Michigan Science Teachers Association Conference 2020 (MSTA) has ended

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Michigan Science Teachers Association Conference 2020 (MSTA)

8:00am CST

Great Lakes Floor Map - Watersheds, River Systems, Environmental Science and More! Banquet 4Chelsea Nester

9:00am CST

Tools for Thinking (not Worksheets) Banquet 3Emily Pohlonski • Christie Morrison Thomas How to Become a Certified Environmental Educator Meeting Room 204Cindy Fitzwilliams-Heck

10:00am CST

What's New with Modeling Instruction Capitol 1Mike Gallagher Making Your Own POGILs Meeting Room 201Chandler Missig High School Science Networking Session Banquet 1Lory Thayer • Wendi Vogel

11:00am CST

The Island of Avogadro: Teaching the Factor-Label Method can be fun! Michigan 3Kendon Smith River Rewilding Meeting Room 204Eileen Boekestein • Brenda Perry The Crosscutting Concepts as Suites of Questions Guiding Development of Explanations Meeting Room 205Joyce Parker

1:00pm CST

HHMI Bioactive Movie Matinee - From Antsto Grizzlies: A General Rule for Saving Biodiversity Banquet 6Mark Eberhard Seeing the Unseeable: Models That Really Work - Tetrahedrons and Magnetometers Meeting Room 205David Mastie Who gets to be a Smart Science Student in your Classroom? Banquet 3Christie Morrison Thomas 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

2:00pm CST

Building Community Partnerships to Forge Equitable, Enriching STEM Teaching and Learning Michigan 3June Teisan

3:00pm CST

Celebration of Astronomy's Great Debate Meeting Room 202Norbert Vance Teachers of Science are Agents of Change Michigan 3Jane Rice 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

Pro-Tips for (free) NGSS-Aligned Carbon TIME units Governor's RoomChristie Morrison Thomas My calculator can be a thermometer, pH sensor, and motion detector? Regency 1Texas Instruments Open SciEd - An Open Education Resource Curriculum for Middle School Banquet 1Mary Starr • James Emmerling Field Trip Metamorphosis: Transform One-Off Trips into Vibrant Place-Based Learning Experiences Banquet 5Amy Emmert • June Teisan

8:00am CST

Field Trip Success: from planning to post-field trip extensions Banquet 2Erin Parker • Sandy Ling

9:00am CST

Dive in! Engaging with freshwater and marine science through the Great Lakes Bowl Banquet 2Erin Parker Touching the Untouchable: Models That Really Work - Satellite Orbits and Floating Golf Balls Meeting Room 202David Mastie Using "Complex Instruction" Practices to Facilitate Effective Group Work Banquet 5Michelle Vanhala Geospatial Technology for the Michigan Science Standards Banquet 8Andrew Bruen • Russell Columbus NASA Resources, GLOBE Program and Student Research Governor's RoomDavid Bydlowski • Kevin Czajkowski • Janet Struble

10:00am CST

Incorporating Interactive Science Notebooks into NGSS Meeting Room 203Melissa Foster • Jenna Francis Energy ReWork Michigan: Energy Audit and Curriculum Training Meeting Room 205Katy Adams • Martin Morgan • Mackenzie Munro

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 Hands On + Leveled Reading= Science for ALL Meeting Room 204Deborah Vannatter Modeling With Mi-STAR Banquet 8Jenne Bush • Andrea Williams

12:00pm CST

A Method to Encourage Recycling and Earn Cash with a Mobile App Banquet 3Mark Supal Incorporating Hands-On Engineering Activities/Labs into your Curriculum. Meeting Room 203Matt Baleja • Kevin Oles Demonstrations that Really Grab Attention! Banquet 8Mark Sheler Build Your STEM Team Banquet 6Susan Olszewski

1:00pm CST

An Integrated Approach to Teaching High School Earth and Space Science Standards Meeting Room 104Rebecca Caldwell • Jennifer Garland 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 Water Quality: Developing Citizen Scientists Banquet 8Jackie Murray A High School's Stem Day Experience at The University of Michigan- John Glenn HS (Westland) Capitol 4Greg Cooper • Haley Kalis Windpower Challenge Banquet 5Kevin Stedman

2:00pm CST

Saving the Natural World with Virtual Reality Meeting Room 201Eric Nephew • Mark Schlaudt Trace Your Sand Origins… and other Sand Activities to use with NGSS Meeting Room 203Maria Gonzalez