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Michigan Science Teachers Association Conference 2020 (MSTA)

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8:00am CST

Field Trip Success: from planning to post-field trip extensions Banquet 2Erin Parker • Sandy Ling Investigating Changes in Landscape Over Time: What Happened, When, and How Do We Know? Regency 1Christina Licari • Stephen Mattox Conference 101 - Sat AM Michigan 1 MI HEARTSafe Schools: Preventing Sudden Cardiac Death of the Young Meeting Room 102Kristy Karasinski Promoting 3-Dimensional Science Teaching and Learning through NGSS-aligned Curricula and a Teacher Support System Governor's RoomJenna Nachazel • Chris Reimann Making Sense of Light Regency 2Deborah Vannatter Builders, Makers, and Creators: Engineering in the Elementary Classroom Capitol 3Jon Oosterman • Ben Talsma Phenomena! Does One Size Fit All? Banquet 6Rob Keys Learning Adventures - Creative Curriculum for Classroom and Field Trip Capitol 2Chelsea OBrien Wire me up! Teach STEM with Hands-On Mind-Control, Cyborgs, Reflexes, Reactions... and more! Michigan 2Will Wharton

9:00am CST

Gravity and Marbles: A 5th graders Dream Capitol 1Brian Stroble • Jessica Stroble Touching the Untouchable: Models That Really Work - Satellite Orbits and Floating Golf Balls Meeting Room 202David Mastie Questioning Science Regency 1Ashley Driscoll • Lyndsay Mahar • Katie Stevenson Reading, Writing, Talking, and DOING Science: Literacy Strategies in the Elementary Classroom Meeting Room 103Diane Wright Rising Flood Water: Engineering Design Challenge for 3rd Graders Meeting Room 205Tom Loschiavo • Great Minds Using "Complex Instruction" Practices to Facilitate Effective Group Work Banquet 5Michelle Vanhala Comfortable Chaos Capitol 3Steven Tezak MESTA Free & Inexpensive Rock Shop Rock Shop - Exhibit HallMESTA

10:00am CST

Nature Walk in the Urban Jungle Regency 1Paul Roose Land Use and Water Quality Project-Base Learning Banquet 5Carolyn Mammen NGSS Strategies that Work K-12 Capitol 1Megan Bartley • Katie Stevenson Storytelling with a Twist Capitol 3Lucinda Martinelli Adopt an Integrated K-5 STEM Program in Your Classroom Meeting Room 102Susan Olszewski It's Too Hard to Explain! Develop Models to Construct Explanations Capitol 2Nancy Karre

11:00am CST

Incorporating Accessible and Engaging Anchoring Phenomena in Chemistry Banquet 6Julian Sanders Break Down the Walls of Your Classroom: Enhance Science Curriculum and Engage Students with Virtual and Augmented Reality Experiences! Meeting Room 202Eric Nephew • Mark Schlaudt EdReports – Do Quality Instructional Materials Matter to you? Regency 2Minna Turrell • Bo Winkler Elementary and Middle School Science and STEM Extravaganza Capitol 1Betty Crowder • Conni Crittenden Hands On + Leveled Reading= Science for ALL Meeting Room 204Deborah Vannatter Using Summary Tables for Sense-Making in Science Capitol 4Sydney Barosko Lights, Camera, Learning: Take a virtual field trip with your class! Governor's RoomRebecca Petrone • Lannis Smith STEMgineering Instruction for Elementary Students Regency 1Linnea Gibson Let's DIVE-in To Engineering and the Engineering Design Process Meeting Room 104Maeve Green Field Trip - AgroLiquid and IQhub Field Trip - Self Transportation

12:00pm CST

Animal Adaptation Rotations Capitol 3Nicole Jakubowski • Meghan Kurleto • Marlenn Maicki Are Your Science Test Items High-Quality? Examining Test Items Using a Collaborative Process Meeting Room 202Heather Rottermond • Nathan Spencer Making the Math and Science Connection Meeting Room 102Kristen Miller Putting the Pieces Together! Using KLEWS boards, Investigation Notebooks and Science Talk in the Elementary Classroom! Capitol 1Marie Woodman Chihuly in The Science Classroom Regency 2Jennifer Edwards • Maria Shadbolt It Can't Wait! Understanding the Importance of Learning Progression Capitol 2Nancy Karre

1:00pm CST

Invading Our Classrooms: Reducing Aquatic Invasive Species Use in Education Meeting Room 201Beth Christiansen Restoration of Southern Michigan's Original Bur Oak Savannah Meeting Room 203Richard G Green Grab their Attention with Gizmos! Regency 2Diana Markley • Julie Parks High-Tech, Low-Cost NGSS Investigations for Physical Science Banquet 6Emily Cizmas The STEM Classroom Regency 1Rebecca Shankster Modeling the Flint Water Crisis with Pennies Banquet 1Monique Wilhelm Windpower Challenge Banquet 5Kevin Stedman

2:00pm CST

Saving the Natural World with Virtual Reality Meeting Room 201Eric Nephew • Mark Schlaudt Growing & Propagating Plants in the Classroom Banquet 8Matt Baleja • Kevin Oles Ignite their Curiosity: Science Inquiry in the Elementary Classroom Capitol 2Jamie MacPherson Trace Your Sand Origins… and other Sand Activities to use with NGSS Meeting Room 203Maria Gonzalez Fostering Envrionmental Science Into Science Lessons Regency 1Landon Bell • Chelsea Helrigel