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Friday
, March 6
8:00am CST
Science and the Disciplinary Literacy Essentials
Banquet 6
Mary Starr • James Emmerling
Evolution: Embryology
Meeting Room 104
Bill Cline • Lisa Kelp
Human Population: Where Its Been and Its likely Future
Banquet 8
Larry Feldpausch
Conference 101 - Fri AM
Michigan 1
Christie Morrison Thomas
Making the Most Out of Your First 5 Years Teaching
Regency 1
Vanessa Logan Wentzloff
ONPAR Assessments for Middle School NGSS Aligned Curricula, including OpenSciEd and IQWST
Meeting Room 103
Linda Malkin
Providing Secondary Teachers and Students with Comprehensive Skills and Strategies To Accomplish The Intended Vision Of The SEP and CCC
Banquet 1
Laura Chambless • Minna Turrell
Great Lakes Floor Map - Watersheds, River Systems, Environmental Science and More!
Banquet 4
Chelsea Nester
Mi-STAR Information Session: What's New for 2020?
Banquet 7
Doug Oppliger • Stephanie Tubman
TCI Bring Science Alive!: Preserving Frog and Bat Interactions with Engineering
Meeting Room 202
Matt Moorman
Literacy Connections: Adding Rigor to Science Literacy with STEMscopes
Capitol 4
Maeve Green
Hands-On With New Tools in Electricity and Magnetism
Meeting Room 205
Sebastian Jolta • Don Pata
9:00am CST
Tools for Thinking (not Worksheets)
Banquet 3
Emily Pohlonski • Christie Morrison Thomas
Teach AP Computer Science or MS Computer Science with Code.org
Michigan 2
Larry Wyn
Classification Conundrum: Planets - Terrestrial, Gas Giant, Ice Giant, or Dwarf?
Banquet 4
Cris L. DeWolf • Lisa DeWolf
How to Become a Certified Environmental Educator
Meeting Room 204
Cindy Fitzwilliams-Heck
By Design: The Mi-STAR method for developing NGSS-aligned assessments
Banquet 7
Barb McIntyre • Chris Wojick
Does it make sense?
Regency 1
Jeanane Charara • Melissa Renko
Google Class Room
Banquet 6
Catherine Hamilton
Keynote: Unlocking our potential: Leveraging crosscutting concepts as a path to science agency and identity
Banquet 5
Aneesha Badrinarayan
Using Anchoring Phenomena and Driving Question Boards to Spark Student Questioning
Meeting Room 103
Diane Wright
Using Criteria, Constraints, and a Decision Matrix to Make Curriculum Decisions
Banquet 8
Chris Geerer • Alex Gulyas
MESTA Free & Inexpensive Rock Shop
Rock Shop - Exhibit Hall
MESTA
10:00am CST
What's New with Modeling Instruction
Capitol 1
Mike Gallagher
Making Your Own POGILs
Meeting Room 201
Chandler Missig
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish: Great Lakes Fish ID
Meeting Room 203
Jonathan Massung • Tracy Page
Addressing English Language Learners in a Science Class
Regency 2
Thomas Long
Consensus Meetings in Science: Making Student Thinking Visible & Incorporating Student Voice
Banquet 3
Tiffany Henfling
Engineering the Future
Meeting Room 103
Gary Curts
Making it Real... Cheap!
Regency 1
Darrick Gregory • Julie Hahn • Jodi Heaney
Nature Journaling: Blending Art and Science
Meeting Room 204
Misty Klotz • Meredith Zettlemoyer
At Least 7 Sneaky Ways To Get Students Using Questioning Independently
Michigan 3
Cheryl Matas
Building Capacity with Teacher Leader Corps
Meeting Room 102
Elisha Laninga • Heather Luoto • Kevin St. Onge
Emphasis on the E in STEM!
Meeting Room 205
Jason Beatty • Barb Land
Assessment Fixer-Upper: Learn to assess "knowledge in use" with Item Clusters
Banquet 6
Jessica Ashley
Do we REALLY know ourselves and our students? Ensuring "all students" really DOES mean "all students"
Banquet 4
Jill Griffin
Mi-STAR’s assessment tools for NGSS - how to make them work for you
Banquet 7
Barb McIntyre • Ashley Poole
Spin Art, STEAM from Parts to Art
Banquet 2
Michele Bielby • Kelly Swales
Field Trip - Michigan State University Museum
Field Trip - Bus from Lansing Center
11:00am CST
Show me the MOO-ney! Determine the Genetics of a CA$H-Cow
Meeting Room 101
Joyce Zimmer
The Walking Dead: Deer, Disease and Science
Meeting Room 203
Kevin Frailey • Julie Melotti
River Rewilding
Meeting Room 204
Eileen Boekestein • Brenda Perry
STEM-ulating Activities on Human Ecology
Michigan 1
Amanda Syers
A Focus on Modeling in the Phenomenon- based classroom
Meeting Room 103
Diane Wright
Argument and Explanation in MS
Banquet 3
Deborah Vannatter
The Crosscutting Concepts as Suites of Questions Guiding Development of Explanations
Meeting Room 205
Joyce Parker
Healthy Grading: A Moral Imperative
Capitol 1
Don Pata
Think in Pictures: Like Temple Grandin
Meeting Room 102
Michelle Blodgett
Zoo Exhibit Design Challenge Brings STEM to Life
Banquet 8
Megan Burkhart • Rhiannon Mulligan
Field Trip - Michigan State University Cyclotron Lab
Field Trip - Bus from Lansing Center
1:00pm CST
HHMI Bioactive Movie Matinee - From Antsto Grizzlies: A General Rule for Saving Biodiversity
Banquet 6
Mark Eberhard
Mammal Mania
Meeting Room 203
Kevin Frailey
Trick or Treat! Discover What Color Our Candy Really Is Using Electropho-REESE's.
Meeting Room 101
Richard Chan
Seeing the Unseeable: Models That Really Work - Tetrahedrons and Magnetometers
Meeting Room 205
David Mastie
Panel Discussion - The Future of Science Teaching in Michigan
Banquet 5
Rich Bacolor
Who gets to be a Smart Science Student in your Classroom?
Banquet 3
Christie Morrison Thomas
Why aren’t they talking? Tips and Strategies for More Productive Discourse in Science
Banquet 2
Laura Ritter
Energy: Hot Bulbs
Meeting Room 104
Bill Cline • Lisa Kelp
Creating Nature Makerspace Boxes
Meeting Room 204
Ashlie Smith
Explore the Great Lakes: A learner-centered approach with PBS Learning Media and local public television
Meeting Room 102
Gary Abud, Jr • Sandra Svoboda
Grant Writing 101: Find the Fund$ for STEM
Michigan 3
June Teisan
Of the 3 R's, which R is most important.
Meeting Room 202
Kathleen Klein
Mi-STAR Share-a-thon: NGSS Tips, Tricks, and Tools for the Classroom
Banquet 7
Megan Birdwell • Luke Bowman • Stephanie Tubman
Understanding Light and Optics by Mark Davids
Banquet 8
Mark Davids • Sebastian Jolta
Developing Little Engineers! Engineering Design in the K-5 Classroom
Capitol 4
Tom Gantt
Did You Know That all of the Graduation Requirements Can Be Met while Maintaining a STEM focus? Let's Talk About the MMC Flexibility!
Banquet 4
Rashell Bowerman
1:30pm CST
Field Trip - Impressions 5 Science Center (SOLD OUT)
Field Trip - Self Transportation
2:00pm CST
P51 Glow Labs to Investigate DNA Structure, Enzyme Activity and Synthetic Biology
Meeting Room 102
Ally Huang
Who is Baby Whale’s Father? DNA Fingerprinting Solves the Mystery!
Meeting Room 101
Richard Chan
Investigating Data on Great Lakes & Climate
Meeting Room 204
Dave Chapman
Land, Water, and Human Interactions: Cutting Canyons and Building Deltas
Meeting Room 104
Bill Cline • Lisa Kelp
NGSS Laboratories
Capitol 2
Kaitlyn Johnson
We Love to Hate Assessments - Let's Do Something About It!
Banquet 2
Aneesha Badrinarayan
Building Community Partnerships to Forge Equitable, Enriching STEM Teaching and Learning
Michigan 3
June Teisan
Guess Who’s Back, Back Again: The Benefits of Multiple Touchpoint STEM programs.
Regency 1
Rebecca Petrone • Andrea Reynolds • Lannis Smith
STEM from Nature Aquatic Adventure
Meeting Room 203
Tracy Page
Organism Engineering
Meeting Room 201
Kristy Butler • Patti Richardson
Let’s Engage Students through Phenomena-based Science Instruction
Meeting Room 205
Maeve Green
Mission to Mars - Space Launch System Design Challenge
Banquet 5
Maranda Brunner • Janelle Orange
3:00pm CST
Earth Science Downtown Field Trip
Capitol 3
Lu Anne Cuthbert
Conservation Districts and Differentiating between Point Source and Nonpoint Source Pollution
Meeting Room 203
Seth Gibson • Katie Hafner
The Rise of the Revised MEECS
Meeting Room 204
Gabrielle Likavec
Celebration of Astronomy's Great Debate
Meeting Room 202
Norbert Vance
Get Outside with Science! Citizen Science and Opportunities for Authentic Learning
Banquet 1
Linnea Gibson
Teachers of Science are Agents of Change
Michigan 3
Jane Rice
The Beaver Island Institute Summer Professional Development
Banquet 8
Karyn McConachie • Todd Starry
Engaging Kids and Community Through Project-based STEM
Banquet 6
Jacob Dohrmann
Hello my name is...
Banquet 4
Amelia Miller
Infusing Informal STEM Learning Opportunities into your Classroom
Regency 2
Adrianne Cole • Dr. Betsy Diegel
Let's MAKE Science Even More Amazing!
Banquet 3
John Phillips • Ann Smart
Field Trip - Preuss Pets (SOLD OUT)
Field Trip - Bus from Lansing Center
Safety for the Win
Meeting Room 102
Monique Wilhelm
Student-Generated Questions to Lead Investigations: Students “Driving the Bus”
Banquet 7
Emily Gochis • Kim Smith Kolasa • Jennifer Pera
Engineering in Middle School with Phenomenal Instruction
Capitol 4
Tom Gantt
4:00pm CST
Biology's Best with Plants!
Meeting Room 201
Heather Peterson
Flying Wild and Ebird for Educators– Resources to incorporate bird migration and conservation into curricula.
Meeting Room 203
Kathleen Dougherty
Keep Invasive Species Out of the Classroom
Regency 2
Paige Filice
Meet the DNR Outdoor Adventure Center and our Michigan Fisheries Education Initiative!
Banquet 6
Natalie Cypher • Katie Gillies • Catie Olszewski
Pro-Tips for (free) NGSS-Aligned Carbon TIME units
Governor's Room
Christie Morrison Thomas
A River Runs Through It
Meeting Room 204
Samantha Lichtenwald
Using H2O Q
Banquet 8
John Gordon • Dale Lecaptain
My calculator can be a thermometer, pH sensor, and motion detector?
Regency 1
Texas Instruments
Open SciEd - An Open Education Resource Curriculum for Middle School
Banquet 1
Mary Starr • James Emmerling
Science Vocabulary: Turning Research into Practice
Meeting Room 202
Karen Kudla
The Language of Science
Michigan 3
Debra Jewell • Jami Neubecker
The Matrix, Fully Loaded: Sharing Best Practice in the Science Classroom
Meeting Room 205
Lucinda Martinelli
Field Trip Metamorphosis: Transform One-Off Trips into Vibrant Place-Based Learning Experiences
Banquet 5
Amy Emmert • June Teisan
6:00pm CST
Field Trip - Lansing Brewery Tour
Field Trip - Self Transportation
7:00pm CST
Field Trip - Lansing Brewery Tour
Field Trip - Self Transportation
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