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Michigan Science Teachers Association Conference 2018 (MSTA)

Misty Klotz

Michigan
Community Outreach Assistant
Kalamazoo, Michigan Area

I started working as an environmental educator in 2002. Currently I am work with elementary students, and contribute to the KBS K-12 teacher professional development program. The K-12 partnership provides teachers in-depth exposure to research topics in environmental science and training to teach inquiry-based science at the elementary and secondary levels.

8:00am EST

Claims, Evidence, and Reasoning in Action Meeting Room 102Marjorie Frank • Ann Pearson “Our Teaching Experiences:” Learning to Recognize our Students’ Expertise with an NGSS-aligned Middle Grades Engineering Curriculum Michigan 2Selena Bliesener • Marcos David Gonzalez-Flores • Christina Restrepo Nazar • Angela Calabrese Barton, Ph.D. • Kathleen Schenkel Phenomenal Unit Plan Banquet 4Kristy Butler • Patti Richardson A Mi-STAR Lesson: Patterns and Cause & Effect Banquet 7Jean Buller • John Gregg

10:00am EST

It's Phenomenal! Meeting Room 101Katherine Armstrong • Roxane Dupuis • Kathleen Schutter

11:00am EST

Forestry and Forest Ecology for Elementary and Middle School Meeting Room 203Michael LeValley

1:00pm EST

Photosynthesis and Respiration Shuffle Meeting Room 104Bill Cline • Shannon Mareski Sensory Activities for Early Learners: lessons you can use tomorrow! Meeting Room 203Becky Durling • Natalie Elkins Family Engineering & Design Thinking Night Meeting Room 101Diana Matthews • Lisa Morgan

2:00pm EST

Making sense of phenomena by using a free online modeling tool Banquet 5Tom Bielik • Li Ke • Consuelo Morales

3:00pm EST

Microbes ate my underwear! Meeting Room 203Heather Kittredge • Misty Klotz

4:00pm EST

Bring Michigan Science Standards to Life Using Place-based Education Michigan 2Kym Pawelka • Amanda Syers

8:00am EST

Getting them Talking Constructively Banquet 3Mari Maltby

10:00am EST

Supporting Student Science Talk in Kindergarten Banquet 6Kirsten D. Edwards • Amelia Gotwals • Tanya S. Wright Tips You Can Use in Class Tomorrow: Building Community, Accountability, and Class Relevance Meeting Room 202Mark Francek

11:00am EST

Conservation and You! Meeting Room 102Claire Lannoye-Hall • Sandy Ling Project-Based Inquiry Science™ (PBIS): Creating “Coherence and Science Storylines” for Middle School Meeting Room 103Mary Starr

1:00pm EST

The Lecture Is Dead: Using Alternative Classroom Models to Enhance Student Learning Banquet 5Vanessa Logan Wentzloff

2:00pm EST

Do Bees Get a Bad Rap? Banquet 8Polly Cheney