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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 The Next Generation of Student Stewardship: A Place-Based Watershed Education Curriculum for Middle School and Beyond Meeting Room 202Autumn Mitchell Fake news or real science? Building information literacy in today’s students Banquet 3Anne Jeannette LaSovage Standards Based Grading + NGSS: A Match Made in Heaven Banquet 4Vanessa Logan Wentzloff Bee Science with SAGE Modeling Banquet 1Larry Kolopajlo A Penny For Your Thoughts Banquet 5Jordan Smith 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 Teaching Kids to Ride the Struggle Bus Banquet 8Laura Sloma Learning Adventures - Creative Curriculum for Classroom and Field Trip Capitol 2Chelsea OBrien Tips and Tricks for Mi-STAR Labs Banquet 7Megan Doorlag • Dawn Kahler Wire me up! Teach STEM with Hands-On Mind-Control, Cyborgs, Reflexes, Reactions... and more! Michigan 2Will Wharton

9:00am CST

STEM based Phenomenon for Biology to Model Form and Functions within Organisms. Banquet 6Andrew J. Frisch Where did the fat go? A biology storyline for teaching growth & cellular respiration Meeting Room 201Wendy Johnson • Cassie Oostindie More than just alcohol and water: straightforward examples of hydrogen bonding Meeting Room 102Mark Benvenuto • Hayden Cunningham • Courtney Mather 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 Our NGSS Journey at Avondale High School: 3 Years In and Continuing Forward Banquet 4Fahmida Matin • Katie Osborn • Vanessa Logan Wentzloff Questioning Science Regency 1Ashley Driscoll • Lyndsay Mahar • Katie Stevenson Comfortable Chaos Capitol 3Steven Tezak MESTA Free & Inexpensive Rock Shop Rock Shop - Exhibit HallMESTA

10:00am CST

Storytelling with a Twist Capitol 3Lucinda Martinelli 3D printing more than toys and gadgets instead design, engineer and create motion! Banquet 8Kyle Ondersma Energy ReWork Michigan: Energy Audit and Curriculum Training Meeting Room 205Katy Adams • Martin Morgan • Mackenzie Munro Help your students be better at science, life and CERs through sound reasoning Banquet 7Brian Danhoff • Lori Hall • Tony Matthys

11:00am CST

Equitable Systems of Learning and Assessment and Positive Student Outcomes Meeting Room 102Holly Hereau • Wayne Wright Free-flight Birds and Integrative Science Capitol 3Craig Perdue Making metals and making medals: A nexus of science and art Meeting Room 203Mark Benvenuto • Steve Kosmas Hands On + Leveled Reading= Science for ALL Meeting Room 204Deborah Vannatter Modeling With Mi-STAR Banquet 8Jenne Bush • Andrea Williams 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 The Henry Ford's Early Childhood Curriculum Michigan 2Alexandra Cavinee • Robert Oleary

12:00pm CST

Animal Adaptation Rotations Capitol 3Nicole Jakubowski • Meghan Kurleto • Marlenn Maicki Anti-racist science teaching methods Banquet 1Scott Milam A Method to Encourage Recycling and Earn Cash with a Mobile App Banquet 3Mark Supal Demonstrations that Really Grab Attention! Banquet 8Mark Sheler Chihuly in The Science Classroom Regency 2Jennifer Edwards • Maria Shadbolt The KAMSC Astronomical Research Balloon program Banquet 5Michael Sinclair

1:00pm CST

Invading Our Classrooms: Reducing Aquatic Invasive Species Use in Education Meeting Room 201Beth Christiansen Water Quality: Developing Citizen Scientists Banquet 8Jackie Murray High-Tech, Low-Cost NGSS Investigations for Physical Science Banquet 6Emily Cizmas A High School's Stem Day Experience at The University of Michigan- John Glenn HS (Westland) Capitol 4Greg Cooper • Haley Kalis Modeling the Flint Water Crisis with Pennies Banquet 1Monique Wilhelm Saving the World through Engineering Meeting Room 204Deborah Vannatter

2:00pm CST

Saving the Natural World with Virtual Reality Meeting Room 201Eric Nephew • Mark Schlaudt Fostering Envrionmental Science Into Science Lessons Regency 1Landon Bell • Chelsea Helrigel Putting International Space Station research in your classroom. Regency 2Tom Drummond • Brett Huffmaster