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Kara Haas

Michigan State University
KBS LTER K-12 Partnership Coordinator
Delton, Michigan
Websitehttps://kbs.msu.edu/education/k-12/pd/
Hello! I'm currently the co-chair of the LTER Education and Outreach Committee. Come talk to me about teaching outdoors, place-based teaching and teacher professional development! karahaas.org karahaas@msu.edu

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Friday, March 6
 

8:00am CST

Let's Go Outside: Taking science to the great outdoors! Meeting Room 203Becky Durling • Natalie Elkins

9:00am CST

Keynote: Unlocking our potential: Leveraging crosscutting concepts as a path to science agency and identity Banquet 5Aneesha Badrinarayan

10:00am CST

Keynote: Building on Young Children’s Curiosity: Lessons from the SOLID Start (Science, Oral Language, and Literacy Development from the Start of School) Project Banquet 5Amelia Gotwals • Tanya S. Wright Building Capacity with Teacher Leader Corps Meeting Room 102Elisha Laninga • Heather Luoto • Kevin St. Onge

11:00am CST

Panel Discussion - Coherence, Flexibility, and Pathways to HS Proficiency Banquet 5Rich Bacolor Science is for the Birds! - Using Literacy and Discourse to Solve Problems in Elementary Science Governor's RoomSue Codere Kelly • Amy Lazarowicz • Moira Thomas

1:00pm CST

Supporting K-2 Student Science Talk Through Purposeful Reflection on Teaching Practices Capitol 1Tanya S. Wright • Blythe Anderson • Amelia Gotwals • Eleanor Kenimer • Arianna Pikus

2:00pm CST

Growing Student Engagement with an Imaginary Garden Michigan 1Britney Christensen • Gabe Knowles Watershed Observational Walk: Teaching Science Outdoors Capitol 1Kara Haas • Roberta Howard Hunter • Eleanor Kenimer

3:00pm CST

The Rise of the Revised MEECS Meeting Room 204Gabrielle Likavec Student-Generated Questions to Lead Investigations: Students “Driving the Bus” Banquet 7Emily Gochis • Kim Smith Kolasa • Jennifer Pera Teachers of Science are Agents of Change Michigan 3Jane Rice

4:00pm CST

Field Trip Metamorphosis: Transform One-Off Trips into Vibrant Place-Based Learning Experiences Banquet 5Amy Emmert • June Teisan
 
Saturday, March 7
 

8:00am CST

Phenomena! Does One Size Fit All? Banquet 6Rob Keys

9:00am CST

Geospatial Technology for the Michigan Science Standards Banquet 8Andrew Bruen • Russell Columbus

10:00am CST

Nature Walk in the Urban Jungle Regency 1Paul Roose Land Use and Water Quality Project-Base Learning Banquet 5Carolyn Mammen Adopt an Integrated K-5 STEM Program in Your Classroom Meeting Room 102Susan Olszewski

11:00am CST

Using NGSS Science and Engineering Practices to Create Interdisciplinary Collaboration Banquet 5Katie Torkelson-Regan • Michelle Vanhala

12:00pm CST

Build Your STEM Team Banquet 6Susan Olszewski Chihuly in The Science Classroom Regency 2Jennifer Edwards • Maria Shadbolt

1:00pm CST

The STEM Classroom Regency 1Rebecca Shankster