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Michigan Science Teachers Association Conference 2018 (MSTA)

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8:00am

The Lake Michigan Food Web: What did the Lampreys do? Meeting Room 203William Hodges 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 Making Grades More Meaningful Meeting Room 204Brian Langley Supporting Early Literacy Development and the Michigan Science Standards Banquet 2Wendi Vogel Phenomenal Unit Plan Banquet 4Kristy Butler • Patti Richardson

9:00am

Weaving Stories Throughout Your Biology Course Using HHMI Biointeractive Resources Banquet 4Mark Eberhard Inquiry-based Introduction to Gel Electrophoresis Michigan 3Richard Chan • Mindy Lee-Olsen Structuring Discussion to Be Equitable and Rigorous Meeting Room 103Diane Wright Three-Dimensional Assessment Writing Workshop Capitol 4TJ Smolek Health in Our Hands: A free life science middle school curriculum Banquet 5Idit Adler • Renee Bayer • Darlene McClendon Online Formative Assessment Tools in Science Michigan 2Ranya Croitori • Catherine Hamilton Seeing is Believing: Physics Demonstrations to Energize Your Classroom Capitol 2Don Pata

10:00am

One in a Million Meeting Room 104Bill Cline A Mi-STAR Lesson: Comparing Engineering Solutions with a Decision Matrix Banquet 7Tony Matthys • Stephanie Tubman Easy Tech Tools to Facilitate Discussion/Reflection Michigan 2Alaina Sharp • Dan Spencer What did they say? Student Discourse and the NGSS Banquet 3Jim Clark • Samantha Johnson Virtual Field Trips with Google Expeditions Meeting Room 102Ann Pearson

11:00am

Accountable Talk in the Science Classroom Michigan 1Amanda Iocoangeli • Danielle Jozwiak • Carlie Rzepa • Vanya Steel Promoting Classroom Discussions with Talk Moves Banquet 2Minna Turrell You've Got This - Teach More Discipline Less! Regency 2Jennifer Gottlieb "Ready Set Go" STEM Banquet 6Cassandra Cayce • Connie Eisenhart

1:00pm

Mathematizing Biodiversity: Using Species Accumlation Curves to Measure Biodiversity Banquet 4William Hodges • Heather Peterson 3 Dimensional Learning in Middle School Modeling Instruction Meeting Room 201Nell Bielecki • George Nelson • Scott Stokes • Andrea Williams Curriculum Connections - ELA & Science in Elementary Banquet 6Amy Quinn Taking Flight with Children's Literature Banquet 1Dr. Steve Rich • Christine Royce Wait, What? There’s a New Science Assessment?!? Capitol 4TJ Smolek May the Force Be With You GovernorDale Freeland

2:00pm

Cultivating Classroom Culture for New(er) Teachers Michigan 2Elizabeth Michaels • Rebecca Murawski Making Science Real with Problem Based Learning Meeting Room 205Chuck McMillan • Paul Meyers Successful STEM Techniques in Elementary Classrooms Banquet 6Michele Bielby • Kelly Swales Project-Based Inquiry Science™ (PBIS): Creating “Coherence and Science Storylines” for Middle School Meeting Room 103Mary Starr

3:00pm

Tools for thinking about assessment for the new MSS. - MSELA Banquet 2Sarah Coleman Cell Differentiation and Gene Expression Meeting Room 104Bill Cline • Shannon Mareski Microbes ate my underwear! Meeting Room 203Heather Kittredge • Misty Klotz Get Students Asking THEIR OWN Questions Banquet 6Katie Stevenson Making It Real... Cheap!! Meeting Room 102Darrick Gregory • Julie Hahn • Jodi Heaney Productive Talk: How to Get Students to Share Their Thinking Through Scientific Discussions Capitol 2Kelly MacDonell • Katie MacDonell Video Storylines in the Science Classroom Meeting Room 103Josh Nichols Let's Debate! Regency 1Kathy Agee RC Cars, Sensors, and Coding… Oh My! Michigan 3Allison Abram • Alexandra Wagner

4:00pm

Focus on Figuring Out – Grade 4 (Multiple Literacies in Project-Based Learning) Banquet 5Susan Codere • Joseph Krajcik • Deborah Peek-Brown • Samuel Severance A New Formula? PASCO + Curriculum = PASCO education (ALL in one STEM solution for Chemistry and Physics) Banquet 7Julie Thomas - PASCO Spandex of Gravity - Modeling the Very Fabric of Space and Time! Meeting Room 202Christine Brillhart • Dr. Christie N. Gayheart • Mark Hackbarth Teaching with Technology Regency 1Michelle Campbell Zero to STEM in 60 minutes! Banquet 6Crystal Brown Great Demos on a Small Budget Capitol 4Mark Sheler

5:00pm

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

8:00am

Turning Science Fiction Into Science Facts: A compelling project based approach using new STEM investigative techniques Meeting Room 201Greg Gage • Will Wharton Getting them Talking Constructively Banquet 3Mari Maltby idk whut 2 say: teen dialogue in the classroom Capitol 2Rebecca Heckman Make Any Classroom a Makerspace Banquet 5Chuck McMillan • Paul Meyers “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 Newton's 2nd Law of Motion Activity, NGSS GovernorBrad Parsons

9:00am

1 Class Period+ 1 Model System + 2 Cellular Processes= Success 4 Students! Meeting Room 205Tamica Stubbs Building Solid Storylines Meeting Room 102Ann Pearson • Kelly Short Structuring Discussion to Be Equitable and Rigorous Meeting Room 103Diane Wright Science Songs, Simple Stuff and Sliquids Meeting Room 101Kevin Koch Focus on Figuring Out – Grade 3 (Multiple Literacies in Project-Based Learning) Banquet 5Susan Codere • Joseph Krajcik • Deborah Peek-Brown

10:00am

Citizen Scientists Needed! Students Collecting Data for the GLOBE Urban Heat Island Effect Campaign Meeting Room 204David Bydlowski • Janet Struble Dig Deeper! Ways to Get More Meaningful Reflection and Talk Michigan 2Patrick Lothrop • Jaime Ratliff Engaging All Learners in Meaningful Scientific Conversations Meeting Room 203Heather Damick Tips You Can Use in Class Tomorrow: Building Community, Accountability, and Class Relevance Meeting Room 202Mark Francek How dense are my students? Michigan 1Samantha Kempf • Brian Welch

11:00am

Investigating Ecological Relationships Using HHMI Biointeractive Resrources Banquet 4Mark Eberhard Elementary Inquiry and STEM Extravaganza Banquet 8Betty Crowder STEAM: If We Can Do It, You Can Do It! Meeting Room 201Natalie D'Amico • Stephanie D'Huyvetter Tools for Teaching Elementary Science Banquet 6Marie Woodman How to Develop an Instructional Storyline Regency 1Joe Austin • Rochelle Rubin Project-Based Inquiry Science™ (PBIS): Creating “Coherence and Science Storylines” for Middle School Meeting Room 103Mary Starr

12:00pm

Bringing Mindfulness to the Science Classroom Meeting Room 205Amy Williams Cheap Easy Demonstration Usable by Most Regency 1Andrew Frisch STEAMing Up Our Science Programs Capitol 1Lloyd Hilger

1:00pm

"Mr. Mastie, I Can Still Remember When We...." Regency 1Dave Mastie Fusing Art in Science from an Elementary Art Room Banquet 6Angie Herek