Participants are invited to attend this session to engage in problem-posing, STEM-infused, standards-aligned mathematics and science activities. Learn strategies for helping students make real-world math and science connections, promote positive identities, and relate to real-life situations.

TAKEAWAYS:
The purpose of this session is to provide participants with an opportunity to learn strategies for purposefully infusing STEM in math and science instruction. Participants will explore standards-aligned activities and resources that promote the SEPS, the SMPS, and cross-curricular connections.

SPEAKERS:
Latrenda Knighten (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics: Baton Rouge, LA)

Explore the storyline of the newly released OpenSciEd Unit 5.1 How does a nurse log help other things live and grow? and see how students leverage connections to ELA and math as they investigate and make sense of ecosystems and matter cycling.

TAKEAWAYS:
OpenSciEd Elementary units provide significant opportunities for students to explicitly connect with grade-level mathematics, reading, writing, speaking & listening, and language standards in service of their science sensemaking.

SPEAKERS:
Gen Zoufal (Project Managaer: Chicago, IL), Cathery Yeh (Assistant Professor: Austin, TX), Gail Housman (Northwestern University: Brookfield, IL), Amy Belcastro (Science Educator/Grad Student: Fort Collins, CO)

In this session, we will examine how to leverage time used to practice and reinforce math and reading skills to also include phenomenon-based science. By using math and ELA standards as a starting point, short units building off of a common science phenomenon are created.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will experience the process of creating a phenomenon-based, science-focused lesson series to help reinforce and practice the standards in math and ELA, thus leading toward equity for students and subject areas.

SPEAKERS:
Miranda Orellana (Lincoln Public Schools: Lincoln, NE)

The Oregon Coast STEM Hub has been leading transdisciplinary work with 3-person teams of a math teacher, a science teacher and a marine scientist. Teams develop units for grades 6-12 with authentic phenomena and data to integrate math and science standards and create open source materials.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will learn the process for building transdisciplinary math and science units and gain access to open source data and lessons.

SPEAKERS:
Micki Halsey Randall (Blanchet Catholic School: Silverton, OR), Carrie Averill (Tillamook Jr. High School: Tillamook, OR), Slade Sapora (Tillamook High School: Tillamook, OR), Kim Norberg (Teacher: TILLAMOOK, OR), Kama Almasi (Oregon Coast STEM Hub: Yachats, OR)

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)

Come have fun collecting real data to investigate the relationship between altitude and pressure using a micro:bit and a Grove sensor. We will walk through the Python code, collect the data and investigate the relationship through mathematical models, squeezing as much as we can out of our work.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will experience the marriage of science and mathematics by using the micro:bit and a Grove sensor to collect real pressure data to analyze. We will spend time creating and using mathematical models so that we can better understand the relationship between altitude and pressure.

SPEAKERS:
Adam Pennell (High Point University: High Point, NC, NC)

In small groups, participants will design and brainstorm lesson and building ideas for a 4-person, human-powered, amphibious vehicles. Workshop facilitator brings the experience of 5 years of participating and 4 awards (engineering and art) at the Baltimore Kinetic Sculpture Race.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will grow in their confidence to approach large-scale engineering design projects regardless of their experience level.

SPEAKERS:
Mick Scott (CS and Engineering Teacher / Former K-12 STEM Director / Mind Mastery Coach: Reisterstown, MD)

5,600 exoplanets have been detected with new planets being found outside our solar system almost every day. However, just a few hundred years ago discovering new planets wasn't something that happened every day. Come learn about the dramatic stories of the discoveries of Uranus and Neptune.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will learn why the discoveries of Uranus and Neptune are connected to each other. They will also learn about how this episode in the history of astronomy illustrates the real life messiness and controversy that inevitably accompany the process of scientific discovery.

SPEAKERS:
Robinson Yost (Kirkwood Community College: Mechanicsville, IA)

Want to improve student analyzing and interpreting data skills but don’t know where to start? This workshop makes data analysis fun and accessible for you and your students. Learn to interpret and understand real-world data while incorporating math and science concepts. BYOD for optimal impact.

TAKEAWAYS:
Build expertise in nurturing elementary students’ ability to confidently infer meaning from real-world data, bolstering their math and science comprehension.

SPEAKERS:
Jocelyn Foran (Tuva)

How can K-5 teachers directly address and utilize ELA and Math while students are deeply immersed in science learning? Join us to explore how phenomena-based teaching and learning authentically lends itself to content integration and take away tools to implement this approach in your own context.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will gain ideas about how ELA, math and science play a mutually supportive role in figuring out scientific phenomena, and will take away a three-step process to be able to apply these ideas to their own context.

SPEAKERS:
Leslie Stenger (The Lawrence Hall of Science: Santa Rosa, CA), Rebecca Abbott (The Lawrence Hall of Science: Berkeley, CA)

Density of Stellar Materials is a hands-on interactive workshop that focuses on understanding density and volume, through a series of practical tests, working out the simulation of stellar materials low and high density as they undergo the life cycle of stars.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will learn how to collect data through measurement and use number skills in a practical context. This workshop incorporates math and science comparing the results with observational surveying.

SPEAKERS:
Vernita Adkins (LSU-LIGO Physics and Astronomy Demos (LLPAD): Baton Rouge, LA)

In this session, participants will learn how to develop a problem-based learning cross-curricular curriculum to provide students with inquiry-based learning opportunities with real-world applications.

TAKEAWAYS:
Real-world lessons show students how the lessons in the classroom relate to their everyday lives.

SPEAKERS:
Scarlett Kibler (Redbud Run Elementary School: Winchester, VA)

Using inspiration from Caine's Arcade, students will use STEM principles to create an engineering project (cardboard arcade).

TAKEAWAYS:
Students will be able to use recyclable materials in order to create a functioning machine.

SPEAKERS:
Kimberly McSorley (Franklin Elementary: North Arlington, NJ)

Participants will put themselves into the shoes of various people around the city of Philadelphia to get a sense of how their experiences shape their access to nutritional food. Following this activity, participants will engage in a discussion about their first thoughts about the SSI topic at hand.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants in this session will take away ideas on how to incorporate active student learning about the socio-scientific issue of food insecurity and its effects on school-based achievement.

SPEAKERS:
Shawnee Harvey (teacher: Philadelphia, PA), Abigail Howard (Special Education Teacher: Philadelphia, PA)

CODAP is a free and easy-to-use online data visualization and analysis platform accessible to middle school students. In this session, participants will learn how to leverage CODAP to engage their students in authentic and meaningful data analysis and interpretation.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will come away with new knowledge about how to use CODAP to bring authentic and meaningful data analysis and interpretation to their classrooms.

SPEAKERS:
David McKinney (Senior Research Associate: Albany, CA)

Innovative strategies and practical approaches to integrate real-world problems into classroom activities for kindergarten to 2nd-grade educators. Discover how to cultivate critical thinking, collaboration, and creativity in young learners as they tackle authentic challenges.

SPEAKERS:
Gabriella Lamothe (Teacher: Atlanta, GA)

Explore density with hands-on activities in 'Layers of Learning: Exploring Density through Student Sensemaking.' Engage in creating density columns to understand matter and enhance science teaching with practical strategies.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will learn to use density columns for teaching, apply sensemaking in science education, and integrate student-driven inquiry to boost understanding and engagement.

SPEAKERS:
Anthony Cohutt (Thurston Middle School: Sharon, MA)

Physical and engaging classroom activity to explore motion calculations and graphing.

TAKEAWAYS:
Teachers explore motion graphing from students perspective, learning tricks to address common misconceptions.

SPEAKERS:
Mishael Sedas (LIGO Livingston Observatory: Geismar, LA), Sophia Crook (LIGO Livingston Observatory: Livingston, LA)

Increase student engagement in analysis and evaluation of real data. Engage students of different ability levels in mathematical models with measurements not previously accessible in the classroom.

TAKEAWAYS:
Collect and use real data to develop mathematical models and learn how to test your hypothesis by performing an experiment and analyzing your results, combining graphing calculators with several wireless sensors to maximize instructional time.

SPEAKERS:
Karlheinz Haas (retired: Tequesta, FL)

Good problem-solving in physics is more than algebraic manipulation. Students can learn and you can assess problem-solving through multiple avenues, including graphs, representations, and more.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will learn how to assess student problem-solving ability and conceptual understanding through students' use of multiple representations and approaches in physics classrooms.

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

How can we create a visual representation of sound waves? This session will explore a cross curricular PBL unit that takes students through the process of creating visual art from a sound recording.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will explore an overview of a cross-curricular PBL unit on creating art from sound waves created in the Audacity app. Attendees will practice creating and exporting a sound wave and then using a graphic design app to create an art piece. Student samples of 3D artwork will be displayed.

SPEAKERS:
Cheryl Szurkowski (Ursuline Academy: Aston, PA), Eileen Koenig (Ursuline Academy: Cochranville, PA)

This presentation will focus on the development and utilization of openly licensed math materials (OER) to support Technical Courses and on knowledge and experience with open content and open pedagogy, strategies and tools for creating content and curriculum that is inclusive of all students.

TAKEAWAYS:
Explore resources dealing with open content and open pedagogy related to technical courses.

SPEAKERS:
Esperanza Zenon (River Parishes Community College: Lacombe, LA)

Graduates with data literacy skills will have an advantage. Data is ubiquitous in today’s workplaces, particularly in STEM. Yet, what does it mean to be data literate? We will share a framework for developing fundamental data literacy skills and handouts that can be used to promote them.

TAKEAWAYS:
Educators will learn how students’ data literacy skills progress and ways to help students: ask and pursue questions, create graphs, expect variability, analyze data, interpret patterns, and communicate findings.

SPEAKERS:
Jocelyn Foran (Tuva)

Poll results are in the news during an election year. We will discuss the science and math behind polling and sampling, and engage in an inquiry activity in which small groups will design a procedure based on random sampling, collect data, and draw inferences about a population.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will be able to confidently facilitate an inquiry investigation with their own students that teaches the statistical concepts behind random sampling/sample size and the applications to polling and experimental design.

SPEAKERS:
Ellen Schiller (Grand Valley State University, Robert C. Pew Campus: Nunica, MI)