Friday, October 7, 2011
8:00-11:30 AM
3-HOUR SESSIONS – Energy Break 9:30-10:00 Sponsored by
Pearson
Cholla II
Simple Sensational Science: Hands-On Discovery Using Tools
and Technology
Laura Conley
Pre-K-2
Build vocabulary and knowledge through applicable hands-on science
experiments. Conduct fabulous science activities using classroom tools and
accessible items to teach data classification, observation and experimentation.
Help encourage children’s natural curiosity and refine their inner scientist!
Palo Verde III
Cootie Genetics: An Interactive Way to Teach Middle School
Genetics
Kenric Kesler and Nadja Anderson
6-8
Cootie Genetics is a computer-based program that allows students to track the
genetic changes based on random selection of alleles. Participants will work with
the program and activity and discuss ways they might integrate it into their
classroom.
Sirrine
NASA STEM Program
Catherine Phalen, Mary Bridget Samson, Mike Warner, and
6-8, 9-12
Aaron Jarvis
We will be centering our presentation around the following topics based on the
modeling and simulation workshop we attended at Kennedy Space Center for two
weeks this past summer. The grade levels are 7-12. All of the activities could be
scaled up or down depending on the level taught. In the lesson plans that we will
be providing to the participants, there will be a wide variety of concepts and
strands covered, and they will cover a variety of science and math areas. The
concepts and strands will be specifically listed on each lesson plan.
Cholla I
Putting a Stake in the Ground: Defining Effective STEM
Education
Mary Ann Stoll and Virgil Prokopich
3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Engage with the Next Generation STEM Education Leaders program to answer the
question, “What is Effective STEM Education?” and provide guidance for
developing a STEM focus in your classrooms and schools.
Friday, October 7, 2011
Robson
Bio-Rad: Forensic DNA Fingerprinting Kit (2.5 hrs; AP Biology
Lab 6)
Damon Tighe and Leigh Brown
9-12, 13+
Restriction enzyme digestion and DNA gel electrophoresis create a DNA
fingerprint that is helpful in determining which suspect committed the crime.
Extend this kit with a plasmid mapping activity using the plasmid DNA restriction
patterns from the experiment.
Crismon
Wind Turbine Design Challenges: Teaching Energy Concepts
and Scientific Methods
Karin Wadsack
6-8, 9-12
Teachers will perform hands-on wind turbine design activities for weightlifting
and electricity generation. We will present related curriculum appropriate for
grades 6-12. All participants will receive lessons and kits.
8:00-9:00 AM
1-HOUR SESSIONS
Conference Theatre
Learning Science in Informal Environments
Laura Martin
3-5
What is the value of field trips? Learn what research says about informal science
learning and how student interest develops. Explore ways to bring the enthusiasm
back to the classroom.
Pomeroy
Hands-On vs. Inquiry: Do Your Lessons Meet Strand 1
Requirements?
Suzi Shoemaker
Pre-K-2, 3-5, 6-8
How do you take a lab activity and turn it into an inquiry-based science lesson?
This session focuses on how to revise an activity to meet the inquiry strand.
Friday, October 7, 2011
Palo Verde I
I See What You Mean – Developing Visual Literacy
JoAnne Vasquez
All
Have you ever tried to assemble a child’s toy or undertake a home repair without
the aid of a picture, illustration, or diagram? Such tasks are almost impossible if
you do not have a “visual text” to help you interpret and make sense of the
written instruction. Helping students interpret, understand and apply the visuals
and illustrations in their science experiences provides an opportunity for them to
improve their understanding of the content. This hands-on, interactive workshop
will provide you with current research and strategies for helping improve your
students’ visual literacy skills. Book signing in Exhibit Hall following session.
9:10-10:10 AM
1-HOUR SESSIONS
Palo Verde II
Natural Approach to Chemistry: Subscripts
Oralia Gil
9-12
Keep students from getting confused with a powerful way to learn the meaning of
chemical formulas and key concepts of stoichiometry using a molecular modeling
kit developed for teaching core concepts!
Conference Theatre
Bolstering Students’ Pursuit of STEM Through Families and
Motivational Beliefs
Sandi Simpkins
3-5, 6-8, 9-12, SL
The presentation will summarize (1) who selects STEM pursuits and a discussion
of the groups most likely to drop out, and (2) the importance of families and
students’ motivation for their STEM success.
Pomeroy
Hands-On vs. Inquiry: Do Your Lessons Meet Strand 1
Requirements?
Suzi Shoemaker
9-12
How do you take a lab activity and turn it into an inquiry-based science lesson?
This session focuses on how to revise an activity to meet the inquiry strand.
Palo Verde I
Apropos Summation: A New Content Literacy Strategy!
Amy Smith
Learn a content literacy strategy allowing students to build vocabulary,
comprehend, and make personal connections with text. You’ll take home
templates for implementing Apropos Summation.
6-8
Friday, October 7, 2011
10:10-10:30 AM ENERGY BREAK IN EXHIBIT HALL
Sponsored by Pearson
10:30-11:30 AM 1-HOUR SESSIONS
Pomeroy
ELL Science Students and Literacy
Cheryl McCaw and Korin Forbes
Pre-K-2, 3-5
Do you work with ELL students? Join us to learn fun, practical classroom strategies
for integrating science and literacy that meet all standards – ELP, science and the
new English language arts. This session will focus on students in the K-6
classroom.
Conference Theatre
How to Best Support New Science Teachers: An NSF Funded
Study
Irasema Ortega and Julie Luft
6-8, 9-12, SL
In this presentation, we will share research findings from a five-year study of
beginning secondary science teachers. Our findings have implications for
administrators, mentors, and the design of induction programs.
11:30 AM12:30 PM
ASTA Lunch – Sponsored by Lakeshore Learning Materials
Palo Verde I & II
Keynote Speaker: Joyce Schaffer, RN, Scottsdale Healthcare
“Cancer Research – Making it Personal”
12:30-4:00 PM
3-HOUR SESSION – Energy Break 2:40-3:00 Sponsored by
Pearson
Crismon
Saving Energy; Saving Our Night Sky
Constance Walker and Robert Sparks
3-5, 6-8, 9-12, 13+
Students discover how to conserve energy while preserving dark skies through
standards-based, immersive learning experiences illustrating responsible lighting,
effects on wildlife, night-sky brightness measurements and more. Mini-kits may
be possible.
Friday, October 7, 2011
12:30-1:30 PM
1-HOUR SESSIONS
Sirrine
Game On! Gaming as Science Assessment
Kirstin Bittel and David Niecikowski
6-8, 9-12, 13+
Tired of the same old performance assessments? Come see how games and game
design can be used to evaluate student understanding of major science concepts.
Leave with a four-week plan to use right away.
Palo Verde III
7 Billion and Counting: Lessons for Our Planet’s Future
Sara Jenkins
6-8
Engage in innovative activities to explore connections between human population
growth, resource consumption and the changing face of our planet. Free CD-ROM
of activities.
Cholla I
Conceptual Modeling in Sustainability Science Education
Auriane Koster and Sanra Rodegher
9-12, 13+
The seminar introduces conceptual modeling of sustainability science to
participants. Participants will learn how to use systems diagramming and
modeling to teach students about the complexity of global challenges.
Pomeroy
Ignite Your Students’ STEM Skills with PASCO’s Investigating
Mitochondrial Genetics Kit
Jason Lovell
9-12
Explore the connections between mitochondrial DNA, the electron transport
chain, and human health and disease when you participate in a hands-on activity
from PASCO’s Advanced Biology Guide.
Conference Theatre
Differentiating Instruction in Science
Vicki Massey
3-5, 6-8
How can science teachers meet the needs of so many students? Find out
strategies to teach the same performance objective to students of varying
abilities.
Friday, October 7, 2011
Cholla II
STC®: Rocks and Minerals
Miguel Gil
3-5
What child hasn’t come home with some interesting stones in a pocket? This
hands-on unit lets students build on a natural curiosity as they explore the
properties of rocks and minerals. Session starts with overview of the STC®
curriculum, followed by sample unit activities.
Robson
Curriculum On Biomedical Ignorance: The Virtual Clinical
Research Center/Questionarium
Marlys Witte, MD
6-8, 9-12, 13+
The Virtual Clinical Research Center/Questionarium is an online platform
connected with our true-inquiry-based curriculum to expand horizons, generate
interest in science, and educate students for the 21st century.
1:40-4:40 PM
3-HOUR SESSIONS – Energy Break 3:20-3:50 Sponsored by
Pearson
Cholla I
Engaging All Students in Productive Science Talk
Lynette Charlie, MAT
Pre-K-2, 3-5, 6-8
Educators will become familiar with the role of whole-group discussions in science
teaching. Attendees will learn strategies to establish norms, expectations and
skills necessary to engage students in productive whole-group discussions.
Sirrine
Promoting Math/Science Using Robotics
Bill Johnson and Erik Von Burg
3-5, 6-8
This is a hands-on workshop. Participants will build/program/operate Lego robots
and learn how robotics can be used to help students learn problem-solving skills
and apply their math skills. Attendees should bring their own computer.
Pomeroy
Champions for Change: An Integrated Approach to Science and
Literacy Learning
Jane Poynter, Joan Gilbert, Corrine Blum, and Betsy Wilkening
6-8
Boost student learning and scores through project-based learning using
Champions for Change as a resource. Science and Language Arts educators will be
given the tools to plan, develop, and implement an integrated unit that will ignite
student engagement and increase student retention of knowledge and skills. Book
signing in Exhibit Hall following session.
Friday, October 7, 2011
Conference Theatre
River Pathways
Steven Prager and Cathy Wise
9-12
Teachers will be introduced to Audubon Arizona’s River Pathways curriculum,
which teaches students about Arizona’s riparian areas and their threats and need
for management through classroom activities and field experiences.
Palo Verde I
The IEEE Teacher In-Service Program/Engineers In the
Classroom (TISP/EIC)
John Purchase and Stuart Wecker
6-8, 9-12
If students are to become interested in science, they have to see and understand
how the scientific principles relate to their everyday life. To do this, a team of two
to five retired IEEE engineers puts on a project-based science lesson at a middle
school. A lesson takes three or four 45-minute class periods and includes a
lecture, hands-on demonstrations, and a construction project. This presentation
includes an example hands-on lesson plan with demonstrations and a project.
Robson
Bio-Rad: Enzymes and Biofuels – Go from Grass to Gas! (AP Lab
2)
Damon Tighe and Leigh Brown
9-12, 13+
Reveal the power of enzyme kinetics! In this workshop, you will determine the
rate of reaction for a key enzyme in the production of cellulosic ethanol,
cellobiase.
1:40-2:40 PM
1-HOUR SESSIONS
Palo Verde III
Discovery with the Digiscope
Nancy Foote and Laurie Enos
6-8
Discover the unseen and microscopic world by learning how to use a simple digital
microscope, and then gain experience by performing three middle school level
activities.
Cholla II
Making the Connection: STC®: Electric Circuits
Miguel Gil
3-5
Make a complex subject easy to understand. This hands-on unit about electricity
helps students to answer many of their own questions about its properties and
uses. Session starts with overview of the STC® curriculum, followed by sample
activities. Developed by the NSRC, STC® is available only from Carolina Biological
Supply Company.
Friday, October 7, 2011
Palo Verde II
Corn Chips and the Gulf Dead Zone
Michele Thorne and Jeffrey Garrett
6-8, 9-12
Guide teachers through a microbiology module designed to show how nutrient
runoff from farms affects surrounding ecosystems. Teachers will learn how to do
a nutrient enrichment and photosynthesis lab.
2:40-3:10 PM
ENERGY BREAK IN EXHIBIT HALL
Sponsored by Pearson
3:10-4:10 PM
1-HOUR SESSIONS
Cholla II
STEM and Elementary Education – A Schoolwide Model
Shaun Holmes Diana Campbell, Christine Loots,
Pre-K-2, 3-5, 6-8, SL
Bret Loucks, and Jen Velez
Those interested in learning about the transformational journey of one elementary
school to a STEM focus will be given great ideas for pursuing similar
transformations.
Palo Verde III
21st Century Skills/STEM – Science, Technology, Engineering
and Mathematics
Al Merino
Pre-K-2, 3-5, 6-8
21st century skills are best taught in the context of the core subject areas. Science
makes an ideal subject for integrating these important skills. It involves the use of
many skills, including inquiry, collaboration and problem solving. In this workshop,
teachers will explore STEM lessons and activities along with video-based projects
that can/will help their students prepare for success in the workplace and in life.
Palo Verde II
Building Science Literacy
Diane Miller
Pre-K-2, 3-5
In this fun and engaging session, we will explore content literacy and vocabulary
strategies for the science classroom. Participants will leave with a process for the
introduction of difficult texts and vocabulary that can be immediately
implemented into their classrooms.
Friday, October 7, 2011
4:20-5:20 PM
1-HOUR SESSIONS
Crismon
Science in Global Issues: Biology
Oralia Gil
9-12
Enhance student interest in learning about dynamic ecosystems by integrating
sustainability issues such as fisheries management and invasive species into
standards-based lessons using hands-on activities.
Palo Verde III
AAEE and You: Helping Teachers Use the Environment as the
Integrating Context for Science Learning
Sapna Sopori
All
The Arizona Association for Environmental Education is here to help you! Join this
interactive, engaging workshop to learn more about programs AAEE has to offer
science teachers at all grades.
Cholla II
Seeing the Invisible Universe
Robert Sparks
6-8, 9-12
Take your students into the realm of infrared and ultraviolet light using
inexpensive materials in a series of engaging, hands-on activities, and learn how
astronomers study the universe.
Palo Verde II
SAS Curriculum Pathways: Free Online Content for Teaching and
Learning
Allen Swanson and Emily Mann
9-12, 13+
SAS Curriculum Pathways is a free online resource for students and teachers,
providing standards-based content in all the core disciplines, grades 8-14. Activities
and interactivities for Earth science through physics.
5:20-6:00 PM
EXHIBIT HALL OPEN
6:30-9:00 PM
ASTA CELEBRATION SOCIAL
AT THE ARIZONA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
Sponsored by Helios Education Foundation
53 N. Macdonald, Mesa