This poster presents a protocol for the microscale iodine-starch test that requires significantly less hands-on manipulations and can be performed within 10 minutes. It describes how this protocol can be used to teach middle school students how to design and evaluate more complex experimental designs.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will learn how to conduct microscale iodine-starch tests with their students. They will also learn how to design worksheets that encourage students to think about designing and interpreting the results of more complex experimental designs (e.g., multivariate experimental designs).

SPEAKERS:
Kennedy Kam Ho CHAN (The University of Hong Kong: Hong Kong, AL)

Student engagement has been linked to increased persistence in STEM. In this poster presentation, I will share the results of my research on the effects of integrating course-based research experiences into high school biological science courses on student engagement in STEM.

TAKEAWAYS:
The main takeaway from this session is that integrating course-based research experiences into the curriculum is important in STEM courses, as it can lead to increased student engagement, which is associated with persistence in STEM.

SPEAKERS:
Shawndra Fordham (University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus: Highlands Ranch, CO)

How can food and cooking encourage students to connect science concepts to their everyday lives, communities, and global issues? What can this look like in a science classroom? See examples of lessons and multimedia resources you can use to use this approachable, accessible medium to teach science.

TAKEAWAYS:
Teachers will learn about resources that include videos, lesson plans, labs, and readings that they can use to teach science through food and cooking. Resources target grade levels 6-12. They will also learn how a building community of teachers is using these resources and see a sample lesson.

SPEAKERS:
Meredith Moore (The Field School: Washington, DC), Mary Velasquez (Allium Montessori School: Cambridge, MA), Kate Strangfeld (Harvard University: Cambridge, MA)

This session will illustrate how Science and Engineering Practices "Can I… Did I…" reflection questions can help create a common language in science for school communities. These questions were created in collaboration with Boston Public Schools science teachers and Science Department staff.

TAKEAWAYS:
Students use the reflection questions to think and share about how they are acting like scientists in the classroom. Teachers utilize them as tools to help integrate SEP in a developmentally appropriate manner. Families use them to engage in conversations about science/engineering outside of school.

SPEAKERS:
Juanita Shaffer (Pittsfield High School: Pittsfield, MA), Theresa Lee (Boston Public Schools: Boston, MA)

We will share strategies and outcomes from our experience in restructuring biology classes to focus on competency-based learning and student voice and choice. We will offer takeaways for educators to reimagine their classrooms as communities built on student agency and competency-based learning.

TAKEAWAYS:
Competency-based learning and student agency in the classroom have positive impacts on academic success and mental health. Science educators can move towards this model in a way that is feasible and accessible.

SPEAKERS:
Ashton Trawinski (Upper School Science Teacher: No City, No State), Megan White (Forsyth Country Day School: Lewisville, NC)

Denver science instructional leaders use research evidence to design a curriculum audit tool to support meeting their district's equity goals.

TAKEAWAYS:
Research on equitable instructional practices can be used to design tools to support moving toward system-wide goals for equity in science classrooms.

SPEAKERS:
Elizabeth Johnston (Denver Public Schools: Denver, CO), Keyerria Howard (Middle. School Curriculum Specialist: Denver, CO)

Explore 10 strategies to cultivate an immersive classroom measurement climate full of application opportunities that reinforce scale, proportion, and quantity. This poster shares solutions to build all students proficiency as they apply the International System of Units (SI) measurements in STEM.

TAKEAWAYS:
It’s easy to learn and teach the metric system. Participants will identify how to obtain a free NIST SI Teacher Kit, supplemental learning activities, and other digital resources.

SPEAKERS:
Elizabeth Benham (National Institute of Standards and Technology: Gaithersburg, MD)

This poster session will provide examples of activities that build language comprehension skills for English Learners. Activities will help connect science content to background knowledge while thinking critically about scientific concepts using informational text, visuals, and hands-on exploration.

TAKEAWAYS:
They will learn about a scaffolded set of activities designed to build language comprehension skills using a science concept.

SPEAKERS:
Amanda Die (Regional Curriculum Coordinator: Nederland, TX)

The TeachEngineering Digital Library is a free, online collection of K-12 curricular STEM resources. Our goal is to help educators put the ‘E’ in STEM— by making applied science, technology, and math come alive through engineering design and design thinking.

TAKEAWAYS:
TeachEngineering provides 1,850+ free STEM curricular resources focusing on hands-on, standards-aligned activities for K-12 students.

SPEAKERS:
Jennifer Kracha (Teach Engineering), Dua Chaker (Teach Engineering: No City, No State), Ellen Parrish (Teach Engineering: ERIE, CO)

Information literacy (IL) is an essential skillset in the digital era, making it important to develop throughout students' academic careers. However, the ethical topics of IL may be difficult to introduce to younger students. We identify the possible challenges and provide strategies to tackle them.

TAKEAWAYS:
Educators face several challenges teaching elementary students ethical information usage. To combat this, we have devised a few strategies that can make this aspect of information literacy easier to develop in younger students.

SPEAKERS:
Christopher Randles (University of Central Florida: Orlando, FL), Matilynn Lam (Graduate Student: PALM BAY, FL)

This action research investigates the impact of job-embedded professional learning (focused on using science and literacy strategies in the science classroom) on the performance and achievement of students, and the effectiveness of the science teacher.

TAKEAWAYS:
The key takeaways will include a suite of strategies and interventions that can be implemented district-wide or at the classroom level. These strategies focus on the intersection of science and literacy, and how they interplay in the science classroom and curriculum.

SPEAKERS:
Marissa Murdock (Dekalb County School District: Conyers, GA)

The poster will highlight and discuss some of the valuable technology resources that played a key role in allowing teachers to provide students with an equitable learning experience during the pandemic and how they can continue to be utilized as we return to the post-pandemic classroom.

TAKEAWAYS:
The poster will discuss strategies using tools such as Classkick, Gimkit, Blooket, and Edpuzzle to differentiate instruction in the classroom while encouraging persistence and achievement in students.

SPEAKERS:
Selene Verhofstad (Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship: Pasadena, TX), Faryal Shaukat (Dobie High School: Houston, TX)

Wondering about ways to use 3-D printing pens with your students? Practice using a 3-D pen to create a small but STEM-tastic model or design to use in your classroom. Explore the possibilities of using the engineering design process to solve real-world problems with creativity and a new tech gadget.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will have an opportunity to use a 3D pen to make (and take) a small model or design for the classroom, using a provided pattern or an original design. Information about eCYBERMISSION and programs administered by NSTA and sponsored by AEOP will be available.

SPEAKERS:
Carey Dieleman (National Science Teaching Association: Bettendorf, IA), Brian Kutsch (National Science Teaching Association, eCYBERMISSION: Maumelle, AR)

Experience the “real” feel of working in a lab from the physical layout to the various “tasks” performed. Take on the role of a scientist/engineer and conduct scientific studies with a prototype. Catch a glimpse of an Army lab in action and learn how equipment used by our troops is developed.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will have an opportunity to use virtual reality goggles and applications to explore a technological alternative to hands-on scientific inquiry and engineering design processes. Information about eCYBERMISSION and programs administered by NSTA and sponsored by AEOP will be available.

SPEAKERS:
Christine Moskalik (NSTA: Morris, IL), Brian Kutsch (National Science Teaching Association, eCYBERMISSION: Maumelle, AR)

Learn how to implement a Quick Quiz system to provide consistent and timely feedback to your students, as well as guide your instruction. Students can replace formative Quick Quiz scores by showing mastery by the Summative assessment. Stop checking homework, and start Quick Quizzing!

TAKEAWAYS:
Use daily formative quizzing to allow teacher and students to understand where they are in the learning process, and to drive instruction. We will share our system for making this easy on both teachers and students, and detail how a redemption policy makes these Quizzes a true Formative assessment.

SPEAKERS:
Kimberlee Freudenberg (Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory: San Francisco, CA)

ML-PBL teachers find ways to further integrate literacy and science throughout their day. ML-PBL's free OER project-based curriculum resources support students in applying their figuring out and critical thinking processes to all subject areas. Check it out!

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will be exposed to free resources and ideas for selecting resources for literacy lessons that allow students to continue to fine-tune and extend the ideas they are developing in science class. Handouts, links to resources and research findings, and examples of texts will be available.

SPEAKERS:
Susan Codere (CREATE for STEM Institute, Michigan State University, Retired: Lansing, MI)

In partnership with PD providers and scientists, we developed a "Data Literacy Using LTER Data" workshop series in which 9 teachers participated prior to a multi-week field research experience. A post-workshop survey showed 92% of teachers expected to integrate knowledge and practices they learned.

TAKEAWAYS:
Building partnerships to develop data literacy and research skills can influence teachers' abilities to use authentic data in their teaching practice.

SPEAKERS:
Amanda Morrison (Oregon State University: Fort Collins, CO)

Top educators (PAEMST) share their FAVORITE resources for bringing best practices into the K-12 classroom. Teaching treasures will range from favorite lessons, to websites, grants, and other resources. This session includes grade-level specific sharing as well as resources for all educators.

TAKEAWAYS:
Learn about outstanding resources that are a favorite of the Presidential Awardees (PAEMST) and walk away with QR codes, websites, grant ideas, lesson plans, and more!

SPEAKERS:
Kathy Renfrew (Wade Institute for Science Education: Milford, MA), DeLene Hoffner (Retired & eleSTEMary: Colorado Springs, CO)

Looking to pinpoint free supplemental interdisciplinary learning resources? Find real-world connections, internships, PD opportunities, classroom tools, & swag; help students see themselves with diverse career role models & more at the NIST Educational STEM Resource (NEST-R) registry poster session!

TAKEAWAYS:
Quickly find content that brings STEM curriculum to life, sparks interest, & keeps students engaged with NEST-R, a free, publicly available website! Real-world applications on topics like the metric system, engineering, and physics help students make sense of the interdisciplinary nature of science.

SPEAKERS:
Elizabeth Benham (National Institute of Standards and Technology: Gaithersburg, MD), Cara O'Malley (National Institute of Standards and Technology: Gaithersburg, MD)

A former national science fair judge provides insights on how good titles can improve the odds of winning at science fairs based on a research project conducted on a national science fair. The poster will describe what the parts of a "good" title are & how teachers can help your students create one.

TAKEAWAYS:
Teachers will learn the components of a good project title (from a research project on science fairs) and how to help their students develop a good title for their own project.

SPEAKERS:
G. Michael Bowen (Mount Saint Vincent University: Halifax, NS)

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)

Using blocks teachers will find ready to use activities that will include several integral science practices students need to succeed.

TAKEAWAYS:
Hands-on activities that will solidify otherwise stagnant concepts in introductory science practices.

SPEAKERS:
Chris Coker (Camden Fairview High School: Camden, AR)

Students today are more stressed and anxious than ever. A school of philosophy called Stoicism offers practical advice on how to interact with the world and come out stronger and more capable. This poster will share tenets of stoic philosophy and suggest ways to use this wisdom in the classroom.

TAKEAWAYS:
Educators will obtain tools and strategies to improve their students' resilience, confidence, and outlook on life, as they take on the challenges of learning science.

SPEAKERS:
Ron Kinser (Senior School Science Teacher: No City, No State)