Michigan Science Teachers Association Conference 2020 (MSTA) has ended

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Michigan Science Teachers Association Conference 2020 (MSTA)

8:00am CST

Science and the Disciplinary Literacy Essentials Banquet 6Mary Starr • James Emmerling Conference 101 - Fri AM Michigan 1Christie Morrison Thomas Providing Secondary Teachers and Students with Comprehensive Skills and Strategies To Accomplish The Intended Vision Of The SEP and CCC Banquet 1Laura Chambless • Minna Turrell Great Lakes Floor Map - Watersheds, River Systems, Environmental Science and More! Banquet 4Chelsea Nester If you can't see it...how do you know it's there? Governor's RoomIsrael Touitou • Angela Kolonich The Opioid Epidemic: Exploring the Genetic Associations of Opioid Abuse Capitol 1Tamica Stubbs

9:00am CST

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 It’s not just the curriculum! How to use district science leaders to support elementary science education. Michigan 3Amy Bohm • Andrea Brook • Pamela Moreman Keynote: Unlocking our potential: Leveraging crosscutting concepts as a path to science agency and identity Banquet 5Aneesha Badrinarayan DNA Forensics Solves the Murder Mystery of Dr. Ward Meeting Room 101Kathy Mirakovits 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 High School Science Networking Session Banquet 1Lory Thayer • Wendi Vogel 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 Increase Enrollment and Improve Achievement in AP Science Michigan 1Susan Olszewski At Least 7 Sneaky Ways To Get Students Using Questioning Independently Michigan 3Cheryl Matas Building Capacity with Teacher Leader Corps Meeting Room 102Elisha Laninga • Heather Luoto • Kevin St. Onge Emphasis on the E in STEM! Meeting Room 205Jason Beatty • Barb Land Assessment Fixer-Upper: Learn to assess "knowledge in use" with Item Clusters Banquet 6Jessica Ashley Do we REALLY know ourselves and our students? Ensuring "all students" really DOES mean "all students" Banquet 4Jill Griffin Field Trip - Michigan State University Museum Field Trip - Bus from Lansing Center

11:00am CST

The Walking Dead: Deer, Disease and Science Meeting Room 203Kevin Frailey • Julie Melotti Providing Elementary Teachers and Students with Comprehensive Skills and Strategies To Accomplish The Intended Vision Of The SEP and CCC Banquet 1Laura Chambless • Minna Turrell Success in the Changing Science Classroom Regency 1Laura Hagen Healthy Grading: A Moral Imperative Capitol 1Don Pata Field Trip - Michigan State University Cyclotron Lab Field Trip - Bus from Lansing Center

1:00pm CST

How to Start Biology and Chemistry NGSS Units using Driving Question Boards to Investigate Phenomena Meeting Room 201Andrea McCune • Lauren Nacy Mammal Mania Meeting Room 203Kevin Frailey Seeing the Unseeable: Models That Really Work - Tetrahedrons and Magnetometers Meeting Room 205David Mastie Panel Discussion - The Future of Science Teaching in Michigan Banquet 5Rich Bacolor Grant Writing 101: Find the Fund$ for STEM Michigan 3June Teisan Of the 3 R's, which R is most important. Meeting Room 202Kathleen Klein Instructional Change through Productive Talk Walk Throughs Banquet 1Mary Burke 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

1:30pm CST

Field Trip - Impressions 5 Science Center (SOLD OUT) Field Trip - Self Transportation

2:00pm CST

We Love to Hate Assessments - Let's Do Something About It! Banquet 2Aneesha Badrinarayan 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

3:00pm CST

Infusing Informal STEM Learning Opportunities into your Classroom Regency 2Adrianne Cole • Dr. Betsy Diegel Let's MAKE Science Even More Amazing! Banquet 3John Phillips • Ann Smart Safety for the Win Meeting Room 102Monique Wilhelm Student-Generated Questions to Lead Investigations: Students “Driving the Bus” Banquet 7Emily Gochis • Kim Smith Kolasa • Jennifer Pera

4:00pm CST

Flying Wild and Ebird for Educators– Resources to incorporate bird migration and conservation into curricula. Meeting Room 203Kathleen Dougherty A River Runs Through It Meeting Room 204Samantha Lichtenwald My calculator can be a thermometer, pH sensor, and motion detector? Regency 1Texas Instruments Field Trip Metamorphosis: Transform One-Off Trips into Vibrant Place-Based Learning Experiences Banquet 5Amy Emmert • June Teisan

6:00pm CST

Field Trip - Lansing Brewery Tour Field Trip - Self Transportation

7:00pm CST

Field Trip - Lansing Brewery Tour Field Trip - Self Transportation

8:00am CST

Field Trip Success: from planning to post-field trip extensions Banquet 2Erin Parker • Sandy Ling Conference 101 - Sat AM Michigan 1 Standards Based Grading + NGSS: A Match Made in Heaven Banquet 4Vanessa Logan Wentzloff Promoting 3-Dimensional Science Teaching and Learning through NGSS-aligned Curricula and a Teacher Support System Governor's RoomJenna Nachazel • Chris Reimann Phenomena! Does One Size Fit All? Banquet 6Rob Keys Wire me up! Teach STEM with Hands-On Mind-Control, Cyborgs, Reflexes, Reactions... and more! Michigan 2Will Wharton

9:00am CST

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 NASA Resources, GLOBE Program and Student Research Governor's RoomDavid Bydlowski • Kevin Czajkowski • Janet Struble MESTA Free & Inexpensive Rock Shop Rock Shop - Exhibit HallMESTA

10:00am CST

NGSS Strategies that Work K-12 Capitol 1Megan Bartley • Katie Stevenson Are You Moddy? Meeting Room 204Texas Instruments Engineering for Pre-K & Kindergarten Michigan 2Joan Chadde Using Models to Drive Student Understanding of the Central Dogma Meeting Room 201Mark Eberhard Engaging Your Students to Think and Act Like Scientists Banquet 2Dawn McCotter 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 EdReports – Do Quality Instructional Materials Matter to you? Regency 2Minna Turrell • Bo Winkler Lights, Camera, Learning: Take a virtual field trip with your class! Governor's RoomRebecca Petrone • Lannis Smith Field Trip - AgroLiquid and IQhub Field Trip - Self Transportation

12:00pm CST

A Method to Encourage Recycling and Earn Cash with a Mobile App Banquet 3Mark Supal Are Your Science Test Items High-Quality? Examining Test Items Using a Collaborative Process Meeting Room 202Heather Rottermond • Nathan Spencer Putting the Pieces Together! Using KLEWS boards, Investigation Notebooks and Science Talk in the Elementary Classroom! Capitol 1Marie Woodman Build Your STEM Team Banquet 6Susan Olszewski It Can't Wait! Understanding the Importance of Learning Progression Capitol 2Nancy Karre

1:00pm CST

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 Computer Science in Mi-STAR Banquet 7Chuck Palosaari • Lindsey Watch

2:00pm CST

How do you perform quick, data driven, technology-based labs efficiently in a classroom period? PASCO has the answer Banquet 3Julie Thomas Putting International Space Station research in your classroom. Regency 2Tom Drummond • Brett Huffmaster