NSTA STEM21

July 26-30, 2021

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STEAM with SPED: What Full Inclusion Looks Like

Monday, July 26 • 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

STRAND: Upper Elementary

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Co-teaching or have lots of mainstreamed SPED students? Pick up some useful strategies and clever tools to help bridge the anxiety gap here!

TAKEAWAYS:
1. Co-teaching best practices; 2. Mainstreaming with SPED students made more comprehensible and easier to do; and 3. Online teaching, grading for SPED students and more addressed.

SPEAKERS:
Julie A. Smith (Lennox Middle School: Lennox, CA)

Dream It, Design It

Monday, July 26 • 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM


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NSTA - DIDI - Summer 2021 (PUBLIC).pdf
These are the slides used for today's presentation.

STRAND: Upper Elementary

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Students and teachers can learn about STEM in an immersive and risk-friendly environment? A regional student competition was developed to accomplish this feat.

TAKEAWAYS:
1. Students will take risks in learning when they are set up for success; 2. Teachers and students can learn together; and 3. Professional Development does not have to be lecture in format.

SPEAKERS:
Patrice Semicek (Montgomery County Intermediate Unit 23: Norristown, PA), Ben DeSantis (Montgomery County Intermediate Unit 23: Norristown, PA)

STEM Collaboration from the Ground Up: Hydroponics in the Classroom

Monday, July 26 • 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

STRAND: Upper Elementary

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The Dallas Arboretum and Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD will share the process and results of their collaborative STEM hydroponics program.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will: 1. explore the development process of the hydroponics collaborative; 2. view sample before-and-after lesson plans as a result of the curriculum redesign; and 3. learn about lessons learned and opportunities for growth, including adjustments due to distance learning.

SPEAKERS:
Dustin Miller (Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden: Dallas, TX), Christy McClain (Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD: Carrollton, TX)

STEM-ify Content Through Design Thinking

Monday, July 26 • 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

STRAND: Upper Elementary

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Design thinking enhances student engagement and performance across the curriculum. Come try the DT process and explore resources to help you get started!

TAKEAWAYS:
1. The design thinking process (empathize, define, ideate, prototype, test) is used by schools and corporations around the world to solve problems and create products; 2. The design thinking process can be applied in any content area to promote critical thinking and student engagement; and 3. Many free strategies and resources are available to teachers, and implementation can be as simple as routinely having students ask certain questions.

SPEAKERS:
Ashley Townsend (Oak Grove Primary School: Prairieville, LA)

Launching and Igniting a Love of STEM Studies While Nurturing the Curious Instincts of Young Learners

Monday, July 26 • 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

STRAND: Lower Elementary / Early Childhood

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Join me as I model integrated STEM activities and explorations—where children explore and manipulate objects, materials, technology-rich manipulatives, and variables—to see the effects of their actions, and to help young children see the interconnectedness of the STEM disciplines. Handouts.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will learn: 1. about the myriad examples of STEM that comprise the everyday world of the young child and how to identify, create, and explore many amazing opportunities for observation, exploration, and thinking that surround young children every day; 2. and actively engage in discourse with the presenter about ways of nurturing the young child’s natural curiosity and inquisitive nature regarding STEM in the natural world and technology in their surroundings, and ways to set up hands-on exploration opportunities and ways to nurture the curiosity of young children for STEM studies; and 3. best practices for working with young children in science and STEM studies.

SPEAKERS:
Donna Knoell (self: Shawnee Mission, KS)

Engineering, Code, and Design Through Classroom Activities

Monday, July 26 • 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

STRAND: Lower Elementary / Early Childhood

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Kids' technology designer and author Vicky Fang introduces tools, activities, and philosophies to inspire STEM curiosity and confidence in young kids.

TAKEAWAYS:
1. Recommendations based on research and experience to spark STEM curiosity in a wider and more diverse range of kids; 2. Introductions to current tools to promote creativity in tech; and 3. Hands-on activities for promoting design thinking, computational thinking, and computer literacy in the classroom.

SPEAKERS:
Vicky Fang (Product Designer & Author-Illustrator: Los Altos, CA)

Think Like a Bird: Integrating Life Science and Engineering Design in the Elementary Classroom

Monday, July 26 • 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM


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NSTA - Think Like a Bird.pptx
Presentation slides with resource links

STRAND: Upper Elementary

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Can you think like a bird? That is what these NGSS-focused activities ask of students in an engineering challenge to create shelter for local birds.

TAKEAWAYS:
1. Fun, authentic, NGSS-focused activities that promote students' application of science concepts in the engineering design process; 2. Simple strategies to engage students in place-based outdoor learning experiences that are adaptable for in-person instruction, virtual learning, or at-home projects; and 3. Ideas for modifying your existing life science activities to fit the time of year.

SPEAKERS:
Rebecca Krall (University of Kentucky: Lexington, KY), Sagan Goodpaster (University of Kentucky: Lexington, KY)

Robotics—It’s Elementary!

Monday, July 26 • 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM

STRAND: Upper Elementary

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Are you thinking about incorporating coding and robotics at the elementary level? Come try it yourself and learn about funding, resources, and preparing for success!

TAKEAWAYS:
1. Coding and robotics can improve students’ algorithmic and critical thinking, which helps with math and reading as well as creativity, communication, and collaboration; 2. When seeking funding for robotics, start with what is manageable and connect your project with math, science, and ELA standards; and 3. Focus on how students are thinking to get the most out of their experiences with coding and robotics.

SPEAKERS:
Ashley Townsend (Oak Grove Primary School: Prairieville, LA)

Reimagining the Five Practices for Effective and Equitable Discourse: An Example from a Virtual STEM Experience

Monday, July 26 • 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM

STRAND: Upper Elementary

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We discuss a number of considerations for virtual science instruction and highlight how the five practices take shape in an online STEM experience. We further suggest ways by which teachers can maximize an online learning platform for equitable participation.

TAKEAWAYS:
1. The Five Practices remind us that discourse and equitable participation in the science classroom require more than discipline-based knowledge or simply providing experiences with phenomena and materials; 2. As teachers prepare to engage students in virtual science experiences, utilizing strategies that promote effective discourse is essential. It is not the teacher alone who creates effective discourse; however, the teacher’s careful construction of explicit guidance for students through discourse strategies while investigating science phenomena is crucial; and 3. Virtual classroom instruction can be designed in ways that enhance motivation, support productive participation, and deliver interactive learning experiences in science.

SPEAKERS:
Cathrine Maiorca (California State University, Long Beach: Long Beach, CA), L. Octavia Tripp (Auburn University: Auburn University, AL), Sahar Alameh (University of Kentucky: Lexington, KY), Margaret Mohr-Schroeder (University of Kentucky: Lexington, KY), Kristin Cook (Bellarmine University: Louisville, KY)

Makerspace: A New Vehicle for Developmentally Appropriate Practice

Monday, July 26 • 1:45 PM - 2:30 PM


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_MakerSpace _ A New Vehicle for in Early Childhood Education.pdf
Eagle Academy Public Charter’s School Pop-up Maker Space
Handout_MakerSpace_ A New Vehicle for Early Childhood Education NSTA STEM21, July 26, 2021 .pdf

STRAND: Lower Elementary / Early Childhood

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See how early childhood educators at an urban charter school are revolutionizing their classrooms as makerspaces to promote developmentally appropriate practice.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will learn how: 1. a makerspace for young children can be intentionally designed to allow for children to experience Seymour Papert's 8 Big Ideas of Contstructionism; 2. the young children can gain experience with the 8 Science and Engineering Practices in a makerspace-inspired Early Childhood Classroom; and 3. to facilitate child-directed learning in a developmentally appropriate manner in an intentionally designed makerspace.

SPEAKERS:
Sabrina Burroughs (Eagle Academy Public Charter School: Washington, DC), Karen Brooks-Bauer (Eagle Academy Public Charter School: Washington, DC)

STEM Tuesday: A Resource to Investigate, Celebrate, and Integrate Middle Grades STEM Books

Monday, July 26 • 1:45 PM - 2:30 PM


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NSTA Handout-STEM Tuesday talk.pdf

STRAND: Upper Elementary

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A team of Outstanding Science Trade/ Best STEM Books authors introduces the STEM Tuesday blog, a free resource that celebrates STEM books and connects classrooms via STEM and literacy activities.

TAKEAWAYS:
1. Find out what STEM Tuesday is and how to use it in middle level classrooms; 2. Leave with activities, book lists, resources, and suggestions from STEM Tuesday's FREE website to use in the classroom; and 3. Interact and provide feedback among authors and science teachers on STEM literacy and needed books.

SPEAKERS:
Jennifer Swanson (Author/Teacher: Jacksonville, FL), Heather Montgomery (Science Author: Ardmore, TN), Patricia Newman (Children's Book Author & Speaker: Carmichael, CA), Nancy Castaldo (Author: Boston, MA)

Follow That Tree

Monday, July 26 • 1:45 PM - 2:30 PM


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Follow That Tree Handout
Resource guide and contact information to accompany the session.

STRAND: Lower Elementary / Early Childhood

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Come along as a kindergarten class explores the world of nature, experiences the seasons, and engages in STEM activities with Joe the Ginkgo Tree as its guide.

TAKEAWAYS:
1. Promote inquiry-based learning through the lens of a schoolyard tree; 2. Learn how to design a yearlong, child-centered STEM project; and 3. Connect students with the natural world both inside the classroom and outdoors with hands-on STEM and art-based activities and experiments.

SPEAKERS:
Amie Petronis Plumley (Grace-St. Luke's Episcopal School: Memphis, TN)

STEM: A Cross-Curricula Approach

Monday, July 26 • 1:45 PM - 2:30 PM

STRAND: Upper Elementary

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The goal of this presentation is to share resources and best practices that will aid instructors in developing an innovative cross-curricular STEM instructional setting.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will leave with the following: 1. a list of resources that can be used to implement STEM objectives across all subject areas; 2. specific examples of how to develop a cross-curricular STEM unit based on a literary text; 3. a template to guide them in developing cross-curricular STEM activities; and 4. a cross-curricular unit they will design during the session.

SPEAKERS:
Lynn Dunn (NTID Regional STEM Center: Talladega, AL)

Strategies to Integrate Project-Based Learning in Diverse K–12 Learning Environments

Tuesday, July 27 • 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

STRAND: Middle Level

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This past year has demonstrated the need for diverse tools, resources, and support to teach students in dynamic K–12 learning environments. This session will focus on strategies to integrate project-based learning in diverse learning environments.

TAKEAWAYS:
1. Learn strategies to engage students in science and engineering concepts; 2. Obtain tools to foster a learning environment and classroom culture grounded in the habit of reflection and reasoning; and 3. Gain practical resources and tools to apply project-based learning in a diverse K–12 learning environment that you can begin implementing in your classroom this fall.

SPEAKERS:
Acacia McKenna (NSTA: Arlington, VA)

Three Aspects of 3D Printing Integration in the STEM Classroom

Tuesday, July 27 • 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

STRAND: Middle Level

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Participants will experience an overview of research in digital fabrication and explore three aspects of 3D modeling and printing activities enhancing core content STEM classes.

TAKEAWAYS:
The outcomes of this presentation are to: 1. explore the role of 3D printing integration in STEM teaching and learning; 2. facilitate a dialogue on the classification of 3D printing STEM activities; and 3. discuss participants’ use of 3D printers in their classrooms and how teachers can leverage other task types to enhance STEM teaching and learning.

SPEAKERS:
Jessica Ivy (Bellarmine University: Louisville, KY), Anna Wan (The University of Southern Mississippi: Hattiesburg, MS), Teresa Sappington Lampe (University of Southern Mississippi: No City, No State)

Challenging Times Create Innovative Challenges: Maggie Goes to Mars

Tuesday, July 27 • 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

STRAND: Middle Level

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Space science content introduced through innovative technologies engages student learning. AR/VR allows student explorers to learn about our quest to send humans to Mars.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will learn: 1. to use an online challenge to teach space science concepts; 2. about many of the NASA resources available for use in the classroom; and 3. to use augmented reality to learn about space science.

SPEAKERS:
Rhonda Christensen (University of North Texas: Denton, TX), Gerald Knezek (University of North Texas: Denton, TX)

EQuIPD Grant: Building Core Content Models with Real-Time Feedback from Micro:bit Sensors

Tuesday, July 27 • 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

STRAND: Middle Level

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We will use Micro:bits, programming, and sensors to empower student learning and accelerate conceptual model development. Participants will simulate this online.

TAKEAWAYS:
1. Sensors can accelerate the learning process and empower students when used correctly; 2. Computational thinking is catalyzed by block-based programming languages; and 3. Conceptual model development and inquiry are intricately linked.

SPEAKERS:
Jared Carter (University of Florida: Gainesville, FL)

Virtual Choose-Your-Own Science Adventure

Tuesday, July 27 • 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM

STRAND: Middle Level

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Participants experience how to offer students opportunities for choosing virtual design challenges in various science domains by utilizing provided videos and data sets.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will engage in a design challenge to test: 1. efficiency of wind turbine blades; 2. the strength of electromagnets; and 3. the greenhouse effect in an area of a specific land surface (e.g.,ocean, lake, arctic, desert).

SPEAKERS:
Kathleen Brooks (CREC: No City, No State), Rebecca Tonkinson (eesmarts: Hartford, CT), Sharyon Holness (eesmarts: No City, No State)

Unleashing the Next Innovation Generation: How Innovations Engage Students in Problem-Based Learning (PBL) Through Authentic Experiences and Open-Ended, Student-Directed Exploration

Tuesday, July 27 • 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM


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Unleashing the Next Innovation Generation - How Innovations Engage Students in Problem-Based Learnin

STRAND: Middle Level

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Learn the basics about Invention Convention. Introduce students to the seven-step invention process and allow them to apply their learning to solve authentic, real-world challenges.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will learn the: 1. value of Invention Education and how it is positioned to be uniquely accessible to students from a variety of backgrounds; 2. seven-step Invention Process and creative ways to implement that process in the classroom; and 3. pathway for recognition available to students who participate in Invention Convention.

SPEAKERS:
Mitchell Hufnagel (The Henry Ford: Dearborn, MI), Janice Warju (The Henry Ford: Dearborn, MI)

STEM: An Objective Bridge for Subjective Realities

Tuesday, July 27 • 1:45 PM - 2:30 PM

STRAND: Middle Level

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The objective truths found in science and mathematics can serve to bridge the subjective realities of diverse communities represented among students and teachers.

TAKEAWAYS:
1. The diverse cultural, religious, ethnic, and racial realities among students and teachers create stovepipes and inequity of learning that require consistent checks on biases brought to the classroom; 2. The impact of teacher and student bias in the classroom can be alleviated through common bonds that transcend cultural, religious, ethnic, and racial realities; and 3. The objective truths discovered among science and math serve as a bridge connecting the subjective experiences of a diverse student and teacher community.

SPEAKERS:
Justin Ivy (W.E.B. DuBois Academy: Louisville, KY), Jessica Ivy (Bellarmine University: Louisville, KY)

Bringing the Real World into Urban Classrooms Through Global Science / Citizen Science

Tuesday, July 27 • 1:45 PM - 2:30 PM

STRAND: Middle Level

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Bring the world to your urban classroom with Global Science / Citizen Science. Experts will share their work and provide details on how to actively involve students in real-world science.

TAKEAWAYS:
1. Engage with educators who have led their school systems to meet various challenges; 2. Learn from successful programs; and 3. Discuss relevant issues related to urban science educators.

SPEAKERS:
Pat Shane (UNC-Chapel Hill Emerita: , NC), Mary Beth Berrien (Greenfield Commonwealth Virtual School: Greenfield, MA), Michelle Ellis (Hunter Huss High School: Gastonia, NC), LeeAnne Jimenez (Wilson Teaching and Learning Academy: Tulsa, OK), Acacia McKenna (NSTA: Arlington, VA), Susan Meabh Kelly (University of Connecticut: Storrs Mansfield, CT), Brad Rhew (Guilford County Schools: No City, No State)

Learning Opportunities That Explore Science, Technology, and Society Through the Lens of History!

Wednesday, July 28 • 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM


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IEEE REACH
IEEE REACH is an open education resource that highlights the History of Technology with a focus on its social and humanistic contexts. Designed as a resource for teachers, all Inquiry Units, or lesson plans, meet the NextGen Science Standards - ETS2B (Influence of Science, Engineering and Technology on Society and the Natural World)
Presentation Explore Science, Technology Society through the Lens of History
IEEE REACH is a Free resource program that explores the socialistic and humanistic contexts of technology. This is a PDF of the NSTA STEM21 presentation.

STRAND: High School

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Deepen inquiry and student engagement in the social context of STEM, through the lens of history! Participants will receive free resources from IEEE REACH, a crosscutting, interdisciplinary program.

TAKEAWAYS:
1. Attendees will learn about a free resource program that provides tools to implement learning opportunities that improve both cultural and technological literacy skills by engaging students in the history of technology and the examination of how technology and engineering, throughout time, impact society, culture, politics, and economics, and are in turn impacted by them; 2. The IEEE REACH program provides a new lens from which students may view engineering and technology as relevant to their lives and their future, and enhances skills in problem solving, critical thinking, research, communication and collaboration, and it prepares students to become better-informed citizens of our high-tech society; and 3. Attendees will walk away with standards-aligned, inquiry-designed lesson plans that include formative performance tasks, suggested civic actions, excerpted documents, background information for the teacher, primary sources, hands-on activities, and short classroom videos, which may be implement immediately either in the classroom or remotely.

SPEAKERS:
Kelly McKenna (IEEE History Center: Piscataway, NJ), Michael Geselowitz (IEEE History Center: Piscataway, NJ)

Decoding Computer Models to Integrate Disciplinary Content with CS/CT

Wednesday, July 28 • 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

STRAND: High School

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Decoding computer models is demonstrated as a productive and time-saving method to integrate CS and CT within high school science courses without explicitly teaching programming.

TAKEAWAYS:
1. Decoding is a powerful way to integrate CS across the curriculum that both reinforces disciplinary concepts and increases CS understanding; 2. Decoding consists of a set of practices and pedagogies that are easy to implement and do not require explicitly teaching computer programming; and 3. Resources and materials are available to integrate CS in Science through decoding.

SPEAKERS:
Paige Prescott (The University of New Mexico: Albuquerque, NM), Thara Rangaraj (Leominster High School: Leominster, MA), Lynn Sa (Retired Physics Teacher: Worcester, MA), Natalie Stassen (Leominster High School: Ashburnham, MA)

St. Jude Virtual Science Journal Club: Engaging Students in the Scientific Process Through Reading Primary Literature

Wednesday, July 28 • 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM


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StJudeSciAmb_APBiologyJustification_2021.pdf
StJudeSciAmb_APBiologyUnitOutline_2021.pdf

STRAND: High School

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Learn about a virtual journal club that encourages interaction between students, teachers, and scientists through reading and interpreting research papers.

TAKEAWAYS:
1. The St. Jude Virtual Journal Club integrates into the AP Biology curriculum and teaches NGSS Science and Engineering Practices and Nature of Science Practices; 2. Teaching primary literature can develop inquiry, critical thinking, and other 21st-century skills in students; and 3. High school students learn about the realities of scientific research and careers from practicing scientists.

SPEAKERS:
Shelby Montague (St. George's Independent School: Collierville, TN)

Unboxed: Using Scenario-Based Challenges to Unlock STEM and Soft Skill Development

Wednesday, July 28 • 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

STRAND: High School

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Discover how to make the STEM learning-to-application process more fun by replicating Michigan Tech’s story-based Unboxed challenges approach.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will: 1. learn about a nontraditional educational outreach program model in which teams of students apply STEM knowledge through hands-on challenges; 2. learn best practices for creating their own nontraditional challenges for students to supplement curriculum concepts; and 3. discover free resources and puzzles they can incorporate into their own challenges.

SPEAKERS:
Jannah Tumey (Michigan Technological University: Houghton, MI)

Incorporating STEM Using NSTA ExploraVision

Wednesday, July 28 • 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM

STRAND: High School

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Have you wanted to get involved with NSTA contests, but were unsure how to start? This project incorporates STEM in a virtual or traditional classroom.

TAKEAWAYS:
1. Use NSTA contests as a springboard to STEM-based practices; 2. Learn how grants can enrich STEM experiences; and 3. Discover tools to facilitate team-based learning.

SPEAKERS:
Carrie Jones (Dillard Drive Magnet Middle School)

Distraction? No, Education! Using Esports for STEM Education and Career Development

Wednesday, July 28 • 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM

STRAND: High School

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Learn not only about esports and its function, but also how to facilitate your classroom with innovative STEM concepts where all students can thrive!

TAKEAWAYS:
1. What is Esports?; 2. How Esports contributes to STEM education and career development ; and 3. How to implement Esports virtually and in hybrid settings.

SPEAKERS:
Jorrel Batac (North America Scholastic Esports Federation: Corona del Mar, CA), Angelique Gianas (Helix Charter High School: La Mesa, CA)

Informal Science Engagement Through Social Media and the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Thursday, July 29 • 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM


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Pyatt NSTA Presentation Informal Science and the Pandemic

STRAND: Postsecondary

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The objective of this study was to assess informal science engagement using social media and examine changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

TAKEAWAYS:
1. Social media engagement in regards to science-related topics was robust pre-COVID-9 pandemic; 2. During the pandemic, the total number of posts remained at a similar level while post reactions increased over time; and 3. Social media remains an effective platform for informal science engagement even during the COVID-19 pandemic.

SPEAKERS:
Robert Pyatt (Kean University: Union, NJ), Maya Briskin (Kean University: Union, NJ), Esther Choi (Kean University: Union, NJ)

So You Want to Teach? Examining the Upsides, Downsides, and Enticements of Careers in STEM Education

Thursday, July 29 • 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM

STRAND: Postsecondary

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Through research conducted by the Growing Future STEM Teachers in Maine grant, this presentation explores the upsides, downsides, and enticements of secondary STEM teaching.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will: 1. explore perceptions of careers in STEM secondary education; 2. understand factors that influence interest in STEM fields; and 3. identify evidence-based practices for preparation and retention of high-quality secondary STEM teachers.

SPEAKERS:
Patricia Waters (Saint Joseph's College of Maine: Standish, ME)

Creating Inclusive Authentic Assessment Practices in Higher Education

Thursday, July 29 • 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM

STRAND: Postsecondary

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NSTA’s Committee on Postsecondary Science Teaching will examine best practices and the challenges in designing authentic assessments that not only measure learning outcomes, but remain inclusive to all students. A special emphasis will be placed on underserved populations and underprepared students.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will be able to: 1. explain the principles of Inclusive Authentic Assessment; 2. describe how underprepared and underserved students benefit from Inclusive Authentic Assessment; and 3. identify the challenges of using Inclusive Authentic Assessment in higher education.

SPEAKERS:
Brian Ogle (Brevard Zoo: Melbourne, FL), David Wojnowski (Georgia State University: Atlanta, GA), Esperanza Zenon (River Parishes Community College: Gonzales, LA)

Engaging in Difference: Preservice Teachers’ Service Learning Reflections

Thursday, July 29 • 1:45 PM - 2:30 PM

STRAND: Postsecondary

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This presentation explores the impact engaging with diverse communities through service learning has on elementary student learning, preservice teacher development, and community-campus partnerships.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will: 1. explore how service learning can be used as a vehicle for building a K–16 STEM pipeline; 2. understand the impact of service learning on preservice teacher development; and 3. identify best practices for community partnerships in STEM education.

SPEAKERS:
Patricia Waters (Saint Joseph's College of Maine: Standish, ME)

Partners in Place: Land-Based Pedagogies Informing a STEM Teacher Education Semester

Thursday, July 29 • 1:45 PM - 2:30 PM

STRAND: Postsecondary

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The purpose of our research is to investigate how teacher candidates’ experiences in STEM field studies with community partners can inform our work with an integrated practicum semester based on a curriculum of place. Place-based education is an approach to teaching that is grounded in the context of community and environment and seeks to help participants in solving community problems. Many Indigenous scholars are replacing the term place with land and argue that land-based pedagogies promote the decolonization of education by recognizing the intimate relationship that Indigenous peoples have with the land. One challenge with land-based pedagogies is the role non-Indigenous peoples have in this approach to the decolonization of education. Our research, in a western Canadian context, explores this tension as we come to a deeper and shared understanding of our co-responsibility within Treaty 7 relationships. Our project considers varying perspectives of place as it informs STEM teacher education pedagogy.

TAKEAWAYS:
1. Land-based pedagogies;2. Indigenous ways of knowing; and 3. Integration of STEM curriculum and pedagogies.

SPEAKERS:
Kevin O'Connor (Mount Royal University: Calgary, AB)

A Road Map for Creating a Comprehensive STEM Environment

Friday, July 30 • 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM


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NSTA STEM Conf July 2021 (1).pdf
Slide deck with additional links.
NSTA STEM Conf July 2021.pdf
This is a pdf of the presentation slide deck.

STRAND: STEM Ecosystems: Supporting Diverse, Equitable Practices and Partnerships

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Are you interested in creating a comprehensive, equity-focused, schoolwide STEM environment? If so, join this session to gain insight into Indiana’s road map for implementation.

TAKEAWAYS:
1. The “why” behind each element based on Hattie’s Visible Learning research; 2. Creating a comprehensive and equitable STEM environment is a two- to thre-year process, and the process is ongoing; and 3. Community partners are a critical component of providing a comprehensive STEM environment.

SPEAKERS:
Christina Hilton (Central Indiana Educational Service Center: Indianapolis, IN)

Qanniksuq: It Is Snowing—Indigenous Community Engagement Informs STEM Curriculum Development That Works for Indigenous Students

Friday, July 30 • 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM


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Qanniksuq: It Is Snowing free teaching resources
Visit our website to explore free resources for teaching about snow that were coproduced with Iñupiaq Knowledge Bearers in Kotzebue Alaska and a STEM education team at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

STRAND: STEM Ecosystems: Supporting Diverse, Equitable Practices and Partnerships

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Explore a holistic snow curriculum built through collaboration between an Iñupiaq community and university educators. Learn development processes and access free STEM lessons and videos.

TAKEAWAYS:
1. Explore the free and NGSS-focused Qanniksuq: It is Snowing resources targeting middle school; 2. Learn about an emerging research-based process for indigenous community-engaged STEM curriculum development applicable to K–12; and 3. Discover how curricula developed using this process impacted students, teachers, and community members in participating indigenous communities.

SPEAKERS:
Lori Schoening (Geophysical Institute: Fairbanks, AK), Lynda McGilvary (Geophysical Institute: Fairbanks, AK), Sean Asikluk Topkok (University of Alaska Fairbanks: Fairbanks, AK)

Partnering to Prepare Tomorrow’s STEM Workforce

Friday, July 30 • 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

STRAND: STEM Ecosystems: Supporting Diverse, Equitable Practices and Partnerships

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Hear about a STEM consortium that partners schools with nonprofits, academia, industry, and government to produce college- and career-ready graduates. Come problem solve how to increase participation of underrepresented populations.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will: 1. learn how they can engage with consortium programs; 2. generate solutions for engaging students from historically underrepresented populations in STEM; and 3. learn about how the consortium is partnering students with the DoD STEM workforce.

SPEAKERS:
Rebecca Stanley (DoD STEM/RTI International: Durham, NC), Christina Romero (Nina Otero Community School: Santa Fe, NM), Tameka Woodruff (Oxon Hill High School: Oxon Hill, MD)

To Be It, You MUST See It:: Providing STEM Role Models for Underserved and Underrepresented Students

Friday, July 30 • 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

STRAND: STEM Ecosystems: Supporting Diverse, Equitable Practices and Partnerships

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Join the education staff from Detroit’s historic Belle Isle Aquarium to discover exciting ways to identify, recruit, and host diverse career role models to inspire your students, whether you’re teaching face-to-face, virtual, or in hybrid mode.

TAKEAWAYS:
1. Greater understanding of how STEM role models can have a significant positive impact on young learners; 2. Practical steps for teachers to design STEM career connections from their own communities that richly connect to students' lives; and 3. Access to novel STEM career role model resources—videos, books, blogs, etc.—created specifically for underrepresented and underserved populations.

SPEAKERS:
June Teisan (InnovatED 313), Amy Emmert (Belle Isle Conservancy: Detroit, MI)

Real Science: Field Trip Fridays

Friday, July 30 • 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

STRAND: STEM Ecosystems: Supporting Diverse, Equitable Practices and Partnerships

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Learn how an innovative partnership with a museum and a school system brought real, local, diverse science to students learning virtually.

TAKEAWAYS:
1. The old field trip model at museums is not accessible to all kids and needs to be improved; 2. Collaborating with local science centers and museums can lead to unexpected innovations that build students’ knowledge of science across the three dimensions of the NRC Framework; and 3. The community of STEM practitioners around you wants to become involved in the school system!

SPEAKERS:
Carly Apple (Museum of Life and Science: Durham, NC), Willow Alston-Socha (Durham Public Schools: Durham, NC), Steven Scholle (Museum of Life and Science: Durham, NC)

STEP UP: Encouraging Girls in Physics

Friday, July 30 • 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM

STRAND: STEM Ecosystems: Supporting Diverse, Equitable Practices and Partnerships

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The STEP UP series of lessons were developed to empower teachers to inspire young women to pursue physics as a field of study. Come find out how to implement these lessons in your classes and how to get involved in the STEP UP program.

TAKEAWAYS:
1. STEP UP helps teachers find ways to support girls in physics; 2. STEP UP lessons help change how all students perceive physics.

SPEAKERS:
Joseph Muise (St. Thomas More Collegiate: Burnaby, BC)

Shell Science Awards and Competitions: Fueling Success with Students; Win Up to $10K for You and Up to $15K for Your Classroom

Friday, July 30 • 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM


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Instructional_Method_and_Teaching_Philosophy_questions.pdf
Shell Science Teaching Awards w-regional combined presentation2021.pdf

STRAND: STEM Ecosystems: Supporting Diverse, Equitable Practices and Partnerships

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Do you impact your school and community with STEM? If you teach K–12, then come learn how to apply to win one of eight Shell-supported awards, and a teacher competition.

TAKEAWAYS:
1. Share your passion and practice by applying for one of eight awards, and a teacher competition; 2. Learn from past Shell awardees, finalists, and judging panel members’ important tips to apply for this award; and 3. Learn how to win a trip to the 2022 NSTA Houston National Conference, March 31–April 3, 2022.

SPEAKERS:
Ruth Ruud (Cleveland State University: Cleveland, OH), Amanda Upton (NSTA: Arlington, VA)

Leading Today to Create the Diverse Quantum Workforce of Tomorrow

Friday, July 30 • 1:45 PM - 2:30 PM

STRAND: STEM Ecosystems: Supporting Diverse, Equitable Practices and Partnerships

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The “quantum revolution” is on the horizon. What can we do today—through policies and programming—to ensure quantum computing education is accessible to all students?

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will be able to: 1. explain why quantum computing is an important emerging technology and STEM discipline; 2. identify the barriers to accessible, widespread quantum education and describe actionable strategies to combat them; and 3. discuss ideas to increase diversity in quantum computing, starting at the K–12 level.

SPEAKERS:
Kiera Peltz (The Coding School: Studio City, CA)

St. Jude Science Ambassadors: Training Scientists for Successful K–12 STEM Outreach

Friday, July 30 • 1:45 PM - 2:30 PM

STRAND: STEM Ecosystems: Supporting Diverse, Equitable Practices and Partnerships

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Session participants will learn how scientists were trained to lead a virtual presentation of a research paper to AP Biology students.

TAKEAWAYS:
1. Training scientists improves their science communication skills and their experiences with K–12 outreach; 2. Successful training sessions were brief, focused, and offered virtually, which fit easily within scientists’ schedules; and 3. High school classes that otherwise would not be able to host a scientist visit were able to participate because the program was completely virtual.

SPEAKERS:
Kate Ayers (St. Jude Children's Research Hospital: Memphis, TN), Katherine Wade-Jaimes (The University of Memphis: Memphis, TN), Shelby Montague (St. George's Independent School: Collierville, TN)

Creating Equity for Students Through Modeling-Based Pedagogical Practices

Friday, July 30 • 1:45 PM - 2:30 PM


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Pandemic Field Hospital Activity
This is an example lesson we will work though in the workshop
Tedx UF talk Ruzycki
TedxUF talk Ruzycki
These are materials we will use in the training workshop today, along with a video about modeling pedagogy.

STRAND: STEM Ecosystems: Supporting Diverse, Equitable Practices and Partnerships

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As COVID-19 changed learning environments, the rift between curricula and instructional practices widened with detrimental results for students and teachers.

TAKEAWAYS:
1. Issues with curriculum leading instructional practices; 2. Need for support and professional development of teachers for conceptual model development in students; and 3. Teachers who were trained in conceptual modeling pedagogical practices were better able to serve students in their classes in new learning environments.

SPEAKERS:
Nancy Ruzycki (University of Florida: Gainesville, FL)

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