Sponsoring Company: Flinn Scientific

If you can only attend one session, make it this one. Transform your classroom with exciting, easy-to-perform (& crowd-pleasing) chemistry & physical science demos! Perfect for teachers, admins, and new educators, this session showcases unique demonstrations and classroom classics to engage students.

SPEAKERS:
Mike Marvel, Ph.D., Jonnathan Medina Ramos, Ph.D.

Sponsoring Company: PASCO Scientific

Engage students in a real-world engineering challenge! Learn how students can design and test crash barriers with live collision data to explore the link between momentum and impact forces. Analyze the resulting data to improve upon further design iterations.

SPEAKERS:
Shelly Riley

Sponsoring Company: Vernier Science Education

Engage students in hands-on, student-led learning with the Go Direct Motion Detector! We’ll share 3 hands-on experiments to help students explore position, velocity & acceleration. From kinematics in fall to dynamics & conservation laws in spring, this versatile sensor supports 3D learning all year.

SPEAKERS:
Kathryn Martin

This workshop will incorporate the phenomena of underwater sound into science activities and investigations. Resources such as an audio gallery of underwater sounds produced by animals and people and activities challenging students to produce spectrograms and explore the science of sound.

TAKEAWAYS:
Using the topic of underwater sound can be an engaging vehicle for students to explore physical science concepts and connect these fundamental principles with the undersea environment and science of sound.

SPEAKERS:
Liesl Hotaling

Sponsoring Company: PASCO Scientific

Experience the best way to teach basic circuits! Learn how to build circuits with modular components that look identical to schematic drawings. We'll show you how to skip the tangled wires that confuse students so you can focus on the physics.

SPEAKERS:
Shelly Riley

Sponsoring Company: Vernier Science Education

From friction to collisions, engage students in real-world motion phenomena! Investigate questions like “How do brakes stop a bicycle?” or “Why are seat belts crucial to car safety?” We’ll explore sensor carts in action, analyze velocity and acceleration data, and share hands-on investigations.

SPEAKERS:
Kathryn Martin

A Research Experience for Teachers (RET program) could be an inspiration for science and engineering lessons for the classroom. Our research rekindled our passion for STEM education and we believe it is contagious! Learn about the RET program and check out lesson materials for physics and math.

TAKEAWAYS:
How can you convert a university research experience into a high school classroom lesson?

SPEAKERS:
Tanima Mukherjee, Faith Palombi

Access to supplies is often a barrier to learning yet amazing projects can be made with just paper, tape and scissors. Paper is great for introducing students to engineering fundamentals. Together we will explore how to use just  paper, tape and scissors to make amazing engineering projects

TAKEAWAYS:
Science and engineering can be done with inexpensive materials

SPEAKERS:
Godwyn Morris

How do you leverage the powerful computer in students' pockets to teach E&M? The modern smartphone's magnetometer can be used to do things as basic as detecting currents and permanent magnets and as complex as collecting data to linearize and discover distance dependencies.

TAKEAWAYS:
Every student "doing the lab" is better than one student "doing the lab" and 3+ students watching a demonstration of the lab. Turn your students into scientists with the tools to answer questions right in their pockets.

SPEAKERS:
Helene McLaughlin, David Rakestraw, Michael Tobler

Give students opportunities to demonstrate their understanding and dive deeper into physics content through multiple representations. Learn strategies that can be used to deepen students' understanding and improve performance on FRQ #2, Translation Between Representations, on the AP Physics exams.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will learn engaging classroom strategies that allow students to communicate their knowledge of physics through multiple avenues and make connections between multiple representations and physical scenarios.

SPEAKERS:
Dee Dee Messer

It is quite a task to keep teenagers engaged in concepts being taught in the classroom, especially if it is a subject that they are uninterested in. This lesson focuses on one of the ten broad concepts of physics, Light, and provides an opportunity for the students to have hands on learning.

TAKEAWAYS:
Learning doesn't involve just lecturing for sixty minutes. There are many different learning types, and in a classroom, you may experience different backgrounds, knowledge level, and comfortability. This lesson should remind the attendees how important it is to keep learning interesting.

SPEAKERS:
Ellianna Trilling

Sponsoring Company: Activate Learning

Come and participate with the author of the book, Arthur Eisenkraft, for a close-up look at a new Physical Science book. Experience a fun, take-home lab and learn more about this super curriculum from Activate Learning.

SPEAKERS:
Gary Curts, Arthur Eisenkraft

Learn what representations and data your students can use to bridge phenomena and mathematics, and how to use data tasks to assess 3D kinematics understanding, as opposed to rote algebra skills.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will learn how to assess student problem-solving ability and conceptual understanding through students' use of multiple representations and approaches in physics classrooms.

SPEAKERS:
Christopher Moore

Sponsoring Company: Vernier Science Education

Is there a reason to wear sneakers in gym class or a white shirt on a sunny day? The data say yes! Help middle school students explore real-world science with Vernier sensors that measure temperature, light, color, force & acceleration. Walk away with 3D, sensor-based experiments for your toolkit.

SPEAKERS:
Kathryn Martin

Learn to use the Sphero Mini robot to teach middle school students kinetics concepts like velocity, acceleration, and force. This session offers hands-on activities aligned with NGSS, fostering critical thinking, collaboration, and inquiry-based learning to make science engaging and interactive.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will learn how to integrate the Sphero Mini robot into science lessons to teach kinetics concepts such as velocity, acceleration, and force, using NGSS-aligned, hands-on activities that foster student engagement, critical thinking, and collaborative inquiry-based learning.

SPEAKERS:
Brian Marrero

Explore how students can change a metal’s properties through alloying, heat-treating, and/or cold-working. Classroom activities that will enhance chemistry understanding of atomic structure and real world engineering relevance. Deepen understanding of binary phase diagrams.

TAKEAWAYS:
How do architects and manufacturers manipulate common metal properties to get the metals to behave in the desired way for a specific use? Participants will make a simple low-melt tin-based alloy and explore a binary phase diagram. Heat-treating of steel and cold-working of copper is also explored.

SPEAKERS:
Scott Spohler

Looking for a new way to bring Newton’s 2nd Law to life? Come experience a unique investigation from OpenSciEd HS Physics Unit 3: Collisions and Momentum, that you can use with your students to help them uncover Newton's 2nd Law.

TAKEAWAYS:
The method of uncovering Newton's 2nd Law in OpenSciEd Physics Unit 3: Collisions and Momentum is motivated by student ideas. Students are wondering how much time it takes to stop a car. Using a unique piece of equipment, the "force cart", students design the experiment themselves and use the data

SPEAKERS:
Joseph Kremer, Dr. Patty McGinnis

Sponsoring Company: Vernier Science Education

Get to know our most popular physics sensors! From exploring Ohm’s law in simple circuits to studying Newton’s third law with force sensors and a rubber band, Vernier data-analysis technology makes it easy to integrate hands-on, 3D learning into your physics and physical science curriculum.

SPEAKERS:
Kathryn Martin

Participants will analyze “example data” of different schools and physics classes, and discuss students' pathways to physics and implicit structural barriers. Come to learn about identifying hidden obstacles to students' success and upcoming professional learning opportunities with STEP UP program.

TAKEAWAYS:
Many factors influence which students take which classes in your school. Reflecting on those influences, examining the make-up of your physics classes, and considering how they may change to better reflect your school at large are the first steps towards improving access to physics for all.

SPEAKERS:
Pooneh Sabouri

Complete a distracted driving hands-on activity and discover award-winning videos and more inquiry-based activities from IIHS’s Crash Science in the Classroom program that illustrate the vital connections between biology, physics, mathematics, medicine, engineering, and teen driver safety.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will measure their reaction time and complete a distracted driving simulation using a series of 4 activities simulating the 4 major types of driving distractions. Participants will also learn how to access detailed lesson plans, teacher tips videos, student lab sheets and answer keys.

SPEAKERS:
Pini Kalnite, Joe Young, Griff Jones

Sponsoring Company: Flinn Scientific

Revolutionize your teaching with this hands-on introduction to POGIL (Process-Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning)! Designed for science teachers, curriculum developers, and administrators, this session will explore team roles, the POGIL Learning Cycle, and strategies to develop problem-solving critical skills.

SPEAKERS:
Elizabeth Mancini

Sponsoring Company: Vernier Science Education

Discover Vernier’s comprehensive solutions for chemistry, biology, and physics educators, including sensors, software, lab books, and professional development. Learn how to integrate our data-collection tools into your classroom and walk away with practical tips and best practices for success.

SPEAKERS:
Kathryn Martin

Bring Jenga, Bounce-off, Ker-Plunk, and other kinetic games into the classroom for use as a phenomena-based assessment of Forces, Energy, or Newton's Laws of Motion (MS-PS2&3). Engaging and rigorous assessment through observing, writing, diagraming, and modeling of moving objects.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will receive lesson or assessment frameworks for using a wide-variety of kinetic and dexterity tabletop games to describe relative motion, forces that cause motion, energy transfer, or Newton's Laws. Attendees will also discuss opportunities for differentiation and cross cutting concepts.

SPEAKERS:
Christopher Skinner

Learning projectile motion can be a challenge for many students in physics. This session will immerse participants on student-centered activities that allow students to work together to understand projectile motion both horizontally and at an angle.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will go through two lab-based activities to see how students can use mathematical thinking to see projectile motion. They will also be shown a third option to use in the classroom.

SPEAKERS:
Kyle Thompson

Want to hear from a high school biology, chemistry, physics, and E/S teacher on how their transition to the new standards went last school year? This presentation will reflect on their year of teaching STEELS and offer action steps to make the transition easier for other educators.

TAKEAWAYS:
Main takeaways will be the positives, challenges, and action steps that PA educators can use to navigate the transition to the new STEELS standards in a high school biology, chemistry, physics, and environmental science class.

SPEAKERS:
Katelyn Daggan, Thomas Densmore, Ruth Henderson, Anthony Prinzo

Modeling Instruction has transformed science classrooms, making research-backed practices such as student generation of concepts, multiple representations, and teamwork an integral part of the learning process. Experience a “modeling cycle”: lab investigation, development of a model, and deployment.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will be able to describe Modeling Instruction and will know where to go for support in implementing this practice in their classroom.

SPEAKERS:
Gary Pritts, Amanda Horan

Discover how to foster a classroom culture where students actively contribute to knowledge building in science learning. This session will highlight practices and strategies embedded in the OpenSciEd Electromagnetic Radiation unit.

TAKEAWAYS:
Gain insights into facilitating discussions, promoting equitable participation, and supporting sensemaking and explore how to create an inclusive learning environment that empowers students to collaboratively engage in sensemaking.

SPEAKERS:
Kristin Rademaker, Holly Hereau

Sponsoring Company: Vernier Science Education

How do wind turbines convert wind into energy? Let’s find out with KidWind kits! Introduce students of all levels to renewable energy by exploring turbine design, building prototypes, and optimizing. Get tips on materials, project setup, and how to engage students in creative and critical thinking.

SPEAKERS:
Kathryn Martin

Learn how the NGSS integrates physics and ESS through an introduction to four innovative lessons about heliophysics. All activities are based in research on a survey of physics and ESS teacher needs and interests and have been tested in high school and introductory college classrooms.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will take back lessons to (1) teach about motion graphs with images of coronal mass ejections, (2) relate sunspot cycles to period and frequency, (3) model spectra from the Sun and other stars, and (4) visualize magnetic fields and their relationship to the Sun and planets.

SPEAKERS:
HAVA TURKAKIN, Francesca Viale

Sponsoring Company: Savvas Learning Company

Use phenomena to inspire inquiry and mastery of chemistry and physics. Learn NGSS-aligned strategies, including the 5E model, to build storylines that spark curiosity, drive student questions, and deepen understanding of core ideas, practices, and concepts through engaging, student-led investigation

SPEAKERS:
Christopher Moore, Michael Wysession

Explore basic physics principles while learning to make creative roller coaters from just paper, tape & scissors. Kids love hands on projects and learn best when they create their own experiments. Join us for a hands on activity using simple supplies and simple methods to build amazing projects.

TAKEAWAYS:
You don't need expensive equipment to engage students in hands on activities

SPEAKERS:
Godwyn Morris

Participants will convert a glass canning jar into a solar lantern using photovoltaic panels, rechargeable batteries, and a customized PCB. This STEAM based workshop demonstrates how students can construct their personalized take-home solar lanterns with an eye towards a greater good.

TAKEAWAYS:
Learn how to make solar lanterns while addressing the middle and high school NGSS Physics standards as well as the NRC Framework Standards for Matter, Energy, and Human Impacts. Connect this simple lantern to the collective work of teachers and engineers working towards alleviating energy poverty.

SPEAKERS:
Pamela Ulicny

Sponsoring Company: Vernier Science Education

Join our beginner-friendly, interactive workshop to help you understand how to assess, calibrate, and start using new-to-you Vernier tools. Explore our suite of hands-on sensors and how they work with our Graphical Analysis app to support 3D science learning in your classroom.

SPEAKERS:
Kathryn Martin

Sponsoring Company: Vernier Science Education

Get started with Vernier! Explore our top sensors for chemistry, biology, and physics and learn how to integrate real-time data collection into your curriculum. Support student-led science learning with hands-on, sensor-based investigations that help students make sense of the world around them!

SPEAKERS:
Kathryn Martin

Modeling workshops are structured inquiry approaches to physics teaching that incorporate computers and insights from content and physics education research. Modeling workshop attendees develop skills in scientific discourse, Socratic questioning, and in assessment of student learning.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees at this session will be introduced to Modeling Instruction via a hands-on activity that is engaging and is representative of a typical modeling paradigm lab.

SPEAKERS:
Lee Burwasser, Jon Anderson

A discussion of philosophy and experiences of reshaping teaching and learning of conceptual physics at a small technical college. The presentation will detail the use of a portfolio assessment approach instead of traditional high-stakes exams, and the effects on student performance and attitudes.

TAKEAWAYS:
The use of a portfolio assessment strategy allows students the chance to learn and apply physics through doing, rather than memorizing and applying formulas. A draft based approach encourages students to continually revise and improve their understanding of difficult concepts over the semester.

SPEAKERS:
Laura Romanovich

Discover how simple adjustments in activity order can supercharge your students' knowledge construction and seamlessly integrate the NGSS into your teaching.

TAKEAWAYS:
Whether you're a novice or a seasoned pro, Instructional Sequence Matters will empower you with both the rationale and tangible, real-world examples to revamp your hands-on teaching methods.

SPEAKERS:
Patrick Brown

This session will focus on helping all physics students communicate their knowledge. AP Physics Course Leads will share strategies for incorporating Science Practices into all physics classrooms, with a focus on preparing students to communicate their understanding on the new AP Physics FRQ types.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will walk away with an understanding of the skills assessed on each of the four free response questions and strategies for how they can prepare students for success on the AP Physics Exams. Time will be reserved for questions and discussion.

SPEAKERS:
Dee Dee Messer

Sponsoring Company: PASCO Scientific

Engage students in a real-world engineering challenge! Learn how students can design and test crash barriers with live collision data to explore the link between momentum and impact forces. Analyze the resulting data to improve upon further design iterations.

SPEAKERS:
Shelly Riley

Equations are central in physics, but how can we ensure students understand them on a conceptual level? In this workshop we will conduct a short lab activity demonstrating how labs can be entry points to derive equations, allowing students to better understand where they come from and why they work.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will learn lab strategies to help their physics students make connections between observations, data, and equations. The goal is to help teachers ensure their students understand physics equations beyond just using them to "plug-and-chug" answers with numerical values.

SPEAKERS:
Joshua Paugh

Understanding magnetic fields can be challenging for students. This hands-on session will show how to use engineering design to help students make sense of the core ideas of magnetism, properties of fields, magnetic levitation, and how maglev trains work.

TAKEAWAYS:
This lesson can be easily implemented to help students understand magnetic fields and their role in maglev trains. The engineering design component allows students to use magnets to levitate an object and draw connections to other types of levitation such as quantum levitation.

SPEAKERS:
Karen Matsler

Sponsoring Company: Vernier Science Education

Why does the fuse blow when I use a hair dryer? Why does my device battery get hot? Let’s investigate real-world questions on electricity with hands-on voltage and current sensors! Get tips for engaging physics students in Ohm’s law and simple circuits using real-time data analysis.

SPEAKERS:
Kathryn Martin

Sponsoring Company: ExploreLearning

Join us in this interactive workshop to discover how Gizmos simulations amplify mathematical modeling in the classroom. Participants will engage in virtual and hands-on experiments to explore examples using Newton’s Laws, Hooke's Law, and the spring constant.

SPEAKERS:
Abby Dogum

Learn strategies for designing low-prep guided inquiry labs for all physics students. The poster will address strategies to help students with both experimental design and data analysis. Leave with a better understanding of FRQ #3, Experimental Design and Analysis, on the AP Physics exam.

TAKEAWAYS:
Learn how to create guided inquiry lab experiences for physics students. Understand how FRQ #3, Experimental Design and Analysis, assesses student understanding on the AP Physics exams.

SPEAKERS:
Dee Dee Messer

We will present evidence from different classrooms, from regents level to ICT, highlighting how PEER Physics has been successfully integrated into the curricula. It will include student samples and analysis of student surveys to show the positive impact on student engagement and understanding.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will learn how to adapt the PEER Physics approach to fit your specific teaching context and student population.Leave this session equipped with the knowledge and tools to create a more engaging, collaborative, and effective learning environment for your students.

SPEAKERS:
Campbell Fee

Physics is all around us—let’s analyze it! In this interactive session, we’ll explore how video analysis techniques may be used as a mechanism to investigate local physics phenomena, enhance student understanding, and connect physics concepts to the real world.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will leave with a toolkit of ready-to-use physics activities supported by video analysis techniques that can be applied immediately in their classrooms.

SPEAKERS:
Eric Walters

Sponsoring Company: Vernier Science Education

From friction to collisions, engage students in real-world motion phenomena! Investigate questions like “How do brakes stop a bicycle?” or “Why are seat belts crucial to car safety?” We’ll explore sensor carts in action, analyze velocity and acceleration data, and share hands-on investigations.

SPEAKERS:
Kathryn Martin

Experience the synergy of physics, statistics, and data science using PhET simulations and CODAP. Dive into new interactive tools like Gas Properties, Diffusion, and Projectile Sampling Distributions, while exploring hands-on lesson design. Preview cutting-edge work with Circuit Construction Kit.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will learn to design classroom-ready lessons that merge physics, statistics, and data science, using the latest PhET simulations and CODAP tools and physics education research insights. Gain access to innovative strategies that drive analytical thinking and data fluency in students.

SPEAKERS:
Matthew Blackman

Sponsoring Company: Switch Classroom

Create and test Play-Doh electrical circuits to explore conductivity, resistance, and circuit design. This fun, hands-on lab provides an engaging way to teach foundational electricity concepts and energy science, making complex ideas accessible for students of all ages.

SPEAKERS:
Lynn Kistler

Sponsoring Company: Ward's Science

Too much work to do in preparation for OpenSciEd? We will share some time-saving measures and enhancements to give you back time to enlighten your students' learning of magnetism, electricity, and spectroscopy using Ward’s Science Kits. Get better results with less hassle.

SPEAKERS:
Michelle Linn, Norman Marshall

Balance is something we can feel but can not always see. The center of mass is not always the at the visual center of an object. Explore balance with your students using just paper, tape and scissors. Create a Engineering with Paper balance bar and objects to test just very simple supplies.

TAKEAWAYS:
That paper is an extremely adaptable and inexpensive material that can be used to create engaging science activities.

SPEAKERS:
Godwyn Morris

Sponsoring Company: BFW Publishers

Collisions and work-energy concepts are key topics in AP® Physics 1, and often challenging due to gaps in understanding. This session explores a clearer way to describe interactions, helping enhance students' comprehension so they tackle these problems more effectively. (Examples from recent exams).

SPEAKERS:
Gay Stewart, Rachel Friedman

Sponsoring Company: PASCO Scientific

Experience the best way to teach basic circuits! Learn how to build circuits with modular components that look identical to schematic drawings. We'll show you how to skip the tangled wires that confuse students so you can focus on the physics.

SPEAKERS:
Shelly Riley

Practice activities as a student with simple materials exploring the EM Spectrum and explanatory models that illustrate real world space science applications. Learn about the Virtual Astronomy Academy program.

TAKEAWAYS:
Practice Claim Evidence and Reasoning, and a gallery walk of student work to review models; and practice collaborative learning to investigate filters and wavelengths. Attendees will also be learn how to join NASA Virtual Astronomy Academy professional development program.

SPEAKERS:
Diane Ripollone, Coral Clark, Ann Marie Dubick, P Harman

Sponsoring Company: Flinn Scientific

Revolutionize your teaching with this hands-on introduction to POGIL (Process-Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning)! Designed for science teachers, curriculum developers, and administrators, this session will explore team roles, the POGIL Learning Cycle, and strategies to develop problem-solving critical skills.

SPEAKERS:
Elizabeth Mancini

Sponsoring Company: Arbor Scientific

Creatively explore physics and physical science equipment, discovering versatile ways to use materials across different courses. Participants will develop strategies for making cost-effective purchasing decisions while aligning equipment use with standards-based instructional goals and inquiry level

SPEAKERS:
Bree Barnett Dreyfuss, Alex Gonzalez

Figuring out what to grade for 3-dimensional teaching and learning is a challenge. Come see how we use OpenSciEd's assessment guidance to create unit-long learning progression rubrics that support assessing students in mastering intentionally developed SEPs.

TAKEAWAYS:
Our method of deriving Newton's 2nd Law in OpenSciEd Physics Unit 3: Collisions and Momentum is motivated by student ideas. Students are wondering how much time it takes to stop a car. They design an experiment with a unique "force cart" apparatus, then construct an algebraic model from their data.

SPEAKERS:
Joseph Kremer, Dr. Patty McGinnis

Sponsoring Company: Vernier Science Education

Explore how our Video Analysis app helps students investigate physics (+ physiology!) concepts with real-world videos! Learn to record and analyze topics from projectile motion to elastic collisions. We’ll cover key features, best practices, and 3D learning ideas for engaging student investigations.

SPEAKERS:
Kathryn Martin

Whether it is in high school course enrollment, college, or careers, males outnumber females in terms of enrollment and the study of advanced STEM fields, particularly physics, and engineering. This program will review the current research, interventions, and action steps to reverse this trend.

TAKEAWAYS:
Impact of socio-cultural and psycho-social factors leading to gender disproportionality in STEM course enrollment. Also, the sharing of action steps to take designed to increase female student enrollment, particularly for those students with individual Advanced Placement Potential.

SPEAKERS:
Barbara Fortunato, Daniel Sierzega, Richard Stec

Learn how to use the Uncovering Student Ideas probes in an explore-before-explain instructional sequence to support a classroom where all students' ideas matter!

TAKEAWAYS:
Learn about a resource for formative assessment and explore-before-explain teaching.

SPEAKERS:
Patrick Brown

This workshop will demonstrate how stringing a bloodstain using trigonometry can be used to determine the flight of a projectile, in this case, blood. In forensic glass analysis, the concept of refractive index is used to determine type of glass. Activities will be demonstrated and discussed.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will learn how to "string" a bloodstain pattern and how their students can do the same, using trigonometry, similar to traditional projectile motion physics. The session has activities and demonstrations of refractive index that can be used with both physics and forensic science students.

SPEAKERS:
Kathy Mirakovits

This workshop will introduce teachers to classroom investigations using the built-in gyroscope in their smartphones which connect foundational physics to real-world applications such as virtual reality and fitness tracking.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will conduct multiple hands-on investigations using the gyroscope sensor in smartphones to explore rotational motion. They will directly experience the amazing capabilities of the sensors and will go away prepared to implement the investigations in their classrooms.

SPEAKERS:
David Rakestraw, Helene McLaughlin, Michael Tobler

Demonstrations in Physics to support curriculum, and also in Chemistry to support curriculum. They will reinforce instruction of various topics in physics and chemistry.

TAKEAWAYS:
You will gain practical knowledge in Physics and Chemistry to further enhance learning of subject matter in several areas you teach.

SPEAKERS:
Andrew Hain

The American Meteorological Society’s Education Team will help teachers connect the forces acting on high- and low-pressure systems to the weather patterns they create.

TAKEAWAYS:
Educators will walk away with the ability to guide high school students through an inquiry-based weather lesson about the forces acting on high- and low-pressure systems and the weather patterns they create.

SPEAKERS:
Diane Ripollone, Erin Smoak

Collaborate with your fellow science teachers to begin moving away from cookbook labs and towards inquiry-driven, discovery-based laboratory investigations. Learn how to pivot your lab activities to create opportunities for students to use evidence-based reasoning to develop understanding.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will leave this session having transformed one of their preexisting laboratory activities into a student-driven inquiry based investigation.

SPEAKERS:
Samantha Gordon

An overview of how Modeling Instruction can build understanding in science so that students can solve problems reasoning from models instead of relying on having seen similar problems in the past. The connection between Modeling Instruction and the NGSS Science Practices will be included.

TAKEAWAYS:
Students build a stronger foundation when they learn science by doing it the way practicing scientists do. Through Modeling Instruction they develop a small set of core models that allow them to address a wide range of challenges and problems without the need to memorize large amounts of material.

SPEAKERS:
AMTA Executive Officer, Geoff Nunes

Sponsoring Company: Laser Classroom

Bring physics to life! Join Jeff Dudukovich, Seminole County’s Optics Bus teacher, for hands-on demos featuring Laser Classroom’s Light Blox and Laser Blox. Explore light, sound, and waves while discovering practical tools to captivate your students and transform learning into pure inspiration!

SPEAKERS:
Jeffrey Dudukovich, Derek Miller

This session will introduce NSTA's phenomenon-driven, three-dimensional instructional materials designed for high school classrooms. These lessons and units provide opportunities for all students to engage in science learning that is meaningful to them.

TAKEAWAYS:
Phenomenon-driven, three-dimensional lessons and units provide students with opportunities to actively try to figure out how the world works or design solutions to problems (sensemaking).

SPEAKERS:
Patrice Scinta

Through an Educational Video Game (EVG), we connect aspects of kinematic motion to video games. The EVG creates the mathematical representations of this phenomena and helps develop sensemaking for students.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will integrate EVGs into their classrooms to enhance equitable math integration in the science classroom and promote access to high quality.

SPEAKERS:
Eric Rivera Rodríguez

This talk reports on findings from a three-year empirical study of the impact of revising lab reports on high school physics student scientific reasoning development in an Investigative Science Learning Environment (ISLE) approach classroom.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will learn strategies for incorporating resubmissions into the high school science classroom as well as the effects of this authentic engagement with the scientific process on high school physics student mindsets toward learning science.

SPEAKERS:
Danielle Bugge

How do scientists study phenomena like dark matter and neutrinos, which can’t be directly observed? Learn how to bring this cutting-edge research into your classroom using sensemaking and SEPs, with strategies to help students explore the unseen through observable evidence and inquiry.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will leave with practical strategies to help students leverage observable phenomena to make sense of complex, abstract scientific concepts, fostering deeper engagement and understanding through SEPs.

SPEAKERS:
Ashley Armstrong

When students engage in sensemaking using the key elements of NGSS, it helps to push their learning and understanding of the world around them. Experience examples of how to strategically transform your lessons and units to better support student learning in an equitable learning environment.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will experience and review student work from strategies that help create equitable learning environments conducive to sensemaking in science. Examples are connected to the four attributes of sensemaking: phenomena, science and engineering practices, student ideas, and science ideas.

SPEAKERS:
Emilie Cross

Sponsoring Company: Positive Physics, Chemistry, Biology and more!

Positive Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Physical Science, Environmental Science & Engineering (positivephysics.org) is the award-winning online question and lesson bank that students actually like! Learn how to implement it in your classroom, get strategies for making learning accessible and fun for all students, and receive FREE subscriptions for your school/district for the rest of the year! Key features include: Immediate feedback, randomization, a student-friendly environment, integration with Google Classroom, Canvas, and Schoology, AI Tutor availability, and NGSS & AP alignment.

SPEAKERS:
Jack Replinger

This interactive workshop allows teachers of physics to put on “student hats” to learn about the STEP UP Careers in Physics and Women in Physics lessons. These data driven lessons tackle issues of gender disparity, connect students to profiles of physicists working in the field, and provide concrete

TAKEAWAYS:
Teachers of physics will leave this workshop with concrete implementation tips for STEP UP’s two evidence based lessons, access to the digital lessons and instructional materials via the website, and information about the robust STEP UP teacher network.

SPEAKERS:
Sabrina Whitaker, Ghada Nehmeh

A hands-on beam lab produces graphs critical to understanding properties for engineering. With focus on making, interpreting, and teaching the graphs. Real-world uses and applications of stress-strain curves in engineering will be shared and help to illustrate the importance of this type of graph.

TAKEAWAYS:
Real-world uses and applications of stress-strain curves in engineering will be shared and help to illustrate the importance of these graphs.

SPEAKERS:
Scott Spohler

The Everyday Actions Guide is a pedagogy handbook and the foundation of a new professional learning series around inclusive practice in physics. We invite teachers with all levels of experience to come and learn more about the active steps to take to improve the field of physics for all students.

TAKEAWAYS:
Building on teacher reflection and including student voices, the Everyday Actions Guide is a free tool for science teachers and of all levels of experience to make positive change in their classrooms. Learn about some of these steps and how to use this tool.

SPEAKERS:
Pooneh Sabouri

Attendees will experience a new approach to introducing dynamics, using sequenced experiments with toy-like blowdarts. Attendees will learn examples of implementation in various educational settings. Teachers can try this approach with their students tomorrow using everyday materials.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will learn a new approach to introducing dynamics, using simple teaching materials available anywhere. Our plans are downloadable worldwide and will be practical and fun for students everywhere, regardless of the teacher's experience or expertise.

SPEAKERS:
Mariko Kobayashi, Haruhiko Funahashi, Tomoko HASEGAWA, Koji Tsukamoto, Taro YAMAMOTO

The accelerometer sensor in smartphones provide students with the ability to precisely measure changes in 3D motion. Workshop participants will conduct investigations to experimentally determine the change in motion of an object, including the often tricky static and kinetic friction experiment.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will conduct multiple hands-on investigations using the accelerometer sensor in smartphones to explore changes in motion. They will directly experience the capabilities of the three-axis accelerometer sensor and will leave prepared to implement investigations in their classrooms.

SPEAKERS:
David Rakestraw, Helene McLaughlin, Michael Tobler

We will go through a set of hands-on, physical and digital experiences to learn how objects vibrate and make sound, and how that sound can be turned into music. Participants will get access to free curriculum resources and digital tools created by music neuroscientist and sound artist, Victor Minces

TAKEAWAYS:
You will learn how to use everyday objects and free digital tools to explore the science of sound and music. You will create beats and sound compositions, and tune an orchestra made with beakers and water as an anchoring phenomenon to bring to your students.

SPEAKERS:
Alec Barron

Come learn the science of scuba diving! This session will present some of the physics and human physiological processes associated with scuba diving, and will include hands-on modeling activities that can be built into your science classroom.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will learn the real world connections between science and recreational scuba diving, and will be provided with ideas on how to model some of these phenomena in their classrooms.

SPEAKERS:
Merryn Cole, Jake Johnson