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Michigan Science Teachers Association Conference 2018 (MSTA)

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8:00am EST

Make Any Classroom a Makerspace Banquet 5Chuck McMillan • Paul Meyers Muffins for MSTA Members Regency 1Roberta Cramer NGSS Puzzles and Mysteries: Using Phenomena in the Classroom Meeting Room 102Ann Pearson Creating professional learning communities around 3D Formative Assessment Banquet 1Mary Starr Floating Trains: Phenomena, 3-D Instruction, and Amplify Science for Grades K-5 Meeting Room 202Bill Badders “It’s Just too Hard to Explain!” - Making Sense of Phenomena by Developing and Using Models in the Elementary Classroom. Banquet 6Steve Barry • Nancy Karre MSTA Garage Sale Garage Sale (Coat Room)

9:00am EST

Implementing NGSS 3D Learning with NASA/GLOBE Earth System Learning Progressions Meeting Room 204Janet Struble Rock with Your Students! Banquet 8Maria Gonzalez 3-2-1 Blast Off! Meeting Room 201Diane Correnty Creating a space for the Crosscutting Concepts: from questions to explanations to assessments Banquet 1Mary Starr Science Songs, Simple Stuff and Sliquids Meeting Room 101Kevin Koch

10:00am EST

Classroom Gardens and the NGSS Meeting Room 205Testing Advertising • Maureen Klein Natural Learning Banquet 8Amy Greene Beyond CER: Explanation and Argument - Distinctions & Implications for Instruction Banquet 1Amy Deller-Antieau • Darcy McMahon Cementing Their Learning - Making it Stick! Meeting Room 101Chris Blackstock Supporting Student Science Talk in Kindergarten Banquet 6Kirsten D. Edwards • Amelia Gotwals • Tanya S. Wright

11:00am EST

Modeling and Experimental Design Using Isopods Michigan 3Jennifer Beck Elementary Inquiry and STEM Extravaganza Banquet 8Betty Crowder KLEWS: Organizing Science Ideas & Building Literacy Banquet 1Rich Bacolor • Mary Starr Tools for Teaching Elementary Science Banquet 6Marie Woodman How to Develop an Instructional Storyline Regency 1Joe Austin • Rochelle Rubin Penny Ante Science: Activities in General Science, Earth Science, Life Science, and Physical Science. Meeting Room 101Mitchell Klett STEAM: If We Can Do It, You Can Do It! Meeting Room 201Natalie Anderson • Stephanie D'Huyvetter

12:00pm EST

Bringing Mindfulness to the Science Classroom Meeting Room 205Amy Williams National Geographic Educator Certification Workshop Regency 2Susan Tate STEAMing Up Our Science Programs Capitol 1Lloyd Hilger

1:00pm EST

Living Coral Reef in the Classroom Meeting Room 205Rick Preuss "Mr. Mastie, I Can Still Remember When We...." Regency 1David Mastie Fusing Art in Science from an Elementary Art Room Banquet 6Angie Herek Online Resources for the Science Classroom Meeting Room 201Christine Schneider Using Children's Literature to Guide Science Inquiry K-5 Banquet 2Kim Stilwell City Critters: Connecting Science and Empathy Capitol 2Lisa Forzley Diggin' Outdoor Education Capitol 1Nancy Berg • Chelsea OBrien Discrepant Events Abound Michigan 2Rachel Badanowski

2:00pm EST

Ideas for Ecosystems in the Elementary Classroom GovernorNicole Jakubowski • Meghan Kurleto • Marlenn Maicki Productive Talk in the Science Class Meeting Room 101Chris Blackstock