Michigan Science Teachers Association Conference 2020 (MSTA) has ended

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Michigan Science Teachers Association Conference 2020 (MSTA)

8:00am CST

ALL Learners Succeed in Co-taught Classes Regency 2Kate Hojnacki • Heater Moskal Great Lakes Floor Map - Watersheds, River Systems, Environmental Science and More! Banquet 4Chelsea Nester Hands-On With New Tools in Electricity and Magnetism Meeting Room 205Sebastian Jolta • Don Pata

10:00am CST

What's New with Modeling Instruction Capitol 1Mike Gallagher Making Your Own POGILs Meeting Room 201Chandler Missig Enhancements to particle models for explaining conductivity and related thermal phenomena. Michigan 2Trevor Goff • Scott Milam 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

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 Integrating Computation in Science Across Michigan - Teacher Professional Development Capitol 2Danny Caballero • Paul Irving • Daniel Weller

1:00pm CST

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 Understanding Light and Optics by Mark Davids Banquet 8Mark Davids • Sebastian Jolta

2:00pm CST

Who is Baby Whale’s Father? DNA Fingerprinting Solves the Mystery! Meeting Room 101Richard Chan

3:00pm CST

Conservation Districts and Differentiating between Point Source and Nonpoint Source Pollution Meeting Room 203Seth Gibson • Katie Hafner Celebration of Astronomy's Great Debate Meeting Room 202Norbert Vance Engaging Kids and Community Through Project-based STEM Banquet 6Jacob Dohrmann 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

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

8:00am CST

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 Builders, Makers, and Creators: Engineering in the Elementary Classroom Capitol 3Jon Oosterman • Ben Talsma Teaching Kids to Ride the Struggle Bus Banquet 8Laura Sloma

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

3D printing more than toys and gadgets instead design, engineer and create motion! Banquet 8Kyle Ondersma

11:00am CST

Free-flight Birds and Integrative Science Capitol 3Craig Perdue Teaching Forensic Science Without Breaking Your Budget Banquet 3Kathy Mirakovits Modeling With Mi-STAR Banquet 8Jenne Bush • Andrea Williams Experimenting with Electromagnetism Banquet 4Katelyn McCarthy

12:00pm CST

Anti-racist science teaching methods Banquet 1Scott Milam Demonstrations that Really Grab Attention! Banquet 8Mark Sheler The KAMSC Astronomical Research Balloon program Banquet 5Michael Sinclair

1:00pm CST

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 Aquaculture 101: Engaging students through fish, food and so much more Meeting Room 101Elliot Nelson Windpower Challenge Banquet 5Kevin Stedman

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