1) Quanti-FLY: Exploring Quantitative Biology in Middle School
Put on “student hat” and engage in an anchoring phenomenon and make a driving question board while sensemaking with the SEPs.

2) Making sense of our niche in Our Common Home
Approaching environmental science in middle school as an opportunity for current students to grow in resilience and meaning has led to several lessons on specific ecosystems, but in the context of our human place within our solar system.

SPEAKERS:
Emily Mathews (NSTA: Arlington, VA), Tanicia Burns (Northwestern University: Evanston, IL), Michael Kennedy (Northwestern University: Evanston, IL)

1) Sustainable World Collaborative
Sustainable World Collaborative is a database and professional learning community where teachers find and collaborate on global resources to integrate sustainability into elementary teaching.

2) Building Equity in the Elementary Science Classroom
Learn how to assist other educators in highlighting diverse scientists, through books with lesson plans that can be utilized in the science classroom.

3) Engineering Design Process: Get a Grip
Put on “student hat” and engage in the engineering design process while sensemaking with the SEPs. This space-based phenomenon will be out of this world.

SPEAKERS:
Tanicia Burns (Northwestern University: Evanston, IL), Emily Mathews (NSTA: Arlington, VA), Julia Poel (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Urbana, IL), Kate Shanks (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Urbana, IL), Erin Molay (Student: , IL), Elissa Chou (Student), Kellie Delgado (Hillsborough County Public Schools: Tampa, FL), David Rosengrant (University of South Florida St. Petersburg: St. Petersburg, FL)