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Michigan Science Teachers Association Conference 2020 (MSTA)

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8:00am CST

Science and the Disciplinary Literacy Essentials Banquet 6Mary Starr • James Emmerling Designing Track Traps: Getting Students Outside while Tracking Down NGSS Engineering Standards Meeting Room 204William Hodges Evolution: Embryology Meeting Room 104Bill Cline • Lisa Kelp Think! Energy Michigan 3Chaise Ewert-Meyer • Tammi Phillippe • Robin Reinarts Great Lakes Floor Map - Watersheds, River Systems, Environmental Science and More! Banquet 4Chelsea Nester Mi-STAR Information Session: What's New for 2020? Banquet 7Doug Oppliger • Stephanie Tubman Enhance Science Practices and Data Literacy Using HHMI BioInteractive Resources Meeting Room 201Mark Eberhard The Opioid Epidemic: Exploring the Genetic Associations of Opioid Abuse Capitol 1Tamica Stubbs

9:00am CST

Phenomena and the Web of Life Regency 2Deborah Vannatter Classification Conundrum: Planets - Terrestrial, Gas Giant, Ice Giant, or Dwarf? Banquet 4Cris L. DeWolf • Lisa DeWolf How to Become a Certified Environmental Educator Meeting Room 204Cindy Fitzwilliams-Heck Read-Aloud Two Ways Banquet 1Wendi Vogel Using Criteria, Constraints, and a Decision Matrix to Make Curriculum Decisions Banquet 8Chris Geerer • Alex Gulyas MESTA Free & Inexpensive Rock Shop Rock Shop - Exhibit HallMESTA

10:00am CST

What's New with Modeling Instruction Capitol 1Mike Gallagher Making Your Own POGILs Meeting Room 201Chandler Missig One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish: Great Lakes Fish ID Meeting Room 203Jonathan Massung • Tracy Page Addressing English Language Learners in a Science Class Regency 2Thomas Long Consensus Meetings in Science: Making Student Thinking Visible & Incorporating Student Voice Banquet 3Tiffany Henfling High School Science Networking Session Banquet 1Lory Thayer • Wendi Vogel Making it Real... Cheap! Regency 1Darrick Gregory • Julie Hahn • Jodi Heaney Reading, Writing, Reasoning: Using science informational texts to achieve reading and writing standards Capitol 3Kathy Agee At Least 7 Sneaky Ways To Get Students Using Questioning Independently Michigan 3Cheryl Matas

11:00am CST

The Walking Dead: Deer, Disease and Science Meeting Room 203Kevin Frailey • Julie Melotti The Island of Avogadro: Teaching the Factor-Label Method can be fun! Michigan 3Kendon Smith Using Field Trips to Ignite Student Interest in STEM Regency 2Amy Emmert • June Teisan • Sandra Yarema Integrating Computation in Science Across Michigan - Teacher Professional Development Capitol 2Danny Caballero • Paul Irving • Daniel Weller STEM, Makerspace and Tech for Elementary Capitol 3Diana Matthews • Lisa Morgan Think in Pictures: Like Temple Grandin Meeting Room 102Michelle Blodgett

1:00pm CST

Biology Interactive Learning Logs Regency 1Lara Gusty • Stephanie Niedermeyer HHMI Bioactive Movie Matinee - From Antsto Grizzlies: A General Rule for Saving Biodiversity Banquet 6Mark Eberhard Seeing the Unseeable: Models That Really Work - Tetrahedrons and Magnetometers Meeting Room 205David Mastie Energy: Hot Bulbs Meeting Room 104Bill Cline • Lisa Kelp Creating Nature Makerspace Boxes Meeting Room 204Ashlie Smith Grant Writing 101: Find the Fund$ for STEM Michigan 3June Teisan Developing Little Engineers! Engineering Design in the K-5 Classroom Capitol 4Tom 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 4Rashell Bowerman STEM in the Preschool and Early Elementary Classroom Michigan 2Laura Franey • Lisa Ogiemwonyi

2:00pm CST

Growing Student Engagement with an Imaginary Garden Michigan 1Britney Christensen • Gabe Knowles Investigating Data on Great Lakes & Climate Meeting Room 204Dave Chapman Land, Water, and Human Interactions: Cutting Canyons and Building Deltas Meeting Room 104Bill Cline • Lisa Kelp Building Community Partnerships to Forge Equitable, Enriching STEM Teaching and Learning Michigan 3June Teisan Guess Who’s Back, Back Again: The Benefits of Multiple Touchpoint STEM programs. Regency 1Rebecca Petrone • Andrea Reynolds • Lannis Smith STEM from Nature Aquatic Adventure Meeting Room 203Tracy Page

3:00pm CST

Conservation Project: Penguins Regency 1Claire Lannoye-Hall • Sandy Ling Celebration of Astronomy's Great Debate Meeting Room 202Norbert Vance The Beaver Island Institute Summer Professional Development Banquet 8Karyn McConachie • Todd Starry Safety for the Win Meeting Room 102Monique Wilhelm Engineering in Middle School with Phenomenal Instruction Capitol 4Tom Gantt

4:00pm CST

Flying Wild and Ebird for Educators– Resources to incorporate bird migration and conservation into curricula. Meeting Room 203Kathleen Dougherty My calculator can be a thermometer, pH sensor, and motion detector? Regency 1Texas Instruments The Matrix, Fully Loaded: Sharing Best Practice in the Science Classroom Meeting Room 205Lucinda Martinelli Field Trip Metamorphosis: Transform One-Off Trips into Vibrant Place-Based Learning Experiences Banquet 5Amy Emmert • June Teisan