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 Designing Track Traps: Getting Students Outside while Tracking Down NGSS Engineering Standards Meeting Room 204William Hodges Evolution: Embryology Meeting Room 104Bill Cline • Lisa Kelp Great Lakes Floor Map - Watersheds, River Systems, Environmental Science and More! Banquet 4Chelsea Nester Enhance Science Practices and Data Literacy Using HHMI BioInteractive Resources Meeting Room 201Mark Eberhard TCI Bring Science Alive!: Preserving Frog and Bat Interactions with Engineering Meeting Room 202Matt Moorman Hands-On With New Tools in Electricity and Magnetism Meeting Room 205Sebastian Jolta • Don Pata

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 By Design: The Mi-STAR method for developing NGSS-aligned assessments Banquet 7Barb McIntyre • Chris Wojick Does it make sense? Regency 1Jeanane Charara • Melissa Renko Teaching Science to Dyslexic Students Banquet 2Cynthia Duncan • Simon Duncan Read-Aloud Two Ways Banquet 1Wendi Vogel

10:00am CST

Making Your Own POGILs Meeting Room 201Chandler Missig One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish: Great Lakes Fish ID Meeting Room 203Jonathan Massung • Tracy Page Nature Journaling: Blending Art and Science Meeting Room 204Misty Klotz • Meredith Zettlemoyer 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 Mi-STAR’s assessment tools for NGSS - how to make them work for you Banquet 7Barb McIntyre • Ashley Poole

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 Integrating Computation in Science Across Michigan - Teacher Professional Development Capitol 2Danny Caballero • Paul Irving • Daniel Weller Think in Pictures: Like Temple Grandin Meeting Room 102Michelle Blodgett

1:00pm CST

Seeing the Unseeable: Models That Really Work - Tetrahedrons and Magnetometers Meeting Room 205David Mastie Make Time for Science with Project-Based Learning Capitol 2Terra Tarango Who gets to be a Smart Science Student in your Classroom? Banquet 3Christie Morrison Thomas Energy: Hot Bulbs Meeting Room 104Bill Cline • Lisa Kelp Grant Writing 101: Find the Fund$ for STEM Michigan 3June Teisan Improving hypothetical protein annotation as a bioinformatic project Regency 2Laura Harris • Serena Harris Instructional Change through Productive Talk Walk Throughs Banquet 1Mary Burke Understanding Light and Optics by Mark Davids Banquet 8Mark Davids • Sebastian Jolta

2:00pm CST

Growing Student Engagement with an Imaginary Garden Michigan 1Britney Christensen • Gabe Knowles 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 Guess Who’s Back, Back Again: The Benefits of Multiple Touchpoint STEM programs. Regency 1Rebecca Petrone • Andrea Reynolds • Lannis Smith Mission to Mars - Space Launch System Design Challenge Banquet 5Maranda Brunner • Janelle Orange

3:00pm CST

Earth Science Downtown Field Trip Capitol 3Lu Anne Cuthbert The Rise of the Revised MEECS Meeting Room 204Gabrielle Likavec Celebration of Astronomy's Great Debate Meeting Room 202Norbert Vance Engaging Kids and Community Through Project-based STEM Banquet 6Jacob Dohrmann Hello my name is... Banquet 4Amelia Miller 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

Pro-Tips for (free) NGSS-Aligned Carbon TIME units Governor's RoomChristie Morrison Thomas A River Runs Through It Meeting Room 204Samantha Lichtenwald 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 Science Vocabulary: Turning Research into Practice Meeting Room 202Karen Kudla The Language of Science Michigan 3Debra Jewell • Jami Neubecker The Matrix, Fully Loaded: Sharing Best Practice in the Science Classroom Meeting Room 205Lucinda Martinelli

8:00am CST

Field Trip Success: from planning to post-field trip extensions Banquet 2Erin Parker • Sandy Ling Chlorine Producing Units and Electrochemistry - Service Project in AP Chemistry Michigan 3Chelsea Bender The Next Generation of Student Stewardship: A Place-Based Watershed Education Curriculum for Middle School and Beyond Meeting Room 202Autumn Mitchell A Penny For Your Thoughts Banquet 5Jordan Smith Builders, Makers, and Creators: Engineering in the Elementary Classroom Capitol 3Jon Oosterman • Ben Talsma Teaching Kids to Ride the Struggle Bus Banquet 8Laura Sloma Tips and Tricks for Mi-STAR Labs Banquet 7Megan Doorlag • Dawn Kahler

9:00am CST

Dive in! Engaging with freshwater and marine science through the Great Lakes Bowl Banquet 2Erin Parker More than just alcohol and water: straightforward examples of hydrogen bonding Meeting Room 102Mark Benvenuto • Hayden Cunningham • Courtney Mather 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 NASA Resources, GLOBE Program and Student Research Governor's RoomDavid Bydlowski • Kevin Czajkowski • Janet Struble Model Development in Electricity and Magnetism Banquet 1Don Pata • Laura Ritter

10:00am CST

Storytelling with a Twist Capitol 3Lucinda Martinelli 3D printing more than toys and gadgets instead design, engineer and create motion! Banquet 8Kyle Ondersma Adopt an Integrated K-5 STEM Program in Your Classroom Meeting Room 102Susan Olszewski Energy ReWork Michigan: Energy Audit and Curriculum Training Meeting Room 205Katy Adams • Martin Morgan • Mackenzie Munro

11:00am CST

Free-flight Birds and Integrative Science Capitol 3Craig Perdue Making metals and making medals: A nexus of science and art Meeting Room 203Mark Benvenuto • Steve Kosmas Teaching Forensic Science Without Breaking Your Budget Banquet 3Kathy Mirakovits Using NGSS Science and Engineering Practices to Create Interdisciplinary Collaboration Banquet 5Katie Torkelson-Regan • Michelle Vanhala Modeling With Mi-STAR Banquet 8Jenne Bush • Andrea Williams Lights, Camera, Learning: Take a virtual field trip with your class! Governor's RoomRebecca Petrone • Lannis Smith Let's DIVE-in To Engineering and the Engineering Design Process Meeting Room 104Maeve Green

12:00pm CST

Pigs, Hurricanes, and Surface Water, Oh My! Banquet 4Hannah Henrichsen • Stephen Mattox Making the Math and Science Connection Meeting Room 102Kristen Miller Where Are You Now??? Banquet 2Kristy Butler • Patti Richardson Incorporating Hands-On Engineering Activities/Labs into your Curriculum. Meeting Room 203Matt Baleja • Kevin Oles Demonstrations that Really Grab Attention! Banquet 8Mark Sheler The KAMSC Astronomical Research Balloon program Banquet 5Michael Sinclair

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 High-Tech, Low-Cost NGSS Investigations for Physical Science Banquet 6Emily Cizmas 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 Aquaculture 101: Engaging students through fish, food and so much more Meeting Room 101Elliot Nelson Windpower Challenge Banquet 5Kevin Stedman Saving the World through Engineering Meeting Room 204Deborah Vannatter

2:00pm CST

Ignite their Curiosity: Science Inquiry in the Elementary Classroom Capitol 2Jamie MacPherson Trace Your Sand Origins… and other Sand Activities to use with NGSS Meeting Room 203Maria Gonzalez Putting International Space Station research in your classroom. Regency 2Tom Drummond • Brett Huffmaster