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Michigan Science Teachers Association Conference 2018 (MSTA)

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8:00am

Earth System Science Resources to Use on Monday! Free from NOAA to You! Capitol 1June Teisan An Administrators Guide to the New Michigan Science Standards through the lens of Phenomenal Science (curriculum) & 3DSPA (assessment) Meeting Room 201Jennel Martin-Powell • Darcy McMahon • Matthew Samocki Creating 3D Learning: Modeling, Argumentation and Explanation in your classroom through NGSX study groups! Banquet 1James Emmerling Supporting Early Literacy Development and the Michigan Science Standards Banquet 2Wendi Vogel Updates from the Michigan Department of Education and the DTMB Capitol 4Rashell Bowerman • Jill Griffin • Ruth Ann Hodges • Megan Schrauben - MiSTEM • TJ Smolek Using Our National Parks to Blend Curriculum Regency 1Gabe Knowles • Noelle Knowles Teaching Science when you don’t know diddly-squat Capitol 2Tracy D'Augustino Schoolyard BioBlitz: Connecting Citizen Science to the Classroom Regency 2Gabrielle Likavec • Lisa Marie Tobin Claims, Evidence, and Reasoning in Action Meeting Room 102Marjorie Frank • Ann Pearson How to See What Your Students are Thinking: Student Modeling and the NGSS Banquet 3Jim Clark • Samantha Johnson

9:00am

Incorporating Science Practices into STEM Classrooms: Design and Assessment Meeting Room 201Danny Caballero Online Formative Assessment Tools in Science Michigan 2Ranya Croitori • Catherine Hamilton Becoming a Certified Environmental Educator Meeting Room 203Cindy Fitzwilliams-Heck Make Your Elementary Science Phenomenal! Understanding Phenomenal Science Instructional Strategies in Grades K-2 Michigan 1Jennel Martin-Powell • Darcy McMahon • Matthew Samocki The Coaching Connection: Supporting Best Practice Science Instruction Banquet 2Mary Burke Three-Dimensional Assessment Writing Workshop Capitol 4TJ Smolek

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 It's Phenomenal! Meeting Room 101Katherine Armstrong • Roxane Dupuis • Kathleen Schutter Virtual Field Trips with Google Expeditions Meeting Room 102Ann Pearson What did they say? Student Discourse and the NGSS Banquet 3Jim Clark • Samantha Johnson MSTA Garage Sale Garage Sale (Coat Room)

11:00am

What's in the Woods? Meeting Room 204Kevin Frailey Accountable Talk in the Science Classroom Michigan 1Amanda Iocoangeli • Danielle Jozwiak • Carlie Rzepa • Vanya Steel Lesson Planning with NGSS: The 5E Instructional Model Meeting Room 102Ann Pearson • Kelly Short Science Talk Meeting Room 101Katherine Armstrong • Roxane Dupuis • Kathleen Schutter Stop Creating Lesson Plans: Start Creating Learning Experiences GovernorRandy Schregardus The Voice of the Teacher - For Students, For Science, For Our Futures Capitol 2Christine Royce What The Heck Happened?!?! Meeting Room 201Ted Beyer You've Got This - Teach More Discipline Less! Regency 2Jennifer Gottlieb STEM Connecting Schools and Businesses Regency 1Rick Mushing • Ebiri Nkugba "Ready Set Go" STEM Banquet 6Cassandra Cayce • Connie Eisenhart

1:00pm

Sensory Activities for Early Learners: lessons you can use tomorrow! Meeting Room 203Becky Durling • Natalie Elkins Curriculum Connections - ELA & Science in Elementary Banquet 6Amy Quinn Family Engineering & Design Thinking Night Meeting Room 101Diana Matthews/Lisa Morgan • Lisa Morgan Find the Fund$ for STEM Regency 1June Teisan Teaching Science: The Next Generation Meeting Room 102Todd Koenig Wait, What? There’s a New Science Assessment?!? Capitol 4TJ Smolek Engage Students to Think, Communicate, and Act Like Scientists! Capitol 2Jan Huff • Randy Schregardus Taking Flight with Children's Literature Banquet 1Dr. Steve Rich • Christine Royce Learning Labs at the Detroit Zoo Michigan 1Akilah Franklin • Claire Lannoye-Hall Creating Three-Dimensional, Equity-Based Tasks for an NGSS Classroom. Banquet 3Jim Clark • Samantha Johnson

2:00pm

Curriculum Review for 3-Dimensions Banquet 2Richard Bacolor • Wendi Vogel Making Science Real with Problem Based Learning Meeting Room 205Chuck 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 102Holly Hereau • Wayne Wright Successful STEM Techniques in Elementary Classrooms Banquet 6Michele Bielby • Kelly Swales Thematic Science Fairs - Using Scientific Inquiry to Increase Environmental Literacy Meeting Room 203Bridget Booth K-8 Teachers as Agents of Change: NGSS and the Environmental Impacts of Using Natural Resources Regency 1Laura Markham • Jane Rice Effectively engaging youth in the process of science Meeting Room 101Tracy D'Augustino • Norm Lownds

3:00pm

Explore Hands-On Science for Elementary Students at Impressions 5 Impressions 5Micaela Balzer • Toni Daymon Get Students Asking THEIR OWN Questions Banquet 6Katie Stevenson Make Your K-5 Science Phenomenal! An Introduction to Phenomenal Science Units Banquet 7Jennel Martin-Powell • Darcy McMahon • Matthew Samocki Productive Talk: How to Get Students to Share Their Thinking Through Scientific Discussions Capitol 2Kelly MacDonell • Katie MacDonell WALLS: Water, Air, Land, Lifeand Space. Regency 2Dave Mastie Let's Debate! Regency 1Kathy Agee No Time for Science? Learn How to Integrate Reading and Writing Using the Cereal City Science Units Michigan 1Steve Barry • Nancy Karre

4:00pm

Bring Michigan Science Standards to Life Using Place-based Education Michigan 2Kym Pawelka • Amanda Syers Science and Engineering Practices in the NGSS Meeting Room 205Matt Moorman Teaching with Technology Regency 1Michelle Campbell Zero to STEM in 60 minutes! Banquet 6Crystal Brown ECHO: Distance Learning at the MiSci Meeting Room 103Jeanane Charara

5:00pm

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

8:00am

Make Any Classroom a Makerspace Banquet 5Chuck McMillan • Paul Meyers Muffins for MSTA Members Regency 1Robby 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

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

Classroom Gardens and the NGSS Meeting Room 205Maureen Klein • Michael's Test 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 Edwards • Amelia Gotwals • Tanya Wright

11:00am

Modeling and Experimental Design Using Isopods Michigan 3Jennifer Beck Elementary Inquiry and STEM Extravaganza Banquet 8Betty Crowder KLEWS: Organizing Science Ideas & Building Literacy Banquet 1Richard 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 D'Amico • Stephanie D'Huyvetter

12:00pm

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

Living Coral Reef in the Classroom Meeting Room 205Rick Preuss "Mr. Mastie, I Can Still Remember When We...." Regency 1Dave 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 O'Brien Discrepant Events Abound Michigan 2Rachel Badanowski

2:00pm

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