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Matt Baleja

Paw Paw Middle School
Teacher
Friday, March 6
 

8:00am CST

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

9:00am CST

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 By Design: The Mi-STAR method for developing NGSS-aligned assessments Banquet 7Barb McIntyre • Chris Wojick

10:00am CST

What's New with Modeling Instruction Capitol 1Mike Gallagher Engineering the Future Meeting Room 103Gary Curts Field Trip - Michigan State University Museum Field Trip - Bus from Lansing Center The Great Escape Capitol 2Monica Wadler

11:00am CST

Argument and Explanation in MS Banquet 3Deb Vannatter Success in the Changing Science Classroom Regency 1Laura Hagen Healthy Grading: A Moral Imperative Capitol 1Don Pata

1:00pm CST

Explore the Great Lakes: A learner-centered approach with PBS Learning Media and local public television Meeting Room 102Gary Abud, Jr • Sandra Svoboda

2:00pm CST

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 We Love to Hate Assessments - Let's Do Something About It! Banquet 2Aneesha Badrinarayan Mission to Mars - Space Launch System Design Challenge Banquet 5Maranda Brunner • Janelle Orange

3:00pm CST

The Rise of the Revised MEECS Meeting Room 204Gabrielle Likavec

4:00pm CST

Favorite Demos do fit with NGSS! Banquet 3Kristen Garavaglia • Mary Jordan McMaster Exploring Earth’s Systems Meeting Room 103Gary Curts Open SciEd - An Open Education Resource Curriculum for Middle School Banquet 1Mary Starr • James Emmerling
 
Saturday, March 7
 

8:00am CST

The Next Generation of Student Stewardship: A Place-Based Watershed Education Curriculum for Middle School and Beyond Meeting Room 202Autumn Mitchell Learn About Free, Phenomenon-Based Materials for Grades 6-8 Science Meeting Room 205Susan Olszewski Standards Based Grading + NGSS: A Match Made in Heaven Banquet 4Vanessa Logan Wentzloff Lab and Activity Enhancements with Google Sheets Meeting Room 204Justin Faught • Connie Kemner

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 Our NGSS Journey at Avondale High School: 3 Years In and Continuing Forward Banquet 4Fahmida Matin • Katie Osborn • Vanessa Logan Wentzloff Geospatial Technology for the Michigan Science Standards Banquet 8Andrew Bruen • Russell Columbus

10:00am CST

Land Use and Water Quality Project-Base Learning Banquet 5Carolyn Mammen

11:00am CST

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

12:00pm CST

Incorporating Hands-On Engineering Activities/Labs into your Curriculum. Meeting Room 203Matt Baleja • Kevin Oles Launching Space Science in a K-12 Classroom Regency 1Ashlie Smith • Samantha Thorsteinsen

1:00pm CST

Solar Heat Collectors: A Single PBL Project to “3R” them All! Capitol 3Jesse Arp • Richard Eberly • Sarah Eberly Water Quality: Developing Citizen Scientists Banquet 8Jackie Murray Grab their Attention with Gizmos! Regency 2Diana Markley • Julie Parks High-Tech, Low-Cost NGSS Investigations for Physical Science Banquet 6Emily Cizmas

2:00pm CST

Growing & Propagating Plants in the Classroom Banquet 8Matt Baleja • Kevin Oles Putting International Space Station research in your classroom. Regency 2Tom Drummond • Brett Huffmaster