Sponsoring Company: Lab-Aids

Students model global water movement as driven by the Sun and gravity. They consider how a plant's systems interact over various time and spacial scales. Crosscutting concepts of scale, proportion, and quantity are used to discuss the study of water movement and human impact on water.

SPEAKERS:
Donna Parker (Dublin Coffman High School: Dublin, OH)

Sponsoring Company: miniPCR bio

Use gel electrophoresis to help astronauts identify bacteria growing aboard the International Space Station. This case study is based on the research of the NASA microbiology team. Also, learn about Genes in Space, a free experimental design competition that launches student experiments to the ISS.

SPEAKERS:
Marc Bliss (miniPCR: Cambridge, MA)

Sponsoring Company: NOAA

Dive into three NOAA modules (Observations vs. Models, Predators and Prey, and Ocean Food Webs) that explore scientific modeling as applied to Earth systems using a VR environment. Using these modules students will employ the NGSS practice of developing and using models in hands-on activities.

SPEAKERS:
Randy Russell (Dragonfly Games: Boulder, CO), Bruce Moravchik (NOAA National Ocean Service: Rockville, MD)

This session is for you teachers who want to deepen your understanding of climate change, and gather strategies for teaching it at an age-appropriate level. We will also discuss how to answer a student who declares, “My dad says he doesn’t believe in climate change!” Been there. Let’s talk.

TAKEAWAYS:
Teachers learn basic climate science and practice conceptual modeling to clarify and communicate their understanding, so they will feel confident teaching climate. Examples of differentiated instruction for ELL, struggling students, and GT students, are also given to reach all children.

SPEAKERS:
Kottie Christie-Blick (University of San Diego: Tappan, NY)

With literacy making it's way to the forefront of all core curriculum, do you ever feel like you don't have enough time to add a reading assignment to your lesson plans? Don't stress! I will present strategies that I have incorporated into my plans that have had positive results.

TAKEAWAYS:
You will take away literacy strategies that can be incorporated immediately into your lesson plans that will encourage students to read aloud, pick out important words and phrases, and put their ideas on paper. Also allows teachers to assess reading abilities and comprehension.

SPEAKERS:
Stacey Barnett (Hammond Creek Middle School: Dalton, GA)

Sponsoring Company: Activate Learning

Get a close look at the pedagogical strategies of a highly acclaimed Earth Science book. Developed by the American Geoscience Institute, this book relies on student-centered activities, students doing science! Take part in several activities and connect with other earth science teachers.

SPEAKERS:
Gary Curts (Activate Learning: Greenwich, CT)

Sponsoring Company: Simulation Curriculum

Teach astronomy and space science using the most effective and recognized tool available - Starry Night. We invite teachers to see our newest, browser-based NGSS aligned edition. We'll show the lessons, exercises, simulations and interactions along with the assessments and teacher materials.

SPEAKERS:
Michael Goodman (Simulation Curriculum: Hopkins, MN)

To leverage the resources developed by the Shedd Aquarium team, this Share-a-Thon Table will offer free, grab-and-go resources for teachers: Sea Curious K-2 Lesson Plans, Stay Home with Shedd 3-5 Lesson Plans, Outdoor Learning Framework 6-12, and hands-on activities creating corals/mussels.

TAKEAWAYS:
Educators will be able to leverage informal education resources from aquariums connected to NGSS and Amplify Science to bring authentic stories and examples to their theoretical classroom phenomena.

SPEAKERS:
Max Metz Jr (Shedd Aquarium: Chicago, IL)

We will demonstrate a 5E on the distribution of water on Earth (partially addressing 5-ESS2-2) and show how we give students experiences across the STEM disciplines. Each STEM discipline will be represented in the 5E.

TAKEAWAYS:
You will learn how you can embed science, engineering, technology, and math in a 5E on the distribution of water (5-ESS2-2).

SPEAKERS:
Elyse Clapp (University of Northern Iowa: Traer, IA), Star Swain (student: palo, IA), Jesse Wilcox (University of Northern Iowa: Cedar Falls, IA)

Check out some dazzling rocks and minerals and learn about the Reginal EMMY Nominated "Every Rock Has A Story" YouTube Channel, a free educational archive of videos created and hosted by Professor Ethan Baxter of Boston College. Inspire your students through the stories of the Earth.

TAKEAWAYS:
There is so much more to rocks and minerals than just identifying them. You will learn some of the amazing and diverse stories locked inside all rocks. Learn how to navigate the 82 episodes from Seasons 1-4, with topics and co-hosts spanning all facets of Earth and Space Science content.

SPEAKERS:
Ethan Baxter (Boston College: Chestnut Hill, MA)

The last total solar eclipse in the continental US for 21 years occurs this April. NSTA has assembled an abundance of resources for you to make the most of this teachable moment – from 3D learning materials, to safe viewing strategies, to ways to make it a school-wide experience

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will come away with links to resources for students to understand the science behind eclipses, plus safe viewing strategies and ways to make the event a school-wide experience.

SPEAKERS:
Dennis Schatz (Institute for Learning Innovation: Seattle, WA)

Sponsoring Company: NOAA

As a NOAA Planet Stewards Educator you can become a STEM agent of change in your school and community. Learn how to access professional development opportunities, education resources, and funding, to increase students’ science literacy, and have them respond to real world environmental threats.

SPEAKERS:
Symone Barkley (NOAA National Ocean Service: Silver Spring, MD), Bruce Moravchik (NOAA National Ocean Service: Rockville, MD), Karen Metcalf (Cornerstone Learning Community: Tallahassee, FL), Kelley Hodges (Patronis Elementary School: Panama City Beach, FL), Kyla Trahan (Beaumont Middle School: Lexington, KY)

Sponsoring Company: Simulation Curriculum

Teach about plate tectonics, minerals & rocks, earthquakes & volcanoes, geologic time, atmosphere, weather and climate using the most effective and recognized tool available - Layered Earth! We invite teachers to come and see our newest, browser-based NGSS aligned editions.

SPEAKERS:
Michael Goodman (Simulation Curriculum: Hopkins, MN)

Purposeful use of quality media resources can provide young learners with opportunities to investigate a broad range of phenomena and support three-dimensional learning. Learn how media can connect science content to students’ lives and make the science content accessible to more students.

TAKEAWAYS:
You’ll leave the session with a list of resources and ideas for actively engaging your students with phenomena through media and tips for supporting your students engagement in science practices and crosscutting concepts.

SPEAKERS:
Nancy Gifford (Monomoy Regional Middle School: Harwich, MA), Shawn Stevens (GBH Education: Watertown, MA)

Using a probe from the popular “Uncovering Student Misconceptions” series, the co-author will share student responses to address this key concept for teaching climate change.

TAKEAWAYS:
Understanding student misconceptions in this foundational component of climate change is critical prior to teaching the subject. Discover how engaging, open-ended probes provide insight into student ideas and misconceptions, while learning ways to support them in understanding the concepts accurately.

SPEAKERS:
Brett Thomsen (Science Department Head: Chimacum, WA), Laura Tucker (Consultant: Port Townsend, WA)

Dr. Michael Wysession, NGSS co-author and geophysics professor, will explore ideas for climate-related phenomena and storylines from the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as a way of making climate science relevant and engaging for students.

TAKEAWAYS:
The latest science (AR6 report) from the IPCC is a great resource for phenomena and storylines that can engage students and prepare them for assessments for the HS-ESS3-5 and HS-ESS3-6 NGSS performance expectations covering climate forcings, feedbacks, impacts, and environmental justice.

SPEAKERS:
Michael Wysession (Washington University in St. Louis: Saint Louis, MO)

Nothing excites an educator more than learning a new skill and sharing it with others! The goal of this session is to introduce Place-Based STEM using digital mapping and storytelling resources. Educators will receive direct instruction in digital mapping and resources for their classes!

TAKEAWAYS:
Educators will learn to connect location and geography to science content locally, regionally, and globally through the use of digital mapping and problem-based learning STEM strategies.

SPEAKERS:
Heidi Ragsdale (STEM Professional Development: GRAND JUNCTION, CO)

A unique and open-ended STEM investigation that incorporates absolute and relative dating techniques, anomalies, historical context, volcanoes, solar proton events, energy cycles, Earth systems, terrestrial events, and supernovas by analyzing 430 years of Earth history from 1562 to 1992.

TAKEAWAYS:
In constructing knowledge, there is no definitive answer, only plausible conclusions based on constructing, analyzing, and comparing data and research from multiple disciplines. This investigation provides a better understanding of the scientific process of developing models and defending results.

SPEAKERS:
Donna Young (NSO/NASA: Laughlin, NV)

This session introduces art, music, reading, writing, and drama ideas to be woven through your lessons on climate change. I have multiple examples of climate-related projects that have been used successfully with students to educate and empower. Dare I say that teaching climate change can be fun?!

TAKEAWAYS:
Teachers learn how to enrich their teaching and inspire their students by incorporating The Arts into their climate lessons. In addition, The Arts can provide creative and fun project-based learning that has the potential to communicate climate science effectively to the greater population.

SPEAKERS:
Kottie Christie-Blick (University of San Diego: Tappan, NY)

This workshop will introduce participants to environmental science agency as a climate change learning outcome. Participants will engage in student hat as they try tools to support student agency, and then brainstorm ways to use the tools in their classrooms. All materials are freely available.

TAKEAWAYS:
Climate change education requires more than just content acquisition about the science of climate change. It should also cultivate a sense of agency for students to act within and beyond the classroom, which can be supported by classroom instructional tools.

SPEAKERS:
Candice Guy-Gaytán (BSCS Science Learning: Colorado Springs, CO), Lindsey Mohan (BSCS Science Learning: Burnet, TX)

Sponsoring Company: Lab-Aids

Why aren't there eclipses during each lunar cycle? Explore this phenomenon through a modeling activity that looks at both the Earth's and the Moon's orbital planes. Come experience this hands-on interactive session and take home your own Lab-Aids Orbital Plane model.

SPEAKERS:
Ed Miller (Selden Middle School: Centereach, NY)

Sponsoring Company: NOAA

Come meet scientists from the NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey and learn how GPS uses time to pinpoint your location, enabling your phone to tell you where you are and how to get to the nearest pizza joint. Learn how to bring the lofty concepts of surveying and accurate positioning down to earth.

SPEAKERS:
Daniel Winester (NOAA-National Geodetic Survey), Derek Van Westrum (NOAA-National Geodetic Survey), Galen Scott (NOAA-National Geodetic Survey)

Sponsoring Company: BIOZONE Corporation

BIOZONE's innovative worktext approach delivers flexible, engaging, student-centred resources. Learn how our titles integrate into our digital platform and how the Teacher Toolkit helps teachers plan, deliver, and assess. Attendees each receive a FREE print title & 1-year digital access to a title.

SPEAKERS:
Kim Stilwell (BIOZONE Corp.: Naples, FL)

In this workshop, we introduce and explore applications of virtual reality (VR) learning resources as tools to help students connect with a dataset, incorporate accessible placed-based learning into classrooms, and communicate the nature of science.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will learn about three different application models of VR by engaging with VR tours in the context of climate science lessons developed by education and outreach specialists from the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder.

SPEAKERS:
Jonathan Griffith (University of Colorado Boulder: Montpelier, VT), Daniela Pennycook (Communication Specialist and Program Integrator: Boulder, CO)

We will discuss the work of the Second National Conference for Justice in Geoscience and explore how diversifying and working towards justice in geoscience fits in our classrooms. Presented by a middle school science teacher on the writing team working on plans to continue this conference work.

TAKEAWAYS:
You will learn about the current work of the Second National Conference: Justice in Geoscience. Then, in community, we will critically examine and reflect on topics such as environmental justice, how to learn from students about justice in geoscience, and how this fits in our educational contexts.

SPEAKERS:
Allyson Randall (East Valley Middle School: Boise, ID)

Come ready to wear your student hats and your teacher hats as we dive deep into how to integrate education for sustainable development (ESD) into the classroom! Through ESD we empower students to become advocates for environmental justice simultaneously with teaching our content.

TAKEAWAYS:
Discover ways to empower your students while integrating ESD into your classroom. The natural ties between science concepts and environmental justice creates opportunities to develop leadership skills in your students while encouraging advocacy and learning the underlying scientific principles.

SPEAKERS:
Kim Brandt (Charles H. Barrows STEM Academy: North Windham, CT), Nicholas Kukla (Charles H. Barrows STEM Academy: North Windham, CT)

OpenSciEd Chemistry's 3rd unit explores how we can use chemistry and Earth and space science understandings to survive living off of Earth. Learn how students build understanding of atomic structure and function through modeling, investigations, and patterns of thinking.

TAKEAWAYS:
This unit supports students as they figure out how atomic structure impacts the patterns we see on the Periodic Table and the role of water to sustain life and react with materials to form surface features. Participants will see how students build these ideas through investigations and manipulatives.

SPEAKERS:
Michael Novak (Northwestern University: Grayslake, IL), Nicole Vick (Northwestern University: Avon, IL)

Join other educators on the Giant Map of Colorado! Learn how to integrate physical mapping into science-focused, problem-based learning.

TAKEAWAYS:
Educators have the opportunity to learn how to access a Colorado Giant Map, for inclusion of Place and Problem-Based Learning. This can help address climate science, ecosystems, geology, river concerns, weather, and scientific history of Colorado.

SPEAKERS:
Heidi Ragsdale (STEM Professional Development: GRAND JUNCTION, CO)

Use the My NASA Data Earth System Satellite Cards and Data Literacy Cubes in multiple activities with different strategies to analyze global NASA Earth data, understand the relationship among different environmental variables, and explore how the data changes seasonally.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will engage in active learning about Earth as a system and the relationship between key environmental variables. They will also learn how to engage learners in analysis of false color images of satellite data using scaffolded questions for different Lexile and WIDA proficiency levels.

SPEAKERS:
Jessica Taylor (NASA Langley Research Center: Hampton, VA), Rosalba Giarratano (Outreach Coordinator: East Elmhurst, NY), Angela Rizzi (NASA Langley Research Center/ADNET: Newport News, VA)

NASA's Next Gen STEM SPARX (Sparking Participation and Real-world eXperiences in STEM) offers an exciting entry-level opportunity for K-2 educators to access standards-aligned activities and resources that follow evidence-based practices to equip their students with the skills to thrive in STEM.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will learn about the educator benefits of NASA SPARX and how this evidence-based model was selected, and will try their hands at some of the curated engineering design activities from the K-2 Educator Guide.

SPEAKERS:
Steven Smith (Education Specialist II: La Porte, TX), Miranda Fike (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center: Huntsville, AL)

We will share strategies, ideas, accommodations, and ways to adapt and obtain student collaboration and engagement through the lens of the Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics (STEAM) focus. Come learn strategies for including diverse learners in your project-based classroom.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will walk away with ready-to-use resources and ideas for instruction with students with diverse needs focusing on project-based activities within the STEAM framework. These ideas can be adapted to lessons in many content areas.

SPEAKERS:
Theresa Robertson (Middle School STEM teacher: Platte City, MO), Sandy Carr (Lorenzo ISD / EPEC-SSA: Lubbock, TX)

We use the 3-H socioemotional learning cycle to engage learners, using hands-on inquiry around the composition of different soil types. Teachers learn how to identify the soil types of clay, humus, sand, and compost, and apply this information to what can grow and flourish in different soil types.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will be provided with lesson plans and student work to initiate discussions about classroom applications. At the end of the session, participants will learn how to apply the 3-H model to engage students' hearts, heads, and hands in science learning using the phenomenon of soils.

SPEAKERS:
Kathy Trundle (Utah STate University: North Logan, UT), Rita Hagevik (The University of North Carolina at Pembroke: LAURINBURG, NC)

Explore advanced space propulsion methods, from chemical to laser propulsion, in this hands-on session. Learn how light intensity changes with distance using PocketLab Voyager Sensors and laser pointers.

TAKEAWAYS:
Gain a deeper understanding of light and laser intensity variations with distance through engaging experiments and practical applications. Model how to implement the Pocketlab sensors and notebook into their curriculum.

SPEAKERS:
Jenny McCall (Winburn Middle School, Fayette County Public Schools: Nicholasville, KY)

Photons of electromagnetic radiation of all wavelengths are collected by telescopes and processed using computers. Scientists use image analysis software to analyze the data and construct unique models of the data, including stars and galaxies, while maintaining the integrity of the underlying data.

TAKEAWAYS:
All our knowledge of stars and galaxies is determined by spectroscopy— the analysis of radiation emissions, including radio, infrared, optical, ultraviolet, gamma, and X-ray. Knowledge of spectroscopy is essential to understanding the processes producing the individual wavelengths.

SPEAKERS:
Donna Young (NSO/NASA: Laughlin, NV)

Presentation of a researcher designed tool for the purpose of authentic student data collection of wind speed & direction. Using the idea of a graph and a compass, a measurement tool was created for students to plot their wind direction and wind speed in place of (x,y) coordinates.

TAKEAWAYS:
Walk away with a template and understanding of how to implement tool for students to individually collect authentic wind data in a manner that is visually meaningful to them for analysis.

SPEAKERS:
Michelle Laborn (STEM Teacher: Villa park, IL), Robert LaBorn (Jackson Middle School: Villa Park, IL)

This presentation will highlight the free resources available for educators through the NASA Infiniscope project. This includes NGSS-designed digital learning experiences, a virtual tour creator, and an adaptive lesson builder all supported with live and asynchronous professional development.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will learn about classroom-ready content that they can use immediately and tools to create their own digital content for students.

SPEAKERS:
Sina Kirk (ASU: Tempe, AZ)

We will share climate solutions activities from our catalog of free educational resources. We will also share information about free virtual programming suitable for grades 6 and up, as well as upcoming teacher professional development for middle level educators.

TAKEAWAYS:
Gain new resources for teaching middle school students about climate solutions, and discover virtual learning opportunities for both teachers and students, offered by the UCAR Center for Science Education.

SPEAKERS:
Emily Snode-Brenneman (UCAR Center for Science Education: Boulder, CO), Tim Barnes (Science Education Specialist: Boulder, CO), Melissa Rummel (UCAR Center for Science Education: Boulder, CO)

The Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network is the best resource for accessing free and scientifically vetted instructional resources on everything related to climate and energy. This session introduces tips for utilizing this comprehensive resource for your teaching scenario.

TAKEAWAYS:
Learn how to access, curate, and combine high-quality climate science, climate change, and energy resources for your teaching scenario.

SPEAKERS:
Margaret Holzer (none: Somerset, NJ)

With NGSS and Common Core-aligned teaching guides and materials, tutorials, hands-on activities, PD and funding opportunities, NOS Education supports the teaching of ocean, coastal, climate, and Earth science at all student levels, and engages students and communities in hands-on stewardship.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will learn about new and exciting data-driven, standard-aligned NOS Education resources to enhance their ocean, climate, Earth science content knowledge, and facilitate their planning and delivery of interactive, phenomena-based, age appropriate, classroom, and out of doors programs via a

SPEAKERS:
Bruce Moravchik (NOAA National Ocean Service: Rockville, MD)

Sponsoring Company: NOAA

SOS Explorer® is used to explain global environmental data. A mobile app version has always been free, but for the first time, the desktop version is also free and ready to install on your computer. Come learn how to download a free copy for yourself and see how we use it in a classroom setting.

SPEAKERS:
Hilary Peddicord (NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory: Lyons, CO), Beth Russell (NOAA Office of Education: Silver Spring, MD), Eric Hackathorn (NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory: Boulder, CO), Juan Pablo Hurtado (NOAA: Washington, DC)

Through hands-on activities using real-world data, participants will explore and participate in lessons about how microfossils within ocean floor sediments reveal information about Earth’s history and geologic processes, such as tectonic activity and climate change.

TAKEAWAYS:
The International Ocean Discovery Program creates educational resources that enable students to use real-world data from parts of our planet usually hidden to them; many of these resources can be synthesized as a unit to show how microfossils provide evidence of many different geologic processes.

SPEAKERS:
Lindsay Mossa (American Geosciences Institute: ANNAPOLIS, MD), Lauren Brase (American Geosciences Institute: Westmont, IL), Sequoyah McGee (American Geosciences Institute: Herico, VA), Ed Robeck (American Geosciences Institute: Salisbury, MD), Maya Pincus (Columbia University / U.S. Science Support Program: Palisades, NY)

NASA's Next Gen STEM is focused on bringing quality STEM content and experiences to the K-12 community. Join this informative session to learn what we have to offer and how you can bring NASA to your students. Presented by NASA's Office of STEM Engagement.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will learn about NASA Next Gen STEM offerings related to professional development, STEM lessons, communities of practice, live virtual connections with scientists and engineers, student challenges and competitions, and competitive awards.

SPEAKERS:
Julie Edstrom (NASA Education Specialist: Huntsville, AL), Miranda Fike (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center: Huntsville, AL)

Sponsoring Company: Lab-Aids

Students use a river model to investigate how flowing water erodes and deposits sediments to create common landforms. They then design erosion control structures and use the river model to test them. Based on the results of their initial testing, students redesign and retest their structures.

SPEAKERS:
Donna Parker (Dublin Coffman High School: Dublin, OH)

Come discover how free, NSF-funded simulations and curricula from The Concord Consortium can add all dimensions of the NGSS to your Earth, Climate, and Life Science teaching, with a special emphasis on the Practices. Bring a device to this interactive session and take away free resources!

TAKEAWAYS:
Strategies in the use of simulations for 3D NGSS-aligned teaching of Earth, Climate, and Life Science.

SPEAKERS:
Chad Dorsey (The Concord Consortium: Concord, MA)

Taking up and building on students’ ideas and ways of knowing is important for equitably supporting student sensemaking, but this can be a challenge. In this session, participants practice talk moves that encourage K-3 students to build on their prior experiences and drive learning.

TAKEAWAYS:
How can we more effectively leverage student prior knowledge for sensemaking in the classroom? Participants will practice talk moves to guide students to actively reason about a K-3 appropriate phenomenon, engage with alternative ideas, and build to more complex scientific explanations.

SPEAKERS:
Mary Short (The Smithsonian Institution: Washington, DC), Dr. Emily Harrison (Smithsonian Institution: Glen Cove, NY)

Use 3-D learning to engage students in understanding the balance between human activities, finite natural resources, and ecosystem health. Participate in lively simulations, modeling and problem-solving exercises for your classes and receive lessons matched to NGSS.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will learn ways to guide students’ inquiry around key environmental challenges, using hands-on simulations and modeling activities that employ 3D learning in an inclusive classroom.

SPEAKERS:
Merryn Cole (University of Nevada, Las Vegas: Las Vegas, NV), Diana Buirgy (Glenwood Springs High School/Roaring Fork School District: Glenwood Springs, CO)

Construct a photon intensity map of a supernova using NASA data and convert the image into a public release image with this STEAM activity. This introduction to imaging and image analysis involves constructing models, interpretation, and computational thinking. Includes detailed tutorials.

TAKEAWAYS:
Photons of electromagnetic radiation of all wavelengths are collected by telescopes and processed using computers. Scientists use image analysis software to analyze the data and construct unique models of the data, including stars and galaxies, while maintaining the integrity of the underlying data.

SPEAKERS:
Donna Young (NSO/NASA: Laughlin, NV)

Ever wondered where to find FREE Federal STEM education resources that can provide authentic learning experiences for your K-12+ students? Join Federal agencies, including but not limited to the Dept of Education, NASA, NOAA, EPA, NIH, USGS, USPTO and NSF to learn more & to receive a resource guide!

TAKEAWAYS:
Teachers will learn about FREE K-12 STEM learning resources offered by federal agencies. In addition, teachers will engage in two-way conversations with federal representatives about the STEM resources, programs, and opportunities that are available and leave with a one-page resource guide.

SPEAKERS:
Jessica Nickelsen (Forest Service/ Natural Inquirer: Bogart, GA), Rachel Crowley (NIGMS, National Institutes of Health: Silver Spring, MD), Eleanour Snow (U.S. Geological Survey: Reston, VA), Bekkah Lampe (NOAA Office of Education: College Park, MD), Kayla Smith (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: Silver Spring, MD), Miranda Fike (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center: Huntsville, AL), Jorge Valdes (U.S. Patent and Trademark Office: Alexandria, VA), Patti Curtis (U.S. Department of Education: Washington, DC), Melissa Anley-Mills (U.S. EPA: Washington, DC)

Sponsoring Company: NOAA

Why are sea levels rising? Why is it so dangerous for everyone - no matter where in the US they live? How can we address it? Using hands-on role-playing activities from NOAA, engage your students on one of the most dangerous climate impacts of our time.

SPEAKERS:
Symone Barkley (NOAA National Ocean Service: Silver Spring, MD), Bruce Moravchik (NOAA National Ocean Service: Rockville, MD)

Learn how high-energy astrophysics can be brought into the classroom by engaging in real-world research data. Explore cosmic gamma radiation using fresh popcorn, not one but two frustratingly addictive games, and discover how computers and machine learning are vital in scientific research.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees work through classroom activities designed to introduce students to photon (gamma) radiation and proton (hadron) radiation so that attendees are able to engage their students in real-world astrophysics research and gain an appreciation for how computers are utilized in current research.

SPEAKERS:
Katelyn McCarthy (Kalamazoo Area Mathematics and Science Center: Kalamazoo, MI)

In Unit 2 of the OpenSciEd Physics course, a series of Earth phenomena in Ethiopia motivate the need for forces to explain our observations. Students establish conventions for modeling forces and think deeply about the connection between unbalanced forces, energy transfer, and motion.

TAKEAWAYS:
This unit introduces students to the concept of force in an intuitive and grounded context. Students understand fundamental Earth Science ideas related to plate tectonics, radioactivity, convection, and rock formation at a HS level.

SPEAKERS:
Diego Rojas-Perilla (BSCS Science Learning: Colorado Springs, CO), Zoe Buck Bracey (Senior Science Educator and Director of Design for Justice: Colorado Springs, CO)

So your students understand the basics of climate science, but what’s next? Dig deeper into climate literacy by focusing on solutions. In this workshop we will explore hands-on activities and digital interactives that help high school students learn how we can solve and adapt to climate change.

TAKEAWAYS:
Educators will walk away from this workshop with several classroom activities that they can use to help high school students learn about climate solutions and develop a deeper understanding of the choices communities must make when designing mitigation and adaptation strategies.

SPEAKERS:
Lisa Gardiner (UCAR Center for Science Education: Boulder, CO), Kathryn Boyd (CIRES Education & Outreach: Boulder, CO), Melissa Rummel (UCAR Center for Science Education: Boulder, CO)

Through a hands-on lab investigation, students will explore landfill mining as a practice for the recovery of non-renewable resources and as a means to reclaim landfill areas for alternative uses. Students will learn about benefits, drawbacks, and steps involved in landfill mining.

TAKEAWAYS:
Through a hands-on lab investigation, students will explore landfill mining as a practice for the recovery of non-renewable resources and as a means to reclaim landfill areas for alternative uses. Students will learn about benefits, drawbacks, and steps involved in landfill mining.

SPEAKERS:
Stephanie Burns (Connetquot Central School District: Baiting Hollow, NY)

In Rubin Observatory’s new online Coloring the Universe investigation, students use filters and colorizing tools to analyze authentic multiwavelength data images, then apply what they have learned to create a unique color data representation that communicates the answer to their science question.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will learn how to use the free, interactive Coloring the Universe online investigation and support materials designed for NGSS teaching and learning, as well as active learning and assessment strategies that support inclusive techniques for building student communication skills.

SPEAKERS:
Justine Schaen (NSF's NOIRLab: Tucson, AZ), Ardis Herrold (Vera C. Rubin Observatory: Oro Valley, AZ)

Identify elements in the spectra of supernova remnants to determine the properties of collapsed and exploded stars using web-based NASA X-ray data and image analysis tools.

TAKEAWAYS:
JS9 web-based software can be used to analyze NASA data sets to determine the type of supernova and provides students with real opportunities to do astronomical research.

SPEAKERS:
Pamela Perry (Lewiston High School: Brunswick, ME)

Harness the power of technology with student-designed solutions for a changing climate.

TAKEAWAYS:
Use technology to expose students to coding and engineering design solutions for severe weather.

SPEAKERS:
Stacy Thibodeaux (Southside High School: Scott, LA), Jessica Kohout (Educational Consultant: Ellicott City, MD)

Utilize argument-driven scaffolds for Earth and environmental science topics to critically evaluate connections between evidence and alternative scientific explanations with model-evidence link (MEL) diagrams to construct deeper student understanding of socio-scientific issues.

TAKEAWAYS:
An introduction to MEL instructional scaffolds designed to assist learners as they construct arguments to evaluate the plausibility of evidence connected to models and the research base that supports using these scaffolds. Participants receive access to all instructional materials and guides.

SPEAKERS:
Lorraine Ramirez Villarin (University of North Georgia: Dahlonega, GA), Margaret Holzer (none: Somerset, NJ), Donna Governor (University of North Georgia: Pensacola, FL)

Climate Change is inevitable. Preparing students to deal with heat related change will enable advocacy and build community resilience. Building mapping literacy through use of the EPA’s EJScreen tool, attendees investigate climate risks to their communities and explore mitigation strategies.

TAKEAWAYS:
To assess heat waves’ disproportionate impact on communities, participants will gain insights into Environmental Justice issues through the use of the EPA’s EJ Screen tools to identify risk. We will also explore teaching strategies to engage students in meaningful investigations and discussions.

SPEAKERS:
Elizabeth Luna (North Babylon High School: Bay Shore, NY), Tamanna Shahid (Eleanor Roosevelt High School: New York, NY)

Sponsoring Company: Carolina Biological Supply Co.

Participants will examine how models can be used to drive understanding of complex concepts. Tree ring data will be used as an example of a line of evidence to support climate models and a balloon model will be used to support universe expansion.

SPEAKERS:
Crystal Risko (Carolina Biological Supply Co.: Burlington, NC)

Sponsoring Company: NOAA

Teek and Tom Explore Planet Earth, investigates the relationship between the ocean, weather and climate on global to local scales. This workshop introduces ten hands-on activities for upper ES and MS students to reinforce Earth science concepts related to oceanography, meteorology and climate.

SPEAKERS:
Peggy Steffen (Ready, Set, STEM: West Liberty, IA), Bruce Moravchik (NOAA National Ocean Service: Rockville, MD)

NSF’s NOIRLab’s Teen Astronomy Café – To Go! program brings the excitement of scientific discovery to students by providing them with an opportunity to explore astronomical data using Python Notebooks. Join us as we unpack educator resources and explore exoplanet atmospheres. Laptops are encouraged.

TAKEAWAYS:
By exploring the "Teen Astronomy Café – To Go!" program designed to support the NGSS, participants will learn about the resources available to introduce Python in their classrooms and help students develop critical thinking and data literacy skills through the simulation of astronomical phenomena.

SPEAKERS:
Mark Newhouse (Manager, AZ Education & Engagement: Tucson, AZ), Robert Sparks (NSF's NOIRLab: Tucson, AZ), Fernanda Urrutia (NSF's NOIRLab: Tucson, AZ)

Wildfire, floods, and drought are becoming more severe; the impacts are most heavily felt by frontline communities. Experience an NGSS-driven curriculum that explores the science of hazards and engages students with scenario-based role-play games and community action projects to build resilience.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will be introduced to free units that use Colorado-based data and games to empower students to help their community be more resilient to climate-related hazards. Veteran teachers will share stories about actions they have taken with their students and communities using the curriculum.

SPEAKERS:
Alicia Christensen (Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences: Boulder, CO), Krystal Brown (Teacher: Gunnison, CO), Mike Munoz (Teacher: Paonia, CO), Jamie Breitner (Teacher: Littleton, CO), Katya Schloesser (University of Colorado Boulder: Gunnison, CO)

Discover empowering activities for elementary students to use their STEM skills to learn more about people’s relationship to the natural environment and ways to work toward a healthy planet. Raise environmental literacy while collecting and analyzing data, creating a carbon sink model, and more.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will learn hands-on classroom activities to build students’ STEM skills while fostering environmental stewardships and empowering students on positive ways to impact their environment.

SPEAKERS:
Barbara Huth (Population Education: Washington, DC)

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 (High Point University: High Point, NC, NC)

Learn about an interdisciplinary project that had teachers working in teams to build a miniature golf hole based on a moon of the solar system. Hear about how they took the project back to their schools and adapted it to their own practice and for their students, and try your hand at Sphero golf.

TAKEAWAYS:
This session will provide hands-on exploration of an interdisciplinary project that can be scaled to meet the needs of all learners, and reflections by teachers who have both done the project and taught it.

SPEAKERS:
Rachel Langley (Science Educator: Tulsa, OK), Hunter Bourjaily (Teacher PD Fellow: Reston, VA), Kristina Martinez (Truman Middle School: Albuquerque, NM), Eileen Koenig (Ursuline Academy: Cochranville, PA), Shannon Baldioli (Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum: Fairfax, VA)

There is no shortage of jaw-dropping discoveries made from meteorites. Known as the “poor man’s space probe” most meteorites come from the asteroid belt. Now that we have actual material from a known asteroid we better sharpen up about meteorite science, because we’re going to need it.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will learn the exciting history and evolution of meteorites science through meteorite falls and discoveries. 500 years ago to the most recent meteoritic events, the science just keeps pouring out of these enigmatic rocks from space. Meteorites are the foundation for sample-return missions.

SPEAKERS:
Martin Horejsi (University of Montana: Missoula, MT)

A crosswalk of how to use and embed computer science to teach the three-dimensional standards in high school Earth & Life Sciences.

TAKEAWAYS:
There are 7 standards that specifically call out mathematics and computational thinking in high school Earth and Life sciences; participants will be able to use computer modelling (as referenced in 7 HS standards) to embody all parts of the science standards.

SPEAKERS:
Megan Hurley (Jeffco Public School District: Littleton, CO), Rachel Nolan (Science Curriculum Specialist: Golden, CO), Kathryn Yelenick (STEM Coordinator: Littleton, CO)

Come see a model of modeling! Engage in an Earth Science and a Biology activity, experience how models can be used to help student sense-making, and reflect on how to improve modeling in your classroom.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will explore how modeling can be used to improve student sensemaking of science concepts.

SPEAKERS:
Lily Fettkether (Ms.: Dunkerton, IA), Janell Wright (Waterloo Schools: Waterloo, IA), Jesse Wilcox (University of Northern Iowa: Cedar Falls, IA)

Want to teach students STEM concepts as they discover the wonders of space? Want to engage them in collaborative, discovery-based learning? Hear from a fellow educator and Space Foundation International Teacher Liaison about how you can immerse students in astronomical learning throughout the year.

TAKEAWAYS:
During this presentation, middle and high school educators will learn best practices and strategies for making space exploration an embedded part of their science curriculum. This session shows how to connect students to the sky using real-world science and technologies.

SPEAKERS:
Stephanie Hanover (Davila Middle School: Bryan, TX)

STEM educator, Heidi Ragsdale will introduce the Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN) Collection of reviewed educational resources for teaching about climate and energy. Educator participants will learn how to search the CLEAN Collection and participate in Climate Trivia.

TAKEAWAYS:
Educators will know how to access grade and content level Climate and Energy resources for direct implementation within classrooms.

SPEAKERS:
Heidi Ragsdale (STEM Professional Development: GRAND JUNCTION, CO)

Follow a prekindergarten journey to design a shared immersive experience bringing together the school community. Participants will play with loose parts to deepen our relationships with the natural world alongside children.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will consider how to deepen adult and child relationships with the natural world.

SPEAKERS:
Kirsten Zimbelman (Mentor Advisor: Boulder, CO)

Participants will engage with resources and hands-on activities showing the relevance of Earth Science, specifically through the lens of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We will explore features of the SDGs and Education for Sustainable Development, relating them to NGSS dimensions.

TAKEAWAYS:
The UN Sustainable Development Goals represent an international consensus for action on the world’s most pressing problems. Making connections with them using hands-on, standards-aligned instruction can be an effective way to highlight the relevance of Earth Science instruction.

SPEAKERS:
Sequoyah McGee (American Geosciences Institute: Herico, VA), Lauren Brase (American Geosciences Institute: Westmont, IL), Lindsay Mossa (American Geosciences Institute: ANNAPOLIS, MD), Chloe Westhafer (West Jackson Middle School: Winder, GA), Ed Robeck (American Geosciences Institute: Salisbury, MD)

Use STEM web-based analysis software and real data to determine the rate of a supernova remnant expansion and its uniformity.

TAKEAWAYS:
JS9 web-based software provides students with real opportunities to do astronomical research.

SPEAKERS:
Pamela Perry (Lewiston High School: Brunswick, ME)

Learn about NASA’s K-12 project which creates, delivers, and curates NASA STEM products and experiences that make connections to NASA and fuel STEM learning and identity. Join us for this fun session and participate in an exciting activity.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will learn about the vast resources offered by NASA's Next Gen STEM project; they will participate in a virtual chat with a NASA scientist or engineer and engage in an activity they can use in their classrooms.

SPEAKERS:
Bethanne Hull (Education Specialist: No City, No State)

Interactive modeling aids in addressing alternate conceptions for major science concepts and develops students’ science identity. This session will share the research results from a middle school Earth Science classroom and explore methods to incorporate modeling for increased Earth Science literacy

TAKEAWAYS:
Teachers will leave with ideas to incorporate Iterative modeling in Earth Science classrooms, addressing alternate conceptions to increase Earth Science literacy and using modeling for formative and summative assessment.

SPEAKERS:
Jocelyn Miller (E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation: Chapel Hill, NC), Missie Olson (Becker High School: Annandale, MN)

Often overlooked, but key to our survival, soils are vital to sustaining life. What makes this natural resource so special? Join us for an active session that digs into numerous soil science concepts and vetted teaching resources connecting soils to the lives of everyone, everywhere.

TAKEAWAYS:
No matter where one lives, soils are the foundation upon which life exists on Earth. The life that teems below ground supports the life above ground. Understanding the ecosystem services provided by soils requires cross-disciplinary thinking and reveals how vital soils are to our existence.

SPEAKERS:
Margaret Holzer (none: Somerset, NJ)

Use STEM web-based analysis software and real data to examine the Bullet Cluster, 1E 0657-56, in various bands of the electromagnetic spectrum for evidence of dark matter.

TAKEAWAYS:
JS9 web-based software provides students with real opportunities to do astronomical research.

SPEAKERS:
Pamela Perry (Lewiston High School: Brunswick, ME)

Learn how media can enrich science instruction and provide opportunities to engage all students, including English learners and students with disabilities, in three dimensional learning while making science content more meaningful to them.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will leave with a list of resources and ideas for actively engaging their students with phenomena through media, and tips for creating an inclusive science classroom.

SPEAKERS:
Shawn Stevens (GBH Education: Watertown, MA)

Through scientific ocean drilling, we have made countless discoveries about Earth’s history, climate change, and the origin of life, but we often forget the people who make it all possible. TALES FROM THE DEEP partners with StoryCorps to humanize complex science through the stories of those at sea.

TAKEAWAYS:
Free multimedia classroom resources, including audio narratives from the people involved in scientific ocean drilling and associated activities and worksheets, allow students to interact with the people who participate in complex science and engage in sensemaking about geoscience concepts.

SPEAKERS:
Maya Pincus (Columbia University / U.S. Science Support Program: Palisades, NY)

Classrooms engage with the Float Your Boat program by decorating small wooden boats to deploy on the Arctic sea ice alongside a parent buoy and then track its path across the northern top of the planet. Students learn about Arctic Ocean circulation, its sea-ice cover, and how it’s changing.

TAKEAWAYS:
Students engage with the Float Your Boat program fostering connections with the Arctic sea ice, ocean circulation, and its changing conditions. This International Arctic Buoy Programme project reaches numerous young people annually around the world, expanding their understanding of the Arctic Ocean.

SPEAKERS:
Sarah Johnson (Wild Rose Education: Carbondale, CO)

Participants should bring a computer to learn about and explore the soil data platform from Natural Resources Conservation Service, Web Soil Survey. Participants will learn how to acquire local data of interest and be provided with a teacher guide and multiple lessons that include soil data.

TAKEAWAYS:
Incorporating real, scientific data about soils is easy with Web Soil Survey and AGI’s new Educator Guide. Including local soil data in instruction will make science content more relevant to students as they learn about topics such as soil health, erosion, flooding, infrastructure, and more.

SPEAKERS:
Lindsay Mossa (American Geosciences Institute: ANNAPOLIS, MD), Sequoyah McGee (American Geosciences Institute: Herico, VA), Ed Robeck (American Geosciences Institute: Salisbury, MD), Lauren Brase (American Geosciences Institute: Westmont, IL)

Want to teach climate literacy but don’t know where to start? NOAA offers lesson plans, videos, data, webinars, and more, to inform and inspire students. This session is appropriate for 3rd grade through college educators and informal educators.

TAKEAWAYS:
How to improve climate literacy and discuss climate and climate change in your classroom with free resources from NOAA.

SPEAKERS:
Kayla Smith (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: Silver Spring, MD), Bekkah Lampe (NOAA Office of Education: College Park, MD)

You can utilize LabXchange's free resources to engage your students in understanding the critical STEM concepts NASA must master for a Mars mission, including engineering design and problem-solving skills.

TAKEAWAYS:
At the session, attendees will learn how to access and effectively use Harvard's LabXchange to enhance their science lessons, fostering a dynamic STEM learning environment.

SPEAKERS:
Lauren Kelly (Crowley ISD: Burleson, TX)

What’s a good assessment? Learn what to look for (or include) in an effective assessment that tracks students’ 3D learning related to middle school PEs.

TAKEAWAYS:
Educators will learn about key features for summative, benchmark 3D assessments designed to be used in any NGSS-aligned middle school classroom.

SPEAKERS:
Maia Binding (The Lawrence Hall of Science: Berkeley, CA)

Learn about using maps and authentic data your classroom with free resources co-designed by scientists and instructional specialists from the University of Colorado Boulder. Geospatial data and GIS data helps students visualize how effects from far away places like Greenland impact us.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will explore how to use authentic Greenland-focused geospatial data in their own classrooms using the open-source QGIS software and the step-by-step tutorials and beginner video series produced by QGreenland.

SPEAKERS:
Alyse Thurber (University of Colorado Boulder: Geneva, IL)

Sponsoring Company: NOAA

Join us for a demo of our database of 1,300+ educational resources from NOAA. We host ocean, coast, Great Lakes, weather, and climate resources. Tour our lesson plans and activities and ask us your questions. Learn more at noaa.gov/education/resources. This session is appropriate for K-16 educators.

SPEAKERS:
Kayla Smith (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: Silver Spring, MD), Bekkah Lampe (NOAA Office of Education: College Park, MD)

"Every Rock Has A Story" is a free online YouTube series created by Prof. Ethan Baxter of Boston College. The stories of rocks—shared by diverse co-hosts—inspire children about the exciting and interconnected science of the Earth and Environment, and help kids see themselves as scientists.

TAKEAWAYS:
Learn how to use "Every Rock Has A Story" in your classroom or informal learning space to inspire wonder, curiosity, relevance, and excitement in ESS learning. See how the diverse co-hosts help to enhance diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in the geosciences for your students.

SPEAKERS:
Ethan Baxter (Boston College: Chestnut Hill, MA)

Environmental challenges are not experienced equally in our communities and around the world. Discover nuanced classroom activities to explore inequities in climate and pollution vulnerabilities, and to collaborate to solve authentic problems.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will learn interactive lessons to stimulate students’ thoughts and explorations around environmental justice issues, specifically those focusing on climate change and pollution.

SPEAKERS:
Katie Grams (Education Program Associate: Washington, DC)

Climate change and its impact involve the entire Earth system. Instruction should include not only natural systems, but also the stories of people–those most affected by the impacts, and who’s developing strategies for building resilience and mitigating the problem.

TAKEAWAYS:
Learn strategies for building students’ climate literacy, meeting the challenges of teaching climate change, and providing students with hope through stories about diverse people building resilience to and mitigating climate change with free resources from PBS LearningMedia.

SPEAKERS:
Nancy Gifford (Monomoy Regional Middle School: Harwich, MA), Shawn Stevens (GBH Education: Watertown, MA)

There are lots of great ecosystem investigations out there, but we don't always have access to those ecosystems at our schools. Learn how your class can create your own investigation and, through modeling, make sense of ecosystems, analyze data, and communicate findings with a broader community.

TAKEAWAYS:
Teachers: learn how your class can connect with local citizen science projects or create your own, while simultaneously helping students make sense of the world around them through modeling. Workshop includes example “embodied model” games to show ecosystem dynamics.

SPEAKERS:
Katrina Heimbach (Msad 55: Brownfield, ME), Laura Seaver (Loranger Memorial School: South Portland, ME)

Practice activities with simple materials exploring the EM Spectrum and explanatory models that illustrate real world space science applications. Learn about the Virtual Astronomy Academy program.

TAKEAWAYS:
Practice "Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning," and a gallery walk of student work to review models; practice collaborative learning to investigate filters and wavelengths. Attendees will also learn how to join NASA's Virtual Astronomy Academy professional development program.

SPEAKERS:
Ann Marie Dubick (Cherokee County School District: Smyrna, GA), Coral Clark (SETI Institute: Agua Dulce, CA), Jenny McCall (Winburn Middle School, Fayette County Public Schools: Nicholasville, KY), P Harman (Pamela Harman: PACIFICA, CA), Brittany Chase (Mahone Middle School: Kenosha, WI), Milo Maughan (Utah State Board of Education: Salt Lake City, UT), Diane Ripollone (Cardinal Gibbons High School: Garner, NC)

We’ll share teaching resources teachers may use in the classroom in a playful way, focusing on the next stage of the Man on the Moon with Artemis Mission. Teachers put hands-on teaching resources to maintain human life on the Moon and build a didactic game (Battleship Exploring the Periodic Table).

TAKEAWAYS:
Teachers will inquire, “How may we build a lunar base?” To solve this problem, teachers will explore the elements of the Moon soil and will build a Periodic Table battleship game. Participants will dig deeper into the organization of the Periodic Table and understand that elements are all over.

SPEAKERS:
Isabel Borges (Institute of Education University of Lisbon: Lisboa, AL), Carla Sofia Ranito (Teacher: Queijas, Portugal), Adelina Machado (Educational Coordinate: Queluz, 0), Sandra Vasconcelos (Teacher: Charneca de caparica, 0)

By now you are probably well aware of the upcoming total solar eclipse on 4/8/24, which passes over many major cities on a path running from Texas up through Maine. The rest of the contiguous US will have a partial solar eclipse. Learn how to be ready for this awesome STEM education opportunity.

TAKEAWAYS:
Learn everything you need to be ready for the upcoming eclipse, including the science behind eclipses, how to view the eclipse safely, and how to create educational opportunities for your school and community.

SPEAKERS:
Jeffrey Bennett (Big Kid Science: Boulder, CO)

Explore classroom tested, free, online curriculum that helps students use block coding to create simulations and data visualizations for investigations of earthquake risks in California.

TAKEAWAYS:
This workshop will allow participants to become familiar with a free, online curriculum focused on estimating the hazards and risk of earthquakes in California. Participants will engage with the GeoCode curriculum as a student to see this innovative approach in teaching earthquake hazards and risk.

SPEAKERS:
Stephanie Seevers (Evergreen High School: Metamora, OH), Christopher Lore (The Concord Consortium: Concord, MA)

In Rubin Observatory’s new online Expanding Universe investigation, students use galaxy redshift and supernova data to reconstruct Hubble’s law, then advance to a higher redshift data set to discover how the expansion of the Universe has changed over time, and its connection to dark energy.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will learn how to use the free interactive Expanding Universe online investigation and support materials designed for NGSS teaching and learning, as well as scaffolded teaching, and formative assessment strategies to ensure that all students may achieve a successful learning experience.

SPEAKERS:
Justine Schaen (NSF's NOIRLab: Tucson, AZ), Ardis Herrold (Vera C. Rubin Observatory: Oro Valley, AZ)

Sponsoring Company: Esri

- StoryMaps allow students to combine text, photos, videos, audio, and maps into a coherent story for communicating research or findings of a study. Join the Esri education team as we explore creating storymaps. StoryMaps are a part of the ArcGIS School Bundle, free for K12 instruction.

SPEAKERS:
Faby Carrera (Esri: Redlands, CA)

Sponsoring Company: Lab-Aids

How do we engage students to ask questions and develop evidence-based explanations? In this hands-on activity from the Lab-Aids EDC Earth Science program, discourse occurs authentically as you role-play a geologist testing various site extractions for molybdenum, a valuable mineral.

SPEAKERS:
Donna Parker (Dublin Coffman High School: Dublin, OH)

Sponsoring Company: EarthScope Consortium

Use simple and inexpensive models to engage your students to explore how ground deformation from plate tectonic and volcanic motions, and rapid glacial melting leads to earthquakes, eruptions, and sea level change.

SPEAKERS:
Michael Hubenthal (EarthScope Consortium: Port Crane, NY), Shelley Olds (EarthScope Consortium: Nederland, CO)

Sponsoring Company: NOAA

This workshop will introduce teachers of all grade levels to the CLEAN portal which was designed to help teachers be effective when teaching climate and energy topics, climate system, and how humans can take action to reduce climate change and its impacts. CLEAN is funded by NOAA, NSF, NASA and DOE.

SPEAKERS:
Kathryn Boyd (CIRES Education & Outreach: Boulder, CO), Patrick Chandler (CIRES Education & Outreach: Boulder, CO), Alicia Christensen (Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences: Boulder, CO)

Participants will get hands-on access to a free online curriculum that uses a computational plate tectonics model, called the TecRocks Explorer, and real-world data to explore the connections between tectonic settings, conditions, and processes, and rock formation.

TAKEAWAYS:
Free online curriculum that teaches the rock cycle linked to tectonic settings and processes

SPEAKERS:
Stephanie Seevers (Evergreen High School: Metamora, OH)

Addressing climate change can be challenging. Students are given tools for evaluating information then provided a series of myths about climate change. Using reputable data, they dispel the myths with accurate information and use multiple explanations to understand common misconceptions.

TAKEAWAYS:
Students are provided with a checklist to determine if information is accurate on a fictional web page. Through small group discussions, students share their perceptions of accurate data and what it means, then challenged to decide if this information is valid in helping to understand global warming

SPEAKERS:
Brett Thomsen (Science Department Head: Chimacum, WA), Laura Tucker (Consultant: Port Townsend, WA)

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 (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Pasadena, CA)

Explore constellation motion using a classroom-sized model of the universe. In this sensemaking experience, you will collect data about the constellations and write an explanation of the phenomenon. Participants will receive digital materials to implement this lesson in their own classrooms.

TAKEAWAYS:
In this session, you will experience a sensemaking lesson exploring a classroom-sized model of the universe and use data to explain the motion of the constellations across the sky! Take home the digital lesson and materials to modify this lesson and implement this lesson in your own classroom.

SPEAKERS:
Devan Jones (Student: Anderson, SC), Meredith Schwendemann (Clemson University: Greenwood, SC)

STEM has the most impact when it’s place-based, real-world, and hands-on. We’ll connect Career and Technical Education with project-based learning as students take innovation from the International Space Station and bring it down to Earth to solve problems in their own communities.

TAKEAWAYS:
This session will provide a roadmap for project-based learning using science and engineering processes to enhance communities while building student STEM identities and exploring potential career pathways. Participants will try a sample activity and receive planning tools to develop their own.

SPEAKERS:
Sandra Roberts (Science Friday: Blairstown, NJ)

Dive into the world of watershed stewardship! This session will provide a clear roadmap and lesson plan for bringing this experience to your classroom. Together, we'll inspire the next generation of environmental leaders and make a positive impact on our world, one watershed at a time.

TAKEAWAYS:
This presentation is designed to inspire and equip teachers to embark on exciting watershed stewardship projects with students. By the end of this presentation, teachers will be ready to embark on a watershed stewardship journey, fostering environmental stewardship and scientific curiosity.

SPEAKERS:
Kathy Biernat (Zanilu Educational Services, LLC: Oak Creek, WI)

Have you ever wonder why minerals come in so many different shapes and color? Using nanoscience concepts, come experience how a mineral's internal atomic arrangement contribute to its properties through a fun hands-on activity involving simple materials without an electron microscope!

TAKEAWAYS:
Teaching abstract concepts, such as matter at the atomic scale, can be difficult to get across to our students. Learn to use common household objects to help our students make sense of mineral properties using nanoscience ideas.

SPEAKERS:
Yishan Lee (PS/MS 219: Bayside, NY)

Come learn about Data Puzzles, a free resource co-designed by climate scientists and instructional specialists from the University of Colorado Boulder that combines authentic data with Ambitious Science Teaching instructional practices to help students make sense of phenomena.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will explore authentic, contemporary data through Data Puzzles resources that frame data analysis for use in middle and high school classrooms with the Ambitious Science Teaching framework and leave prepared to implement these 2-3 day sensemaking tasks in their own classrooms.

SPEAKERS:
Jonathan Griffith (University of Colorado Boulder: Montpelier, VT)

The last total solar eclipse in the continental US for 21 years occurs in April. NSTA has assembled an abundance of resources for you to make the most of this teachable moment – from 3D learning materials, to safe viewing strategies, to ways to make it a school-wide experience.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will come away with links to 3D teaching strategies for students to understand the science behind eclipses, plus safe viewing strategies and ways to make the event a school-wide experience.

SPEAKERS:
Dennis Schatz (Institute for Learning Innovation: Seattle, WA)

Learning targets and success criteria are meant to support our students, but they often give away meaningful opportunities for sensemaking. Come consider our process for embedding the 3Ds into our learning targets and success criteria to ensure administrative compliance AND student sensemaking.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will explore how dimension-aligned sentence stems help to make science learning targets and success criteria more 3D and supportive of sensemaking. They will consider how the resulting targets and criteria support administration goals and improve teacher planning and practice.

SPEAKERS:
Martha Inouye (University of Wyoming: Laramie, WY), Erin Arnold (Green River High School: Green River, WY), Megan Allen (Teacher: Green River, WY), Shawna Mattson (Green River High School: Green River, WY), Richard Carroll (Teacher: Green River, WY), Ana Houseal (University of Wyoming: Laramie, WY)

The UCAR Center for Science Education engages all learners to explore and understand our changing world by connecting them to science at the NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research. Come learn about fun ways for you and your preK-12 students to connect with and explore Earth systems science.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will walk away with ideas and resources for hands-on weather, climate, and Earth systems science activities and programs they can use in their classroom.

SPEAKERS:
Elizabeth Mays (Science Education Specialist: UCAR SciEd, CO), Katie Wolfson (School & Public Programs Manager: Boulder, CO)

Sponsoring Company: Esri

Join Esri as we demonstrate how to build powerful maps using ArcGIS Online. We will use scientific data from the Living Atlas and data created during the workshop using Survey123 – and map it all. Analysis tools will be demonstrated. ArcGIS Online is free from Esri for K12 instruction.

SPEAKERS:
Faby Carrera (Esri: Redlands, CA)

Sponsoring Company: BFW Publishers

Capture high school chemistry students’ interest by inviting them into a phenomenon-based curriculum! Perform a periodic table card sort and learn how to build an understanding of whether it is possible to turn a copper penny into gold—presented by Living by Chemistry author, Dr. Angelica Stacy.

SPEAKERS:
Angelica Stacy (University of California, Berkeley: Berkeley, CA)

Sponsoring Company: EarthScope Consortium

Learn how geophysical instruments help to measure the changes in our environment such as landslides and river evolution using freely available lidar, measure volcanic deformation, space weather, climate change, and more! We will share and demonstrate FREE activities you can use in your classroom.

SPEAKERS:
Shelley Olds (EarthScope Consortium: Nederland, CO)

When learning about climate change, students may experience significant anxiety regarding potential impacts in their community. This session will highlight emotion-management techniques and evidence-based strategies that can help reduce anxiety while learning about climate change and it’s impacts.

TAKEAWAYS:
Effective emotion-management techniques that can help facilitate students’ learning about climate change, including evidence-based strategies for reducing anxiety, and emphasizing the importance of learning action-based strategies for students to impact their community.

SPEAKERS:
Dr. Donna Pincus (Director, Child and Adolescent Fear and Anxiety Treatment Program at the Center for Anxiety and Rela: No City, No State), John Guiney (NOAA/NWS Eastern Region: Bohemia, NY)

Outreach specialists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Boulder, CO, will discuss what NOAA does and what resources are available for teachers. We will walk through our in-person opportunities, online information, videos, and student activities.

TAKEAWAYS:
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is a Federal agency anchored by Science, Service, and Stewardship. Our Outreach specialists are passionate about bringing NOAA science to classrooms across the United States.

SPEAKERS:
Carolyn Szoke (Science Communicator: Boulder, CO)

Hawai‘i Island’s leading astronomy education program Journey Through the Universe is marking two decades of bringing astronomy down to Earth and into Hawaiʻi classrooms. Join the International Gemini Observatory/NSF’s NOIRLab as we share our approach to building community partnerships.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will take away a variety of strategies and resources from the Journey Through the Universe Program to help establish and build partnerships with their local astronomical organizations.

SPEAKERS:
Robert Sparks (NSF's NOIRLab: Tucson, AZ), Emily Peavy (Gemini Observatory/NSF's NOIRLab)

Place-based science instruction leverages students’ previous experiences, illuminates their natural world, and provides opportunities for students to learn beyond the confines of their computers. We share strategies for online course development to optimize active learning and local landscape.

TAKEAWAYS:
Place-based online science instruction promotes active learning, supports student investigations in their local environments, and builds a community of online learners as students share their experiences.

SPEAKERS:
Athena Nagel (Mississippi State University: Mississippi State, MS), Renee Clary (Mississippi State University: Mississippi State, MS)

Postcards from the Past is a classroom-based program in which students explore anthropogenic change by adopting a radiocarbon-dated clam and investigating how different human cultures used coastal areas during their clam’s lifetime, expressing their understanding as a postcard-themed art project.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will conduct a geochronology classroom activity, explore art collage techniques, and learn how to bring the environmental and cultural history of the northern Gulf of Mexico into their classrooms.

SPEAKERS:
JoAnn Moody (Dauphin Island Sea Lab: Dauphin Island, AL), Tina Miller-Way (Dauphin Island Sea Lab: Dauphin Island, AL)

Giverny books feature engaging stories and illustrations that teach our youngest readers scientific principles and science-related attitudes. Explore with us how Giverny books connect 4–8-year-old readers with nature through life cycles, seasonal changes, sustainability, and more! Free resources.

TAKEAWAYS:
Award-winning Giverny books provide quality science instruction and promote scientific habits of mind for the youngest 4-8-year-old readers. The books invite children to observe and connect to the natural world around them.

SPEAKERS:
Athena Nagel (Mississippi State University: Mississippi State, MS), Renee Clary (Mississippi State University: Mississippi State, MS)

Scientific caricatures (SCs) serve as unique instructional and assessment tools to engage students in online classrooms and promote critical thinking. Learn how to incorporate SCs in YOUR classrooms! Resources provided.

TAKEAWAYS:
In online science classrooms, scientific caricatures (SCs) offer an innovative and creative assessment tool for students to imaginatively apply science content, optimize their critical thinking skills, and engage their online peers.

SPEAKERS:
Renee Clary (Mississippi State University: Mississippi State, MS)

TikTok videos provide microlearning opportunities for students, introducing Earth science topics in a concise, bite-sized format. We will explore instructional strategies to enable students to consume and create TikToks to further their understanding of and engagement with Earth science topics.

TAKEAWAYS:
Teachers will learn how to navigate the educational science content landscape on TikTok, to use as a learning resource for students, as well as how to engage their own students in creating educational TikTok videos as part of their curriculum, instruction, and assessment.

SPEAKERS:
Emily Zawacki (EarthScope Consortium: San Diego, CA)

Want more of a school—home connection? Want to get more community involvement in your science program? Come hear how we plan, promote, and run a variety of science-themed community events in our district.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will come away with several ideas for community science events and helpful hints on how to plan and promote these events.

SPEAKERS:
Brian Newburger (Tappan Zee High School: Orangeburg, NY), Samantha Levine (South Orangetown Central School District: Blauvelt, NY)

NAGT's Teacher Education Division developed 10 leadership criteria to encourage K-12 educators as teacher leaders. This competitive annual award honors teachers who satisfy at least 7 criteria. Each qualified nominee receives a certificate of recognition, but only 1 nominee earns the annual award.

TAKEAWAYS:
How to (self-)nominate a candidate for the NAGT TED Earth Sciences Teacher Leader Award. We will consider the leadership criteria, nominating committee concerns, and monetary value of the award.

SPEAKERS:
Suzanne Metlay (Western Governors University: Longmont, CO)

There will be two solar eclipses in New York, a partial and a total eclipse. We have designed an Eclipse Weather Experiment to record temperature, cloud coverage, and wind speed. We will launch a high-altitude balloon and the combined observations will elucidate eclipse-induced weather changes.

TAKEAWAYS:
Construction of a high-altitude balloon is a very useful STEM activity as it requires engineering skills, knowledge of topics in physics and chemistry, and simulation of the equations of motion that will appeal to computer-oriented students.

SPEAKERS:
Matthew Yatsyla (Caroline G Atkinson Elem: Freeport, NY)

The Story Behind the Story engaged college students of diverse identities with an often-untold history of mineral exploration/exploitation, and connected them with professional societies to help broaden participation. Join us to explore what worked—and what challenges remain.

TAKEAWAYS:
In an interactive session, participants discuss the effectiveness of the history of science/geoheritage to broaden participation—and explore avenues of how college science instructors can facilitate diversity in the sciences.

SPEAKERS:
Renee Clary (Mississippi State University: Mississippi State, MS)

Soil is a natural resource that provides the foundation for producing our food, shelter, and provides the foundation on which to build our buildings and cities. Learn what is under our feet by comparing soils in different habitats and examining the past environment in which they formed.

TAKEAWAYS:
Explore soil using simple tests and easy-to-find tools that allows us to examine soil structure, unique soil characteristics, and test for the stability of soil. Learn activities, songs, and games that can be taught indoors or outdoors to connect our natural ecosystem to classroom topics.

SPEAKERS:
Lori Dorn (Greenacres Foundation: Cincinnati, OH)

Let's read some awesome books and pair them with opportunities to build structured playful experiences fostering an appreciation of our natural world. The session shares a collection of environmentally-themed children’s books and activities, and includes an annotated list of trade books, grades K-3.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will learn the value of using the Outstanding Science Trade Books to create engaging, standards-based, playful activities to develop an appreciation of the natural world.

SPEAKERS:
Melissa Parks (Stetson University: Deland, FL)

Experience an interdisciplinary lesson challenging students to achieve an understanding of climate change by improving their comprehension about the polar areas at the North and South Poles. Data sets and a hands-on experiment will be shared as well as strategies for inclusive, anti-bias teaching.

TAKEAWAYS:
Teachers will leave with a lesson that will help their students understand the polar regions and glaciers. The lesson is from an AMS workshop that was hosted for teachers during the summer. Teachers will learn about the workshop and COLDEX. Data sets and a hands-on experiment will be shared.

SPEAKERS:
Diane Ripollone (Cardinal Gibbons High School: Garner, NC)

EarthX is a collaboration of stakeholders supporting the implementation of Earth Science and local phenomena into Biology, Chemistry, and Physics. EarthX is developing, testing, and refining embedded, BOY, and unit assessments that will provide near-real-time feedback to teachers and students.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will learn about our research and have the opportunity to see embedded formative assessments and use the UC Berkeley BASS system (AI).

SPEAKERS:
Alan Berkowitz (Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies: Millbrook, NY), Angela Hood (Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies: Baltimore, MD), Edmund Mitzel, Jr., Ph.D. (Baltimore City Public Schools: Hampstead, MD), Kevin Garner, Ed.D. (Baltimore City Public Schools: Severna Park, MD)

Explore an NGSS-aligned 3D learning journey merging physics, earth science & engineering via inquiry & projects. Delve into a storyline based on creating a Sustainable Energy Plan, engaging in hands-on activities like building speakers, engineering wind turbines, and modeling solar cells.

TAKEAWAYS:
At the end of the workshop, the entire year of Patterns Physics resources will be shared.

SPEAKERS:
Bradford Hill (Mountainside High School: Lake Oswego, OR), Matt McCollum (Mountainside High School: Beaverton, OR)

Are you looking for specific Space Science Professional Learning or want to be an ambassador for space science? Come learn about current outreach programs to apply for Space Education Ambassador programs.

TAKEAWAYS:
Educators will have access to a variety of Professional Learning programs in Space Science and ways to connect with other Space Education Educators. Participants will also learn about strategies for Leadership in Aerospace Education.

SPEAKERS:
Heidi Ragsdale (STEM Professional Development: GRAND JUNCTION, CO)

This session will introduce participants to NSTA’s Secondary climate science lessons designed using our Sensemaking approach. Investigating engaging and relevant climate phenomena drives student learning and inspires them to examine critical climate issues in their own communities.

TAKEAWAYS:
Climate phenomenon-driven, three-dimensional lessons, and units provide students with opportunities to actively try to figure out how the world works or design solutions to problems (sensemaking).

SPEAKERS:
NSTA Online Advisors (NSTA: Arlington, VA), Holly Hereau (NSTA: Lake Angelus, MI), Patrice Scinta (NSTA: Brooklyn, NY)

Presented by an author of more than thirty peer-reviewed regional and international journal papers on the topic, this presentation tells the world-renowned story of Colorado's rocks through the rocks themselves and the people who have studied the K/Pg boundary.

TAKEAWAYS:
Although scientific revolutions or advancement often occur through new discoveries and technology, some major revolutions occur simply because of changes in the way that we perceive the world around us—demonstrated through a virtual hike across a world-famous K/Pg boundary outcrop.

SPEAKERS:
Keith Berry (Hoehne Re-3 School District: Trinidad, CO)

Take away two or three ready-to-use lessons and an overview of the EARTH website to find additional lessons that fit your NGSS needs.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will be guided through lessons focused on our changing ocean. Participants will work through a lesson on ocean acidification as well as using the Global Ocean Biogeochemical floats. Information is available to adopt your own classroom float for free.

SPEAKERS:
Katie Lodes (St. Joseph's Academy: Ballwin, MO)

Sponsoring Company: NOAA

How are scientists able to discover new ecosystems in the ocean? Come explore the use of sound to create 2D/3D map models of seafloor features and learn how scientists use these maps to help them identify ocean features. We’ll also share resources to make it easier to connect to ocean exploration.

SPEAKERS:
Tami Lunsford (Newark Charter School: Newark, DE)

Provide students with the power of citizen science as they make observations and analyze data to increase awareness worldwide about the impact of light pollution using NSF’s NOIRLab’s Globe at Night program. Students engage with authentic data to propose local solutions to light pollution.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will learn about the impacts of light pollution and walk away with resources and strategies for implementing this interdisciplinary citizen science campaign as a PBL opportunity in their classrooms.

SPEAKERS:
Robert Sparks (NSF's NOIRLab: Tucson, AZ), Mark Newhouse (Manager, AZ Education & Engagement: Tucson, AZ), Emily Peavy (Gemini Observatory/NSF's NOIRLab)

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 (University of Montana: Missoula, MT)

Learn how to access and explore NOAA’s data-rich resources, lesson plans, and visualization tools to build data literacy and proficiency in scientific data analysis. This session is appropriate for 6th grade through college educators and informal educators.

TAKEAWAYS:
What types of data are available from NOAA and how to find and use NOAA data in your classroom.

SPEAKERS:
Kayla Smith (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: Silver Spring, MD), Bekkah Lampe (NOAA Office of Education: College Park, MD)

Explore our new web-based interactive earthquake lab! Engage your students in learning and practicing earthquake location and analysis techniques with real seismic data! Bring a laptop/ipad!

TAKEAWAYS:
Analyze and interpret data to help explain how patterns in seismic data allow earthquakes to be located. Construct an explanation of how models of Earth structure are used to calculate earthquake locations. Investigate how different methods can be applied using an online toolkit.

SPEAKERS:
Shelley Olds (EarthScope Consortium: Nederland, CO), Michael Hubenthal (EarthScope Consortium: Port Crane, NY)

This interactive presentation provides teachers with a ready-to-use middle school science unit. The Unit connects students' current weather experiences to Earth's weather systems. Next, students learn and apply their knowledge of thermal energy to a school building engineering design project.

TAKEAWAYS:
Teachers will learn how to teach and assess a dynamic 3D unit addressing Physical Science and Earth Space Science Next Generation Science Standards. Teachers will leave with editable access to all Unit materials. Teachers will get time and guidance on how to adapt the Unit to their classroom and student needs.

SPEAKERS:
Kat Chamberlain (Ridgetop Middle School: Silverdale, WA)

Discover how you can model weather and climate data on a classroom loom. Riffing on the temperature blanket trend, we will discuss how a floor loom can be used to create data visualization models. You will create your own personal loom and weave one month’s weather data.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will walk away with strategies to model weather and climate, as well a variety of other data, in their classrooms. They will get resources to make their own floor loom for a classroom as well as smaller personal looms.

SPEAKERS:
Katrina Heimbach (Msad 55: Brownfield, ME)

In this session, ideas on how to celebrate eclipses with students will be shared. From live viewing to lunar cookies, to building constellations students experienced activities that examined the Sun-Earth-Moon relationship. Time will be given at the end to share other ideas.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will walk away with the resources and confidence to organize multi-age events for their school demonstrating science concepts that occur in their everyday life. Session participants will be given an outline of helpful resources, tools, and ideas they can use to manage their own events.

SPEAKERS:
Anne Fritz (Faith Lutheran School: Redmond, WA)

Spark wonder, curiosity, and conversation in your classroom with free virtual field trips to the National Center for Atmospheric Research. Learn how we transform your students into cloud sleuths or hurricane tracking teams; exploring weather topics, Earth systems sciences, STEAM careers, and more.

TAKEAWAYS:
This poster showcases the suite of free, award-winning virtual field trips focused on weather, climate science, and STEM careers at the UCAR Center for Science Education. Learn about what virtual programs UCAR offers and how we deliver high-quality, interactive lessons directly to your classroom.

SPEAKERS:
Katie Wolfson (School & Public Programs Manager: Boulder, CO)

The My NASA Data website provides curated NASA Earth data for education. The website is organized by Earth system spheres and phenomena within each sphere. Content is also aligned to NGSS standards, and there is a data visualization and access tool. Site organization and content will be highlighted.

TAKEAWAYS:
Learn how to access NGSS-aligned resources containing authentic NASA Earth data for your instruction.

SPEAKERS:
Rosalba Giarratano (Outreach Coordinator: East Elmhurst, NY), Angela Rizzi (NASA Langley Research Center/ADNET: Newport News, VA)