What do climate data feel like? How can they engage our senses? Explore climate data using simple methods to create powerful and tactile data stories. Inspired by #ShowYourStripes and the Tempestry Project, participants learn ways to make environmental data accessible and fun for students.

TAKEAWAYS:
Workshop participants will create and keep a sample data project using tactile materials and receive step-by-step plans for how to replicate this with any data set in their classrooms. The plans can be easily adapted to any unit that uses data in natural science, math, or social science classes.

SPEAKERS:
Alexandra Rose, Ian Schwartz, Tim Ogino

Join two instructional coaches who will lead a medical-themed session where attendees will have the opportunity to travel through the cross-curricular leveling-up (station-based) activity. Attendees will leave the session with instructional strategies to fuel student engagement.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will participate in a cross-curricular leveling-up (station-based) activity. Attendees will also receive access to a website that includes meaningful instructional sequences, grade-appropriate resources, a cross-curricular map, rubrics, and student organizers fueling student engagement.

SPEAKERS:
Jamesa Broome, Ann Vitello

Learn from our experience as a math and a science teacher collaborating together to give our students an interdisciplinary learning opportunity so that you can start your own plan. We will share the logistics from this authentic inquiry-based project and you’ll hear testimonials from our students.

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Attendees will be provided with one way to overcome logistical challenges inherent with interdisciplinary collaboration at the secondary level, including differing rosters and schedules. Furthermore, attendees will have the opportunity to start their own plan for their own interdisciplinary project.

SPEAKERS:
Joseph Schneiderwind, Nadene Klein

Sponsoring Company: STEMscopes by Accelerate Learning

Models are tools for representing ideas and developing explanations related to phenomena. Models can be used to deepen student understanding of scientific and math concepts. You will identify connections to the use of models in your instruction while examining your state standards and/or frameworks.

SPEAKERS:
Laurie Thompson

Do you want your students to understand how current scientific research is relevant to their learning and has real world applications? We will present an accessible STEM curriculum, informed by current work in a university research lab, that integrates nanoscience phenomena with content standards.

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Attendees will learn about current research in the field of nanoscience and will gain access to a STEM curriculum package that draws on nanoscience to help all students in grades 5-8 make connections between STEM content and their everyday lives.

SPEAKERS:
Melissa Kwan, Donna Terrasi, Silvia Kenna

Many beverages contain various sugars, and most of that sugar comes from corn. Reading nutrition labels can inform students of the amount of nutrients in various beverages.

TAKEAWAYS:
Young students find it difficult to equate mass measurements with volumes. Also, students, when reading labels, do not do math! Single serving amounts do not mean the total grams of sugar in a container.

SPEAKERS:
Suzanne Cunningham

Each will identify grade level, core disciplinary ideas (science content standards), Science & Engineering Practice and Crosscutting concepts. Participants will leave with lessons plans, websites, grants ideas and other resources. Over 14 PAs will bring best practices from their varied expertise.

TAKEAWAYS:
K-12 teachers will leave with lessons plans, websites, grant ideas, and other resources from Presidential Awardees.

SPEAKERS:
DeLene Hoffner

When students engage in integrated math activities, they make deeper connections, gain a stronger understanding of concepts, and see the concepts as a whole. Teachers in K-2, 3-5, and 6-8 will collaborate on an integrated math activity focused on determining cloud coverage to connect with nature.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will be provided lesson plans and student work to initiate discussions about what this could look like in their classrooms. At the end of the session, participants will see how collecting weather data can be integrated daily into their classrooms and help students connect with nature.

SPEAKERS:
Michelle Parslow, Katherine Vela

Has a student ever asked, “what does this have to do with me?” Place-Based Learning is a way to answer that question as students build observation, inquiry, and data analysis skills. Workshop presenters will share examples from their STEAM classrooms. Participants will complete a mini investigation.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will feel empowered to incorporate Place-Based Learning in STEAM curriculum.

SPEAKERS:
Anna Suggs, Gaylynn Lynch, Amanda Petty

Come discover how free, NSF-funded resources from The Concord Consortium and EL Education can bring literacy, math, and social studies into the science classroom through engaging students with authentic real-world datasets. Bring a device to this interactive session and take away tips and resources!

TAKEAWAYS:
Resources and strategies for interdisciplinary sensemaking through interactive data-exploration simulations and activities.

SPEAKERS:
Katherine Miller

In this session, teachers will experience the integration of reading, math, and science instruction, and get more bang for their buck. The session will also discuss and demonstrate differentiation to support all learners. There will be a rotation simulation for brain stimulation!

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The hands-on session provides: ideas on classroom management for integrated stations and centers, detailed small-group instruction, Lexile-leveled lessons, and much more!

SPEAKERS:
Yolanda Williams

Come have fun collecting real data to investigate the relationship between altitude and pressure using a micro:bit and a Grove sensor. We will walk through the Python code, collect the data, and investigate the relationship through the mathematical models, squeezing as much as we can out of our work.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will experience the marriage of science and mathematics by using the micro:bit and a Grove sensor to collect real pressure data to analyze. We will spend time creating and using mathematical models so that we can better understand the relationship between altitude and pressure.

SPEAKERS:
Adam Pennell

Increase student engagement in analysis and evaluation of real data. Engage students of different ability levels in mathematical models with measurements not previously accessible in the classroom.

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Use real data to develop mathematical models and learn how to test your hypothesis by performing an experiment and analyzing your results, combining graphing calculators with handheld sensors to maximize class time.

SPEAKERS:
Karlheinz Haas

In this demonstration of a middle school mechanical engineering PBL unit, attendee's will build and test the performance of Lego toy cars, evaluate competing designs, and suggest improvements to how they would improve designs. There will be math and writing, and so bring a pencil and a calculator!

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will see a demonstration of a full problem-based learning unit outlining a full engineering design cycle for mechanical engineering, and the pedagogy used in lessons.

SPEAKERS:
Erin Brabant

Learn how to implement a Quick Quiz system to provide consistent and timely feedback to your students, as well as guide your instruction. Students can replace formative Quick Quiz scores by showing mastery by the Summative assessment. Stop checking homework, and start Quick Quizzing!

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Use daily formative quizzing to allow teacher and students to understand where they are in the learning process, and to drive instruction. We will share our system for making this easy on both teachers and students, and detail how a redemption policy makes these Quizzes a true Formative assessment.

SPEAKERS:
Kimberlee Freudenberg

Let's face it, science often takes a backseat to math! Change the conversation with ideas to support integrating science curriculum and find funding for authentic learning experiences. Help get your topics more recognition and revitalize the most hated subject in school, math!

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Discuss successful steps taken to integrate curriculum, fund activities, and even co-teach ES, biology, chemistry, and STEM topics with math teammates. Walk away with lesson plans you can take to your math department to model the process.

SPEAKERS:
Scarlett Lyon

TNTP’s equity-based STEM Good to Great model is a learning-by-doing experience that couples a culturally responsive framework with job-embedded development to make STEM thinking an integral part of the classroom. Hear from TNTP and our partner school on the program's impact on teaching and learning.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will learn how to lay the foundation for a sustainable and meaningful STEM culture through an equity-driven professional development and robust coaching model that honors four key resources crucial to improving student outcomes across K-12 classrooms.

SPEAKERS:
Amanda McCue, Camryn Lochner, Nithya Vasudevan

Pumped Hydro Storage facilities store vast amounts of energy and can help society transition to cleaner energy sources. In our workshop, we will share an inquiry-based lesson where student teams control hands-on, interactive models of a city’s storage facility while exploring sustainable energy use.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will participate in a cross-disciplinary activity for science and math students around sustainability and energy conversion. Attendees will receive complete instructions on how to create their own models and lesson plans aligned to current NGSS science and Common Core math standards.

SPEAKERS:
Caitlin Anderson, Scott Sieke

Explore the nexus between science and statistics using PhET simulations and CODAP tools. Delve into experimental design, uncertainty, data metrics, and the “Projectile Motion: Data Lab” simulation. Sneak a peek into PhET’s latest work and gain ready-to-implement lesson ideas.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will acquire strategies and resources to seamlessly integrate experimental design with sources of uncertainty and statistics into their physics lessons, fostering data fluency and analytical thinking in students using PhET simulations and CODAP.

SPEAKERS:
Katherine Perkins, Matthew Blackman

In this workshop, explore what defines a STEM lesson and learn how to turn your Science class into STEM by adding relevant engineering and math activities to lessons. STEM activities will help maintain your students’ interest and give them a more wholistic understanding of the Science discipline.

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Enhance your 5E science lessons by learning how to add student-centered, collaborative math and engineering activities to them. In this workshop, we will transform common science activities in 3-5th grade by exploring and generating connections from the Science activities to math and engineering.

SPEAKERS:
Rama Sreekantham

This parachute STEM lesson is introduced by reading some history using the book, “Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot” by Margot Theis Raven. Discussing problems and how engineers and scientists work to solve them assists students in learning about engineering and the Design Process as well as physics.

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Reading, problem-solving, engineering design, physical science, and math are used by groups of fourth graders to build and test parachutes in this STEM lesson. Students work in groups of three and preliminary designs are drawn, put together, and tested.

SPEAKERS:
Suzanne Cunningham

Engage in a lesson from NASA JPL that examines sea level rise over time, the causes of sea level rise, and its connection to greenhouse gases and climate change. Use the data to forecast future impacts to Earth systems and human and animal populations. Bring a spreadsheet-enabled device.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will learn how NASA monitors sea level rise and other Earth vital signs, participate in a graphing data lesson they can use with their students, and learn about Earth system interconnections and a plethora of classroom climate science resources.

SPEAKERS:
Ota Lutz

10 unique and unusual science-based examples of solar system modeling that use simple materials with all these interactive activities stress the use of decimals, fractions, and proportions in a scalable, adaptable, and fun exploration of the planets, including Pluto and the Asteroid Belt.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will experience the solar system in new ways through activities addressing hands-on size comparisons, geologic age, light distance, object ratios, density, gravity, and travel time. Each model uses inexpensive and effective materials that are easily recreated and shared.

SPEAKERS:
Martin Horejsi

OpenSciEd HS engages students with complex, flexible, and purposeful mathematical thinking to meet the NGSS. We illustrate how NGSS practices 4 and 5 (analyzing data and math) are central and supported as students develop explanations, models, and solutions in chemistry and physics.

TAKEAWAYS:
Leveraging data analysis and mathematical thinking in the context of meaningful phenomena and problems like food sovereignty, rather than frontloading rote math “skills,” helps students engage with these practices as sensemaking tools, deepening student understanding of both science and math.

SPEAKERS:
Michael Novak, Kate Henson

Explore a module that examines cellular biology content through a quantitatively focused lens! "Sizes, Scales, and Specialization" explores how cell size varies between cell types by having students conduct conversions between volume, density and mass. For undergraduates and upper level HS students.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will be ready to implement a 1 hour classroom activity to improve their student’s proficiency with scientific numbers and unit conversions by exploring the most common cell types in the body and their sizes.

SPEAKERS:
Joseph Esquibel

Using blocks teachers will find ready to use activities that will include several integral science practices students need to succeed.

TAKEAWAYS:
Hands-on activities that will solidify otherwise stagnant concepts in introductory science practices.

SPEAKERS:
Chris Coker

Radioactive decay is taught in high school (NGSS-HS-PS1-1); however, materials and experimental equipment can be expensive. We compare and contrast the performance of centicubes and dice to accurately model radioactive decay and half-life for in-class investigations.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will learn about alpha, beta, and gamma decay, as well as the advantages and limitations of using everyday materials (pennies, dice, carbonated beverages, centicubes, etc.) as simulation analogies to teach radioactivity and half-life.

SPEAKERS:
Alexandria Black

Modeling unit conversions through water beads makes an abstract concept of units into a concrete model. Students use different-sized cups and class averages to determine unit conversion factors. Students use these conversion factors to answer word problems.

TAKEAWAYS:
Unit conversions are an important skill to learn for a variety of fields of science. Modeling this abstract idea helps all students understand the importance of converting units in other contexts.

SPEAKERS:
Ashley Garcia

In this classroom lesson, students load X-Ray images into a Google AI site to create image recognition models. The models will then be trained to classify lung X-Ray results into various categories, producing patient diagnoses. Students also analyze the reliability of the AI model using statistics.

TAKEAWAYS:
Teach students to build, test, and assess authentic AI image recognition models to diagnose patient lung disease using X-Ray images. Students then assess the model using statistical tools.

SPEAKERS:
Ashley Burkart, Milton Johnson

This presentation discusses a framework that supports a universal design approach and highlights indigenous ways of thinking to mitigate environmental impacts. Based on the successful outcomes of a recent study, this presentation demonstrates how the framework may be put into practice.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will be able to learn about the potential of a teaching framework, specifically in assisting pre-service teachers. By embracing cultural traditions while working together with progressive pedagogy, the intent is to develop relevancy, engagement, and motivation in mathematics.

SPEAKERS:
Stacy Potes

Attendees will collect and analyze uniform motion data from a dune buggy, identify dependent and independent variables, and create large graphs that can be easily interpreted by using adding machine tape.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will: Develop the relationship between a uniform motion car and a displacement vs. time graph. Compare a uniform motion graph to a nonuniform graph. Learn how graphs form the basis for equations students will learn in other STEM classes.

SPEAKERS:
Jan Mader

PhET Interactive Simulations are open education resources that support science education. Engage with PhET’s 100+ simulations and research-based active learning pedagogies while learning about PhET’s professional development Virtual Workshops that you can embed into teacher education programs.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will learn (1) how to access PhET’s full range of teacher resources, including the PhET Virtual Workshop, (2) how to facilitate effective teacher professional development programs for online and virtual contexts, and (3) how simulations can be an on-ramp to use evidence-based pedagogies.

SPEAKERS:
Katherine Perkins, Briana Clarke, Rebecca Vieyra

Science instruction creates rich opportunities to integrate other content areas— particularly ELA or math. Explore a process for designing integration opportunities that allow both domains to support each other. Bring a science lesson plan or use a shared example to try the process together.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will try out a process built upon foundational practices identified in science education and integration research to analyze a science lesson plan for moments of student sensemaking and opportunities for content integration.

SPEAKERS:
Janna Mahfoud, Amy Belcastro