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Michigan Science Teachers Association Conference 2018 (MSTA)

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8:00am EST

IB meets the NGSS Michigan 1Donna Hertel • Colin Killmer • Michelle Mason • Kathy Mirakovits The Lake Michigan Food Web: What did the Lampreys do? Meeting Room 203William Hodges Building a Summer Science Field course Banquet 8Chris Bolhuis • Dario Lirio Health in Our Hands: Using online simulations to explain phenomena Banquet 5Idit Adler • Renee Bayer • Darlene McClendon Phenomenal Unit Plan Banquet 4Kristy Butler • Patti Richardson Schoolyard BioBlitz: Connecting Citizen Science to the Classroom Regency 2Gabrielle Likavec • Lisa Marie Tobin MEECS - Ecosystems and Biodiversity Capitol 3Jessica Wagenmaker

9:00am EST

Weaving Stories Throughout Your Biology Course Using HHMI Biointeractive Resources Banquet 4Mark Eberhard Health in Our Hands: A free life science middle school curriculum Banquet 5Idit Adler • Renee Bayer • Darlene McClendon Inquiry-based Introduction to Gel Electrophoresis Michigan 3Richard Chan • Mindy Lee-Olsen

10:00am EST

Observe, Investigate and Enjoy! A tour of free, NGSS aligned, classroom activities. Meeting Room 204Natalie Elkins Super Protection from Superbugs: the Fight Against Antibiotic Resistance Meeting Room 201Katelin Anderson • Elaine Bailey Protein Synthesis and Mutations with magnetic beads Banquet 4William Hodges • Heather Peterson

11:00am EST

What's in the Woods? Meeting Room 204Kevin Frailey Forestry and Forest Ecology for Elementary and Middle School Meeting Room 203Michael LeValley

1:00pm EST

Michigan Predator Prey Project Meeting Room 204Kevin Frailey Aquaponics in the Classroom Banquet 8Jeremy Hyler • Jeremy Winsor Health in Our Hands: Using the Driving Question Board to explain phenomena Banquet 5Idit Adler • Renee Bayer • Darlene McClendon Mathematizing Biodiversity: Using Species Accumlation Curves to Measure Biodiversity Banquet 4William Hodges • Heather Peterson Photosynthesis and Respiration Shuffle Meeting Room 104Bill Cline • Shannon Mareski

2:00pm EST

Teaching Students about the Brain: How I’ve Learned to View Neurodiversity Banquet 8Laura Panek Salmon in YOUR Classroom Meeting Room 204Tracy Page Transition from one Dimensional GLCE's to Three Dimensional NGSS Regency 2Andrew J. Frisch • Duncan Gervin

3:00pm EST

Boatload of Biology Banquet 4Kristy Butler • Patti Richardson Microbes ate my underwear! Meeting Room 203Heather Kittredge • Misty Klotz Invaders in Your Classroom: Resource Kits to Teach About Aquatic Invasives Meeting Room 204Tracy Page IBN-Drawing and Writing to Learn Science Banquet 8Lisa Weise Cell Differentiation and Gene Expression Meeting Room 104Bill Cline • Shannon Mareski

4:00pm EST

Solar Panels and Pool Covers: Revving UP Biology Meeting Room 203Amy Weesies Medicines and Me-developing a New Flu Prevention Drug Banquet 8Samantha Cree • Cynthia Duncan Community Connection Activities in Biology Classrooms Banquet 3Craig Kohn