Science Storylines” for Middle School
Meeting Room 103
Mary Starr
Exploring Biology through Dissection with Flinn Scientific
Capitol 2
Matt Anderson
Using Three-Dimensional Rubrics in Formative Assessments to Figure out Phenomena
Banquet 5
Joseph Krajcik • Phyllis Haugabook Pennock • Samuel Severance
Exponential inquiry- merging math and biotech to amplify learning
Meeting Room 204
Richard Chan • Mindy Lee-Olsen
Safer Chemistry: STEM Connection and Green Chemistry Replacement Labs
Capitol 4
Jonathan Baek • Erika Fatura • Jennifer Sherburn
Building Your NGSS Toolbox: Strategies for Implementing the Science and Engineering Practices and Crosscutting Concepts in a Student Led Classroom
Banquet 2
Leigh Ann Roehm
Penny Ante Science: Activities in General Science, Earth Science, Life Science, and Physical Science.
Meeting Room 101
Mitchell Klett
STEAM: If We Can Do It, You Can Do It!
Meeting Room 201
Natalie Anderson • Stephanie D'Huyvetter
Mi-STAR Professional Learning Session II: Real World Science Investigations
Banquet 7
Megan Coonan • Emily Gochis • Stephanie Tubman
Conservation and You!
Meeting Room 102
Claire Lannoye-Hall • Sandy Ling
12:00pm EST
Implementing NGSS into Biology/ Acc Bio
Banquet 4
Greg Cooper
Using Texts to Engage Students in Three-Dimensional Science
Michigan 3
Kirsten D. Edwards
Deriving the Law of Conservation of Matter through Student Models
Banquet 1
Anne Jeannette LaSovage
STEM is about more than Rockets and Robots
Banquet 8
Thom OBrien
Bringing Mindfulness to the Science Classroom
Meeting Room 205
Amy Williams
Cheap Easy Demonstration Usable by Most
Regency 1
Andrew J. Frisch
National Geographic Educator Certification Workshop
Regency 2
Susan Tate
Writing in Science
Meeting Room 203
Rachel Rysdyk
From Traditional Teaching to 3-D Learning: How to Breathe New Life into A Biology Curriculum
Banquet 3
Paula Gentile • Michelle Vanhala
STEAMing Up Our Science Programs
Capitol 1
Lloyd Hilger
Making STEM a Reality with Real Data
Meeting Room 103
Robert Ause
Teaching Physics with ROV's
Governor
Kyle Ondersma
GRACE project update
Michigan 2
Russell Columbus
Weather and Climate
Meeting Room 104
Bill Cline • Lisa Kelp
Claim-Evidence-Reasoning: The Value of Scientific Explanations in STEM
Capitol 3
Karen Kudla • Ken Wester
Cookbook Conversions
Michigan 1
Katherine Eaton • Daniela Goetz • Nancy Lareau • Courtney Ruggles • Madeline Wohlfeil
1:00pm EST
Evo-Ed Cases: Connecting Biology Across the Curriculum
Banquet 3
Clinton Bartholomew • Alexa Warwick
How Much and How Often
Banquet 8
Samantha Cree • Cynthia Duncan
Living Coral Reef in the Classroom
Meeting Room 205
Rick Preuss
Digital Microscopy for $40
Michigan 3
Bob Myers
Chemistry of International Cuisine
Capitol 4
Scott Milam
Turning Chemistry Labs into STEM Labs
Meeting Room 101
Robert Ause
"Mr. Mastie, I Can Still Remember When We...."
Regency 1
David Mastie
Forensics for Free
Meeting Room 204
Kyle Jenks • Caitlin Johnson
Fusing Art in Science from an Elementary Art Room
Banquet 6
Angie Herek
Influence of research experiences on science teacher knowledge and practice
Meeting Room 203
Abbi Halkola • Amy Lark
Online Resources for the Science Classroom
Meeting Room 201
Christine Schneider
The Lecture Is Dead: Using Alternative Classroom Models to Enhance Student Learning
Banquet 5
Vanessa Logan Wentzloff
Making Use of Student Thinking
Banquet 1
Mark Olson
Opioids, Flu, Zoonoses, Obesity: Oh My!
Banquet 4
Richard Blauvelt
Using Children's Literature to Guide Science Inquiry K-5
Banquet 2
Kim Stilwell
Reflecting on Learning with Google Drive
Regency 2
Danielle Aguilar
City Critters: Connecting Science and Empathy
Capitol 2
Lisa Forzley
Kepler Made Me Do It
Meeting Room 202
John Dumar
Learning by doing: Practical applications online
Meeting Room 102
Samantha du Preez
Dark & Light: Nature Writing & Observation
Meeting Room 103
Brandon Groff • Monica Lewis
Diggin' Outdoor Education
Capitol 1
Nancy Berg • Chelsea OBrien
Discrepant Events Abound
Michigan 2
Rachel Badanowski
Mi-STAR Professional Learning Session III: Addressing 21st Century Challenges
Banquet 7
Megan Coonan • Emily Gochis • Stephanie Tubman
2:00pm EST
Genetics Lessons You Can Use Tomorrow!
Meeting Room 203
Karen Garland
Vernal Pool Patrol: Citizen Science and Place-Based Education to Promote Science Learning and Stewardship
Banquet 2
Daria Hyde • Yu Man Lee
AP Chem Labs with Minimal Prep
Capitol 4
Jamie Benigna • Alice Putti
Cosmetic Experiments for Grades 8-12
Regency 1
Larry Kolopajlo
Questioning Our World- An introduction to Plate Tectonics
Meeting Room 202
Lynette Wehner
Blended Science Teaching for the Modern Kid
Meeting Room 204
Maria Gonzalez
Do Bees Get a Bad Rap?
Banquet 8
Polly Cheney
Holistic Instruction (Biology Focus)
Banquet 3
Lyndi Wolfinger
Ideas for Ecosystems in the Elementary Classroom
Governor
Nicole Jakubowski • Meghan Kurleto • Marlenn Maicki
Justify Your Energy-Based Claims
Capitol 3
James Gell • Nicole Murawski
Productive Talk in the Science Class
Meeting Room 101
Chris Blackstock
"Starting From Scratch"
Banquet 4
Katelyn Rozema
Five Phenomenon to Get you Started in NGSS
Banquet 1
Andrew J. Frisch • Duncan Gervin
NGSS Yourself
Capitol 2
Walter Charuba
Challenge Your Students to Make a Dozen Classroom Motors
Meeting Room 104
Michael Suckley
Circuit Bugs
Banquet 6
Jennifer Edwards • Cindy Hill
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