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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Building on students’ experiences to teach climate change aligned to science standards with 4th and 5th graders

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

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 277


STRAND: Curriculum and Assessment

Show Details

This session provides 5 lessons for 4th and 5th grade classrooms that supports students' awareness and making sense of lived experiences with climate change and climate change disasters toward development of 3D understanding of standards-aligned science knowledge.

TAKEAWAYS:
How to apply NGSS (and other standards frameworks) for a student-centered approach to science learning about local climate change hazards, solutions and concerns, while supporting conversations about community resilience.

SPEAKERS:
Ayca Fackler (University of Missouri: Columbia, MO), Julie Luft (University of Georgia: Athens, GA)

YouthAstroNet: Promoting equitable STE(A)M learning using online telescopes

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

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 285


STRAND: Students and Sensemaking

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The sky belongs to everyone - including middle-school age youth. Learn how to join the YouthAstroNet program of the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, where students practice sense-making by telling their own star stories using images they capture from real robotic telescopes.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will learn YouthAstroNet’s strategies for engaging students from culturally diverse backgrounds in exploring their place in the cosmos through sense-making of astronomical images and find out how to join the YouthAstroNet community, supported by the National Science Foundation.

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

Teaching Science is Phenomenal!

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

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 283



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NSTA NOLA '24 - Teaching Science is Phenomenal - Bluebird.pdf

STRAND: Students and Sensemaking

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When students encounter intriguing phenomena, their innate instincts to question and explore are activated. To truly grasp this concept, you have to experience it! We're going to go through a set of learning experiences (shortened for time) that are based on a phenomenon.

TAKEAWAYS:
This immersive journey into the heart of science education, where phenomena are the gateway to deeper understanding and lifelong curiosity, can be integrated into any science classroom. Invaluable phenomena resources will be shared to enrich lessons and foster a culture of inquiry.

SPEAKERS:
Sara Tolman (SET2Teach, LLC/Idaho Department of Education: No City, No State)

Swing Me Higher: Investigating the Motion of a Pendulum

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

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 387



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NSTA Participants Pendulum Swing Powerpoint Presentation.pptx
Presentation PowerPoint
Swing Me Higher Handouts.pdf

STRAND: STEM Haven

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Investigating the motion of a pendulum will help your students understand gravity's effect on an object and Newton's First Law of Motion.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will be able to relate pendulums to Newton's first law of motion and determine how the motion of the pendulum is related to its length.

SPEAKERS:
Dr. Diane Smith (Wells Academic and Performing Arts Complex: No City, No State)

Stoichiometry: Visual & Hands-On Strategies for Student Success

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

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 254


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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.

The National Magnet Lab presents Tesla Tales

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

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 278


STRAND: STEM Haven

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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)

Crash Cushion Design Challenge: A Lesson on Collisions

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

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 254


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Sponsoring Company: PASCO Scientific

Engage students in a real-world engineering challenge! Learn how students can design and test crash barriers with live collision data to explore the link between momentum and impact forces. Analyze the resulting data to improve upon further design iterations.

Engineer Physical Science Excitement with a Carolina STEM Challenge®

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

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 260


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Sponsoring Company: Carolina Biological Supply Company

Apply creative problem-solving skills and engineering practices to chemistry and physical science challenges with race cars and rockets. Experience how Carolina makes it easy to incorporate STEM into your classroom.

SPEAKERS:
Patti Kopkau (Carolina Biological Supply Co.: Burlington, NC)

Escape Traditional Assessment - Building Physical Escape Rooms and Bringing Learning and Logic Together

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

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 384



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Escaping Traditional Assessment.pptx

STRAND: Curriculum and Assessment

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Have you ever been to an escape room? Want to turn your classroom into the same experience and not just have kids open envelopes? This session will show you an escape room designed for the Physics classroom and tools to help build your own on a concept of your choosing in any Science classroom.

TAKEAWAYS:
This session will help you see the actual thought behind the puzzle making for a meaningful escape room and how it transforms the learning and engagement of students when you bring the room to life. This style of assessment has proved to have the best engagement of any strategy we have used.

SPEAKERS:
Gregory Brown (Gila Ridge High School: Yuma, AZ)

Transforming Science Learning: Personalized Learning of Crosscutting Concepts Using AI

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

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 394



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Transforming Education
Transforming Science Learning Personalized Learning of Crosscutting Concepts Using AI

STRAND: Tech Tools

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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)

Generating Classroom lessons from NSF funded facility resources

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

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 294


STRAND: Curriculum and Assessment

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Explore free existing K12 resources and contribute to the development of new resources through collaborative engagement with three US NSF-funded facilities. Experiment with activities on electromagnetism, light and wave interference.

TAKEAWAYS:
Resources from NSF facilities are useful in connecting the NGSS aligned K-12 classroom to current, cutting-edge science efforts that are implementing Science and Engineering practices in real-time.

SPEAKERS:
Carlos Villa (National High Magnetic Field Laboratory: Tallahassee, FL), Robert Sparks (NSF's NOIRLab: Tucson, AZ), William Katzman (LIGO's Science Education Center: Livingston, LA)

Encourage Curiosity, Spark Inquiry: Teach students to ask their own questions

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

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 388



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Presentation PowerPoint

STRAND: Curriculum and Assessment

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The Question Formulation Technique (QFT), created by the Right Question Institute, will be explored in a hands-on, multidisciplinary, teacher-to-teacher training session exploring “How can we work together on creating more opportunities for all students to ask their own questions?”

TAKEAWAYS:
This session will give educators a proven and novel instructional strategy, and teachers who participate in the session will understand the mechanics of the QFT strategy, have experience practicing the QFT strategy, and obtain concrete examples of how to use the QFT strategy in their classrooms.

SPEAKERS:
Katy Connolly (Right Question Institute: Cambridge, MA), Maureen McGrail (University of Notre Dame: Notre Dame, IN)

OpenSciEd: Exploring Next-Gen Science with Sensor-Based Data Collection

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

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 254


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Sponsoring Company: PASCO Scientific

Discover how PASCO's innovative equipment seamlessly integrates with OpenSciEd's standards-based curriculum. Engage in hands-on Middle School investigations. See how sensor-based data transforms traditional labs into dynamic learning experiences, empowering students to think like scientists.

How to Enrich STEM learning with a Classroom Pet, Your Blueprint for STEM Success

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

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 243


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Sponsoring Company: Pets in the Classroom

Learn about new STEM tools teachers are using for innovative standards based instruction by engaging students with a classroom pet. 98% of teachers reporting see increase in student responsibility and student engagement. Grants are available to help teachers with pet expenses.

The Case of The Murdered Mayor – Solve a Forensic Case Using Multiple Lines of Evidence

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

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 260


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Sponsoring Company: Carolina Biological Supply Company

Assume the role of a crime scene investigator to solve a realistic crime scenario. Students use fingerprint, hair analysis, tire track impressions, blood typing, forensic entomology, and a police log review to identify a primary suspect from a pool of 6 alleged perpetrators.

SPEAKERS:
Laurie Nixon (Watauga High School: Boone, NC)

EC: Integrating Science Into Language Arts and Language Arts into Early Childhood Science: Physical Science

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

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 270



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Slides Session 3 of 4, Physical Science
Slides from Session 3 of 4 or Integrating Science into Language Arts and Language Arts into Science from the NSTA 2024 NOLA Early Childhood - Lower Elementary Pathway

STRAND: Students and Sensemaking

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This session is the third of a series of four - join for one or more - focused on early childhood science and language arts integration. Engage with concrete examples of interdisciplinary connections focused on physical science. Part of the NSTA Early Childhood/Lower Elementary Science Pathway.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will be able to plan and implement instruction that integrates early childhood physical science and language arts learning targets with fidelity.

SPEAKERS:
Jenn Brown-Whale (Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE): Baltimore, MD)

Phenomenal Science: Engaging Middle School Students with PEEPs (Personal Explorations of Everyday Phenomena)

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

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 298



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NSTA Pinner Wissman Flyer.pdf
NSTA Pinner Wissman.pptx

STRAND: Students and Sensemaking

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Engaging middle school students.

TAKEAWAYS:
PEEPs impact student engagement resulting in increased proficiency results in science and engineering assessments.

SPEAKERS:
Carri Wissman (Hilo Intermediate School: Hilo, HI), Pascale Pinner (Hilo Intermediate School: Hilo, HI)

BIG! Build It Green - a middle school energy unit with an architectural design emphasis

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

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 274


STRAND: Curriculum and Assessment

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This 60-minute workshop presents a new NSF-funded Middle School science storyline curriculum unit called Build it Green! (BIG!). BIG! addresses human impacts of energy systems through a green building engineering design process.

TAKEAWAYS:
Workshop participants will learn about our 14-lesson unit, the standards it addresses, and its unique use of digital tools, architectural design, and hands-on learning. Participants have a chance to engage with a new digital design tool that was made for BIG! using authentic architectural data.

SPEAKERS:
Caiden Webb (Graduate Student), Rebekah Snyder (University of Missouri: Columbia, MO)

Developing Culturally Relevant Physics Instructional Units Using the NGSS

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

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 388



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Materials.pdf
Materials: Projector and Screen: For displaying the PowerPoint slides. Laptops/Devices for Participants: Encourage participants to bring laptops or tablets to access any digital resources, Mentimeter, or work on lesson redesigns. Wi-Fi Access: Make sure there’s reliable Wi-Fi for the interactive elements like Mentimeter, and for participants to access online resources. Mentimeter Account: For collecting survey responses from participants during the Framing the Problem section. Printed Hando

STRAND: Curriculum and Assessment

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This workshop will focus on describing methods that physics teachers can use to develop instructional units leveraging students' cultural resources as a way to engage with physics ideas. We will go through the process of developing these units and designing assessments.

TAKEAWAYS:
The takeaway from this workshop is that physics teachers will gain a reference and a clear outline of steps for developing instructional units. These units will be especially useful for students from backgrounds where physics is not typically emphasized.

SPEAKERS:
Clausell Mathis (Assistant Professor: , MI)

Egg Dash

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

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 297


STRAND: STEM Haven

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Students explore Newton’s Laws of Motion as a member of an automotive engineering team preparing for the Egg Dash. These collaborative engineers investigate speed and velocity while thinking critically and creatively to design and optimize a model race car capable of beating a rival team’s racer.

TAKEAWAYS:
This hands-on session will present a micro- and macro-look at a dynamic, 21-Century unit in collaborative science. This STEM unit encourages students to communicate their findings, think both critically and creatively, and collaborate to produce a successful racer in a final performance assessment.

SPEAKERS:
Samantha Meehan (Classroom Teacher: Brookline, NH), Gregory Snoke (Brookline School District: , NH)

Flight, Forces, Fruit, and Fowl: Exploring Wing Loading in a Hands-On Lesson for Physical and Life Science Classrooms

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

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 294


STRAND: No Strand

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Discover how the concept of wing loading influences the physics of airplane flight, bird wings, and wind-dispersed seeds. From aerodynamics to ecological adaptations, this hands-on lesson will explore the interconnectedness of flight across diverse organisms and systems.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will learn how to calculate and apply the concept of wing loading to the flight dynamics of airplanes, birds, and wind-dispersed seeds. Life science and physical science teachers will leave with lesson plans and resources to take back to their classrooms.

SPEAKERS:
Matthew McVay (Clinical Lecturer: Auburn University, AL)

Exploring OpenSciEd Middle School from Carolina (6-8)

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

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 261


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Sponsoring Company: Carolina Biological Supply

Discover how the Carolina Certified Edition enhanced these high-quality instructional materials, making them more accessible, user-friendly, and safer for classroom use. Participate in the featured light box model activity from 6.1: Light & Matter unit and walk away with valuable resources.

SPEAKERS:
Cory Ort (Carolina Biological Supply Co.: Burlington, NC)

Investigating Force, Motion, and Energy with LEGO® Education

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

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 240/241


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Sponsoring Company: LEGO Education

Experience hands-on STEAM learning with LEGO® Education! In this session, you'll explore cause-and-effect, model real-world phenomena, and analyze data to solve problems. Discover how our solutions help students understand force, motion, and energy while bringing learning to life through play.

Teaching Physics Using Multiple Representations

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

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 384


STRAND: Curriculum and Assessment

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This session will focus on using multiple types of representations to foster a deeper understanding of physics concepts. More than just math, using graphs, charts, pictures, and more gives students many opportunities to demonstrate their understanding and dive deeper into content.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will leave with engaging classroom strategies that can be used to deepen students' understanding of physics content. In addition to teacher-made classroom resources, teachers will gain the tools to develop their own materials that they can adapt to their own unique needs.

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

Innovative Designs and Active Learning in Secondary Science through an Equitable, Diverse, and Inclusive Engineering Design Process

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

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 288


STRAND: STEM Haven

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Students in diverse groups designed a 3D car to travel fast and far using the engineering design process. This collaborative approach, tailored to their interests and abilities, boosted their interest, learning, and sense of science identity, supported by self-discovery and teacher recognition.

TAKEAWAYS:
Implementing the Engineering Design Process equitably, collaborating in diverse groups based on skills and interests, with teacher recognition, enhances student interest, engagement, learning, and science identity, fostering a sense of belonging and competence in scientific activities.

SPEAKERS:
Massa Mafi (Postdoctoral Researcher: Lawrence, KS)

Exploring Newton's 3rd Law with Fan Carts

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

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 299


STRAND: Students and Sensemaking

Show Details

Participants will build a fan cart to explore Newton's 3rd Law of Motion which would be appropriate for middle school and high school physical science.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will learn a deeper understanding of the physical phenomena of Newton's 3rd Law with action-reaction pairs as it occurs with building their own small fan cart.

SPEAKERS:
Sophia Crook (LIGO Livingston Observatory: Livingston, LA)

Polishing Students’ Argumentation Skills: Using Discussion Diamonds to Support Evidence-Based Discourse and Writing

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

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 388



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Polishing Students’ Argumentation Skills.pptx

STRAND: Curriculum and Assessment

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Experience how discussion diamonds can help support students’ argumentation skills and Claim Evidence Reasoning writing through peer discourse. This workshop will introduce the discussion diamond protocol and allow participants to engage in the activity from the students’ perspective.

TAKEAWAYS:
The discussion diamond protocol is a versatile tool that can be adapted for students of varying skill levels and across any subject. It provides a supportive environment for students to engage in discourse and develop their argumentation skills.

SPEAKERS:
Nicole Ciccarello (Beverly Hills High School: Beverly Hills, CA)

No Yolk! Modern Day Egg Drop

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

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 385


STRAND: Students and Sensemaking

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Move beyond the need to buy and break eggs and into the world of the digital egg drop. Participants will learn how to program a digital data collection device to measure acceleration, build their egg drop device, and engineer improvements until they can keep their digital egg from cracking!

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will employ all aspects of STEM to the egg drop, including the physics of collisions, the technology of data collection, the engineering of their egg device and modifications, and the math used in analyzing collisions—all without the mess and waste of a typical egg drop!

SPEAKERS:
Brad Posnanski (Comsewogue High School: Port Jefferson Station, NY), Todd Graba (Crystal Lake South High School: Crystal Lake, IL)

It's All Fun and Games in High School Chemistry

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

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 397



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It's All Fun and Games in HS Chemistry
It's All Fun and Games in HS Chemistry printable and downloadable files - rules and materials

STRAND: Curriculum and Assessment

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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)), Tracy Smith (New Trier High School, Winnetka Campus: Winnetka, IL)

Circuits Made Easy: Untangle Your Circuit Labs!

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

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 254


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Sponsoring Company: PASCO Scientific

Experience the best way to teach basic circuits! Learn how to build circuits with modular components that look identical to schematic drawings. We'll show you how to skip the tangled wires that confuse students so you can focus on the physics.

Teaching Engineering, Motion, and Energy through Rube Goldberg

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

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 294


STRAND: No Strand

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This introduction to STEM for elementary, secondary, or special education classrooms will allow participants to explore motion and energy while creating their own Rube Goldberg machine using found objects.

TAKEAWAYS:
Students can easily plan, build, and problem solve their own Rube Goldberg project using recycled and found materials.

SPEAKERS:
Elaine Sevin (Isidore Newman School: New Orleans, LA)

Go Big or Go Home- with Large Scale Kinesthetic Modeling

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

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - La Nouvelle Orleans Ballroom A


STRAND: No Strand

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Create large scale models and diagrams on a wide variety of subjects in open spaces both on inside floors and outdoors. Learn how to get the most out of your school building spaces and engage your students’ interests using inexpensive materials and kinesthetic activities!

TAKEAWAYS:
You and your students will learn how to make and use large scale models to explore many scientific topics. Using materials like electrical tape, sidewalk chalk, rope and other simple materials, we will make and use large scale models of an ellipse, heart and body systems, cells, water cycle.

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

Stoichiometry: Visual & Hands-On Strategies for Student Success

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

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 254


Show Details

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.

Using Chat GPT to your advantage in your junior high/middle school science class

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

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 394



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CHAT GPT SLIDE SHOW

STRAND: Research to Practice

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Chat GPT is a powerful language model that can be used to create background knowledge for lessons. By using Chat GPT, educators can help students get a starting point for their research and provide them with the necessary information to explore various topics such as periodic table, environment issu

TAKEAWAYS:
One takeaway from this session is that you will understand that ChatGPT is a powerful tool for teachers. This application will allow you to answer questions or ideas you have and improve research activities that might be difficult for students.

SPEAKERS:
Ricardo Padilla (Brookhurst Jr HIgh School)

Level Up: Research Based Ways to Incorporate Student Discourse and Writing into Hands-on Activities

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

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 297



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bit.ly/GISDNSTA
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1xIx3RNuPKourkWe0K4wOU4DmBtZ74kCv87_LR4jJIio/edit?usp=sharing

STRAND: Curriculum and Assessment

Show Details

Join us for an interactive workshop where we delve into research-based methods for seamlessly weaving student discourse and writing into hands-on activities. Discover strategies to engage students in discussions and foster writing skills while they actively participate in learning experiences.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will learn to incorporate strategies that promote student discourse and writing when students engage in hands-on activities. These strategies are research based and focus on ensuring students walk away with deep content understanding while engaging in an interactive learning experiences.

SPEAKERS:
Ashley Shine (Garland Independent School Dis: Garland, TX), Jawan Wiltz (Science Instructional Design Facilitator), Leon Chatman (Garland Independent School District: Garland, TX)

Indigenous Ingenuity in STEM

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

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 386



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https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1zDRAR0814owbc64sTgtLqSRHExdFSddOh0Wd9P9ZVIU/edit?usp=sharing

STRAND: Students and Sensemaking

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This presentation explores strategies for integrating Indigenous knowledge of thermal energy with NGSS standards of Engineering Design, Conservation of Energy, and Energy Transfer. Focusing on culturally relevant pedagogy and authentic opportunities that value Indigenous contributions to STEM.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will receive lessons and extensions that demonstrate indigenous ingenuity connected to NGSS leading to improved student outcomes.

SPEAKERS:
Kim Busch (Ben Steele Middle School: Billings, MT), Jacie Jeffers (Indigenous Education Instructional Coach: Billings, MT), Jessica Felchle (Ben Steele Middle School: Billings, MT)

Crash Cushion Design Challenge: A Lesson on Collisions

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

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 254


Show Details

Sponsoring Company: PASCO Scientific

Engage students in a real-world engineering challenge! Learn how students can design and test crash barriers with live collision data to explore the link between momentum and impact forces. Analyze the resulting data to improve upon further design iterations.

Investigating Force, Motion, and Energy with LEGO® Education

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

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 240/241


Show Details

Sponsoring Company: LEGO Education

Experience hands-on STEAM learning with LEGO® Education! In this session, you'll explore cause-and-effect, model real-world phenomena, and analyze data to solve problems. Discover how our solutions help students understand force, motion, and energy while bringing learning to life through play.

Using The New School (Chat GPT) with The Old School (Thinking Maps and rough drafts) to improve the students scientific writing.

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

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 394



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CHAT GPT Slide Presentation

STRAND: Research to Practice

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Unlocking the Power of Integration: Enhancing Scientific Writing Through a Hybrid Approach. Learn how merging innovative AI tools like ChatGPT with traditional methods such as Thinking Maps and rough drafts enriches students' scientific writing skills, fostering critical thinking and creativity.

TAKEAWAYS:
One takeaway from this session is that you will discover a template for integrating ChatGPT into scientific writing instruction, preserving traditional methods while enhancing student outcomes.

SPEAKERS:
Ricardo Padilla (Brookhurst Jr HIgh School)

Electric Houses

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

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 287



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Link to Student Blueprint Paper
Link to Student Presentation
PDF of Presentation

STRAND: STEM Haven

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In this session, participants will learn how to bring electrical engineering to life with the creation of "Electric Houses". Participants will walk through the steps of turning science standards about electricity into a fully hands on project that involve all types of learners.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will be immersed in a project based activity bringing electricity and circuits to life. Using basic knowledge of electrical circuits, participants will be able to teach concepts in a hands-on immersive way to engage their learners in a real world situation about electrical engineering.

SPEAKERS:
Alicia Reno (STEM - Teacher: Decatur, GA)

Socratic Seminars in the Science Classroom

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

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 383



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Socratic Seminars in the Science Classroom
Example lesson of a Socratic seminar including slideshow, peer and self assessments, textual passage to gather evidence, CER prompt, and rubric.

STRAND: Curriculum and Assessment

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Students are given questions to answer about a scientific phenomenon. They must dig through research and investigations to find their evidence for a group seminar. Students come to the circle prepared to discuss their CER and their own questions. Peers agree or disagree, with evidence of their own.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will participate in a Seminar that teaches the process of how to facilitate. They will also get to participate in one first hand as a demonstration. Attendees will have access to editable google slide presentations, self and peer assessments, and a rubric.

SPEAKERS:
Jodie Landry (STEM Lab K-5: , LA)

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)

Keep Calm and Chemistry On: Successful Lab Activities for the New Chemistry Teacher

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

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 260


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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: Boone, NC)

Helping students learn how to learn: Strategies for lifelong learning taught alongside the NGSS

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

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 261


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Sponsoring Company: Savvas Learning Company

Join us to learn practical ways to help students make sense of phenomena and how to authentically integrate phenomena into your curriculum! Participants will learn principles for effectively using phenomena and experience examples of how phenomena can be integrated into the science classroom.

SPEAKERS:
Jesse Wilcox (University of Northern Iowa: Cedar Falls, IA)

OpenSciEd: Exploring Next-Gen Science with Sensor-Based Data Collection

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

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 254


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Sponsoring Company: PASCO Scientific

Discover how PASCO's innovative equipment seamlessly integrates with OpenSciEd's standards-based curriculum. Engage in hands-on Middle School investigations. See how sensor-based data transforms traditional labs into dynamic learning experiences, empowering students to think like scientists.

Do You Know How to Glow?

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

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


STRAND: Lesson Showcase

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Using Electrical Current and Switches to Light Up Greeting Cards

TAKEAWAYS:
This tutorial is a great introduction for students learning how electricity moves through a wire.

SPEAKERS:
Pepper Thiels (Teacher: , LA)

Science Lab Hacks for Teachers

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

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 399


STRAND: Curriculum and Assessment

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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)

Unlocking Science Success: Navigating Middle School Learning Progressions (6-8)

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

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 260


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Sponsoring Company: Carolina Biological Supply

Take a deeper dive into understanding the importance of learning progressions in 3-dimensional learning using STC Middle School. Experience the importance of a coherent storyline in student understanding. Explore a learning progression using density and walk away with classroom resources.

SPEAKERS:
Cory Ort (Carolina Biological Supply Co.: Burlington, NC)

A Second Grader’s Guide to the Galaxy: Engaging Elementary Aged Audiences in Astrophysics

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

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 284



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Galactic Cosmos Lesson Plan.docx
Instruction Booklet - Life of a Star .pdf
Life of a Star Gameboard.pdf
Life of a Star Star Cards.pdf
The Life of a Star Lesson Plan.docx

STRAND: Curriculum and Assessment

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Come experience the wonder of our universe through the lens of a young learner while taking the abstract out of astrophysics! Join AMNH Educators as they present astrophysics lessons for young audiences, try activities that combat common misconceptions in space science, and receive lesson resources.

TAKEAWAYS:
This session aims to break down the barriers of intimidation that come with teaching an abstract concept like astrophysics and address common misconceptions in space science. Attendees will practice techniques for teaching astrophysics to elementary-aged students using AMNH lessons and activities.

SPEAKERS:
Ilana April (American Museum of Natural History: New York, NY), Kate Schmidt (Museum Educator: New York, NY)

PBL Learning in the Physics Classroom- a year long journey

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

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 384



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PBL physics folder and presentantion

STRAND: Students and Sensemaking

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Learn how one educator used project based learning to create a year long NGSS aligned engaging physics curriculum organized around four projects. Learn about the basics of PBL and how to implement PBL in the physics classroom.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will leave with ready to use PBL Physics units as well as have time to modify those units to make them their own.

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

Young Scientists Making Sense of Sound

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

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 297



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PhysicsOfSound_ExperienceSheet.pdf
pic of Group band at end of Young Scientists Investigate Sound session.jpg
Picture of the group playing music at the end of the session with instruments they created
Young Scientists Investigate Sound pdf of slides from NSTA Nov. 8, 2024.pdf

STRAND: Students and Sensemaking

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Join us as a young scientist to investigate different sounds and how and why they occur. Using simple tools, engage your curiosity about the phenomena of sound as you delve into sensemaking to figure out what causes sound to occur, and how you can stop, start, and change sound.

TAKEAWAYS:
Engage in teacher play, investigate making sense of how sound is made, how to change sound, how to create your own song with rubber bands and a simple board, plus explain all of it with your own words/drawings. First 50 participants will leave with rubber bands, a simple board, and an investigation idea.

SPEAKERS:
Lisa Chizek (Iowa State University: Ames, IA)

The Chemistry and Statistics of the U.S. penny

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

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 397



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Penny_Statistics_NSTA'24-NOLA.pptx

STRAND: STEM Haven

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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: Sterling, CO)

Bringing STEAM and Literacy to the Periodic Table

Friday, November 8 • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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


STRAND: STEM Haven

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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: New York, NY)

Physical Science and Middle School Science: Exploring the Fantastic Elastic Car

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

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 269



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Canva Presentation - Unleash the Thrills of the Rubber Band Car
Wakelet of resources for the Rubber Band Car Project

STRAND: STEM Haven

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Gear up, science teachers! Explore physical science with Fantastic Elastic Cars: build, race, and uncover motion marvels. Get ready for hands-on fun that'll ignite your passion for science!

TAKEAWAYS:
Unleash Science Fun!! Join me to discover a dynamic approach to teaching the Laws of Motion with a burst of fun! Experience the thrill of building rubber band cars to explore motion, friction and mass in action.

SPEAKERS:
Crissy Giacona (St Mary's Dominican High School: New Orleans, LA)

Modeling the Density of Stars

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

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 397


STRAND: STEM Haven

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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): No City, No State)

Circuits Made Easy: Untangle Your Circuit Labs!

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

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 254


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Sponsoring Company: PASCO Scientific

Experience the best way to teach basic circuits! Learn how to build circuits with modular components that look identical to schematic drawings. We'll show you how to skip the tangled wires that confuse students so you can focus on the physics.

Help! I am teaching Physics and I am not a Physics Major!

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

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 388


STRAND: Research to Practice

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This session will provide demos, activities, and advice on how to teach Physics based on NGSS to students at all levels in a secondary setting. New or perhaps new to the subject teachers will leave the session energized and ready to implement new ideas in their classroom.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will be involved in an interactive discussion and conduct various demos and activities aligned with NGSS. They will also learn how to adapt Three Dimensional Learning and phenomena to activities presented.

SPEAKERS:
Misty Heredia (UTRGV: No City, No State)

Using Everyday Items for Elementary Students to Understand Energy Transformations

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

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 295


STRAND: Students and Sensemaking

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Explore through six hands-on stations just as your students would! Confidently teach energy forms and transformations to elementary students with experiments that showcase the science behind everyday objects – batteries, toy cars, glow sticks, an apple, yo-yo, and more!

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will be able to take hands-on experiments and background information that allow elementary students to explore the different forms of energy and how they are transformed right back to their classroom.

SPEAKERS:
Kimberly Swan (The NEED Project: Manassas, VA)

Incorporating Productive Uncertainty in Classroom Investigations

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

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 290



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Productive Uncertainty Workshop Slides

STRAND: Research to Practice

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This session explores how productive uncertainty in science investigations can support meaningful engagement in science practices and conceptual understanding. Participants will engage with uncertainty, analyze examples of elementary students grappling with uncertainty, and explore tools for use.

TAKEAWAYS:
Uncertainty is core to sense-making at all ages. We can elicit and build from specific forms of uncertainty as children move between phenomenon, investigation, evidence, and explanation to support productive classroom sensemaking.

SPEAKERS:
Annabel Stoler (Boston University), Eve Manz (Boston University: Boston, MA)

A Dynamic Facilitation Scaffold to Integrate Instruction across Science and ELA: An approach to support student sensemaking.

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

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 289


STRAND: Students and Sensemaking

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We present a dynamic facilitation scaffold as a teacher tool to support students scientific sensemaking. The scaffold uses disciplinary language as means to develop student reasoning as they engage in science practices. The research based scaffolds support integrated Science and ELA instruction.

TAKEAWAYS:
Elementary teachers will learn about facilitation scaffolds to support student sensemaking when engaged in science practices. Teachers will study a sample scaffold that uses disciplinary language related with the practice of constructing scientific explanations, in context of a force & motion unit.

SPEAKERS:
Patricia Paugh (University of Massachusetts Boston: Dorchester, MA), Tejaswini Dalvi (University of Massachusetts Boston: Dorchester, MA)

Playing With STEM: Free Cross-Curricular Hands-On Labs for the Science and Math Classrooms

Saturday, November 9 • 8:45 AM - 9:15 AM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 290


STRAND: STEM Haven

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Are you looking for an opportunity to bring free hands-on engineering experiences to your students? The labs available work for biology, environmental science, and physical science classes, with cross curricular application in math. Leave with a goody bag of sample labs!

TAKEAWAYS:
In this workshop, teachers will explore the free resources developed by Engineering Tomorrow (“ET”). The ET curriculum of hands-on and virtual labs work for biology, environmental science and physical science classes with cross curricular application in math. Leave with a goody bag of sample labs!

SPEAKERS:
Marissa Maggio (Stuyvesant High School: New York, NY)

Resisting the Urge to Teach and Letting Students Lead the Way: Rebuilding Lesson Plans for Concept Development

Saturday, November 9 • 8:45 AM - 9:15 AM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 385



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NSTA 2024 Resisting the Urge to Teach.pptx

STRAND: Students and Sensemaking

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Leveraging their curiosity for doing science, shifting the work to students, and moving away from delivering content leads to better sense-making of physical phenomena. Rebuild your lesson sequences around student beliefs, doing science to collect evidence, and developing models collaboratively.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will discuss the advantages and challenges of not front-loading content for students, instead beginning with student beliefs. Discover how to revise lessons so students develop claims and improve ideas with evidence, eventually developing models based on observations rather than lecturing.

SPEAKERS:
Marci Harvey (University of North Carolina School of the Arts: Winston Salem, NC)

Using Virtual Reality to Teach Science

Saturday, November 9 • 8:45 AM - 9:15 AM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 273


STRAND: Tech Tools

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In this session, attendees will learn about how virtual reality has shifted Science education in a middle school setting. Teachers are able to blend classroom concepts with virtual reality to create a curriculum that meets the needs of students who now require an immersive educational experience.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will learn about the use of virtual reality in classroom lessons that are guided by NGSS standards and student needs.

SPEAKERS:
Nicole Heaver (STEM Teacher)

Supporting Reading Comprehension in the Science Classroom (by doing things you are probably already doing but with intention!)

Saturday, November 9 • 8:45 AM - 9:15 AM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 269



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Supporting Reading Comprehension in the Sceince Classroom.pdf

STRAND: Curriculum and Assessment

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Admin breathing down your neck because post-pandemic reading scores are low? Let's look at the linguistic strands of reading and apply them to our Science classroom learning. Text structures for constructing meaning in reading are also sense-making structures for Science. Let me explain how...

TAKEAWAYS:
Morphemes, Syntax, Semantics, & Text Structures: Understanding and explaining the ways they overlap in reading instruction and science content instruction.

SPEAKERS:
Brook Frost (Ryan Middle School: Fairbanks, AK)

A Simplified Model to Explain Energy Changes in Physical Systems

Saturday, November 9 • 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 288


STRAND: No Strand

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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: Ladue, MO), Sarah Falkoff (Clayton High School: Clayton, MO)

Using Augmented Reality Simulations to Teach Physics

Saturday, November 9 • 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 394


STRAND: Tech Tools

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Project STEMinAR is a free, augmented reality app for teaching physical science. Bring your mobile device to join us as we demo the simulations, share curricular materials, and discuss preliminary data from this NSF-funded project. Topics include gravity, Newton’s Laws, thermodynamic, and optics.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will learn why and how to use a free augmented reality app and accompanying curricular materials to support physics instruction.

SPEAKERS:
David Rosengrant (University of South Florida St. Petersburg: St. Petersburg, FL), Karina Hensberry (University of South Florida: St Petersburg, FL)

Building Proportional Reasoning Skills to Make Sense of Relationships

Saturday, November 9 • 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 287



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Building Proportional Reasoning Skills.pptx
Proportional Relationships Inquiry Activity Template (1).docx

STRAND: Students and Sensemaking

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Support your students’ proportional reasoning through inquiry activities to deepen their understanding of direct and inverse relationships. With this mathematical skill, they can better predict changes in related variables and effectively explain cause and effect phenomena in the physical sciences.

TAKEAWAYS:
In this session, educators will see a sample activity used to support students of all skill levels in their ability to identify direct and inverse relationships and apply proportional reasoning to predict the cause and effect changes of key variables such as force, mass, and acceleration.

SPEAKERS:
Nicole Ciccarello (Beverly Hills High School: Beverly Hills, CA)

Hot & Cheap – Great Classroom STEM Activities!

Saturday, November 9 • 10:20 AM - 11:20 AM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 287


STRAND: STEM Haven

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Test some heat-treated metal samples; practice your math skills and artistry with a STEAM activity; work in groups for an engineering challenge! There’s a little something for everyone and we won’t judge you for wanting to be hot and cheap in the classroom.

TAKEAWAYS:
Teachers will leave with at least 3 useful lab activities giving opportunities for measurement, math, engineering, collaborative work, and an understanding of the materials around us. All of the activities use easy to find and household materials that are available at low cost.

SPEAKERS:
Briana Richardson (Washington High School: Washington Court House, OH)

Social Emotional Learning and Engineering: Building Community through Meaningful Engineering Tasks using Scrum

Saturday, November 9 • 10:20 AM - 11:20 AM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 288


STRAND: STEM Haven

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This session will engage participants in an engineering task using a project management approach called Scrum. Embedded throughout the experience, we will demonstrate how we explicitly teach students SEL. We will share our classroom experiences and strategies to promote SEL and engineering design.

TAKEAWAYS:
Participants will learn how they can embed an agile project management approach called Scrum and SEL into Engineering Design. We will show strategies we have used to teach SEL and Scrum that have resulted in much more productive group work.

SPEAKERS:
Kathryn Borton (Science Teacher and Ed.D Student: Nevada, IA), Jesse Wilcox (University of Northern Iowa: Cedar Falls, IA)

Layers of Learning: Exploring Density through Student Sensemaking

Saturday, November 9 • 11:40 AM - 12:40 PM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 290


STRAND: Students and Sensemaking

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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: Westwood, MA)

Walking Functions

Saturday, November 9 • 11:40 AM - 12:40 PM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 291



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Walking Functions Lesson Plan

STRAND: Students and Sensemaking

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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: Livingston, LA), Sophia Crook (LIGO Livingston Observatory: Livingston, LA)

Enhancing your STEM projects with Sensors

Saturday, November 9 • 11:40 AM - 12:40 PM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 287



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Google Share
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STRAND: STEM Haven

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We will explore the processes of a STEM project following the Engineering Design Process (EDP) by using data collected by sensors to help teams evaluate the effectiveness of their project.

TAKEAWAYS:
How can we encourage teams to use sensors in their STEM project so that they will better understand the impact of their plan.

SPEAKERS:
David Young (Enter confirmation #)

Connecting Math and Science through Technology: Data Analysis Made Easy

Saturday, November 9 • 11:40 AM - 12:40 PM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 293



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Data_Analysis- NSTA'24-NOLA.pptx

STRAND: Students and Sensemaking

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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: Sterling, CO)

It’s Not Just Algebra: Assessing Student Thinking in Physics Problem-Solving

Saturday, November 9 • 11:40 AM - 12:40 PM

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 385