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, 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
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
Updates from the Michigan Department of Education and the DTMB
Capitol 4
Rashell Bowerman • Jill Griffin • Ruth Anne Hodges • TJ Smolek • Mi STEM
Phenomenal Unit Plan
Banquet 4
Kristy Butler • Patti Richardson
Using Our National Parks to Blend Curriculum
Regency 1
Gabe Knowles • Noelle Knowles
Yeah, Buoy! (Buoyancy Demos)
Governor
Jonathan Paddock
Mastering the Chemical Formula
Meeting Room 104
Bill Cline
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Chemistry Phenomenons to Kick Start Your Units
Capitol 4
Jaime Hainer • Kristy Lee
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
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
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
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
Partnering with the Michigan Nature Association in a Place Based Education Opportunity.
Meeting Room 202
Rachel Maranto • Aaron Wesche
District Science Leader Round-table: High School Course Sequence Sharing
Banquet 2
Heather Robotham • Wendi Vogel
Find the Fund$ for STEM
Regency 1
June Teisan
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
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
Engage Students to Think, Communicate, and Act Like Scientists!
Capitol 2
Jan Huff • Randy Schregardus
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
2:00pm EST
Setting the Stage for Doing Science in Chemistry
Capitol 4
Colin Costello • Kate Hagerman
Cultivating Classroom Culture for New(er) Teachers
Michigan 2
Elizabeth Michaels • Rebecca Murawski
Curriculum Review for 3-Dimensions
Banquet 2
Rich Bacolor • Wendi Vogel
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
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
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
Flipping with Ease
Michigan 2
Adam Alster • Cynthia Bridges
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
4:00pm EST
Doing, Thinking, Understanding: Science Performance Assessments
Meeting Room 201
Jennel Martin-Powell • Darcy McMahon • Matthew Samocki
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
A New Formula? PASCO + Curriculum = PASCO education (ALL in one STEM solution for Chemistry and Physics)
Banquet 7
Julie Thomas
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
Using 3D Learning Strategies to Improve Standardized Assessment
Regency 2
Karen Kudla
Great Demos on a Small Budget
Capitol 4
Mark Sheler
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
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
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
Incorporating STEM into the Classroom
Meeting Room 103
Gary Curts
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
Making Nasty Problems Fun!
Meeting Room 203
Michael Sinclair
Mysteries of Magnetism - THEMIS & MMS
Banquet 8
Cris DeWolf • Lisa DeWolf
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
Energy and the NGSS
Capitol 1
Don Pata • Laura Ritter
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
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
10:00am EST
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
Beyond CER: Explanation and Argument - Distinctions & Implications for Instruction
Banquet 1
Amy Deller-Antieau • Darcy McMahon
Journaling in Science using Evidence Notebooks
Meeting Room 102
Todd Koenig
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
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
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
How to Develop an Instructional Storyline
Regency 1
Joe Austin • Rochelle Rubin
TATTS MSS: Tips and Tricks to Survive MSS
Michigan 2
April Holman
Exploring Biology through Dissection with Flinn Scientific
Capitol 2
Matt Anderson
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
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
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
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
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
Reflecting on Learning with Google Drive
Regency 2
Danielle Aguilar
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
Discrepant Events Abound
Michigan 2
Rachel Badanowski
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
Holistic Instruction (Biology Focus)
Banquet 3
Lyndi Wolfinger
Justify Your Energy-Based Claims
Capitol 3
James Gell • Nicole Murawski
"Starting From Scratch"
Banquet 4
Katelyn Rozema
Five Phenomenon to Get you Started in NGSS
Banquet 1
Andrew J. Frisch • Duncan Gervin
Challenge Your Students to Make a Dozen Classroom Motors
Meeting Room 104
Michael Suckley
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