Sponsoring Company: 3D Molecular Designs

Dive deep into water's secrets! while harnessing the power of physical 3D models to unravel states of matter, polar covalent bonding, and beyond in an immersive journey from atoms to oceans.

SPEAKERS:
Mark Arnholt (3D Molecular Designs: Milwaukee, WI)

Sponsoring Company: PASCO Scientific

In this workshop, you’ll learn how to facilitate deeper student understanding of mole ratios, stoichiometry, and limiting reactants. This hands-on activity uses common household chemicals to simplify setup and a Wireless Pressure Sensor to support live data collection and immediate data analysis.

Sponsoring Company: Vernier Science Education

How do forensic scientists find evidence in invisible ink? Students must think like both detectives AND scientists to find out! By capturing spectra of ink samples, students investigate electromagnetic radiation, explore light-matter interactions, and use mathematical models to calculate energy.

Take a journey through the history of electromagnetic discovery. Learn how your class can recreate the experiments of some of history’s greatest scientists in your classroom as they discover the force of electromagnetism. Free MagLab Souvenir for every teacher!

TAKEAWAYS:
Learn how different scientists throughout history have contributed to our understanding of electromagnetism over the past 200 years and how the National Magnet Lab uses these breakthroughs to operate the world's strongest magnets.

SPEAKERS:
Carlos Villa (National High Magnetic Field Laboratory: Tallahassee, FL)

Learn how one educator used cross-curricular PBL units to help students understand the effects of climate change while staying solution focused. In one unit students wrote and proposed climate driven migration legislation. The other explored ocean acidification through science fiction writing.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will leave with two ready to use units developing climate literacy as well as real life examples of how to use PBL in the science classroom.

SPEAKERS:
Sara Plowman (Santa Monica High School: Santa Monica, CA)

Bring your computers and join this workshop to explore innovative approaches to enhance science instruction and support teacher effectiveness through personalized learning and AI technology. Develop and share practical examples and leave empowered to transform your science classrooms.

TAKEAWAYS:
Learn how to integrate personalized learning and AI technology into science instruction. Through hands-on exploration of personalized curriculum, instructional strategies, and assessment practices, educators will leave equipped to transform their classroom.

SPEAKERS:
Bonnie Diehl (Catholic Central High School: Burlington, WI)

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)

Where are “traditional” chemistry topics such as naming compounds, stoichiometry, and gas laws addressed in OpenSciEd High School Chemistry? Discover how we approached and have incorporated “traditional” chemistry topics into the five OpenSciEd units.

TAKEAWAYS:
Educators will leave with information on opportunities to incorporate “traditional” chemistry topics into OpenSciEd High School Chemistry storylines without breaking coherence or giving away students’ aha moments.

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

Lessons will be share that use Disney, and other, analgies for the understanding and mastery of Periodic Trends learned in Chemistry.

TAKEAWAYS:
Teachers will be able to use the information learned in these lessons and connect ideas to help students grasp understanding of a abstract concept.

SPEAKERS:
Jessica Carny (Saint Joseph Academy: Cleveland, OH)

Want to create an environment where students see themselves as scientists and create independent capable scientific researchers, while exploring real-world scientific problems AND maintain your commitment to rigor? The bioplastics investigation and other projects shared here might be your answer.

TAKEAWAYS:
It is possible to increase student engagement with project-based chemistry explorations while still maintaining content and rigor. Tackling real-world chemistry problems can create a model environment for students and faculty to learn alongside one another while fostering key 21st-century skills.

SPEAKERS:
Hannah Sullivan (Mounds Park Academy: St. Paul, MN)

Through live demonstrations we will teach attendees the strengths and weaknesses of virtual tutors and best practices for LLM-student learning. During the workshop attendees will construct practice exam questions using ChatGPT and other LLM tools.

TAKEAWAYS:
Through live demonstrations we will teach attendees the strengths and weaknesses of virtual tutors and best practices for LLM-student learning. During the workshop attendees will construct practice exam questions using ChatGPT and other LLM tools.

SPEAKERS:
Daniel Graham (Assistant Professor: Jackson, MS), Hannah Meyer (Student: Jackson, MS), Kristina Stensaas (Millsaps College: Brandon, MS)

Sponsoring Company: Vernier Science Education

What’s the difference between baking soda and baking powder? Help students investigate properties of common kitchen chemicals using pH and CO2 sensors and explain differences using evidence. Using what they discover, students design their own baking powder and test it against commercial products.

Learn a variety of implementation strategies to include debating/ argumentation into your science curriculum. Strategies include ideas such as Four Corners, tabletop debate, and full class debate. Ways to differentiate strategies to accommodate different learning abilities will be discussed.

TAKEAWAYS:
Educators will be able to implement different debating/ argumentation strategies into their science curriculum.

SPEAKERS:
Melanie Craig (Croatan High School: Newport, NC)

Culturally responsive teaching practices are essential in science. You will leave this workshop with NGSS based lessons to help students make sense of identity mapping and positionality in the classroom. Come and design models where identities are atoms and collective identities are molecules.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will experience a set of identity based and NGSS aligned lessons that can be implemented upon return home.

SPEAKERS:
Autumn Burton (The Pike School: Portland, ME), Kathleen Boucher-Lavigne (Pike School: Andover, MA)

Explore our workshop on AI's classroom impact! Learn how AI boosts creativity, engagement, and streamlines tasks for more impactful teaching.

TAKEAWAYS:
This session promises practical insights into using AI to cultivate a more dynamic, responsive, and creatively enriched teaching environment, ensuring both educators and students thrive.

SPEAKERS:
Nadim Sarhan (Faculty Member: Town and Country, MO), Melanie Shedd (The Principia: St Louis, MO)

Academic games can support the understanding of challenging concepts. Come play device-free comprehensive unit review games that are designed to provide an opportunity for all chemistry students to problem solve and think critically while working as a team in a growth-mindset environment.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will walk away with device-free game materials and proven strategies that encourage collaboration and communication while increasing students' application of concepts in 14 units of the high school chemistry curriculum. All resources are free, editable & adaptable to various levels taught.

SPEAKERS:
Laura Hessling (New Trier High School, Winnetka Campus: Winnetka, IL), Elaine Kollar (New Trier High School, Winnetka, IL (retired): Northbrook, IL), Tracy Smith (New Trier High School, Winnetka Campus: Winnetka, IL)

We will introduce our forthcoming NSTA book containing a collection of units and resources to help teachers engage students in three-dimensional learning through model-based inquiry.

TAKEAWAYS:
Learn about four chemistry model-based inquiry units for rigorous and equitable instruction. Developed with secondary science teachers, the session guides three-dimensional learning, anchoring phenomena, modeling, and scientific explanations.

SPEAKERS:
Ron Gray (Northern Arizona University: Flagstaff, AZ), Todd Campbell (University of Connecticut: N. Franklin, CT)

Unlock the potential of narrative-driven instruction in your science classroom with our interactive workshop on creating storyline-driven lessons. We will provide educators with practical strategies and tools to infuse storytelling elements into their science curriculum.

TAKEAWAYS:
During the workshop, participants will explore the power of storytelling in science education and discover how to develop cohesive storylines that guide the learning journey.

SPEAKERS:
Nicole Holman (Hillsborough County Public Schools: TAMPA, FL)

Should we tailor instruction to learning styles? Should we reduce tests to avoid test anxiety? Research shows that some common beliefs we develop about learners are wrong. I will debunk 3 common learning myths and provide concrete research-based guidelines for what to do in classrooms instead.

TAKEAWAYS:
As a former HS teacher, I will detail how to use current research-based strategies to support student learning. Teachers will learn how to present information in multiple ways to help diverse students. Teachers will use desirable difficulties to build equitable instruction in the classroom.

SPEAKERS:
Jonathan Tullis (The University of Arizona: Tucson, AZ)

Join us as we delve into the transformative power of manipulatives in science education. This workshop offers a hands-on approach to teaching intricate scientific concepts. Discover how simple no-cost paper models can transform your teaching method and enhance student comprehension.

TAKEAWAYS:
This session will allow attendees to increase their teacher toolbox by learning about several no-cost hands on activities. Participants will take part in paper folding, coloring, and cutting to create materials that can be used to teach a wide variety of science topics.

SPEAKERS:
Molly Swanson (Teacher: , AB)

Use manipulatives and drawings to bring meaning and sense to the world of thermochemistry all while reviewing other topics like VSEPR and Lewis structures along the way.

TAKEAWAYS:
How to get students to "see" the reasoning behind Enthalpy and the structures of molecules.

SPEAKERS:
Stacy Thibodeaux (Southside High School: Scott, LA), Chris Coker (Camden Fairview High School: Camden, AR)

Sponsoring Company: 3D Molecular Designs

Dive deep into water's secrets! while harnessing the power of physical 3D models to unravel states of matter, polar covalent bonding, and beyond in an immersive journey from atoms to oceans.

SPEAKERS:
Mark Arnholt (3D Molecular Designs: Milwaukee, WI)

Sponsoring Company: PASCO Scientific

In this workshop, you’ll learn how to facilitate deeper student understanding of mole ratios, stoichiometry, and limiting reactants. This hands-on activity uses common household chemicals to simplify setup and a Wireless Pressure Sensor to support live data collection and immediate data analysis.

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)

This presentation explores empowering teachers to drive curriculum change. Using the storyline approach, educators gain buy-in, guiding them to create engaging curriculums, and fostering student empowerment.

TAKEAWAYS:
Empower teachers to drive curriculum change using the storyline approach, fostering student-centered learning and ownership.

SPEAKERS:
Nicole Holman (Hillsborough County Public Schools: TAMPA, FL)

Join us for a hands-on workshop to learn how Clean Classrooms for Carolina Kids free, standards-aligned curriculum materials support upper elementary, middle, and high school students learn about mitigating lead in water.

TAKEAWAYS:
Lead in water is a problem that disproportionally affects children and low-income communities of color. Come away with free standards-aligned, transdisciplinary curriculum materials that s help students in upper elementary, middle, and high school understand the problem and potential solutions.

SPEAKERS:
Ashley Allen (Instructional Specialist: Research Triangle Park, NC), Dr. Whitney White (RTI International: Research Triangle Park, NC)

Sponsoring Company: Savvas Learning Company

Chemistry and Physics teachers must constantly strive to push students to achieve and master high-level content and skills, while keeping students engaged. Join authors, scientists, and educators Dr. Michael Wysession and Dr. Chris Moore and learn new ways to energize your high school science class.

SPEAKERS:
Michael Wysession (Washington University in St. Louis: Saint Louis, MO), Christopher Moore (University of Nebraska Omaha: Omaha, NE)

Sponsoring Company: Carolina Biological Supply Company

Explore easy, engaging, and safe chemistry activities that guarantee a reaction in your students. These lab activities support 3-dimensional learning and work every time, not just periodically.

SPEAKERS:
Laurie Nixon (Watauga High School: Blowing Rock, NC)

Participants will: Research and design an Inquiry experiment using appropriate technology to gather and analyze data. Use technology to collect/analyze data and visualize what occurs on the submicroscopic level by employing particulate drawings.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will take part in a “hands on” Inquiry experiment, use technology to collect/analyze data, and visualize what occurs on the submicroscopic level in copper chemical reactions by employing particulate drawings.

SPEAKERS:
Gregory Dodd (George Washington High School: Pennsboro, WV)

Make molecular and mineral crystal models using very simple units of origami. Then work as an individual or a group to bond the units together to make inexpensive & amazing molecular models for chemistry and minerals for earth science.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will create basic paper origami models that easily demonstrate mineral crystal structure, hardness, bond strength, & Cleavage/Fracture. Each person creates a unit, then groups bond units together to form crystals. Chemistry bonding modeling is also part of this session.

SPEAKERS:
David Ebersole (Greece Athena Middle School: Caledonia, NY)

See how cats help with chemistry. Using acronyms, simulations, particle diagrams, and simple manipulatives get students to "see" how the cell operates and works. Get concrete understanding of what seems to be a complex system.

TAKEAWAYS:
How to use manipulatives and memory mnemonics to give students a concrete understanding of an electrochemical cell.

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

OpenSciEd High School Chemistry incorporates physical science, Earth and space science, and engineering, technology, and applications of science NGSS performance expectations into its five units. Hear how using this cross-disciplinary approach supports student development of chemistry ideas.

TAKEAWAYS:
OpenSciEd High School Chemistry incorporates physical science, Earth and space science, and engineering, technology, and applications of science NGSS performance expectations into its five units. Hear how using this cross-disciplinary approach supports student development of chemistry ideas.

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

There is no shortage of phenomena-based curricular materials. The difficulty districts face is implementation at scale with dwindling PD dollars. We will discuss the research on scaling high-impact teaching and learn how to put low-cost systems into practice without undue burden on teachers.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will learn about the 4 categories of instructional change, which are and are not effective, and how to set up low-cost systems for diffusing evidence-based instructional practices across a teaching network, such as a school district.

SPEAKERS:
Christopher Moore (University of Nebraska Omaha: Omaha, NE)

The various metals and alloys used in the minting of the US penny over the years will provide for rich explorations. We will share activities that combine some very basic lab activities conducted by some of our chemistry classes with detailed mathematical modeling done by the students in statistics.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will collect and use real data to develop mathematical models and learn how to test our hypothesis by performing an experiment and analyzing the results, combining chemical analysis with statistical sampling for a cross-curricular approach.

SPEAKERS:
Karlheinz Haas (retired: Tequesta, FL)

Quick and easy techniques to improve lab experience in the classrom from preparation through tear down.

TAKEAWAYS:
Practical tips on how to set up a lab to reduce clean up, spills, and ease transition to the next class.

SPEAKERS:
Brian Hamilton (Southland Center CCS: Columbus, OH)

Case studies are powerful storytelling tools that captivate students and immerse them in learning scientific concepts in context. Discover how to leverage the case studies available through the NCCSTS that are freely accessible on the NSTA website and how to incorporate them into your classroom.

TAKEAWAYS:
Case studies offer various types and teaching methods, from intimate debates and clicker cases to Problem-Based Learning and jigsaw. This session aims to demystify the world of case studies, guiding you through their various forms and how to use them to enhance student engagement.

SPEAKERS:
Kathy Hoppe (STEMisED, Inc: Rio Rico, AZ)

Hear how an elements project integrates technology, literacy, and arts into the study of atomic structure and the periodic table.

TAKEAWAYS:
Student-generated learning project that can be done at any level by any student, which integrates STEAM in the physical science curriculum.

SPEAKERS:
Elizabeth Weissman (The Ramaz School: Fresh Meadows, NY)

Understanding force interactions is essential to helping students explain atomic behavior. Hear how force interaction ideas are developed throughout OpenSciEd Chemistry units and experience how it is used to explain atomic behavior.

TAKEAWAYS:
Educators will use particle level manipulatives from two OpenSciEd High School Chemistry units to explain polarity differences of four substances and differences between weak and strong acids emerge from differences in intra- and intermolecular force interactions.

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

This will focus on successful implementation of teaching strategies that aim to challenge diverse learners using differentiation. Examples include: dynamic models as alternatives to lectures, note-taking strategies, creating leveled practices, and review sessions with differentiated stations.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will walk away with several ideas to create materials for a range of learner needs that have been implemented in a variety of science disciplines as well as multiple levels including Special Education & AP. Learn ways to adjust the curriculum to encourage student independence & agency.

SPEAKERS:
John Deppong (Adlai E. Stevenson High School: Lincolnshire, IL), Kellie Dean (Adlai E. Stevenson High School: Lincolnshire, IL), Lauren LaSota (Adlai E. Stevenson High School: Tower Lakes, IL), Molly Sponseller (Adlai E. Stevenson High School: Lincolnshire, IL)

Explore an extreme heat based phenomenon with the Understanding Global Change (UGC) framework’s modeling practices. Learn UGC practices and tools to help incorporate an Earth systems perspective into your curriculum and adapt existing resources.

TAKEAWAYS:
Experience the nature and processes of science by constructing explanations about a global change phenomenon with the Understanding Global Change framework and explanatory modeling practices.

SPEAKERS:
Alec Barron (UC San Diego)

Attendees will participate in several activities designed to make atomic scale ideas visible and understandable. We will be looking at the Rutherford Gold Foil Experiment, the meaning of Schrodinger probability plots, and covalent bonding.

TAKEAWAYS:
Students learn best by doing and experiencing. This workshop will present new ways to help students experience atomic scale chemistry in a way that they can touch and make sense of.

SPEAKERS:
Larry McAfoos (Jack Barrack Hebrew Academy: Bryn Mawr, PA)

Learn a variety of implementation strategies to include debating/ argumentation into your science curriculum. Strategies include ideas such as Four Corners, tabletop debate, and full class debate. Ways to differentiate strategies to accommodate different learning abilities will be discussed.

TAKEAWAYS:
Educators will be able to implement different debating/ argumentation strategies into their science curriculum.

SPEAKERS:
Melanie Craig (Croatan High School: Newport, NC)

Cell phone cameras can be excellent collectors of qualitative lab data.

TAKEAWAYS:
Photos from the lab allow students to look closer at phenomena at a small scale. Slow-motion and time-lapse video allow students to see processes that are too fast or slow to see normally. Photographs allow students to more deeply analyze data obtained in the lab.

SPEAKERS:
Larry McAfoos (Jack Barrack Hebrew Academy: Bryn Mawr, PA)

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)

This session will focus on using your state's forensic science standards in conjunction with *free* educational AI resources to build exciting new activities to meet the needs of your learners.

TAKEAWAYS:
You will leave the session with 3 or more exciting AI tools to build new activities for your forensics classroom. In addition, you will be given time to explore these tools so you can leave with a new activity to implement when you return!

SPEAKERS:
Jessica Mullen (Sprayberry High School: Marietta, GA)

This research investigates how sensemaking strategies can improve students' grasp of chemistry's diverse representation levels. It aims to address persistent learning challenges and enhance teaching efficacy in chemistry education.

TAKEAWAYS:
Embracing sensemaking strategies can significantly enhance students' understanding of the multifaceted levels of representation in chemistry, leading to improved engagement, mastery, and more effective teaching practices

SPEAKERS:
Monday Moju (Graduate Student: Blacksburg, VA)

Our initiative integrates industry-focused problems through experiential learning activities using Computational Molecular Modeling into biology and chemistry courses at the community college and 4-year university level.

TAKEAWAYS:
This talk will discuss how Computational Molecular Modeling activities are used in chemistry and biology course curricula at LaGuardia Community College and the New York City College of Technology to improve educational pathways and train underrepresented minority students.

SPEAKERS:
Katherine Bay (Academic Curriculum Designer: Los Angeles, CA)

"Explore the chemistry behind crafting sodas in this engaging session! Students design, taste, and adjust their own beverages, relating to understandings of concentration, ratios, and pH."

TAKEAWAYS:
At our session, presenters will showcase an engaging chemistry project, empowering students to craft their own unique soda creations while reinforcing topics previously taught in first year chemistry.

SPEAKERS:
Matthew Ragusa (Neuqua Valley High School: Naperville, IL)

This round table discussion will outline the key components, benefits and struggles of high school research programs. Established research program directors will be able to provide insights for educators and administrators seeking to implement similar initiatives in their schools.

TAKEAWAYS:
By implementing research programs for high school students, we can enhance science education and empower the next generation of scientists, innovators, and problem-solvers.

SPEAKERS:
Caleb Bagby (Senior Director of Engineering, Technology, and Design: Chattanooga, TN), Ashley Posey (McCallie School: Flat Rock, AL)

Most students have some experience with eating spicy food. While the exact spices may vary in different regions, the effect is the same. It tastes hot. In this unique problem-solving lab, students design their own experiment to test which solution is best to combat hot sauce.

TAKEAWAYS:
This session's takeaway is a fun and novel lab that attendees can implement into their own chemistry or biology class.

SPEAKERS:
Kevin Mason (University of Wisconsin-Stout: Chippewa Falls, WI), Gregory Matthias (University of Wisconsin-Stout: Menomonie, WI)

Students are tasked with purifying water from a "sludge" containing a variety of insoluble solids, soluble ionic compounds and non-miscible liquids. Project worksheets and scaffolding recommendations will be shared to help with differentiating the activity for a spectrum of learners.

TAKEAWAYS:
A comprehensive lab practical is a useful way for students at all levels to apply their knowledge to a real-life chemistry challenge. It demonstrates that concepts in Chemistry are not siloed units to forget once you are done with them, but rather a building of knowledge with interlocking parts.

SPEAKERS:
Caroline Gochoco-Tsuyuki (Archbishop Riordan High School: Lafayette, CA)

The key to understanding this energy model rests in the knowledge that energy is conserved in an isolated system. Energy manifests itself as stored in either the motion of objects in the system or in the fields generated by the objects in the system.

TAKEAWAYS:
Energy in chemical systems manifests itself in two ways. It is stored in 1) the motion of particles in the system, or in 2) the electromagnetic fields generated by protons and electrons. Changes in energy within an isolated system are measured by changes in 1) temperature or 2) enthalpy.

SPEAKERS:
Gabriel De la Paz (Clayton High School: Clayton, MO), Nathan Peck (John Burroughs School: Clayton, MO), Sarah Falkoff (Clayton High School: Clayton, MO)

This 30-minute presentation will have participants consider and reflect on which student-driven lessons and assessments will yield the highest ROI on student engagement, relevance, and participation.

TAKEAWAYS:
How to create lessons and assessments that will appeal to and result in increased student engagement

SPEAKERS:
Dani Maloney (Mamaroneck High School: Stamford, CT)

"Unleash the power of chemistry with our thrilling lab-based assessments! Join us to discover engaging experiments that captivate students' imaginations while reinforcing essential concepts. Elevate your teaching and ignite a passion for science in your classroom!"

TAKEAWAYS:
At our session, attendees will gain practical insights into implementing dynamic lab-based assessments, enhancing student learning and fostering a deeper appreciation for chemistry. Plus, take home detailed lab descriptions for immediate classroom application!

SPEAKERS:
Matthew Ragusa (Neuqua Valley High School: Naperville, IL)

Many High School STEM Teachers enter the profession after second careers or academic study outside the education college. Examples will be shown how this industry and academic experience enriches students, and how institutional challenges can be met and overcome.

TAKEAWAYS:
STEM teachers from industry lead students to careers, and not the next academic step.

SPEAKERS:
Tom Kratochvil (Teacher: New Orleans, LA)

Learn how two technology-enabled learning resources from the Smithsonian – Spectrum Lab and DIY Planet Search – engage high school physics, chemistry and earth science students in relevant and compelling multidisciplinary investigations of light, color, and alien worlds.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will take away strategies for equity that amplify opportunities for students to experience “connected” science learning — connected to their own prior knowledge, connected to their everyday lives, connected to other disciplines– through free Smithsonian DataLabs instructional materials.

SPEAKERS:
Erika Wright (Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian: Fitzwilliam, NH), Mary Dussault (Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian: Cambridge, MA)

Enzymes rates are affected by many factors, e.g., enzyme conc., substrate conc., temp., pH, and ionic strength. Students in 8-10 groups test assigned factors at multiple levels and input their data into a prepared GoogleSheet, which calculates initial rates and plots curves of rate vs.factor level.

TAKEAWAYS:
You will recieve links to lab instructions and a prepared spreadsheet with and without a sample data set. Using this tool, students learn how plots of product concentration vs. time are used to make a plot of initial rate vs. factor levels. Rate curves lead to an understanding of enzyme regulation.

SPEAKERS:
Steven Peppers (Germanna Community College: Fredericksburg, VA)

Your new teaching assignment includes PHYSICS, YIKES! What do you do? Master physics teachers will share strategies, resources and lessons, for a "newbie" as they begin to love physics and the exciting physics lab activities for the classroom. Remember a day without physics doesn’t exist.

TAKEAWAYS:
Physics is not all formulas and math problems: there are everyday examples and opportunities for students to experience the science behind car collisions, speeding tickets, wind powered homes, polarized sunglasses and MUCH more. Resources for new to physics teachers are available to all.

SPEAKERS:
Stacy Gwartney (Region 7 Education Service Center: Jacksonville, TX), Elizabeth Holsenbeck (Alabama Science in Motion/AAPT/PTRA: Hardaway, AL)

This session will explore acid base chemistry. Hands-on, data collection, simulations, and card sorts will be utilized to encourage participants to have fun with the complex chemistry topic of acid base chemistry.

TAKEAWAYS:
Acid base chemistry and buffers are difficult concepts for students to grasp. This session will help teachers create and modify traditional lecture activities to be student-centered, hands-on learning opportunities.

SPEAKERS:
Chris Coker (Camden Fairview High School: Camden, AR), Stacy Thibodeaux (Southside High School: Scott, LA)

Learn a variety of implementation strategies to include debating/ argumentation into your science curriculum. Strategies include ideas such as Four Corners, tabletop debate, and full class debate. Ways to differentiate strategies to accommodate different learning abilities will be discussed.

TAKEAWAYS:
Educators will be able to implement different debating/argumentation strategies into their science curriculum.

SPEAKERS:
Melanie Craig (Croatan High School: Newport, NC)

Participants will: Undertake a “hands on” equilibrium Inquiry with a large K value. Use Inquiry to resolve equilibrium misconceptions. Use appropriate technology for data collection/analysis.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will learn to use Inquiry to overcome student misconceptions about chemical equilibrium.

SPEAKERS:
Gregory Dodd (George Washington High School: Pennsboro, WV)

Student choice generates buy-in, project based learning awakens scientific inquiry, and engagement allows critical skill development. Attendees will hear how to design Scientific Research classes to meet the highest student needs through exploring student exemplar topics and making a fishing lure.

TAKEAWAYS:
Take away ideas of how to combat the overwhelming apathy of students entering the current science classroom through projects and topics that can be modified and adjusted to fit not only the individual students of a particular class, but the teacher's unique skills, education, and experience.

SPEAKERS:
Clark Moore (Sequatchie Co High School: Dunlap, TN)

Overview of the MagLab Research Experience for Teacher program. Discuss a few lessons created by past RETs with the input of MagLab researchers to provide cutting edge and relevant topics to engage students and encourage participation at an individual and group level. Get a free MagLab Souvenir.

TAKEAWAYS:
2023 RETs will share the impact participating in the MagLab RET had on classroom practices and professional development and how they developed new classroom activities that promote the development of scientific practices and MagLab related research.

SPEAKERS:
Ann Marie Dubick (Cobb County School District: Smyrna, GA), Valerie Hucey (High School Science Teacher: Weston, FL), Carlos Villa (National High Magnetic Field Laboratory: Tallahassee, FL)

In our Exciting, hands-on workshop participants will get to learn about and experience excited electrons as a part of the modern atomic theory and excited molecules in gases. Participants will leave with relevant materials, supply lists, vendor information and instructions to use in their classes.

TAKEAWAYS:
In this workshop, we will demonstrate various examples of exciting electrons using heat, visible light, ultraviolet light, chemical energy and electrical energy. In addition, participants will investigate the relationships that exist in gases between temperature, pressure and volume.

SPEAKERS:
Amy Este (Fontainebleau High School: Abita Springs, LA), Cylinda Barron (Retired: Slidell, LA)

Discover how to fuse Chemistry with STEM through our dynamic poster session! Explore integrating 3D printing, AI, engineering, laser cutting, & movie practical effects into your curriculum. Enhance teaching & captivate students by merging traditional chemistry concepts with cutting-edge technology.

TAKEAWAYS:
Uncover fresh, innovative strategies for infusing cutting-edge technology into your chemistry classroom.

SPEAKERS:
Nadim Sarhan (Faculty Member: Town and Country, MO), Melanie Shedd (The Principia: St Louis, MO)

Participants will experience a lesson designed to use argument from evidence to learn about how the structure and function of natural and designed macromolecules differs. Briefly learn how technology-mediated lesson study has helped rural science teachers collaborate to design 3 dimensional lessons.

TAKEAWAYS:
In one class period, students will make a claim from initial evidence and then revise that claim as they gather evidence through five different tests used to teach them about the structure and function of cotton and spandex.

SPEAKERS:
Rebecca Sansom (Texas A&M University: College Station, TX), Douglas Morris (Carbon High School: Price, UT)

Soil science IS the Science of Life! The elements present in our soil today become our food tomorrow. Participants will make connections between Biology, Chemistry and Geology through use of the periodic table, soil studies and biogeochemical cycles.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will gain an understanding of the importance of soil chemistry and how soil studies connect life and physical sciences.

SPEAKERS:
Ann Smart (Cabrini High School: Covington, LA)

Learn to apply some cool technology to the old calculations of wavelength, energy, and frequency. We will apply some vertical whiteboarding with some calculator technology and a dab of coding to engage students in the classification of the electromagnetic spectrum with lights, sounds, and pictures.

TAKEAWAYS:
Learn how to enhance the rudimentary calculations of energy, frequency, and wavelength of the electromagnetic spectrum with hands on activities and ideas.

SPEAKERS:
Stacy Thibodeaux (Southside High School: Scott, LA), Chris Coker (Camden Fairview High School: Camden, AR)