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

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 NGSS aligned curriculum and teacher pedagogy at the high school level - a practical approach Meeting Room 202Israel Touitou Increase Enrollment and Improve Achievement in AP Science Michigan 1Susan Olszewski Spin Art, STEAM from Parts to Art Banquet 2Michele Bielby • Kelly Swales

11:00am CST

The Island of Avogadro: Teaching the Factor-Label Method can be fun! Michigan 3Kendon Smith The Crosscutting Concepts as Suites of Questions Guiding Development of Explanations Meeting Room 205Joyce Parker The Chemistry of Taste- Using Computational and Systems Thinking in Elementary Classrooms Meeting Room 202Danita Byrd • Cory Susanne Miller • Amber Richmond Integrating Computation in Science Across Michigan - Teacher Professional Development Capitol 2Danny Caballero • Paul Irving • Daniel Weller

1:00pm CST

How to Start Biology and Chemistry NGSS Units using Driving Question Boards to Investigate Phenomena Meeting Room 201Andrea McCune • Lauren Nacy Seeing the Unseeable: Models That Really Work - Tetrahedrons and Magnetometers Meeting Room 205David Mastie Why aren’t they talking? Tips and Strategies for More Productive Discourse in Science Banquet 2Laura Ritter Grant Writing 101: Find the Fund$ for STEM Michigan 3June Teisan Instructional Change through Productive Talk Walk Throughs Banquet 1Mary Burke

2:00pm CST

P51 Glow Labs to Investigate DNA Structure, Enzyme Activity and Synthetic Biology Meeting Room 102Ally Huang Who is Baby Whale’s Father? DNA Fingerprinting Solves the Mystery! Meeting Room 101Richard Chan Building Community Partnerships to Forge Equitable, Enriching STEM Teaching and Learning Michigan 3June Teisan

3:00pm CST

Conservation Districts and Differentiating between Point Source and Nonpoint Source Pollution Meeting Room 203Seth Gibson • Katie Hafner Teachers of Science are Agents of Change Michigan 3Jane Rice Student-Generated Questions to Lead Investigations: Students “Driving the Bus” Banquet 7Emily Gochis • Kim Smith Kolasa • Jennifer Pera

4:00pm CST

Favorite Demos do fit with NGSS! Banquet 3Kristen Garavaglia • Mary Jordan McMaster A River Runs Through It Meeting Room 204Samantha Lichtenwald Using H2O Q Banquet 8John Gordon • Dale Lecaptain 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

The Next Generation of Student Stewardship: A Place-Based Watershed Education Curriculum for Middle School and Beyond Meeting Room 202Autumn Mitchell Bee Science with SAGE Modeling Banquet 1Larry Kolopajlo Promoting 3-Dimensional Science Teaching and Learning through NGSS-aligned Curricula and a Teacher Support System Governor's RoomJenna Nachazel • Chris Reimann A Penny For Your Thoughts Banquet 5Jordan Smith Lab and Activity Enhancements with Google Sheets Meeting Room 204Justin Faught • Connie Kemner Learning Adventures - Creative Curriculum for Classroom and Field Trip Capitol 2Chelsea OBrien Wire me up! Teach STEM with Hands-On Mind-Control, Cyborgs, Reflexes, Reactions... and more! Michigan 2Will Wharton

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

10:00am CST

Inquiry Based Chemistry Projects for Middle School Students Banquet 4Kathleen O'Connor

11:00am CST

Equitable Systems of Learning and Assessment and Positive Student Outcomes Meeting Room 102Holly Hereau • Wayne Wright Teaching Forensic Science Without Breaking Your Budget Banquet 3Kathy Mirakovits

12:00pm CST

Demonstrations that Really Grab Attention! Banquet 8Mark Sheler Build Your STEM Team Banquet 6Susan Olszewski The KAMSC Astronomical Research Balloon program Banquet 5Michael Sinclair

1:00pm CST

A High School's Stem Day Experience at The University of Michigan- John Glenn HS (Westland) Capitol 4Greg Cooper • Haley Kalis Aquaculture 101: Engaging students through fish, food and so much more Meeting Room 101Elliot Nelson

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