Speed-sharing chat topics will include:

• Science experiments gone awry 
• Funniest teacher jokes
• Funniest administrator jokes
• “Worst day ever” experiences that you can now laugh at
• Funniest teacher sayings 
• Funniest things you’ve heard students say
• Weirdest experiment results
• Best science experiments
• If you could rename teachers, what would it be?
• If you could rename science, what would it be?
• Things you wish you would have known before becoming a science teacher
• Weird things you’ve done in class
• Weird things students have done in class
• Most hilarious things you’ve seen or heard at school
• Funniest tweets about teaching, teachers, or students you’ve ever seen.

Join in, have fun, and let loose! This event will be one you’ll never forget!

Note: This session involves Breakout Rooms. In order to participate, you must have the latest version of Zoom downloaded to your computer. Before accessing our Zoom platform, please visit Zoom.us/download, click on Download, and then click on Execute file to initialize.

Please note that these chats are available to the first 500 participants.

This event is not being recorded.

Welcome to Thursday’s Unconference Experience! So what IS an unconference and why would I want to participate?

Do you have a burning desire to discuss a topic or a special challenge with colleagues in an informal and participant-driven environment? Then join this opportunity to discuss one of the following topic ideas and suggestions that have been identified by you and your colleagues. During this time, participants will be invited to join a topic that is of particular interest and relevance to them.

• Creative ways to support the social and emotional needs of students during COVID-19
• Strategies to develop more inclusive classrooms (minimize biases and inequalities including technological challenges)
• Addressing learning losses without compromising standards
• Best practices in hybrid teaching experiences
• Examples of successful collaborations between informal and formal educators
• Sharing authentic assessment strategies

Virtual bar hopping in our sweatpants with amazing science educators across New England? Yes, please! Come join us for an informal and fun hour catching up with fellow science educators across New England. If you’d like to join in with a special New England–inspired drink while we meet, see the recipes below:

Host: Susan Meabh Kelly (District I)

Bartender: Anica Miller Rushing (District II)

The Cape Codder

• Alcohol free: Cranberry juice, slice of lime, ice cubes
• Cocktail: Cranberry juice, slice of lime, ice cubes, and vodka

The Blue and Stormy

• Alcohol free: Blueberry juice, slice of lime, ice cubes
• Cocktail: Blueberry juice, slice of lime, ice cubes, and vodka

SPEAKERS:
Susan Meabh Kelly (University of Connecticut: Storrs Mansfield, CT), Anica Miller-Rushing (University of Maine: Orono, ME)

Hosts/Bartenders: 

• Jacob Hayward (District VII)
• Shannon Hudson (District X)
• Jodi Bahr (District XI)
• Brian Klaft (District XII)
• Terry White (District XIII)

Please join NSTA Districts VII, IX, X, XI, XII, and XIII for a virtual cocktail. Create an original cocktail by using leftover ingredients you have lying around. Attendees will then share their original recipes and conference experiences.

SPEAKERS:
Terry White (Fort Bend ISD: Sugar Land, TX), Jacob Hayward (Siloam Springs Middle School: Siloam Springs, AR), Shannon Hudson (Crawfordsville Middle School: Crawfordsville, IN), Brian Klaft (Granger Middle School: Aurora, IL), Jodi Bahr (Harvard Public Schools: Harvard, NE)

Virtual bar hopping in our sweatpants with amazing science educators across New England? Yes, please! Come join us for an informal and fun hour catching up with fellow science educators across New England. If you’d like to join in with a special New England–inspired drink while we meet, see the recipes below:

Host: Susan Meabh Kelly (District I)

Bartender: Anica Miller Rushing (District II)

The Cape Codder

• Alcohol free: Cranberry juice, slice of lime, ice cubes
• Cocktail: Cranberry juice, slice of lime, ice cubes, and vodka

The Blue and Stormy

• Alcohol free: Blueberry juice, slice of lime, ice cubes
• Cocktail: Blueberry juice, slice of lime, ice cubes, and vodka

SPEAKERS:
Susan Meabh Kelly (University of Connecticut: Storrs Mansfield, CT), Anica Miller-Rushing (University of Maine: Orono, ME)

Hosts/Bartenders: 

• Jacob Hayward (District VII)
• Shannon Hudson (District X)
• Jodi Bahr (District XI)
• Brian Klaft (District XII)
• Terry White (District XIII)

Please join NSTA Districts VII, IX, X, XI, XII, and XIII for a virtual cocktail. Create an original cocktail by using leftover ingredients you have lying around. Attendees will then share their original recipes and conference experiences.

SPEAKERS:
Jacob Hayward (Siloam Springs Middle School: Siloam Springs, AR), Shannon Hudson (Crawfordsville Middle School: Crawfordsville, IN), Jodi Bahr (Harvard Public Schools: Harvard, NE), Brian Klaft (Granger Middle School: Aurora, IL), Terry White (Fort Bend ISD: Sugar Land, TX)

Speed-sharing chat topics will include:

• Science experiments gone awry 
• Funniest teacher jokes
• Funniest administrator jokes
• “Worst day ever” experiences that you can now laugh at
• Funniest teacher sayings 
• Funniest things you’ve heard students say
• Weirdest experiment results
• Best science experiments
• If you could rename teachers, what would it be?
• If you could rename science, what would it be?
• Things you wish you would have known before becoming a science teacher
• Weird things you’ve done in class
• Weird things students have done in class
• Most hilarious things you’ve seen or heard at school
• Funniest tweets about teaching, teachers, or students you’ve ever seen.

Join in, have fun, and let loose! This event will be one you’ll never forget!

Note: This session involves Breakout Rooms. In order to participate, you must have the latest version of Zoom downloaded to your computer. Before accessing our Zoom platform, please visit Zoom.us/download, click on Download, and then click on Execute file to initialize.

Please note that these chats are available to the first 500 participants.

This event is not being recorded.

Welcome to Thursday’s Unconference Experience! So what IS an unconference and why would I want to participate?

Do you have a burning desire to discuss a topic or a special challenge with colleagues in an informal and participant-driven environment? Then join this opportunity to discuss one of the topic ideas and suggestions that have been identified by you and your colleagues. The most popular topics will be brought forth for today’s discussion. During this time, participants will be invited to join a topic that is of particular interest and relevance to them.

Hosts/Bartenders: 

• Lesley Urasky (District XV)
• Richard Jones (District XVI)
• Jeanne Chowning (District XVII)

Join NSTA Districts XV, XVI, and XVII for a Virtual Happy Hour event featuring the science behind beer-making and meade-making. Bring your own choice of craft beer or make our delicious nonalcoholic bubbly punch using elements from Washington State/Pacific Rim. Come visit with your colleagues from the West!

Apple Mint Punch (nonalcoholic)

Featuring items from the Pacific Rim—Apple and Green Tea!

Ingredients:

• 2 cups water
• 4 green tea bags
• 1 1/2 cups (100 percent) apple juice (recommended: Martinelli's)
• 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice (from 1 large lemon)
• 1 cup sparkling water, chilled
• ice

In a small saucepan, bring the water to a boil over medium-high heat. Turn off the heat, add the tea bags and let steep for six minutes. Remove the tea bags and add the mint to tea.

Cool the tea to room temperature, about 45 minutes. Pour the cooled tea into a large pitcher. Add the apple juice and lemon juice. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
To serve, add the sparkling water and pour the punch into ice-filled glasses. Garnish with fresh mint sprigs, if desired.

Blue Hawaii Cocktail

Ingredients:

• 3 ounces pineapple juice (90 ml)
• 3/4 ounce vodka. (22.5 ml) 
• 3/4 ounce light rum (22.5 ml)
• 1 ounce Sweet and Sour (30 ml)
• 1/2 ounce Curaçao (15 ml)

Garnish:

• pineapple wedge
• maraschino cherry
• orange slice
• cocktail umbrella

Combine all ingredients with ice, stir or shake, then pour into a hurricane glass with the ice. For garnish, score pineapple or orange slice with a knife and insert onto rim of glass; optionally use toothpick or cocktail umbrella to spear maraschino cherry through center and attach to top of fruit slice; otherwise float cherry on top of ice.

Served: on the rocks; poured over ice

Blue Hawaii Mocktail (nonalcoholic)

Ingredients:

• 5 ounces blue cream soda (150 ml)
• 2 ounces pineapple juice (60 ml)
• 1 ounce clarified lime or lime juice (30 ml)
• 3/4 cup crushed ice (180 grams)

Garnish:

• 2 maraschino cherries
• 2 small pineapple wedges

Blend all ingredients at high speed until frothy. Pour contents into a tall glass and garnish.

SPEAKERS:
Lesley Urasky (Saratoga Middle/High School: Saratoga, WY), Richard Jones (University of Hawaii-West Oahu: Kaploei, HI), Jeanne Chowning (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center: No City, No State)

Hosts/Bartenders:

• Marilyn Webster
• G. Michael Bowen

It is with great pleasure that we invite you to participate in District XVIII (Canada) Virtual Happy Hour. As we sip and chat about NSTA opportunities, we want to know what your colleagues are doing, how to ENGAGE your learners, and what works.

Take a look at the Bar Menu (plan to make one or more during our Happy Hour) as we will try to explain the science behind the drinks. Your participation and encouragement will mean a lot to others.

Keep safe.

This Happy Hour is a BYO drinks and snacks event!

Isolini (nonalcoholic)

• apple juice
• orange juice
• cranberry juice and/or ginger ale

Champagne

• Champagne and/or orange juice

Quarantini

• cranberry juice and/or vodka

SPEAKERS:
G. Michael Bowen (Mount Saint Vincent University: Halifax, NS), Marilyn Webster (NSTA Director, District XVIII: Greenfield, NS)

Hosts/Bartenders: 

• Lesley Urasky (District XV)
• Richard Jones (District XVI)
• Jeanne Chowning (District XVII)

Join NSTA Districts XV, XVI, and XVII for a Virtual Happy Hour event featuring the science behind beer-making and meade-making. Bring your own choice of craft beer or make our delicious nonalcoholic bubbly punch using elements from Washington State/Pacific Rim. Come visit with your colleagues from the West!

Apple Mint Punch (nonalcoholic)

Featuring items from the Pacific Rim—Apple and Green Tea!

Ingredients:

• 2 cups water
• 4 green tea bags
• 1 1/2 cups (100 percent) apple juice (recommended: Martinelli's)
• 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice (from 1 large lemon)
• 1 cup sparkling water, chilled
• ice

In a small saucepan, bring the water to a boil over medium-high heat. Turn off the heat, add the tea bags and let steep for six minutes. Remove the tea bags and add the mint to tea.

Cool the tea to room temperature, about 45 minutes. Pour the cooled tea into a large pitcher. Add the apple juice and lemon juice. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
To serve, add the sparkling water and pour the punch into ice-filled glasses. Garnish with fresh mint sprigs, if desired.

Blue Hawaii Cocktail

Ingredients:

• 3 ounces pineapple juice (90 ml)
• 3/4 ounce vodka. (22.5 ml) 
• 3/4 ounce light rum (22.5 ml)
• 1 ounce Sweet and Sour (30 ml)
• 1/2 ounce Curaçao (15 ml)

Garnish:

• pineapple wedge
• maraschino cherry
• orange slice
• cocktail umbrella

Combine all ingredients with ice, stir or shake, then pour into a hurricane glass with the ice. For garnish, score pineapple or orange slice with a knife and insert onto rim of glass; optionally use toothpick or cocktail umbrella to spear maraschino cherry through center and attach to top of fruit slice; otherwise float cherry on top of ice.

Served: on the rocks; poured over ice

Blue Hawaii Mocktail (nonalcoholic)

Ingredients:

• 5 ounces blue cream soda (150 ml)
• 2 ounces pineapple juice (60 ml)
• 1 ounce clarified lime or lime juice (30 ml)
• 3/4 cup crushed ice (180 grams)

Garnish:

• 2 maraschino cherries
• 2 small pineapple wedges

Blend all ingredients at high speed until frothy. Pour contents into a tall glass and garnish.

SPEAKERS:
Lesley Urasky (Saratoga Middle/High School: Saratoga, WY), Richard Jones (University of Hawaii-West Oahu: Kaploei, HI), Jeanne Chowning (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center: No City, No State)

Hosts/Bartenders:

• Marilyn Webster
• G. Michael Bowen

It is with great pleasure that we invite you to participate in District XVIII (Canada) Virtual Happy Hour. As we sip and chat about NSTA opportunities, we want to know what your colleagues are doing, how to ENGAGE your learners, and what works.

Take a look at the Bar Menu (plan to make one or more during our Happy Hour) as we will try to explain the science behind the drinks. Your participation and encouragement will mean a lot to others.

Keep safe.

This Happy Hour is a BYO drinks and snacks event!

Isolini (nonalcoholic)

• apple juice
• orange juice
• cranberry juice and/or ginger ale

Champagne

• Champagne and/or orange juice

Quarantini

• cranberry juice and/or vodka

SPEAKERS:
G. Michael Bowen (Mount Saint Vincent University: Halifax, NS), Marilyn Webster (NSTA Director, District XVIII: Greenfield, NS)

Speed-sharing chat topics will include:

• Science experiments gone awry 
• Funniest teacher jokes
• Funniest administrator jokes
• “Worst day ever” experiences that you can now laugh at
• Funniest teacher sayings 
• Funniest things you’ve heard students say
• Weirdest experiment results
• Best science experiments
• If you could rename teachers, what would it be?
• If you could rename science, what would it be?
• Things you wish you would have known before becoming a science teacher
• Weird things you’ve done in class
• Weird things students have done in class
• Most hilarious things you’ve seen or heard at school
• Funniest tweets about teaching, teachers, or students you’ve ever seen.

Join in, have fun, and let loose! This event will be one you’ll never forget!

Note: This session involves Breakout Rooms. In order to participate, you must have the latest version of Zoom downloaded to your computer. Before accessing our Zoom platform, please visit Zoom.us/download, click on Download, and then click on Execute file to initialize.

Please note that these chats are available to the first 500 participants.

This event is not being recorded.

Welcome to Thursday’s Unconference Experience! So what IS an unconference and why would I want to participate?

Do you have a burning desire to discuss a topic or a special challenge with colleagues in an informal and participant-driven environment? Then join this opportunity to discuss one of the following topic ideas and suggestions that have been identified by you and your colleagues. During this time, participants will be invited to join one of the following topics:

• Addressing Learning Losses Without Compromising Standards
• Sharing Authentic Assessment Strategies
• Strategies to develop more inclusive classrooms (minimize biases and inequalities including technological challenges)
• Creative Ways to Support Social and Emotional Needs of Students
• Examples of Project-Based Learning Tools and How to Collaborate

Hosts/Bartenders:

• Florentia Spires (District III)
• Scott Goldthorp (District IV)
• Brian Butler (District V)
• Michelle Ellis (District VI)
• Laura Casdorph (District VIII)
• Wendi Laurence (District XIV)

You’re invited to join NSTA Districts III, IV, V, VI, VIII, and XIV for our virtual Happy Hour Specials. From learning the history and science behind the shandygaff to creating your very own Shandy as a refreshing non-alcoholic drink or as a cocktail, we hope you will join us. As part of our collaborative science community of educators, come share your favorite nonalcoholic drink or cocktail as we sip and chat. We look forward to our time together—see you then!

The Rock Shandy (alcohol-free)

• lemonade
• soda water
• angostura bitters
• lime slices
• ice cubes

The Rock Shandy Cocktail

• beer/lager
• lemonade/lemon soda
• lime slices
• ice cubes

SPEAKERS:
Scott Goldthorp (Cherry Hill Public Schools: Cherry Hill, NJ), Brian Butler (Bibb County School District: Macon, GA), Michelle Ellis (Hunter Huss High School: Gastonia, NC), Laura Casdorph (College Board: New York, NY), Wendi Laurence (Education Specialist: Park City, UT), Florentia Spires (Prince George's County Public Schools: Upper Marlboro, MD)

Hosts/Bartenders: 

• Jacob Hayward (District VII)
• Shannon Hudson (District X)
• Jodi Bahr (District XI)
• Brian Klaft (District XII)
• Terry White (District XIII)

Please join NSTA Districts VII, IX, X, XI, XII, and XIII for a virtual cocktail. Create an original cocktail by using leftover ingredients you have lying around. Attendees will then share their original recipes and conference experiences.

SPEAKERS:
Jacob Hayward (Siloam Springs Middle School: Siloam Springs, AR), Shannon Hudson (Crawfordsville Middle School: Crawfordsville, IN), Jodi Bahr (Harvard Public Schools: Harvard, NE), Brian Klaft (Granger Middle School: Aurora, IL), Terry White (Fort Bend ISD: Sugar Land, TX)

Hosts/Bartenders:

• Florentia Spires (District III)
• Scott Goldthorp (District IV)
• Brian Butler (District V)
• Michelle Ellis (District VI)
• Laura Casdorph (District VIII)
• Wendi Laurence (District XIV)

You’re invited to join NSTA Districts III, IV, V, VI, VIII, and XIV for our virtual Happy Hour Specials. From learning the history and science behind the shandygaff to creating your very own Shandy as a refreshing non-alcoholic drink or as a cocktail, we hope you will join us. As part of our collaborative science community of educators, come share your favorite nonalcoholic drink or cocktail as we sip and chat. We look forward to our time together—see you then!

The Rock Shandy (alcohol-free)

• lemonade
• soda water
• angostura bitters
• lime slices
• ice cubes

The Rock Shandy Cocktail

• beer/lager
• lemonade/lemon soda
• lime slices
• ice cubes

SPEAKERS:
Florentia Spires (Prince George's County Public Schools: Upper Marlboro, MD), Scott Goldthorp (Cherry Hill Public Schools: Cherry Hill, NJ), Brian Butler (Bibb County School District: Macon, GA), Michelle Ellis (Hunter Huss High School: Gastonia, NC), Laura Casdorph (College Board: New York, NY), Wendi Laurence (Education Specialist: Park City, UT)

Hosts/Bartenders: 

• Jacob Hayward (District VII)
• Shannon Hudson (District X)
• Jodi Bahr (District XI)
• Brian Klaft (District XII)
• Terry White (District XIII)

Please join NSTA Districts VII, IX, X, XI, XII, and XIII for a virtual cocktail. Create an original cocktail by using leftover ingredients you have lying around. Attendees will then share their original recipes and conference experiences.

SPEAKERS:
Jacob Hayward (Siloam Springs Middle School: Siloam Springs, AR), Shannon Hudson (Crawfordsville Middle School: Crawfordsville, IN), Jodi Bahr (Harvard Public Schools: Harvard, NE), Brian Klaft (Granger Middle School: Aurora, IL), Terry White (Fort Bend ISD: Sugar Land, TX)

Speed-sharing chat topics will include:

• Science experiments gone awry 
• Funniest teacher jokes
• Funniest administrator jokes
• “Worst day ever” experiences that you can now laugh at
• Funniest teacher sayings 
• Funniest things you’ve heard students say
• Weirdest experiment results
• Best science experiments
• If you could rename teachers, what would it be?
• If you could rename science, what would it be?
• Things you wish you would have known before becoming a science teacher
• Weird things you’ve done in class
• Weird things students have done in class
• Most hilarious things you’ve seen or heard at school
• Funniest tweets about teaching, teachers, or students you’ve ever seen.

Join in, have fun, and let loose! This event will be one you’ll never forget!

Note: This session involves Breakout Rooms. In order to participate, you must have the latest version of Zoom downloaded to your computer. Before accessing our Zoom platform, please visit Zoom.us/download, click on Download, and then click on Execute file to initialize.

Please note that these chats are available to the first 500 participants.

This event is not being recorded.

Welcome to Thursday’s Unconference Experience! So what IS an unconference and why would I want to participate?

Do you have a burning desire to discuss a topic or a special challenge with colleagues in an informal and participant-driven environment? Then join this opportunity to discuss one of the following topic ideas and suggestions that have been identified by you and your colleagues. During this time, participants will be invited to join one of the following topics:

• Addressing Learning Losses Without Compromising Standards
• Sharing Authentic Assessment Strategies
• Best Practices in Hybrid Teaching Experiences

Hosts/Bartenders:

• Florentia Spires (District III)
• Scott Goldthorp (District IV)
• Brian Butler (District V)
• Michelle Ellis (District VI)
• Laura Casdorph (District VIII)
• Wendi Laurence (District XIV)

You’re invited to join NSTA Districts III, IV, V, VI, VIII, and XIV for our virtual Happy Hour Specials. From learning the history and science behind the shandygaff to creating your very own Shandy as a refreshing non-alcoholic drink or as a cocktail, we hope you will join us. As part of our collaborative science community of educators, come share your favorite nonalcoholic drink or cocktail as we sip and chat. We look forward to our time together—see you then!

The Rock Shandy (alcohol-free)

• lemonade
• soda water
• angostura bitters
• lime slices
• ice cubes

The Rock Shandy Cocktail

• beer/lager
• lemonade/lemon soda
• lime slices
• ice cubes

SPEAKERS:
Florentia Spires (Prince George's County Public Schools: Upper Marlboro, MD), Scott Goldthorp (Cherry Hill Public Schools: Cherry Hill, NJ), Brian Butler (Bibb County School District: Macon, GA), Michelle Ellis (Hunter Huss High School: Gastonia, NC), Laura Casdorph (College Board: New York, NY), Wendi Laurence (Education Specialist: Park City, UT)

Hosts/Bartenders: 

• Lesley Urasky (District XV)
• Richard Jones (District XVI)
• Jeanne Chowning (District XVII)

Join NSTA Districts XV, XVI, and XVII for a Virtual Happy Hour event featuring the science behind beer-making and meade-making. Bring your own choice of craft beer or make our delicious nonalcoholic bubbly punch using elements from Washington State/Pacific Rim. Come visit with your colleagues from the West!

Apple Mint Punch (nonalcoholic)

Featuring items from the Pacific Rim—Apple and Green Tea!

Ingredients:

• 2 cups water
• 4 green tea bags
• 1 1/2 cups (100 percent) apple juice (recommended: Martinelli's)
• 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice (from 1 large lemon)
• 1 cup sparkling water, chilled
• ice

In a small saucepan, bring the water to a boil over medium-high heat. Turn off the heat, add the tea bags and let steep for six minutes. Remove the tea bags and add the mint to tea.

Cool the tea to room temperature, about 45 minutes. Pour the cooled tea into a large pitcher. Add the apple juice and lemon juice. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
To serve, add the sparkling water and pour the punch into ice-filled glasses. Garnish with fresh mint sprigs, if desired.

Blue Hawaii Cocktail

Ingredients:

• 3 ounces pineapple juice (90 ml)
• 3/4 ounce vodka. (22.5 ml) 
• 3/4 ounce light rum (22.5 ml)
• 1 ounce Sweet and Sour (30 ml)
• 1/2 ounce Curaçao (15 ml)

Garnish:

• pineapple wedge
• maraschino cherry
• orange slice
• cocktail umbrella

Combine all ingredients with ice, stir or shake, then pour into a hurricane glass with the ice. For garnish, score pineapple or orange slice with a knife and insert onto rim of glass; optionally use toothpick or cocktail umbrella to spear maraschino cherry through center and attach to top of fruit slice; otherwise float cherry on top of ice.

Served: on the rocks; poured over ice

Blue Hawaii Mocktail (nonalcoholic)

Ingredients:

• 5 ounces blue cream soda (150 ml)
• 2 ounces pineapple juice (60 ml)
• 1 ounce clarified lime or lime juice (30 ml)
• 3/4 cup crushed ice (180 grams)

Garnish:

• 2 maraschino cherries
• 2 small pineapple wedges

Blend all ingredients at high speed until frothy. Pour contents into a tall glass and garnish.

SPEAKERS:
Richard Jones (University of Hawaii-West Oahu: Kaploei, HI), Jeanne Chowning (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center: No City, No State), Lesley Urasky (Saratoga Middle/High School: Saratoga, WY)

Hosts/Bartenders:

• Florentia Spires (District III)
• Scott Goldthorp (District IV)
• Brian Butler (District V)
• Michelle Ellis (District VI)
• Laura Casdorph (District VIII)
• Wendi Laurence (District XIV)

You’re invited to join NSTA Districts III, IV, V, VI, VIII, and XIV for our virtual Happy Hour Specials. From learning the history and science behind the shandygaff to creating your very own Shandy as a refreshing non-alcoholic drink or as a cocktail, we hope you will join us. As part of our collaborative science community of educators, come share your favorite nonalcoholic drink or cocktail as we sip and chat. We look forward to our time together—see you then!

The Rock Shandy (alcohol-free)

• lemonade
• soda water
• angostura bitters
• lime slices
• ice cubes

The Rock Shandy Cocktail

• beer/lager
• lemonade/lemon soda
• lime slices
• ice cubes

SPEAKERS:
Michelle Ellis (Hunter Huss High School: Gastonia, NC), Laura Casdorph (College Board: New York, NY), Wendi Laurence (Education Specialist: Park City, UT), Florentia Spires (Prince George's County Public Schools: Upper Marlboro, MD), Scott Goldthorp (Cherry Hill Public Schools: Cherry Hill, NJ), Brian Butler (Bibb County School District: Macon, GA)

Hosts/Bartenders: 

• Lesley Urasky (District XV)
• Richard Jones (District XVI)
• Jeanne Chowning (District XVII)

Join NSTA Districts XV, XVI, and XVII for a Virtual Happy Hour event featuring the science behind beer-making and meade-making. Bring your own choice of craft beer or make our delicious nonalcoholic bubbly punch using elements from Washington State/Pacific Rim. Come visit with your colleagues from the West!

Apple Mint Punch (nonalcoholic)

Featuring items from the Pacific Rim—Apple and Green Tea!

Ingredients:

• 2 cups water
• 4 green tea bags
• 1 1/2 cups (100 percent) apple juice (recommended: Martinelli's)
• 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice (from 1 large lemon)
• 1 cup sparkling water, chilled
• ice

In a small saucepan, bring the water to a boil over medium-high heat. Turn off the heat, add the tea bags and let steep for six minutes. Remove the tea bags and add the mint to tea.

Cool the tea to room temperature, about 45 minutes. Pour the cooled tea into a large pitcher. Add the apple juice and lemon juice. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
To serve, add the sparkling water and pour the punch into ice-filled glasses. Garnish with fresh mint sprigs, if desired.

Blue Hawaii Cocktail

Ingredients:

• 3 ounces pineapple juice (90 ml)
• 3/4 ounce vodka. (22.5 ml) 
• 3/4 ounce light rum (22.5 ml)
• 1 ounce Sweet and Sour (30 ml)
• 1/2 ounce Curaçao (15 ml)

Garnish:

• pineapple wedge
• maraschino cherry
• orange slice
• cocktail umbrella

Combine all ingredients with ice, stir or shake, then pour into a hurricane glass with the ice. For garnish, score pineapple or orange slice with a knife and insert onto rim of glass; optionally use toothpick or cocktail umbrella to spear maraschino cherry through center and attach to top of fruit slice; otherwise float cherry on top of ice.

Served: on the rocks; poured over ice

Blue Hawaii Mocktail (nonalcoholic)

Ingredients:

• 5 ounces blue cream soda (150 ml)
• 2 ounces pineapple juice (60 ml)
• 1 ounce clarified lime or lime juice (30 ml)
• 3/4 cup crushed ice (180 grams)

Garnish:

• 2 maraschino cherries
• 2 small pineapple wedges

Blend all ingredients at high speed until frothy. Pour contents into a tall glass and garnish.

SPEAKERS:
Richard Jones (University of Hawaii-West Oahu: Kaploei, HI), Jeanne Chowning (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center: No City, No State), Lesley Urasky (Saratoga Middle/High School: Saratoga, WY)