NMLSTA-Sponsored Session: Meet Me in the Middle Virtual
Share-a-Thon, Session 3
Join us for a variety of short, modified Pecha
Kucha–style presentations, after which the presenters will be available for
questions and further discussion.
The presentations included in this session are:
Telling Data Stories
Presenter: Loris Jean
Chen
AMS Project Atmosphere: Jet
Streams
Presenter: David Curry
3 Cs of Bridging
the Gap to Science Literacy
Presenters: Jennifer Ledbetter and Lisa
Reis
Stack the Deck
Presenter: Liz
Martinez
Greetings from Mars!
Presenter: Melissa
Sleeper
Science Simulations and Digital
Notebooks
Presenter: Stacy Thibodeaux
NGSS-Focused STEM
Projects
Presenter: Vanessa Ueltzen
Moderator: Mary Lou Lipscomb
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.
Takeaways: 1. Discover a variety lessons, units, professional development opportunities, and resources for hybrid or virtual instruction; 2. Learn ways to engage middle level students in exciting inquiry learning; and 3. Become aware of ways to involve parents and/or community in science.
Speakers
Presenter Materials for this Session:
Stack the Deck - Washed AshoreAccompanies student activity. Shows items washed ashore from shipping containers that have fallen into the ocean. Students then trace the path from the point of the spill to where items wash ashore.
Stack the Deck - Whats Old is NewAccompanies student activity. Students repurpose a used shipping container. This PowerPoint shows examples of actual repurposed shipping containers.