Workshops Thursday, April 21 W1 9 am 11:50 am Teaching Climate Change Science W2 9:30 am 3:30 pm Engineering is Elementary W4 9am – 12 pm Competency on the Bluffs This hands-on workshop will present lessons based on materials developed by the American Chemical Society and American Meteorological Society. Materials will be provided for use in your classroom. The workshop will introduce teachers to the basics of climate science and provide classroom ready materials and demonstrations that can be used in the classroom as a laboratory experience for students or as outreach activities in the community. Free, downloadable resources including the ACS Climate Science Toolkit and authoritative booklets from the US National Academy of Sciences, the American Association for Advancement of Science, The National Climate Assessment and the American Meteorological Society designed for students and interested citizens will be provided in .pdf format that can be freely downloaded and distributed to students and the public. This hands-on workshop will prepare you to use the Engineering is Elementary curriculum in your classroom. We will focus on developing an understanding of the structure and pedagogy of the curricular materials by actively participating in a variety of actual classroom activities. You will also have the opportunity to browse many of the EiE modules and learn how they support the Next Generation Science Standards at different elementary grades. This workshop is valuable even if your school does not adopt EiE. You will learn about engineering design at the elementary level and its relation to the Science and Engineering Practices in the NGSS. Eric Brunsell is a trained Engineering is Elementary presenter. This workshop is sponsored by UW-Oshkosh. Learn how to create personalized student centered program of learning in your own classroom! I will show you how to develop this in your room! First I will show you the competency based model I created and implemented this year. I will also share the learning n targets I have written based on Next Gen, Common Core, and ACT Science Standards. These will be useful in any science classroom. You will bring your curriculum, learning targets, and a laptop. We will work together to develop a competency based model that you can implement in your classroom. We will work side by side listening to cool tunes, enjoying snacks and camaraderie, and create something you can take back and use right away. I will share the pitfalls and problems that have occurred and the solutions. We will have a spirited conversation about ways to make this work in a variety of classrooms and across disciplines. Incorporated into this workshop will be an introduction to on line learning. (Establishing a digital footprint –W5-is a great follow up to this workshop) $0 $0 $6 W11 9 am – noon Modeling the Molecular World Experience a variety of tactile, physical models of proteins and other tactile teaching tools that make the invisible molecular world come alive for your students. This workshop will introduce teachers to a broad variety of physical models of proteins and student-centered, tactile teaching tools that can be used in middle school and high school bioscience classrooms. Teachers will be introduced to (1)Three different models of double-stranded DNA, (2) Paper Gene Maps – emphasizing the connection between the sequence of nucleotides in mRNA and the sequence of amino acids in the encoded protein. (3) A protein folding kit that emphasizes the basic principles of chemistry that drive protein folding, (4) The Molecular Landscapes of David Goodsell, (5) A Genomic Story – of the Beery Family and the role of whole genome sequencing reaching a molecular diagnosis of a neurological disorder. $0 The materials presented in this workshop will be available for teachers to borrow from the MSOE Model Lending Library. We will also inform teachers of the opportunity to participate in a week-long summer course at MSOE in which the topics of this workshop will be explored at a deeper level. W3 1 pm – 4 pm BYO Fast Plant Grow Chambers Using common hardware store supplies, participants will make and take a practical, versatile and portable classroom grow chamber to augment both current and future Fast Plant research. In this workshop, participants will use supplies commonly found at local hardware store to create their own economical countertop grow chamber for Wisconsin Fast Plant experiments. Grow chamber plans utilizes two milk crates as the foundation upon which a recessed lighting system is attached to provide the 24-hour cool "natural" white fluorescent light and vertical space needed for traditional Fast Plants to grow and develop using traditional watering systems. The use of heavy duty aluminum foil and clear shelf paper provide a more uniform lighting environment and a flexible door system. Participants will be provided instructions on how to modify this “control” chamber to accept narrow range chromatic filters for testing the effect of monochromatic light on the growth and development of Brassica rapa. $60 W5 1 pm – 4 pm Establishing a Digital Footprint Bootcamp Bluffside $3 W10 1 pm – 4 pm Making Workshop: Fabricating Electrical Circuits Do you need a tutorial to get your professional profile set up? Do you want to set up a LinkedIn, Twitter, and or Google Site? How about a Learning Management System? "In today's world as professionals we need to present ourselves on line in a professional manner. In this workshop we will get you set up with a Twitter account and a Linked in account and explore these worlds together. We will also learn how to set up and manage a Google Site. We will also explore setting up an LMS and the ins and outs of that opportunity. Please bring a laptop and your phone in you wish. Tablets are welcome too! This session is not specific to science In this hands-on workshop, learn how to find and utilize repurposed and cheap components for fabricating electrical circuits in grades 3-12. "The materials for creating simple $15 from electrical circuits are easy to find, and often free or cheap. In Repurposed/Cheap the spirit of the Maker Movement, participants will learn how Components to identify and repurpose electrical components by reverse engineering, or dissecting, common and often discarded devices found in homes and schools. Components such as motors, speakers, switches, LED's, wires, resistors, and capacitors can be found in cd/cassette players, audio and video machines, 35mm cameras, telephones and small appliances. Conductors can be fabricated from lead pencils, aluminum foil, Play Dough and other common materials. What cannot be found at hand can usually be purchased inexpensively from local sources or the internet. Participants will also learn how to use plug-in breadboards to connect their components into working circuits. In addition to breadboard circuits, participants will make Alarming Alarms, Bristle-Bots, Earbud Microphones, CD Circus Stunts and Striking Strobe Lights; they will take home a shoe box of stuff for future fun in their classrooms Friday, April 22 W6 8 am – 11 am Inspiration Through Birds W7 9 am – 11 am You Be The Chemist Essential Elementsâ„ Workshop $25 Engage students in science through bird education. Learn about Flying WILD and receive your own educators’ guide! Experience educational techniques indoors and out. Flying WILD is a program of the Council for Environmental Education, sponsored in Wisconsin by the Wisconsin Society for Ornithology and the Wisconsin Bird Conservation Initiative. The Program introduces students to bird conservation through standards-based classroom activities and environmental stewardship projects. The activity guide, Flying WILD, an Educator’s Guide to Celebrating Birds, arms educators with well-organized activities for engaging students in learning through bird education. The guide is a sibling of Project WILD, one of the nation’s most popular environmental education activity guides. Participants will receive a copy of the Flying WILD Guide in addition to literature connections and other bird related resources. The focus of the workshop will be for participants to learn how to use this guide, experience some of the activities, and learn about bird conservation issues. Participants will be engaged in fun, hands-on activities they can use in their classroom. Susan Schuller works at the Wisconsin Center for Environmental Education at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and serves as Wisconsin’s Flying WILD state coordinator. $0 This is a professional development workshop designed to provide K–8 educators—our “essential elements” in education—with methods for teaching chemistry concepts through hands-on learning and real-world connections. Essential Elements is based on the 5E learning cycle approach to teaching. This cycle allows students to build their own understanding of new concepts from both old ideas and their W8 2 pm – 3:30 pm Up, Up and Away with the lessons from the Civil Air Patrol own experiences. Each part of the cycle describes a phase of learning: engage, explore, explain, elaborate, and evaluate. During an Essential Elements workshop, the instructor will lead educators through a full 5E learning cycle utilizing a lesson from CEF's Activity Guides. Educators then get a chance to collaborate and plan their own 5E lesson from additional Activity Guides, and will receive resources to take back to their learners. Looking for free STEM materials and programs? Come and join this presentation where you can find out details of becoming an educator member of the Civil Air Patrol, the official civilian auxiliary of the United States Air Force. An AEM (Aerospace Education Member) is a special CAP member who receives products and programs designed especially for teaching aerospace and integrating this fascinating subject into the curriculum. Your membership provides lasting benefits that include access to hundreds of K-12 activities and curriculum, a free airplane flight at your local airport, and the opportunity to apply for grants and FREE STEM Kits including flight simulators, robotics and telescopes for your classroom. Join me in this workshop where we will go through the benefits of CAP membership, see students working on the activities and you will have an opportunity to participate in several of the activities yourself. We will build and fly foam rockets, demonstrate Bernoulli’s principle and send some airplanes flying. This workshop will give you everything you need to know to become a member and implement the CAP education curriculum in your classroom. $10 Saturday, April 23 W9 9 am – 11 am The Case of the Missing Babysitter: An Experience in the Science of Criminal Investigation Using the context of a real-life crime, this classroom tested unit places middle school students at the center of the investigation using scientific inquiry, standard lab procedures, technological resources, organizational skills, and good discipline. In the mid-1900’s, an abduction occurred in Wisconsin which caught the attention of media all over the Midwest. The subsequent search and investigation involved hundreds of people, and thousands of hours. Because it was an ordinary young girl, doing an ordinary task (baby-sitting), in an ordinary, peaceful city, the case was particularly electrifying to “ordinary” children throughout the area. In the process of creating, testing, and improving this classroom project, we have learned from our students how important that sense of connection is. Perhaps we should not be surprised that they demonstrated their interest and concern by an almost universal and sincere effort to solve this case. This classroom-tested unit places middle school students at the center of the investigation; scouring the crime scene for clues--using the best available technology of that day. More importantly, students are challenged to use methods that directly integrate scientific $10 inquiry, standard lab procedures, good technological resources, organizational skills, and discipline into a “real world” experience. Because the unit has been developed by teachers who actually led their students through the investigative process, it is presented and organized from the perspective of the teacher. We are confident that you will find this unique learning package and your adventure in Criminology, a teaching/learning experience which will engage you every bit as much as your students. We believe that they will respond as our students have at the end of a class, “We can’t stop now! We’ve got to keep following this clue!” And, guess what? You’ll be tempted.... Participants will have the opportunity to ""experience"" the scene of the crime, the investigation, and the scientific processes that can help to solve the case. Books and other materials will be provided.