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Michigan Science Teachers Association Conference 2018 (MSTA)

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8:00am

Teaching about Floods Using Extreme Weather Events Meeting Room 202Stephen Mattox • Nickolaas Vlietstra Creating 3D Learning: Modeling, Argumentation and Explanation in your classroom through NGSX study groups! Banquet 1James Emmerling Digital Data Nuggets - real research, real data, real classrooms Meeting Room 205Marcia Angle • Melissa Kjelvik • May Lee • Elizabeth Schultheis

9:00am

Weaving Stories Throughout Your Biology Course Using HHMI Biointeractive Resources Banquet 4Mark Eberhard Merging High School Geology with NGSS Banquet 8Chris Bolhuis • Stephen Mattox • Ashley Meyer • Claire Sobolak • Brad Stevens Incorporating Science Practices into STEM Classrooms: Design and Assessment Meeting Room 201Danny Caballero Becoming a Certified Environmental Educator Meeting Room 203Cindy Fitzwilliams-Heck

10:00am

Coffee 101 with BIGGBY® COFFEE Meeting Room 203Nikki Walsh • Heather Zink Creating System Thinkers --- Transforming Student Illustrations into Scientific Models Banquet 1Jessica Ashley • Michael Gallagher Virtual Field Trips with Google Expeditions Meeting Room 102Ann Pearson Secondary Teachers of Science as Agents of Change: An NGSS Approach to Understanding the Environmental Impacts of Everyday Decisions Capitol 1Joyce Parker • Jane Rice Electromagnetic Spectrum & Radioactivity Banquet 8Kevin Dehne MSTA Garage Sale Garage Sale (Coat Room)

11:00am

What's in the Woods? Meeting Room 204Kevin Frailey A Teacher Friendly Version of the Stratigraphic Column of Michigan Banquet 8Conner Frymier • Stephen Mattox The Voice of the Teacher - For Students, For Science, For Our Futures Capitol 2Christine Royce You've Got This - Teach More Discipline Less! Regency 2Jennifer Gottlieb

1:00pm

Michigan Predator Prey Project Meeting Room 204Kevin Frailey Summer isn't just for suntans. It is for Research too! Regency 2Marty Buehler • Connie High Healthy Grading: A Moral Imperative Capitol 1Don Pata Mathematizing Biodiversity: Using Species Accumlation Curves to Measure Biodiversity Banquet 4William Hodges • Heather Peterson Lloyd's Toolbox of Engineering Ideas & Activities Michigan 3Lloyd Hilger

2:00pm

Effectively engaging youth in the process of science Meeting Room 101Tracy D'Augustino • Norm Lownds

3:00pm

Elemental Fictions: Storytelling and Narratives in Introductory Science Capitol 4Courtney Mather • Prasad Venugopal One Crime Scene; 100 Students! Oh my! Meeting Room 205Kathy Mirakovits WALLS: Water, Air, Land, Lifeand Space. Regency 2David Mastie

4:00pm

Michigan Environmental Public Health Tracking - A Tool You Can Use! Capitol 2Jill Maras • Sydney Ogden Great Demos on a Small Budget Capitol 4Mark Sheler Ignite Your Classroom With Digital Storytelling (Featuring GoPro Cameras). Meeting Room 204Josh Nichols

5:00pm

Night at the Movies - Sponsored by HHMI Banquet 1Mark Eberhard