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Michigan Science Teachers Association Conference 2018 (MSTA)

8:00am EST

Building a Summer Science Field course Banquet 8Chris Bolhuis • Dario Lirio How to start an AP environmental science course (and love it too!) Michigan 3Chris Groenhout • Karina White Schoolyard BioBlitz: Connecting Citizen Science to the Classroom Regency 2Gabrielle Likavec • Lisa Marie Tobin MEECS - Ecosystems and Biodiversity Capitol 3Jessica Wagenmaker

9:00am EST

Weaving Stories Throughout Your Biology Course Using HHMI Biointeractive Resources Banquet 4Mark Eberhard Merging High School Geology with NGSS Banquet 8Chris Bolhuis • Stephen Mattox • Ashley Meyer • Claire Sobolak • Brad Stevens Using Wildlife CSI to Teach Claim, Evidence, Reasoning Meeting Room 204Becky Durling • Jon Gray Becoming a Certified Environmental Educator Meeting Room 203Cindy Fitzwilliams-Heck

10:00am EST

Secondary Teachers of Science as Agents of Change: An NGSS Approach to Understanding the Environmental Impacts of Everyday Decisions Capitol 1Joyce Parker • Jane Rice

11:00am EST

What's in the Woods? Meeting Room 204Kevin Frailey Forestry and Forest Ecology for Elementary and Middle School Meeting Room 203Michael LeValley #gettingsciencedone -- Citizen Science Capitol 1Jeff Bouwman • David Bydlowski • Andy Henry Invade Your Parks and Back Again! Michigan 2Christine Kelly

1:00pm EST

Aquaponics in the Classroom Banquet 8Jeremy Hyler • Jeremy Winsor Partnering with the Michigan Nature Association in a Place Based Education Opportunity. Meeting Room 202Rachel Maranto • Aaron Wesche Sensory Activities for Early Learners: lessons you can use tomorrow! Meeting Room 203Becky Durling • Natalie Elkins MEECS - Energy Resources Capitol 3Jessica Wagenmaker

2:00pm EST

Salmon in YOUR Classroom Meeting Room 204Tracy Page 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 Teaching with the Big Ideas in Mind Meeting Room 202Kristin Kiebler-Green • Joe Showerman

3:00pm EST

Microbes ate my underwear! Meeting Room 203Heather Kittredge • Misty Klotz Invaders in Your Classroom: Resource Kits to Teach About Aquatic Invasives Meeting Room 204Tracy Page

4:00pm EST

Community Connection Activities in Biology Classrooms Banquet 3Craig Kohn Bring Michigan Science Standards to Life Using Place-based Education Michigan 2Kym Pawelka • Amanda Syers Michigan Environmental Public Health Tracking - A Tool You Can Use! Capitol 2Jill Maras • Sydney Ogden

8:00am EST

Activities for the Anthropocene Michigan 3Holly Schaeffer Oh Deer! Populations, Models, and Technology Michigan 1Rob Keys • Benjamin VanDyke The Triple E’s of Climate Change: Environmental Change, Epidemiology & ELISA Testing! Meeting Room 205Tamica Stubbs Integrating Environmental Data Analysis into your Classroom: Climate Change and Michigan’s Cherries Regency 2Isabella Garramone • Katie Torkelson-Regan Energy and the NGSS Capitol 1Don Pata • Laura Ritter MEECS - Water Quality Capitol 3Joan Chadde

9:00am EST

We've got Gall, do you? Michigan 3Edward Johns • Steve Vree 1 Class Period+ 1 Model System + 2 Cellular Processes= Success 4 Students! Meeting Room 205Tamica Stubbs

10:00am EST

Natural Learning Banquet 8Amy Greene Integrate Scientific Modeling, Climate Change, and Forest Ecology into your Middle School Classroom: Climate Change and Michigan Forests Regency 2Isabella Garramone • Virginia Hawkins Tips You Can Use in Class Tomorrow: Building Community, Accountability, and Class Relevance Meeting Room 202Mark Francek

11:00am EST

Investigating Ecological Relationships Using HHMI Biointeractive Resrources Banquet 4Mark Eberhard Modeling and Experimental Design Using Isopods Michigan 3Jennifer Beck Conservation and You! Meeting Room 102Claire Lannoye-Hall • Sandy Ling

12:00pm EST

Using Texts to Engage Students in Three-Dimensional Science Michigan 3Kirsten D. Edwards

1:00pm EST

Living Coral Reef in the Classroom Meeting Room 205Rick Preuss Digital Microscopy for $40 Michigan 3Bob Myers Dark & Light: Nature Writing & Observation Meeting Room 103Brandon Groff • Monica Lewis Diggin' Outdoor Education Capitol 1Nancy Berg • Chelsea OBrien

2:00pm EST

Vernal Pool Patrol: Citizen Science and Place-Based Education to Promote Science Learning and Stewardship Banquet 2Daria Hyde • Yu Man Lee Do Bees Get a Bad Rap? Banquet 8Polly Cheney