Michigan Science Teachers Association Conference 2020 (MSTA) has ended

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Michigan Science Teachers Association Conference 2020 (MSTA)

8:00am CST

Making the Most Out of Your First 5 Years Teaching Regency 1Vanessa Logan Wentzloff Great Lakes Floor Map - Watersheds, River Systems, Environmental Science and More! Banquet 4Chelsea Nester Mi-STAR Information Session: What's New for 2020? Banquet 7Doug Oppliger • Stephanie Tubman Let's Go Outside: Taking science to the great outdoors! Meeting Room 203Becky Durling • Natalie Elkins Literacy Connections: Adding Rigor to Science Literacy with STEMscopes Capitol 4Maeve Green Hands-On With New Tools in Electricity and Magnetism Meeting Room 205Sebastian Jolta • Don Pata

9:00am CST

Teach AP Computer Science or MS Computer Science with Code.org Michigan 2Larry Wyn How to Become a Certified Environmental Educator Meeting Room 204Cindy Fitzwilliams-Heck It’s not just the curriculum! How to use district science leaders to support elementary science education. Michigan 3Amy Bohm • Andrea Brook • Pamela Moreman 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 High School Science Networking Session Banquet 1Lory Thayer • Wendi Vogel Making it Real... Cheap! Regency 1Darrick Gregory • Julie Hahn • Jodi Heaney Assessment Fixer-Upper: Learn to assess "knowledge in use" with Item Clusters Banquet 6Jessica Ashley Spin Art, STEAM from Parts to Art Banquet 2Michele Bielby • Kelly Swales

11:00am CST

The Walking Dead: Deer, Disease and Science Meeting Room 203Kevin Frailey • Julie Melotti The Island of Avogadro: Teaching the Factor-Label Method can be fun! Michigan 3Kendon Smith River Rewilding Meeting Room 204Eileen Boekestein • Brenda Perry STEM-ulating Activities on Human Ecology Michigan 1Amanda Syers Science is for the Birds! - Using Literacy and Discourse to Solve Problems in Elementary Science Governor's RoomSue Codere Kelly • Amy Lazarowicz • Moira Thomas Using Field Trips to Ignite Student Interest in STEM Regency 2Amy Emmert • June Teisan • Sandra Yarema Integrating Computation in Science Across Michigan - Teacher Professional Development Capitol 2Danny Caballero • Paul Irving • Daniel Weller

1:00pm CST

Mammal Mania Meeting Room 203Kevin Frailey Seeing the Unseeable: Models That Really Work - Tetrahedrons and Magnetometers Meeting Room 205David Mastie Chasing Windmills! - Using Energy, Engineering, and Explanations in Elementary Science Classrooms Governor's RoomChiara Kirkland • Michelle Neelands • Deborah Peek-Brown Energy: Hot Bulbs Meeting Room 104Bill Cline • Lisa Kelp Improving hypothetical protein annotation as a bioinformatic project Regency 2Laura Harris • Serena Harris Of the 3 R's, which R is most important. Meeting Room 202Kathleen Klein 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 P51 Glow Labs to Investigate DNA Structure, Enzyme Activity and Synthetic Biology Meeting Room 102Ally Huang Land, Water, and Human Interactions: Cutting Canyons and Building Deltas Meeting Room 104Bill Cline • Lisa Kelp Watershed Observational Walk: Teaching Science Outdoors Capitol 1Kara Haas • Roberta Howard Hunter • Eleanor Kenimer 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 STEM from Nature Aquatic Adventure Meeting Room 203Tracy Page Let’s Engage Students through Phenomena-based Science Instruction Meeting Room 205Maeve Green

3:00pm CST

The Beaver Island Institute Summer Professional Development Banquet 8Karyn McConachie • Todd Starry 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 Using H2O Q Banquet 8John Gordon • Dale Lecaptain The Matrix, Fully Loaded: Sharing Best Practice in the Science Classroom Meeting Room 205Lucinda Martinelli Field Trip Metamorphosis: Transform One-Off Trips into Vibrant Place-Based Learning Experiences Banquet 5Amy Emmert • June Teisan

8:00am CST

Fake news or real science? Building information literacy in today’s students Banquet 3Anne Jeannette LaSovage 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 Learning Adventures - Creative Curriculum for Classroom and Field Trip Capitol 2Chelsea OBrien Tips and Tricks for Mi-STAR Labs Banquet 7Megan Doorlag • Dawn Kahler

9:00am CST

Dichoto-Me Meeting Room 204Texas Instruments STEM based Phenomenon for Biology to Model Form and Functions within Organisms. Banquet 6Andrew J. Frisch 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 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

Storytelling with a Twist Capitol 3Lucinda Martinelli 3D printing more than toys and gadgets instead design, engineer and create motion! Banquet 8Kyle Ondersma Energy ReWork Michigan: Energy Audit and Curriculum Training Meeting Room 205Katy Adams • Martin Morgan • Mackenzie Munro Help your students be better at science, life and CERs through sound reasoning Banquet 7Brian Danhoff • Lori Hall • Tony Matthys It's Too Hard to Explain! Develop Models to Construct Explanations Capitol 2Nancy Karre

11:00am CST

Making metals and making medals: A nexus of science and art Meeting Room 203Mark Benvenuto • Steve Kosmas Elementary and Middle School Science and STEM Extravaganza Capitol 1Betty Crowder • Conni Crittenden Lights, Camera, Learning: Take a virtual field trip with your class! Governor's RoomRebecca Petrone • Lannis Smith

12:00pm CST

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 Build Your STEM Team Banquet 6Susan Olszewski

1:00pm CST

Design a Bird Community Governor's RoomKim Smith Kolasa 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 Computer Science in Mi-STAR Banquet 7Chuck Palosaari • Lindsey Watch Saving the World through Engineering Meeting Room 204Deborah Vannatter

2:00pm CST

Ignite their Curiosity: Science Inquiry in the Elementary Classroom Capitol 2Jamie MacPherson Fostering Envrionmental Science Into Science Lessons Regency 1Landon Bell • Chelsea Helrigel Putting International Space Station research in your classroom. Regency 2Tom Drummond • Brett Huffmaster