2024 New Orleans National Conference

November 6-9, 2024

Additional sessions will be added as they are accepted and confirmed over the next several weeks.
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Unpacking the Crosscutting Concepts with a new NSTA Quick-Reference Guide to the Three Dimensions

Thursday, November 7 • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 264


STRAND: Curriculum and Assessment

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This new version of the Quick-Reference Guide (aka The Purple Book) is a must-have reference tool for working with NGSS and other Framework-based, 3D standards. This session will review the features of the book and show how to use the tools and resources in it to unpack the crosscutting concepts.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will learn how to unpack the three dimensions using the tools and resources in the Quick-Reference Guide and will gain insights into the meaning of the crosscutting concepts.

SPEAKERS:
Ted Willard (Discovery Education: Silver Spring, MD)

A Discourse Routine that Surfaces and Deepens Students’ 3D Ideas and Language

Thursday, November 7 • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 284



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NSTA 2024 Workshop - Discourse Routine.pdf
Planning Tool - Discourse That Deepens 3D Ideas and Language.pdf
Signal Generator Partner Activity Instructions.pdf

STRAND: Students and Sensemaking

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Student discourse needs to be carefully orchestrated to provide teachers with meaningful information about all students. We will share a discourse routine as a powerful formative assessment tool that simultaneously supports students’ science sensemaking and expansion of their linguistic toolkit.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will experience a Collect and Display discourse routine as learners and acquire strategies for integrating it into any instructional sequence to elicit and support 3D sensemaking and expand students’ linguistic repertoires.

SPEAKERS:
Jill Wertheim (WestEd: San Francisco, CA), Lauren Stoll (Director of Professional Learning)

Science for All: Designing Opportunities for Differentiation in Your Middle School Science Classroom

Thursday, November 7 • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 289



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Differentiating in the NGSS Classroom
Differentiating in the NGSS Classroom slides

STRAND: Students and Sensemaking

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An NGSS classroom promises Science for All, but sometimes students have different needs. See how classroom teachers build a culture of choice, create differentiated literacy and assessment products, and help students meet differentiated goals for 3D learning within an inclusive classroom.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will leave with ideas and routines for fostering a differentiated classroom culture, samples of high-quality, scaffolded guides for scientific readings and assessments, and strategies to allow students to set their own goals for meeting or exceeding standards.

SPEAKERS:
Barbara McIntyre (Michigan Technological University: Houghton, MI), Chris Geerer (Mi-STAR: , MI)

Talk Tools: Increasing Student Voice and Equity with Discourse

Thursday, November 7 • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 290



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Talk Tools for Discourse
Presentation materials, please reach out if you have any questions or want further support!

STRAND: Students and Sensemaking

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Participants will collaboratively engage in a series of model activities to increase discourse in middle school science classrooms. These strategies will help foster regular talk opportunities that honor student voice and increase student engagement.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will gain a deeper understanding and internalize discourse strategies that enhance student talk to increase engagement and instill ownership in their science learning. These strategies can be easily adapted for any content area and topic.

SPEAKERS:
Ryan Gracia (Chicago Public Schools: Chicago, IL), Amy Brady (Dept. of STEM, CPS Bridgeport: Chicago, IL)

Level Up Your Classroom with Gamification

Thursday, November 7 • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 255


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Sponsoring Company: TCI

Learn to promote interest and engagement while helping students achieve specific learning objectives with games. Join us as you learn simple and valuable ways to gamify your lessons. We will be sharing a few creative game ideas for building relationships and reviewing and learning content.

Using Performance Assessments to Teach and Assess

Thursday, November 7 • 10:50 AM - 11:50 AM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 255


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Sponsoring Company: TCI

Join our session to learn how to harness the power of three-dimensional Performance Assessments! Beyond evaluating learning, these assessments offer students a meaningful context to demonstrate understanding. Explore the role of performance assessments in teaching core science concepts effectively.

How Can We Use AI To Rethink Phenomena To Increase Student Engagement, Equity, Relevance, And Access?

Thursday, November 7 • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 263


STRAND: Students and Sensemaking

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Finding authentic, relevant & engaging phenomena that requires students to use key science ideas to explain them is challenging & timely. Step into prompt engineering to discover how to use AI to help find phenomena to redesign/adapt learning experiences to increase equity & student interest.

TAKEAWAYS:
Use a new phenomenon heuristic and AI to generate ideas of phenomena for your classroom and learn some strategies to help learners use both the phenomenon heuristic and AI as tools for their sense-making.

SPEAKERS:
Sara Cooper (Contextus), Kelley Turner (Winchester Public Schools: Winchester, VA), Dawn Novak (Northwestern University: Evanston, IL)

Building on Students’ Experiences for Sensemaking: Developing and Using Models

Thursday, November 7 • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 271



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Building on Students’ Experiences for Sensemaking_ Developing and Using Models (3).pdf

STRAND: Students and Sensemaking

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Take a deep dive into the practice of developing and using models! We’ll explore how creating and using models help students build science ideas and can support students’ in developing and writing explanations. Experience the power of building science ideas together as part of a learning community.

TAKEAWAYS:
Developing models individually, in groups and as a class makes all students essential members of the knowledge-building community.

SPEAKERS:
Kristin Rademaker (NSTA: Arlington, VA)

Navigating Common Teacher Challenges with Classroom Assessment in High-Quality Instructional Materials

Thursday, November 7 • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 277


STRAND: Curriculum and Assessment

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Join Louisiana teacher leaders in empowering educators to effectively utilize high-quality instructional materials while addressing common challenges related to classroom assessment. Participants will engage collaboratively with resources designed to support educators with this goal.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will leave with resources and strategies to assist with addressing some common challenges with curriculum-integrated assessment opportunties including analyzing and interpreting information provided in these assessment moments in an efficient and effective manner.

SPEAKERS:
Sarah Jimenez (LA Dept of Education/Evergreen Jr High: No City, No State), Loren Klein (Academically Gifted Teacher: , LA), Lauren Waguespack (Harry Hurst Middle School: Destrehan, LA), Kylie Martin (Bayou Blue Middle School: Houma, LA)

The NSTA Atlas of the Three Dimensions

Thursday, November 7 • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 264


STRAND: Curriculum and Assessment

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The Atlas is a collection of 62 maps of the practices, core ideas, crosscutting concepts, and performance expectations in NGSS and other Framework-based standards. The maps show how goals in science are meant to build upon each other and relate to each other over a student’s K-12 education.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will learn how to read the maps and use other tools in the Atlas to understand and interpret standards and plan instructional sequences as part of their work in curriculum, instruction, and assessment.

SPEAKERS:
Ted Willard (Discovery Education: Silver Spring, MD)

Building High-Quality 3-D Assessments

Thursday, November 7 • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 283



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Building High Quality 3-D Assessments

STRAND: Curriculum and Assessment

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Join us to participate in providing educators with the skills and knowledge needed to create authentic and engaging assessments that truly measure student understanding of the 3-D science standards.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will utilize the NGSS standards, the Louisiana Achievement Level Descriptors, and high-quality curriculum items to develop and evaluate 3-dimensional assessment items.

SPEAKERS:
Michelle Shirley (Teacher), Sheena Prelow (Natchitoches Parish School Board: Natchitoches, LA), Paula Callender (Natchitoches Central High School: Natchitoches, LA), Jessie Church (Natchitoches Parish School Board)

Three Dimensional Assessment and Standards Based Grading: It just makes sense!

Thursday, November 7 • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 290



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Standards Based Grading and 3D Assessment
Standards Based Grading and 3D Assessment slides

STRAND: Curriculum and Assessment

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Assessing student sensemaking can be time-consuming, and applying standards-based grading can seem overly vague. In this session we’ll analyze 3D assessment scenarios to uncover their scaffolded structure, and use that structure to develop leveling rubrics that quickly convert to traditional grades.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will leave with samples of high-quality, scaffolded three-dimensional assessment scenarios, and strategies to make standards-based grading quick and consistent.

SPEAKERS:
Barbara McIntyre (Michigan Technological University: Houghton, MI), Chris Geerer (Mi-STAR: , MI)

Performance Assessments: Engaging and Assessing STEM with Higher Order Thinking

Thursday, November 7 • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 396



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Constructing a Performance Assessment.pdf
Consider the following set of stem statements as you construct a scenario for a performance task. Note: These are idea starters. Resist the urge to fill in all of the blanks.
Possible Assessment Products.pdf
What student product(s) and/or performance(s) will provide appropriate evidence of understanding and/or proficiency? The following lists offer possibilities. (Remember that student products and performances should be framed by an explicit purpose or goal and an identified audience.)
Student Roles and Audiences.pdf
What student roles and possible audiences will provide an authentic experience for your students? The following lists offer role possibilities.
Task Verbs.pdf
List of task verbs based on the six facets of learning.

STRAND: Curriculum and Assessment

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Research has shown that real-world performance is how students learn best. Using Performance Assessments allow teachers to genuinely assess students with a task that closely mirrors the responsibilities of a scientist and elevates the learning to higher-order thinking.

TAKEAWAYS:
Speakers will identify the goals of performance-based assessments, provide structure and examples for development, and discuss the real-classroom applications. Participants will work to develop a performance assessment that can be used in the classroom of the core sciences.

SPEAKERS:
Megan Judd (Bishop McNamara High School: District Heights, MD)

Why is Prioritizing Sensemaking the Key to Unlocking What Your Students Really Know?

Thursday, November 7 • 2:20 PM - 3:20 PM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 263


STRAND: Students and Sensemaking

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Sensemaking with the three dimensions is the focal construct we want to measure in science assessments - not just the phenomenon or problem or the three-dimensions. Join us for a deep dive into how we center sensemaking in 3D assessment design for more equitable learning experiences.

TAKEAWAYS:
Leave with examples of 3D sensemaking in assessment tasks and tools for building better assessments that elicit student sensemaking.

SPEAKERS:
Dawn Novak (Northwestern University: Evanston, IL), Sara Cooper (Contextus), Kelley Turner (Winchester Public Schools: Winchester, VA)

LSTA: Developing 3-Dimensional Assessments using AI

Thursday, November 7 • 2:20 PM - 3:20 PM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 277


STRAND: Curriculum and Assessment

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AI is changing the world around us, but how can it help with making 3-dimensional assessments? In this session, we will explore the opportunities and challenges with using AI in all phases of creating and refining assessments in the classroom.

TAKEAWAYS:
AI is not a silver bullet for developing assessments, but a powerful tool if a teacher understands the principles of 3-dimensional assessments.

SPEAKERS:
Loren Klein (Academically Gifted Teacher: , LA)

NSTA's Trilogy of Guides to the Three Dimensions

Thursday, November 7 • 2:20 PM - 3:20 PM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 264


STRAND: Curriculum and Assessment

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Come learn about the NSTA press books addressing the three dimensions: Helping Students Make Sense of the World Using Next Generation Science and Engineering Practices, Disciplinary Core Ideas: Reshaping Teaching and Learning, and Crosscutting Concepts: Strengthen Science and Engineering Learning

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will learn techniques to use these three books to help educators have a deep understanding of practices, core ideas, and crosscutting concepts to foster better student learning in their classrooms.

SPEAKERS:
Ted Willard (Discovery Education: Silver Spring, MD)

Assessment 3.0: The Learning Progression Model (Part 1)

Thursday, November 7 • 2:20 PM - 3:20 PM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 283



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https://reimaginedschools.com/nsta-conference-presentations/
Copies of the presentations, artifacts, and other resources

STRAND: Curriculum and Assessment

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The Learning Progression Model is a flexible, equitable assessment strategy to provide descriptive feedback, set goals, evaluate teaching, and report achievement. Attendees leave knowing how they can implement this in their classrooms even in a traditional grades school.

TAKEAWAYS:
Understand how the Learning Progression Model keeps students engaged and accountable, how learning progressions are used to develop/assess skills and knowledge aligned with NGSS, and how to integrate this approach into the traditional grading system.

SPEAKERS:
Elise Naramore (Pascack Hills High School: Montvale, NJ)

Hidden Motivational Strategies Revealed

Thursday, November 7 • 2:20 PM - 3:20 PM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 286



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Resources that Reach

STRAND: Research to Practice

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Feeling burned out by unmotivated students? Join us to reveal motivational gems hidden in your class. Attendees will gain strategies to provide SEL support, including methods allowing students to share their input and assessment practices to increase participation.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will discover how things they may already be doing can be adapted to boost student motivation and build confidence. Walk away with strategies to implement tomorrow!

SPEAKERS:
Amber Richards (Chatsworth Elementary School: Chatsworth, GA)

Kognity Unveiled: Insights and Innovations with Our Developers

Thursday, November 7 • 2:20 PM - 3:20 PM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 253


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Sponsoring Company: Kognity

Through this session, you'll gain valuable insights into our development process, from initial concept to final implementation, and discover how Kognity's unique tools can revolutionize your teaching methods. Engage with our experts, ask questions, and explore real-world applications that can enhance your educational practices.

SPEAKERS:
Grace Boersma (Kognity: Stockholm, Sweden), Wayne Wright (Kognity: Stockholm, Sweden)

Using AI to Differentiate Open Science Resources

Thursday, November 7 • 2:20 PM - 3:20 PM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 244


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Sponsoring Company: Lessi AI

Lessi AI helps science teachers find and customize high-quality open science resources. This workshop will help participants learn to build, extend, and adapt freely available NGSS-aligned lessons and assessments to meet the needs of all learners.

SPEAKERS:
Patrick Marcotte (Lessi AI: Saint Paul, MN)

What is Problematizing and Why is it Such an Important Lever for Student Engagement and Sensemaking in High Quality 3D Assessments?

Thursday, November 7 • 3:40 PM - 4:40 PM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 263


STRAND: Students and Sensemaking

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Let’s work together to figure out how to Problematize phenomena in ways that pose productive uncertainties that motivate students toward productive sensemaking throughout a task. Walk away with strategies, example problematized tasks, and tools to use in your classroom.

TAKEAWAYS:
Analyze multiple tasks to understand what it means for a task to be problematized. Reflect on how this leads to increased engagement and opportunities for more equitable access for all learners.

SPEAKERS:
Dawn Novak (Northwestern University: Evanston, IL), Sara Cooper (Contextus), Kelley Turner (Winchester Public Schools: Winchester, VA)

Help Students Show What They Know with 3D Transfer Tasks

Thursday, November 7 • 3:40 PM - 4:40 PM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 391


STRAND: Curriculum and Assessment

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Many high-quality curricula use transfer tasks, phenomenon-based assessments where students demonstrate their three dimensional understanding while exploring a novel scenario. In this session, educators will work through an example of a transfer task and an activity structure.

TAKEAWAYS:
Leave with an understanding of what transfer tasks are and an activity structure to use with students learning how to engage in this assessment practice.

SPEAKERS:
Kate Henson (University of Colorado Boulder: Boulder, CO), Melissa Campanella (University of Colorado Boulder: Boulder, CO), William Penuel (University of Colorado Boulder: Boulder, CO)

Customizing Curriculum: Integrating Virtual Reality (VR) to Support Sensemaking

Thursday, November 7 • 3:40 PM - 4:40 PM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 273


STRAND: Tech Tools

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Discover how VR can transform the way you teach & your students learn. In this session, you'll explore the benefits of incorporating VR into your classroom, including: increased student engagement, improved retention of complex concepts, and opportunities for immersive experiential learning.

TAKEAWAYS:
Integrating VR into the science classroom can create immersive and engaging learning experiences that deepen students' understanding of scientific concepts and foster their creativity and curiosity. This leads to better engagement and improved performances on formal and informal assessments.

SPEAKERS:
Lakiesha Domingue (Elementary Science Teacher/ Facilitator: No City, No State)

Revitalize Your Rubrics: Streamline Grading and Elevate Feedback

Thursday, November 7 • 3:40 PM - 4:40 PM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 284



(Only registered attendees may view session materials. Please login with your NSTA account to view.)
https://reimaginedschools.com/nsta-conference-presentations/
Presentation, artifacts, and other useful resources

STRAND: Curriculum and Assessment

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Transform your assessment tool into a powerful instrument for enhancing learning. Designed for educators from K-16, with an aim to streamline the grading process, make rubrics strengths-based, differentiable across all levels, and centered on developing transferable skills. Bring your own rubric!

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will leave with their own revised rubric that not only simplifies grading but also fosters student engagement and achievement. They will discover ways to provide constructive, actionable feedback that drives improvement and facilitates student growth.

SPEAKERS:
Elise Naramore (Pascack Hills High School: Montvale, NJ)

Crafting, Customizing and Supporting Students in Taking Transfer Task Assessments Within NGSS Storyline Curricula.

Thursday, November 7 • 3:40 PM - 4:40 PM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 283


STRAND: Curriculum and Assessment

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3-dimensional transfer task assessments require students to apply learning to related phenomena, demonstrate deep levels of understanding, and engage in new learning. Learn how to tailor existing transfer tasks and support students in completing them from 2 teachers who do this in their classrooms.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will examine revised and customized transfer task assessments, effective strategies and supports, and hear student testimonials to help guide and assist their students through the often challenging transfer task assessment process.

SPEAKERS:
Nicole Bolduc (Ellington Middle School: Ellington, CT)

Coaching Science Teachers in Integrated STEM with the STEM Observation Protocol

Thursday, November 7 • 3:40 PM - 4:40 PM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 267


STRAND: Curriculum and Assessment

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Learn how the STEM Observation Protocol – a tool that highlights integrated STEM practices – can be used for creating curricula, instructional coaching, and formative assessment on practice. This workshop will address observing lessons, modeling coaching conversations, and reflecting on practice.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will gain a better understanding of how to bring integrated STEM education into their current science classrooms. Resources – including access to a set of online learning modules – will be provided to support teacher growth and practice beyond the workshop.

SPEAKERS:
Emily Dare (Louisiana State University: No City, No State)

Level Up Your Classroom with Gamification

Thursday, November 7 • 3:40 PM - 4:40 PM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 255


Show Details

Sponsoring Company: TCI

Learn to promote interest and engagement while helping students achieve specific learning objectives with games. Join us as you learn simple and valuable ways to gamify your lessons. We will be sharing a few creative game ideas for building relationships and reviewing and learning content.

Using Research-Based Strategies to Promote More Equitable Participation in OpenSciEd Classrooms

Friday, November 8 • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 391



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All SEET Items
These are some exit tickets of student experience you can administer in a classroom?
Coherence Brief
This is a brief of research-based strategies for promoting coherence from the student point of view
Contribution Brief
This 2-page brief describes evidence-based strategies for promoting equitable contributions to knowledge building
Relevance Brief
This is a brief of research-based strategies for enhancing relevance in classrooms
Slides from Presentation
These are the slides and they include links to all the resources

STRAND: Research to Practice

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How do we know which students of our students are figuring things out that they care about? Which students are contributing to knowledge-building in small groups? Join us to learn about a simple approach to using data from exit tickets with research-based strategies to promote more equitable partici

TAKEAWAYS:
Making formative use of exit ticket data on student experience can help all students experience instruction as more relevant and coherent from the student perspective. Key to improvement is testing research-based strategies for promoting more equitable participation in class.

SPEAKERS:
William Penuel (University of Colorado Boulder: Boulder, CO), Melissa Campanella (University of Colorado Boulder: Boulder, CO)

Note-booking for Meaning, Making Meaning in Notebooks

Friday, November 8 • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 293


STRAND: Students and Sensemaking

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This session will introduce teachers to a variety of note-booking techniques that will increase student engagement and excitement for learning. Students will take pride in their notebooks and therefore increase the level of effort they put into their work.

TAKEAWAYS:
This session will provide teachers and administrators with various strategies to differentiate learning for English Language Learners, Special Education Students, and General Education Students, and accurately assess student learning through note-booking by tracking student thinking/understanding.

SPEAKERS:
Darren Wells (Mather Elementary School: Dorchester, MA), Karen Ziminski (EMK Academy for Health Careers: Boston, MA)

Formative assessment through memes, puzzles, and games

Friday, November 8 • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 285


STRAND: Curriculum and Assessment

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Memes are a powerful learning tool, helping teachers assess understanding and drive deeper learning through Bloom’s taxonomy. Memes challenge students to articulate and audit their understanding through powerful puzzles. Explore how to use memes in your classroom as a formative assessment tool.

TAKEAWAYS:
In this session, participants will gain an introduction to memes as a learning tool, see good and bad examples of memes in learning, and explore three unique meme activities that can be used in your science classroom to support the development of NGSS Science and Engineering Practices.

SPEAKERS:
Jonathan Libov (CEO)

Revolutionizing Early Childhood Education: The Power of AI to Enhance Learning and Support Teachers

Friday, November 8 • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 395



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https://www.canva.com/design/DAGUa4GcXbg/YgSz_8puB_p5gCT4cmghQQ/view?utm_content=DAGUa4GcXbg&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=editor

STRAND: Tech Tools

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We will explore how AI revolutionizes early childhood education by personalizing learning experiences and reducing teacher burnout throughout automation, enhancing both teaching and learning outcomes.

TAKEAWAYS:
One main takeaway that attendees will discover is how AI can significantly enhance personalized learning for young children. AI can tailor educational experiences to individual needs and abilities, which optimizes their developmental growth.

SPEAKERS:
Robin Mangus (Managing Director of Operations: Erie, CO)

Selecting Phenomena to Stimulate Student Sensemaking

Friday, November 8 • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 267


STRAND: Students and Sensemaking

Show Details

Come see how you can make a shift to storylines in your classroom where students make sense of phenomena, see how this motivates them to engage in science and engineering practices, and learn disciplinary core ideas and crosscutting concepts.

TAKEAWAYS:
How having students make sense of phenomena leads to greater engagement and better understanding.

SPEAKERS:
Ted Willard (Discovery Education: Silver Spring, MD)

Formative Assessment Tasks Supporting Science and Literacy Learning

Friday, November 8 • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 263


STRAND: Curriculum and Assessment

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This session will explore how formative assessment tasks can reveal students’ 3D learning as well as students’ ability to use language to demonstrate their learning. Come learn how students’ use of language can be an asset for making sense of science learning and literacy growth for all students.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will come away with new knowledge about how 3D assessments can elicit important information about students’ 3D learning as well as students’ ability to use language to demonstrate their learning. This knowledge is highly valuable for using assessment to support ongoing learning.

SPEAKERS:
Daniel Damelin (The Concord Consortium: Concord, MA), Christopher Harris (WestEd: San Francisco, CA), David McKinney (Senior Research Associate: , CA)

More than Just a Model: Using Anchor Charts to Increase Scientific Reasoning

Friday, November 8 • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 298


STRAND: Curriculum and Assessment

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In this session teachers will focus on implementing anchor charts into instruction to develop deeper scientific reasoning skills for students. Participants will create and modify anchor charts to show the progression of student learning and the deepening of scientific reasoning during learning.

TAKEAWAYS:
Anchor charts can increase student scientific reasoning skills and teachers ability to assess student learning when used effectively. This session will demonstrate how to use anchor charts to increase student scientific reasoning skills.

SPEAKERS:
Morgan Dallas (Caddo Parish Public Schools: Shreveport, LA)

Creating Learning Progressions to Make Sense of Standards

Friday, November 8 • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 386


STRAND: Curriculum and Assessment

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Want to better understand your standards? In this session, we walk through the process of breaking down a standard using a learning progression protocol. This will result in teachers involved having an intensive understanding of their standards and a list of scaffolded student "skill" statements.

TAKEAWAYS:
A process and resources for walking through the process from standards/big ideas through scaffolded student skill statements.

SPEAKERS:
Delsey Olds (Tolleson Union High School District: Tolleson, AZ)

Explorations in Science

Friday, November 8 • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 282


STRAND: Curriculum and Assessment

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Explorations provide a strategic and clear to engage students in learning science regardless of the curriculum implemented. Explorations create a framework for student learning and formative assessment that provide streamlined and effective opportunities for scaffolding and student-driven learning.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will learn the components of the Exploration framework, examine its efficacy, and act as students moving through the exploration framework to learn about its ability to transform classroom learning.

SPEAKERS:
Tyler Miller (Teacher: Tulsa, OK), Jennifer Miller (Tulsa Public Schools: Tulsa, OK)

How Can We Use Student Work to Build Relationships and Demonstrate Care?

Friday, November 8 • 9:20 AM - 10:20 AM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 263


STRAND: Students and Sensemaking

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Recognizing and valuing the assets students bring to assessment tasks is critical for understanding how to move their thinking forward and support continued sensemaking. Use a new tool to see student work through an asset-based lens that recognizes what students are using to make sense of phenomena.

TAKEAWAYS:
Leave with tools you can use in your classroom to tend to student work in ways that change the culture of assessment in ways that are more caring and supportive and can make assessment a joyful experience.

SPEAKERS:
Kelley Turner (Winchester Public Schools: Winchester, VA), Dawn Novak (Northwestern University: Evanston, IL), Sara Cooper (Contextus)

Building District Capacity to Design and Use Common Assessments for 5D Science

Friday, November 8 • 9:20 AM - 10:20 AM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 391



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5D Assessment Website
This website has links to tools for designing common assessments that are "5D" -- that is where students use all three dimensions of science to explain phenomena that connect to students' interests and identities
Slides

STRAND: Curriculum and Assessment

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Want to improve learning through common assessments? To do so, you need a way to design assessments efficiently that cover a wide range of standards and a way to score assessments that fits your capacity as a school or district. In this workshop, join us to explore practical common assessment design.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will leave with a process for designing, administering, and scoring common assessments that require students to apply three dimensions of science to explain phenomena and solve problems that are meaningful to students and important to their communities.

SPEAKERS:
Abraham Lo (BSCS Science Learning: Colorado Springs, CO), Kate Henson (University of Colorado Boulder: Boulder, CO), William Penuel (University of Colorado Boulder: Boulder, CO)

Working Smarter not Harder: Grading that's Good for Students and Teachers

Friday, November 8 • 9:20 AM - 10:20 AM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 273


STRAND: Students and Sensemaking

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Grading that supports student sensemaking doesn't have to keep you at school all night. Learn approaches to grading that prioritize 3D sensemaking and utilize technology, collaboration, and existing resources so you have can your evenings back.

TAKEAWAYS:
The process of giving feedback and assigning grades is easier when there are strong materials and assessments to build from and technology can help make it faster without decreasing effectiveness for students.

SPEAKERS:
Sarah Delaney (OpenSciEd: San Carlos, CA), Matt Krehbiel (OpenSciEd: New York, NY)

Science in the Early Childhood Classroom

Friday, November 8 • 9:20 AM - 10:20 AM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 270



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Magnet_Curriculum.pdf
Curriculum, resources, and recording sheets for magnet study
Science in the EE Classroom-New Orleans.pdf
Slideshow from our presentation

STRAND: Curriculum and Assessment

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Investigate fostering scientific understanding and practice skills in our youngest learners. Take away topics of inquiry and tools for planning experiments and documenting student thinking.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will come away with strategies to: • Plan investigations to integrate science into their early childhood curriculum. • Build scientific practice skills in all of our youngest learners. • Reveal and document student understanding through lab notebooks.

SPEAKERS:
Alyssa Barr (Science Teacher: Seattle, WA), Katie Morrison (University Child Development School: Seattle, WA)

Breaking Down 3-Dimensional NGSS Standards with Ochsner Education Outreach

Friday, November 8 • 9:20 AM - 10:20 AM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 298


STRAND: Curriculum and Assessment

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Participants will learn how to break down 3-dimensional standards for their grade level/content into the crosscutting concepts, science and engineering practices, and disciplinary core ideas and what mastery of the standard looks and sounds like in your classroom.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will learn the importance of internalizing and breaking down 3-dimensional standards so that they can be more intentional when planning their lessons. Intentionally teaching the 3-dimensions leads to students getting more “at bats” doing science, which helps builds joy and investment.

SPEAKERS:
Melvenia Martin (Ochsner Clinic Foundation: New Orleans, LA), Rachel Thomas-Little (Manager), Carlin Czerniak (Ochsner Health: No City, No State)

Building Bridges: Designing Targeted Language Objectives and Support Systems Within the NGSS Framework

Friday, November 8 • 9:20 AM - 10:20 AM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 387


STRAND: Curriculum and Assessment

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Learn how to craft content language objectives (CLOs) that seamlessly blend the 3D of NGSS with the four elements of a language objective, providing insight into structuring targeted support.

TAKEAWAYS:
CLOs are a practical solution to the pressing challenge of addressing language proficiency as students access and engage with complex scientific concepts.

SPEAKERS:
Jean Rowe (DSST Public Schools: Denver, CO)

CarbonCraze Isle

Friday, November 8 • 9:20 AM - 10:20 AM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 393



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Carbon Craze presentation
Carbon Craze hands on activity along with the how-to/ reasoning for cross-curricular teaching.
Carbon Craze Worksheet

STRAND: STEM Haven

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Students collaborate in small groups to design and develop a sustainable island with a universal theme utilizing various subject areas, seamlessly integrating STEAM standards. It fosters cross-curricular learning and real-world applications through project-based learning activities.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees learn how to implement project-based learning, cross curricular concepts, and real-world scenarios to actively engage and assess students throughout the year.

SPEAKERS:
Katharine Kintz (Needlessly Nerdy: Allenhurst, GA)

What Role Does Feedback And Grading Play In Equitable 3D Science Classrooms?

Friday, November 8 • 10:40 AM - 12:10 PM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 263


STRAND: Students and Sensemaking

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We know that a 3D aligned classroom looks different than classrooms of the past, so why shouldn’t the way we provide feedback and grades to our students change? If you want to begin changing your grading practices, join us in rethinking shifts in feedback & grading to support equitable practices.

TAKEAWAYS:
Engage with authentic student work and consider different ways of providing feedback to identify features that support students in sharing where they are in their sensemaking process. Participants will leave with some ‘tools’ they can use in their classroom to provide caring, collaborative feedback.

SPEAKERS:
Sara Cooper (Contextus), Kelley Turner (Winchester Public Schools: Winchester, VA), Dawn Novak (Northwestern University: Evanston, IL)

5D Assessment: Using student interest & identity to design meaningful, phenomenon-driven assessment opportunities for students

Friday, November 8 • 10:40 AM - 11:40 AM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 272



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5D Assessment Website
Slides

STRAND: Curriculum and Assessment

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Learn how student interest & identity are co-equal dimensions with disciplinary core ideas, science & engineering practices, and crosscutting concepts when designing phenomenon-driven assessments. Participants will learn how to use tools to elicit information about students for use in design.

TAKEAWAYS:
Educators engage with the 5D Assessment Project's tools to elicit and use information about students' interests and identities to design meaningful, phenomenon-driven assessment opportunities. Work with examples of meaningful assessment aligned to the elements of the NGSS.

SPEAKERS:
Elaine Klein (BSCS Science Learning: Colorado Springs, CO), William Penuel (University of Colorado Boulder: Boulder, CO), Abraham Lo (BSCS Science Learning: Colorado Springs, CO)

LSTA-3D Science Assessment Make It Manageable-Measurable- Meaningful

Friday, November 8 • 10:40 AM - 11:40 AM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 277


STRAND: Research to Practice

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Explore and apply methods to restructure 3D HQIM assessments and grading guidance to efficiently and objectively grade student responses and offer clear, concise feedback. Participants will also engage with an evaluation tool to ensure that restructuring the assessments and grading guidance does not change the integrity, rigor, and 3 Dimensional quality of the tasks.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will walk away with an understanding of the process behind the LDOE/NSTA Partnership and explore practical strategies for using NSTA resources to build science leader capacity. Attendees will walk away with skills and tools necessary for restructuring the format and grading guidance of HQIM embedded assessments in a way that ensures maintenance of rigor and standards alignment.

SPEAKERS:
Jill Sutton (science teacher/instructional coach: Ruston, LA), Molly Talbot (Louisiana Dept. of Education: Baton Rouge, LA), April Winstead (District K-12 Science Facilitator: , LA)

Science Smackdown: Mastering the Art of Argumentation (In a Friendly Way!)

Friday, November 8 • 10:40 AM - 11:40 AM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 395



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AI Debate Opponents (Links to ChatBots)
Links to AI ChatBots designed to debate science students in a variety of topics. The links on the page will be updated as more as designed throughout the school year.
Presentation Slides
Resource Folder

STRAND: Curriculum and Assessment

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Explore an innovative evidence-based argumentation to gauge student mastery, fostering real-world connections, and authentic applications in the science classroom. The use of AI/GPTs, technology, and student conferencing will highlight how to incorporate respectful dialogue into your class.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will learn how to equip students with evidence-based argumentation skills for real-world relevance, fostering confidence in dialogue and authentic application of concepts taught in class. An introduction to the use of AI/GPTs, technology, and a workshop/conference model will be shared.

SPEAKERS:
Jesi Hessong-Brown (Flint Hill School: Oakton, VA), Andrew Tran (Flint Hill School: Oakton, VA)

Grading for Understanding

Friday, November 8 • 10:40 AM - 11:40 AM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 296


STRAND: Curriculum and Assessment

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Grading for Understanding is a standards-aligned assessment practice that provides greater clarity to teachers, students, and parents. Using the Grading for Understanding, teachers can provide more valuable feedback to students and focus on assessing current understanding of science standards.

TAKEAWAYS:
Teachers will learn how Grading for Understanding reduces biases in grading and supports growth mindsets and hope for students to succeed in science.

SPEAKERS:
Tyler Miller (Teacher: Tulsa, OK), Jennifer Miller (Tulsa Public Schools: Tulsa, OK)

Adding Dimensionality to Your Assessments

Friday, November 8 • 10:40 AM - 11:40 AM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 397



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Adding Dimensionality to Your Assessments 2024
We live in a 3D world. Do your assessments? Come learn how to measure the dimensionality of your assessments and how to write two- and three-dimensional questions. Participants will be given time to apply their learning to their own assessments to integrate the CCCs and SEPs.

STRAND: Curriculum and Assessment

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We live in a 3D world. Do your assessments? Come learn how to measure the dimensionality of your assessments and how to write two- and three-dimensional questions. Participants will be given time to apply their learning to their own assessments to integrate the CCCs and SEPs.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will learn how to write two- and three-dimensional questions and edit current assessment questions to integrate the cross-cutting concepts and science and engineering practices.

SPEAKERS:
Laura Cohen (Lake Zurich High School: Lake Zurich, IL), McKenna Serowka (Lake Zurich High School: Lake Zurich, IL)

MAKER SCIENCE: Design and Implementation of Authentic Maker Science Projects

Friday, November 8 • 10:40 AM - 11:40 AM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 390



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Presentation

STRAND: STEM Haven

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Integrating authentic and meaningful hands-on maker projects into science classes can be challenging, but rewarding for both students and teachers. These types of projects offer us the opportunity to alternatively assess student learning, infuse creativity, and focus on student choice.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will participate in the engineering and design process and will leave with successful example projects, a working knowledge of the project-design process and can utilize the various strategies for implementation of maker projects in their own classrooms.

SPEAKERS:
Catherine Bischoff (Rye Country Day School: Rye, NY)

Have Your Student Take on the Role of a Genetic Counselor

Friday, November 8 • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - Exhibit Hall, Poster Session Aisle



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Genetic Counselor Challenge NSTA 2024
Student documents and teacher resources for Genetic Counselor Challenge.

STRAND: Lesson Showcase

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In this lesson, your middle or high school students take on the role of a genetic counselor. For the challenge problem, students will use their understanding of genetics to write a professional report explaining the likelihood of their patients having a child with a genetic condition.

TAKEAWAYS:
Through the challenge problem, students will demonstrate their creativity, understanding of genetic terminology, Punnett squares, pedigrees and writing skills. This can be used as a summative, performance assessment. Teachers can make simple alterations to have it fit in with their curriculum.

SPEAKERS:
Kaitlyn Johnson (Middle School Science Lead Teacher: San Jose, CA)

Why can't my students FOCUS?!?

Friday, November 8 • 1:20 PM - 2:20 PM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 255


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Sponsoring Company: Texas Instruments

The classroom has changed A LOT in the last few years. Distractions are everywhere all the time. It's no wonder that students are having a much harder time focusing on tasks. This session will use technology that your school may already have and get students back in the game!

Collaboration With EduProtocols

Friday, November 8 • 1:20 PM - 2:20 PM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 294


STRAND: Students and Sensemaking

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In this session, participants will explore the principles behind Eduprotocols and how these frameworks can be adapted to various subjects and grade levels. Through hands-on activities, attendees will discover practical techniques for integrating EduProtocols into their teaching practice.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will leave with several templates that can be used immediately to increase student engagement, foster deeper learning, and promote inquiry.

SPEAKERS:
Michelle Simmons (Klahowya Secondary School: Silverdale, WA)

How Can You Advance Equity Goals Through Culturally Responsive Assessment Practices?

Friday, November 8 • 1:20 PM - 2:20 PM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 263


STRAND: Students and Sensemaking

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Advancing equity and increasing accessibility for all students in assessment is a key aspect of the vision for science education. Analyze example assessments with the newly developed culturally responsive framework for alignment to multiple equity goals.

TAKEAWAYS:
Use culturally relevant design principles to evaluate and adapt three-dimensional assessment tasks to meet the needs of the students in your classroom and support them in developing cultural competence.

SPEAKERS:
Kelley Turner (Winchester Public Schools: Winchester, VA), Dawn Novak (Northwestern University: Evanston, IL), Sara Cooper (Contextus)

Choosing Phenomena for Standards-Based Assessments that Connect to Students’ Interests and Community Priorities

Friday, November 8 • 1:20 PM - 2:50 PM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 272



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5D Assessment Website
Slides

STRAND: Curriculum and Assessment

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Want to create 3D assessment tasks that students enjoy completing and leave wanting to learn more? Join us for this session where we will explore three different approaches to choosing phenomena and problems for assessments that align to standards and connect to students’ interests and identities.

TAKEAWAYS:
Educators will leave with a plan for learning about your students’ interests and the priorities of their communities pertaining to a 3D standard you are teaching and assessing next semester.

SPEAKERS:
Elaine Klein (BSCS Science Learning: Colorado Springs, CO), William Penuel (University of Colorado Boulder: Boulder, CO), Abraham Lo (BSCS Science Learning: Colorado Springs, CO)

Implementing Hexagonal Thinking: A Concept Mapping Strategy

Friday, November 8 • 1:20 PM - 2:20 PM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 270



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Hexagonal Thinking in the Elementary Classroom.pdf
Session Slides
NSTA 2024 NOLA Session Handout

STRAND: Students and Sensemaking

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Hexagonal thinking is a collaborative hands-on concept mapping strategy focused on making connections across vocabulary, concepts, and other subject-specific components that can be utilized in any content area including cross-curricular settings. Come learn how to implement it in your own classroom!

TAKEAWAYS:
For Upper Elem through HS. Participants will experience the strategy from a student POV and learn the process of implementation for a variety of settings (traditional and digital) and materials. Examples of student work will also be shown.

SPEAKERS:
Jeff Thomas (University of Southern Indiana: Evansville, IN), Simone Nance (University of Southern Indiana: Evansville, IN)

Exploring Earth’s Wonders: Engaging High Schoolers with Mini-Projects

Friday, November 8 • 1:20 PM - 2:20 PM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 398


STRAND: Students and Sensemaking

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Discover how sensemaking mini-projects can be used to engage students in the world around them. Learn how using non-traditional assessments helps students with obtaining and communicating high-level information. Strategies for assessment development will be shared with an emphasis on SEPs and CCCs.

TAKEAWAYS:
Discover strategies for authentic assessment of high-level concepts through phenomena-based mini-projects. Explore pre-developed earth science projects and student examples showcasing mastery of science and engineering practices. Gain tips for crafting NGSS-aligned assessments.

SPEAKERS:
Lauren LaSota (Adlai E. Stevenson High School: Lincolnshire, IL), Molly Sponseller (Adlai E. Stevenson High School: Lincolnshire, IL)

Customizing Curriculum: Crafting and Customizing Assessments in NGSS Storyline Curricula & Supporting Student Success in Taking Them

Friday, November 8 • 2:40 PM - 3:40 PM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 273


STRAND: Curriculum and Assessment

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3-dimensional transfer task assessments require students to apply learning to related phenomena, demonstrate deep levels of understanding, and engage in new learning. Learn how to tailor existing transfer tasks and support students in completing them from 2 teachers who do this in their classrooms.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will examine revised and customized transfer task assessments, effective strategies and supports, and hear student testimonials to help guide and assist their students through the often challenging transfer task assessment process.

SPEAKERS:
Nicole Bolduc (Ellington Middle School: Ellington, CT), Amy Hetherington-Coy (Teacher: Ellington, CT)

Fluids! Help Your AP Physics 1 Class Go With the Flow

Friday, November 8 • 2:40 PM - 3:40 PM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 384


STRAND: Curriculum and Assessment

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This goal of this session is to give teachers the tools they need to adjust to the addition of Fluids to the AP Physics 1 curriculum. During this session, we will reinforce content understanding, and provide classroom-ready resources such as instructional materials, labs, and more!

TAKEAWAYS:
Teachers will walk away with alleviated anxiety about the addition of a new unit to AP Physics 1, and perhaps even excitement! Participants will leave with a stronger understanding of fluids concepts, labs, problems, modeling activities, as well as finding a new group of collaborative friends!

SPEAKERS:
Oather Strawderman (Lawrence Free State High School: Lawrence, KS), John Pinizzotto (Director, AP Physics: Whitman, MA)

Teaching, Learning, and Exam Prep...You've got this!

Friday, November 8 • 2:40 PM - 3:40 PM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 255


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Sponsoring Company: Texas Instruments

Do you feel like you are forced to teach to the test? Do you despise the end of course or state exam? Let me show you how to use technology in a way that keeps your students engaged in LEARNING science while also preparing them for the dreaded end of year exam.

How to Write, Evaluate, and Master High-Quality Assessments

Friday, November 8 • 2:40 PM - 3:40 PM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 290


STRAND: Curriculum and Assessment

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Writing exam questions can be challenging, especially for assessing critical thinking. Led by a content development expert, the session will review criteria for assessment, provide practice in writing and evaluating items, and discuss strategies for ensuring that exams are fair and useful.

TAKEAWAYS:
A useful assessment item requires more than just a correct answer. The best assessments allow students to demonstrate their knowledge and skills, and they help guide future learning.

SPEAKERS:
Joseph Berman (KGL: No City, No State)

Customizing Curriculum: Increasing Student Engagement through Community Connections and Industry Partnerships

Friday, November 8 • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 273


STRAND: Curriculum and Assessment

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Feeling phenomena fatigue? Wanting to help students connect their work to the broader community? Hear tips for incorporating community experts into units, including ways to prep your students and guests for an experience that validates student ideas.

TAKEAWAYS:
Localize phenomena/storyline curriculum without having to rewrite the entire unit with a different local phenomena. Community connections and industry partnerships can address questions, ideas for investigations and related phenomena that students generate during the anchoring phenomena routine.

SPEAKERS:
William Baur (Washougal High School: Washougal, WA)

Transforming Assessment to Maximize Learning in AP courses

Friday, November 8 • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 385



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https://reimaginedschools.com/nsta-conference-presentations/
Presentation, artifacts, and other useful resources

STRAND: Curriculum and Assessment

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Embrace a competency-based approach to any Advanced Placement science course by focusing on the practices without sacrificing content or pace. The strengths-based, feedback-oriented assessment approach supports student success on the AP exam, transitioning from a traditional grading to the LPM.

TAKEAWAYS:
Create learning progressions based on the SEPs and adjust the target levels to provide enough time for students to grow to AP expectations. Attendees will leave knowing how they can implement this consistent, reliable method immediately in their classrooms even in a traditional grades school.

SPEAKERS:
Elise Naramore (Pascack Hills High School: Montvale, NJ)

Beyond CER: Helping Students Construct Explanations

Friday, November 8 • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 384


STRAND: Students and Sensemaking

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How do you teach logical writing? What structures do you use to support students who just “don’t get it” when constructing explanations? We’ll share our philosophy, graphic organizer, sample tasks, student work, manipulatives, connections to CCC’s, and a gradual release model that builds student pro

TAKEAWAYS:
Teachers will leave our session with a model of how to support struggling learners with constructing explanations for SEP6. This includes a graphic organizer that can be adapted for any topic area as well as a gradual release model of how we walk our students up to proficiency in constructing explanations.

SPEAKERS:
Andy Fitz (Adlai E. Stevenson High School: Lincolnshire, IL), Josh Bozeday (Adlai E. Stevenson High School: Lincolnshire, IL), Kristy Wrona (Adlai E. Stevenson High School: Lincolnshire, IL)

Supporting Multilingual Learners and High Needs Students with Science Notebooks

Friday, November 8 • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 283


STRAND: Curriculum and Assessment

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Participants will learn how to allow students to take ownership of their learning, build their own science resources, and foster creativity. We will delve into strategies for differentiation, language support, and fostering a safe and inclusive learning space.

TAKEAWAYS:
Supporting MLs and high-needs students by embracing flexible and differentiated science notebooks, fostering creativity, and promoting inclusivity in science education by allowing students to work through problems and build their own science resources.

SPEAKERS:
Elizabeth Warren (Framingham Public Schools: No City, No State)

Organizing Our Lab Data Using Lab Notebooks!

Saturday, November 9 • 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 290



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Organizing Our Lab Notebook Slides and Resources

STRAND: Curriculum and Assessment

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Paper labs get lost SO easily. Lab notebooks help prevent this! Come explore lab notebook templates, sample labs, and modifications that can be made to best support students and their lab experience! Labs will be Chemistry focused, but all sciences welcome!

TAKEAWAYS:
Explore a lab notebook template and its modifications that can support the needs of various learners, including IEP and English Language Learners.

SPEAKERS:
Lauren Pavletich (Esperanza Preparatory Academy: New York, NY)

Have Your Students Take on the Role of a Genetic Counselor

Saturday, November 9 • 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 387



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Genetic Counselor Challenge NSTA 2024
Student document and teacher resources for the Genetic Counselor Challenge.

STRAND: Curriculum and Assessment

Show Details

In this session, you will help your middle or high school students take on the role of a genetic counselor. For the challenge problem, students will use their understanding of genetics to write a professional report explaining the likelihood of their patients having a child with a genetic condition.

TAKEAWAYS:
Through the challenge problem, students will demonstrate their creativity, understanding of genetic terminology, Punnett squares, pedigrees and writing skills. This can be used as a summative, performance assessment. You can make simple alterations to have it fit in with your curriculum.

SPEAKERS:
Kaitlyn Johnson (Middle School Science Lead Teacher: San Jose, CA)