Friday's Sessions
Workshops
8:00 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.
Discover the World Around Us! STCR Ecosystem
SB CEU Session
Vendor Session
Primary Subjects: Earth Science
Interest Level: Later Elementary
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 3
Learn about this inquiry unit that helps students understand interrelationships of plants, animals, and the physical world. Take home an "eco-column" and ideas for using the kit to meet GLCEs.
Workshops
8:15 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Optics with Light and Color
Vendor Session
Primary Subjects: General Science, Physics
Interest Level: High School, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 1
Teachers will be given handouts, and do hands-on investigations involving light and color theory.
Sessions
9:00 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.
A Few God Materials: Exploring Landforms and Change
Jane Rice - Michigan State University
Vendor Session
Primary Subjects: Earth Science
Interest Level: Early Elementary, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - Michigan 3
Powerful hands-on activities illustrating the big ideas in the GLCEs related to landforms and change can be developed from inexpensive materials. Science process GLCEs will also be emphasized. Handouts provided.
New Session Listing
Anatomy in Clay, Muscular Anatomy
Jeffrey Poole - Zahourek Systems
Vendor Session
Primary Subjects: Biology
Interest Level: College, High School, Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - Capital 1
Participants build anatomy in clay on specially constructed skeletal models. The ultimate in hands-on teaching and learning.
Chemistry and Physics Expectations Extravaganza!!
Michelle Mason - Lindsey McConney, Portage Northern High School
Doug Mandrick - Portage Central High School
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Chemistry
Interest Level: High School
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 6
Activities, ideas, and inquiry to meet the chemistry and physics HSCE's.
Cool Tools for Projectile Motion
Kathy Mirakovits - Portage Northern High School
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Instruction/Pedagogy, Physics
Interest Level: High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 103
Safer and more consistent than rockets, learn how to use the Air-Powered Projectile and other great tools for teaching projectile motion in the classroom. Projectiles can be studied when launched vertically and at an angle.
Dan's Pretty Good Science #5
Dan Keith - Williamston Middle School
Primary Subjects: General Science, Physics
Interest Level: High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 201
A fast-paced presentation with many interesting ideas for teaching physical science. A large handout will be provided for everyone attending. Good science and good fun!
Demos That Will Hook Students on Science
Denise Zeeman - Perry Public School
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: General Science
Interest Level: Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 202
Using demonstrations within the classroom hooks your students onto the daily lesson, incorporates state standards, and is FUN while learning! I give the explanation and standards of the demo in handouts.
Enhancing Student Learning with Probeware in the Biology Lab
John Garrett - PASCO Scientific
Vendor Session
Primary Subjects: Physics
Interest Level: Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 101
The goal of this session is to provide participants with the strategies for using scientific probeware in a biology course. Participants will learn how the skills gained from using the probeware and data collection technology will increase student success.
How a Tree Works and Why It's Important
Bill Botti - Michigan Forest Association
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Biology, Environmental Education
Interest Level: College, Early Elementary, High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 104
This session presents facts about tree physiology, structures and functions and relates them to principles of forest ecology. Then it discusses use of these principles to guide ecosystems development. Handouts provided.
Featured Session
Informal Science Session: The Basics of Grant Writing
Joan Schumaker Chadde - W UP Cntr-Sci/M & Envir. Ed.
Primary Subjects: General Science
Interest Level: College, Early Elementary, High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - Governor
Learn tips and strategies for writing grant proposals and finding potential grant resources from a veteran grant writer.
Inquiry in Its Place: Priority Expectations for High School Science
Mike Gallagher - Oakland Schools
Theron Blakeslee - Ingham ISD
Bill Dinkelmann - Ottawa Area ISD
Paul Drummond - Macomb ISD
Greg Johnson - Wayne RESA
Dave Krebs - MAISD Regional M/S Center
Nicole Gasper - Newaygo Area RESA
Dr. LaMoine Motz - Oakland ISD
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Assessment
Interest Level: High School
Location: Lansing Center - 203
Inquiry and relevance are back! Michigan's ISD's have established a common set of PRIORITY EXPECTATIONS for high school credit courses. They align and support big ideas core concepts and student inquiry.
Interactive Science
Chuck McMillan - Pearson Learning
Vendor Session
Primary Subjects: General Science
Interest Level: Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 7
Do you want your students to get a new Science book every year? With the new Pearson Prentice Hall “Interactive Science” write-in student edition, your students “engage with the page” and keep their books every year. Preview the newest Innovation for your Middle Grade Science classroom from Pearson Prentice Hall along with a demonstration of the Robust Premium Digital on line system. Experience a variety of labs and take home sample materials for your classroom.
Making Earth Science Come Alive
Nate Childers - Hart Middle School
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Earth Science
Interest Level: High School, Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - State 1
Learn how to get students excited about Earth Science and increase their science content understanding through real-world scenarios.
Making Sense of Science Texts!
Kristin Graham - Jenison Public Schools
Holly McGoran - Jenison Junior High School
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Literacy
Interest Level: Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - Regency 2
This session is designed to make best practice reading strategies visual and hands-on. Instructional methods to approach a variety of science texts will be introduced and teachers will leave with class - ready materials.
Manure, Oil, and Chemicals - Can We Make a Difference?
Sarah Beery - Mike Allen, St. Louis High School
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Education
Interest Level: High School
Location: Radisson Hotel - Michigan 1
The impact of the Pine River Monitoring Project on students and their views on the human influence to the environmental quality of the Pine River in Gratiot County, Michigan.
SB-CEU Session
Flinn Scientific Presents: Best Practices for Teaching ChemistryTM - Experiments and Demonstrations
Irene Cesa - Flinn Scientific, Inc.
Vendor Session
Primary Subjects: Chemistry
Interest Level: High School
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 4
Join us as we present exciting and interactive demonstrations, show video clips, and demonstrate the features and benefits of our new, comprehensive Teaching ChemistryTM professional development program. Handouts provided for all lab activities.
Science Internet Update: Videos Galore
Douglas Hansen - SVSU / Math & Science Center
Mary Cieszlak - Saginaw Public Schools
Primary Subjects: General Science
Interest Level: College, Early Elementary, High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - Michigan 2
We added 386 new sites this year to the site. A good number of video sites with 100's of videos related to content expectations. We will update you on these and provide all who come with the CD's.
STEM? We Do That: Engaging Pre-College Programs and Classroom Projects
Cody Kangas - MI Tech University - Youth Program
Kristi Isaacson
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Assessment, Biology, Chemistry, Computer/Technology, Environmental Education, Earth Science, General Science, Instruction/Pedagogy, Physics
Interest Level: College, High School, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 204
Discover engineering-based curriculum in the form of engaging hands-on projects! Teachers will take part in activities and receive a packet of resources highlighting projects that can be completed in the classroom with readily available supplies.
Taking Full Advantage of Outreach from a National Laboratory
Zach Constan - MSU-Nat. Superconducting Cyclotron Lab
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Physics
Interest Level: High School, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 102
Participants will get tips on how to access and leverage FREE outreach programs offered through the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) at Michigan State University.
Workshops
9:00 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.
Are you Smarter than A 2nd Grader? Robotics for Early Elementary
George Albercook - Brain Monkeys
Primary Subjects: Computer/Technology
Interest Level: Early Elementary
Location: Lansing Center - 205
This session offers Early Elementary teachers the opportunity to explore a new curriculum that gives early elementary students a chance to begin robotics and programming at an early age. This is an exciting hands-on curriculum geared specifically for that grade level. Teachers will be introduced through hands-on activities how easy it is to bring a robotics curriculum into their classroom. We will also talk about how this curriculum fits into the Michigan Curriculum Framework and national standards.
Inquiry, Literacy, Assessment - Oh My!
Nancy Karre - Jackie Zanotti, Battle Creek Area Math/Science Center
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: General Science
Interest Level: Early Elementary, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 2
Inquiry, literacy, and assessment are key components in today's science lessons. Learn how to integrate all three using reading and writing integration and the 5 E's Learning Cycle. This session allows the participants to become engaged in learning science through inquiry, which includes the reading, talking, and writing about science elements within the inquiry lesson.
Learning in the 21st Century
Dean Haratsaris - The Professional Group
Primary Subjects: Assessment, Computer/Technology
Interest Level: Early Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 8
This will be a hands-on activity demonstrating the learner response system used in classrooms.
Make and Take to Amaze and Delight Your Students
Alan Gibson - MIAAPT/DMAPT
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Physics
Interest Level: College, High School, Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - Regency 1
Physics Make and Take including a Color Mixer, Van DeGraf Generator and other fun stuff. This session is sponsored by DMAPT and MIAAPT.
Sessions
10:00 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.
Alternative Fuels Project: A Chemistry Research and Lab Investigation
Laura Carrion - Patrick Medland, Jody Tuls, Mattawan High School
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Chemistry
Interest Level: High School
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 4
Students explore thermochemical concepts regarding alternative fuels through an inquiry project. The project relates research data to environmental and societal issues. Handouts will be provided."
New Session Listing
Anatomy in Clay, Neural Anatomy
Jeffrey Poole - Zahourek Systems
Vendor Session
Primary Subjects: Biology
Interest Level: College, High School, Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - Capital 1
Participants build anatomy in clay on specially constructed skeletal models. The ultimate in hands-on teaching and learning.
Assessing Student Performance: Classroom Technology and Decision Support Tools
Bill Dinkelmann - Ottawa Area ISD
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Instruction/Pedagogy
Interest Level: Early Elementary, High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - Michigan 2
This session highlights the creation of an online item back and student assessment platform to guide classroom instructional decisions. Handouts and online demonstration provided."
Dollar Store Physics
Lindsey McConney - Kathy Mirakovits, Portage Northern High School
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Physics
Interest Level: High School, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 103
Do your students confuse mass and weight, centripetal and centrifugal force? Do they have preconceived outcomes in labs? Learn easy, inexpensive demos and class activities that squelch misconceptions!
Earthwatch Institute, Change the World, Yourself
Claudia Seldon - Earthwatch Institute
Vendor Session
Primary Subjects: Environmental Education, Earth Science
Interest Level: College, High School, Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - Michigan 1
Get out of the class and learn something new! Work with leading scientists in critical issues affecting the planet. Make a difference to all of us!
Electromagnetic Spectrum and Ionized Radiation
Kevin Dehne - Delta Community College/MESTA
Primary Subjects: Chemistry, Earth Science
Interest Level: College, High School, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 101
The Electromagnetic spectrum and how to illustrate each part to your students will be discussed. The ultraviolet and gamma ray parts will be highlighted with examples and demonstrations. Door prize!
Environmental Economics; Integrating Elementary Science and Social Studies GLCEs
Matt Johnson - Chuck Tansey, Kalamazoo Public Schools
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Assessment, Environmental Education
Interest Level: Early Elementary, Later Elementary
Location: Lansing Center - 202
Join us as we share our environmental economics curriculum that integrates the Michigan science and social studies GLCEs for grades K-5. We will explain our methods and share our products.
Genetics
Lisa Elam-Kelp - Lab-Aids
Vendor Session
Primary Subjects: Literacy, Physics
Interest Level: Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - State 1
Grade 7 Science Teachers - Genetics Unit part of the SEPUP Michigan Model Curriculum (Grades 5-7)!
Global Climate Change for Elementary Students
Laura Speegle - Detroit Public Schools
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Environmental Education
Interest Level: Early Elementary, Later Elementary
Location: Lansing Center - 204
Teaching elementary students about climate change can be a challenge. Get some climate change activities for younger learners that will help them decide what they can do without alarming them.
Featured Session
Informal Science Session: Science Matters beyond the School Day
Marcia Bishop - Van Andel Education Institute
Primary Subjects: Assessment, Biology, Chemistry, Computer/Technology, Environmental Education, Earth Science, General Science, Instruction/Pedagogy, Literacy, Physics
Interest Level: College, Early Elementary, High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - Governor
Informal science learning extends student's thinking and wondering as they make sense of their world. In the decades to come, school and after-school may become integrated into a new kind of day for children, one that is a blend of offerings in the community with more traditional programming in the school. The six key factors of informal science programming will be identified and examples of quality informal science programming will be explored.
Let's Talk Energy!
Daniall Poulsen - Portage Northern High School
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Biology, Environmental Education, Earth Science
Interest Level: High School
Location: Radisson Hotel - Michigan 3
From food webs to fossil fuels, energy is there. Hands-on activities to tie in benchmarks from Earth Science and Biology (resources & ecology). Handouts will be provided.
Making Physics Fun and First
Jim Munson - Oakland Science Center
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Physics
Interest Level: High School
Location: Lansing Center - 104
Seventeen physics teachers spent a part of this past summer developing a physics teacher’s manual. This manual contains needed teacher background information, activities for physics as physics first and also a capstone physics course, sample assessments and available resources supporting each unit. All attendees will receive a CD of the manual. This project supports the State of Michigan’s Physics HSSCE’s.
Quickies!
Lynn Hensley - Todd Goshorn, South Lyon High School
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Chemistry, Instruction/Pedagogy
Interest Level: High School
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 6
We will present short activities that can be used to reinforce, review or check for understanding. They will cover a variety of topics and standards. We use these in addition or instead of lecturing. Activities include significant figures, equilibrium, ionic formulas, Lewis structures, accuracy and precision, atomic structure to name a few.
Say What You Mean! Strategies to Help Students Better Communicate Science
Stephen Best - University of Michigan
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Instruction/Pedagogy, Literacy
Interest Level: College, High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 201
Do your students know the difference between a definition, description, and explanation? We'll see how to make your students better understand how to communicate their ideas about science. Handouts provided.
SB-CEU Session
Teach Smarter - Not Harder
Harriet Moulder - MI Science Olympiad
Vendor Session
Primary Subjects: General Science, Instruction/Pedagogy
Interest Level: Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 102
Incorporate Science Olympiad events into your curriculum to support implementing science GLCEs.
See It Science: 3 - D Models without the Cost
Holly McGoran - Kristin Graham, Jenison Junior High School
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: General Science
Interest Level: Early Elementary, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - Regency 2
Make ocean floor topography and the process of photosynthesis hands-on processes. Ideas will be presented for teachers to make ordinary science worksheets into 3-D models for students.
Featured Session
The Art of Engineering
Kimberlee Quinn - Miller Elementary School
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Assessment
Interest Level: Early Elementary, Later Elementary
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 5
An Engineering Design process that adds creativity in the classroom, allowing students to think in divergent or non-liner ways in every subject area, is presented by a teacher of the Arts. Even you can learn with ease how to Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create and improve. (Part of the Convergence Education Foundation - now the Square One Education Network)
The Dog and Pony Show
Kevin Knack - WK Kellogg Middle School
Kathleen Marshall - Battle Creek Public Schools
Primary Subjects: Assessment, General Science
Interest Level: High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 203
Are evil leprechauns replacing your students' content-soaked brains with sawdust the night before their exams? This session will show you how to be successful with tests using test-taking skills. See dramatic improvements, even with your special needs students!
Toys in Action
Sheryl McLean - Pearson Curriculum Group
Primary Subjects: General Science
Interest Level: Early Elementary, Later Elementary
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 7
Join this session to put into practice research-based methods for inquiry teaching using toys to explore 3 stages of inquiry; direct, guided, and full. Be there to ask the probing questions and to find the results. Challenge yourself and your students to "go further" with their inquiry. This session will also address researched best practices in inquiry-based teaching.
Workshops
10:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
Workshops
10:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
Introduction to Electrophoresis
SB CEU Session
Vendor Session
Primary Subjects: Biology
Interest Level: High School
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 3
Explore the basics of electrophoresis! Participants separate brightly colored dyes on agarose gels to determine which dyes are present in an unknown mix!
Sessions
11:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
A New Approach to Biology
Chuck McMillan - Pearson Learning
Vendor Session
Primary Subjects: Biology
Interest Level: High School
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 7
Multi-level texts and an innovative Digital Pathway, Chapter Mysteries, new Technology including Virtual Labs – Prentice Hall’s Miller and Levine Biology (2010) now has a totally new look! Come and get a FREE copy of the text and see some of the exciting new features.
Biology's Best! Labs, Activities and Lessons Using Inquiry AND Teaching the New State Standards
Heather Peterson - Holt High School
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Biology
Interest Level: High School
Location: Lansing Center - 103
Come learn about using inquiry in your biology lessons, labs and activities. Handouts of the best labs and activities in biology, human physiology and botany! You can still teach the state benchmarks through student lead units and activities.
Conservation to Classrooms
Christine Webster - Hudsonville Pubic Schools
Kim Chumney - Western High School
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Biology, Environmental Education
Interest Level: High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 205
A summer program offered by the DNR gets teachers in the field learning data collection techniques that translate to lessons you can use in the classroom. Wildlife values, human impacts and resource management. Oh my!
Cool Tools for Light and Color
Dale Freeland - Portage Central High School
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Instruction/Pedagogy, Physics
Interest Level: High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 101
Looking for fun hands-on activities and demos for teaching light and color? Come try our best discover-based teaching tools. Lesson ideas for all grade levels.
Earth and the Solar System
Lisa Elam-Kelp - Lab-Aids
Vendor Session
Primary Subjects: Earth Science, Literacy
Interest Level: Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - State 1
Grade 5 Science Teachers - Earth and the Solar System Unit part of the SEPUP Michigan Model Curriculum (Grades 5-7)!
Foamy Photosynthesis: Cell Energetics that "Sticks"!
Karla Hammond - Pennfield High School
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Biology, General Science
Interest Level: High School, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 102
Students commonly memorize the equation for photosynthesis without actually understanding what the equation means. This hands-on activity is aimed at helping students visualize the reactants and products used.
Going onto the Screen: Technology in the Science Classroom
DJ West - Glencoe/McGraw Hill
Vendor Session
Primary Subjects: Computer/Technology
Interest Level: College, High School, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 2
This session will focus on various ways to integrate technology into the science classroom. Teachers will leave with a variety of technology oriented teaching strategies they can take back to the classroom on Monday. The session will be interactive and fast paced to cover a great variety of ways to engage students in technology.
Green Science and Renewable Energy
Mozell Lang - Detroit Public Schools
Jonathan Lin - Ph.D., Eastern Michigan University
Primary Subjects: General Science
Interest Level: Early Elementary, High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - Capital 1
Become familiar with a Multimeter and get one FREE for your classroom. You will learn hands-on, fun, and exciting science activities and sample science fair projects in this session. Activities and projects include: voltage, current, resistance, applications of solar panels, solar electricity, and wind turbine and miniature hydropower plant.
Featured Session
Informal Science Session: Preschool Activities in the Woods
Travis Williams - Outdoor Discovery Center
Primary Subjects: Environmental Education, General Science
Interest Level: College, Early Elementary, High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - Governor
Explore the unique ways outdoor education experiences can be used to educate children about our natural resources. Science education should not be limited to the classroom. Learn how you can use local parks, playgrounds and green space to teach children important science concepts.
Inquiry Instruction: Not Just another Lab Technique
Alice Putti - Jenison High School
Sarah Toman - Western Michigan Christian High School
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Chemistry, Instruction/Pedagogy
Interest Level: High School, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 4
Learn how non-laboratory inquiry methods are used to teach chemistry content. This session focuses on creating an environment for integrating and facilitating inquiry instruction with classroom-based activities. Handouts are included.
It's Chemtober! Engaging chemistry Activities for Mole Day and Halloween
Kate Hagerman - Emily Aluia, Hartland High School
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Chemistry
Interest Level: High School
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 6
October is for Chemistry! This session will include activities used in our "Molympics" Mole Day celebration, both athletic and academic. We will also share Halloween demos relating to excited electrons.
Matching the Lab to the Content
Mary Brown - Lansing Community College
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: General Science, Instruction/Pedagogy
Interest Level: Early Elementary, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 203
Have your students ever asked ""What did we do that for?"" Do they think the lab is fun, but make no connection to the content? This organizer will help link the content to lab activities.
Notebooking in the Science Classroom
Renee Valentine - Walled Lake Schools
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Instruction/Pedagogy
Interest Level: Early Elementary, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 8
When children write about science they are more likely to process what they have observed. Science notebooks are more than a place to record data.
Phenology - Teaching with the Seasons!
Dan Badgley - Bloomfield Hills School
Primary Subjects: Environmental Education, Instruction/Pedagogy
Interest Level: High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - Regency 1
Nature's daily and seasonal events provide opportunities for students to make predictions, sharpen observation skills, collect and analyze data. Monitor the environment in the tradition of Thoreau and Leopold. Handouts and resources provided.
Featured Session
Playground Engineering: We Like to Move It! Move It!
Lisa Wujczyk - Miller Elementary School
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Physics
Interest Level: Early Elementary
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 5
Even little learners can become engineers as they explore science and engineering concepts and design their own playgrounds. You'll be amazed at how easy it is to implement the Engineering Design Process in your own classroom! (Part of the Convergence Education Foundation - now the Square One Education Network)
SB-CEU Session
Crew Systems: Living and Working in Space
Sharla Horton - Space & Rocket Center
Vendor Session
Primary Subjects: Computer/Technology, General Science
Interest Level: Later Elementary
Location: Radisson Hotel - Michigan 3
Crew Systems is a fun, educational presentation about astronauts living and working in space. It is designed to meet National Science Standards and will help educators in teaching aerospace.
Simply Sand
Lynda Wiltse
Primary Subjects: Earth Science
Interest Level: Early Elementary, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - Regency 2
Participants will identify differences between sand and other earth materials. Each participant will classify size and sort sand samples. Activities/paperwork/FREE samples provided.
Students vs. Wild: Starting a Middle School Adventure Club
Matt Baleja - Michelle Wistinghausen, Paw Paw Middle School
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Biology, Environmental Education, Earth Science, General Science
Interest Level: Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 202
Find out what an Adventure Club could do for your students. Session includes information on team building activities, community resources, curriculum integration, and hands-on activities. Handouts and prizes included!
Teaching with Doggie Wisdom
Beth Duman - Earth Voices, LLC
Primary Subjects: Instruction/Pedagogy
Interest Level: Early Elementary, High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 104
Some very talented dogs will help us to reflect on our teaching methods interfaced with our students learning styles.
The AP You Must Have - Powerful Professional Development and You
Jan Eberhardt - MSU - Division of Science/Math Education
Primary Subjects: Assessment, Instruction/Pedagogy
Interest Level: Early Elementary, High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - Michigan 1
This forum will discuss powerful professional development strategies resulting in significant change. Lessons from past effective professional development will be shared and feedback from MSTA teachers is invited for future project development.
The Problem with Models and How to Fix Them
Stephen Best - University of Michigan
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Assessment, Instruction/Pedagogy
Interest Level: College, High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 201
Are scientific models causing more problems than benefits? We'll see why, and what we can do to use models more effectively in science instruction. Several examples and resources provided.
You Belong In the Zoo
Kim Sneden - Detroit Zoological Society
Vendor Session
Primary Subjects: Biology, Environmental Education
Interest Level: College, Early Elementary, High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - Michigan 2
Zoos offer amazing learning opportunities for students and teachers. Discover what's available for you at the Detroit Zoo!
Zula: Curriculum to Encourage Exploration and Scientific Thinking
David Larwa - Zula International
Vendor Session
Primary Subjects: General Science, Literacy
Interest Level: Early Elementary
Location: Lansing Center - 204
The Zula Patrol can help your young students discover the exciting world of science. Zula offers rigorous inquiry-based science programs developed specifically for students in preschool through second grade and after school programs. A hands-on session.
Workshops
11:15 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Find the Energy!
Vendor Session
Primary Subjects: General Science, Physics
Interest Level: High School, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 1
Take a ride with force, motion, and energy! Teachers will be able to control variables while investigating Newton's Laws. This will be a hands-on experience! Handouts provided.
Annual Luncheon Awards
11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Featured Session
MSTA Annual Awards Luncheon
Primary Subjects: Assessment, Biology, Chemistry, Computer/Technology, Environmental Education, Earth Science, Instruction/Pedagogy
Interest Level: College, Early Elementary, High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - Capital 2, 3, 4
Come celebrate with the Elementary, Middle Level, High School, College, Teacher of Promise, and Administrator of the Year, that were nominated by you, their peers! With the entries at a very high number, MSTA had a huge challenge to select just one from each category. Tickets are $25 per person and can be ordered by contacting the MSTA Office (734-973-0433), or e-mail Sue at sue@ucia2.com
Sessions
1:00 p.m. to 1:45 p.m.
2010 - A COSEE Great Lakes Education Odyssey
Steve Stewart - Nikki Koehler, Michigan Sea Grant
Vendor Session
Primary Subjects: Environmental Education, Earth Science
Interest Level: High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 203
How can COSEE Great Lakes help you bring Great Lakes science into your classroom? Learn about professional development opportunities, stipends, lessons and materials. Handouts and a free PD cruise provided.
Aquaponics: State of the Art Student Farming In the Classroom
John Martin - Waterford School District
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Biology, Environmental Education
Interest Level: High School, Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - Michigan 1
In my class, students manage an Aquaponics system as an agribusiness, growing both fish and plants for sale. Come learn how it's done, and enjoy a snack of student-grown food. Handouts will be provided explaining how you can do this in your school!
Awards Reception
Location: Lansing Center - River Street Pub
Come meet and congratulate the Michigan Science Teachers of the Year Award winners. ALL WELCOM!
Biofuel Technology
Anne Marie Muto - Grosse Pointe North High School
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Earth Science
Interest Level: High School, Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - Michigan 3
This hands-on workshop will increase the awareness of the problems with our energy consumption today and also provide a way to get students to develop their own theories about how these problems can be addressed. Participants will evaluate future energy choices using social science and environmental impact analysis tools and techniques. Classroom ready lessons addressing biomass technology to each attendee.
Bioinformatics - Combing Math, Biology and Medicine
John Goudie - Kalamazoo Area Math/Science Center
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Biology
Interest Level: High School
Location: Lansing Center - 104
This session will introduce you to Bioinformatics and its online tools used to uncover evolutional relationships by comparing similarity between gene sequences. Secondly it promises to produce advances in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of many disease. A simulated blast server activity will be available to participants.
Chemistry for All - Units 1-3
FEE: $7.00
Jeff Weller - Tim Graham, Roosevelt High School
Mary Jordan McMaster - Allen Park High School
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Chemistry
Interest Level: High School, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 6
Chemistry for All is an initiative supported by Wayne County RESA that includes a variety of activities, demos, and labs designed to support teachers in the delivery of the content expectations to all students. In this session, we will highlight what can be found at the CFA Blackboard site and focus on a few items related to Units 1, 2, and 3. There will also be a make and take item relating to atomic structure. We will have enough materials for the first 30 teachers to participate in the make and take. More participants are welcome and the directions will be available to them. There will be a fee of $7.00 for materials for the make and take.
Flinn Favorite Biology Lab Activities and Games
Maureen Hunt - Flinn Scientific, Inc.
Vendor Session
Primary Subjects: Biology
Interest Level: High School, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 102
We'll share some inquiry-based labs, interactive demonstrations, and collaborative teacher games to motivate students. We'll focus on core topics like cell biology, genetics, ecology and more - you're sure to find a Flinn Favorite that works for you! Handouts provided for all activities.
Fun with Physics
Paul Kyprie - Zeemo Productions
Primary Subjects: Physics
Interest Level: Early Elementary, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 101
Dr. Zeemo performs school assemblies in elementary and middle schools. Fun with Physics is a program that teaches students about energy, forces, friction gravity and inertia through a series of incredible demonstrations.
GIS in the Science Classroom
Mozell Lang - Detroit Public Schools
Yichum Xie - Ph.D., Eastern Michigan University
Primary Subjects: General Science
Interest Level: Early Elementary, High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - Michigan 2
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is an emerging technology that integrates database operations with maps to solve problems and make decisions. GIS software is a computer-based analysis and mapping tool widely used by schools, governments, and businesses. Science uses GIS in teaching complex scientific concepts through visualizing spatial and temporal relations of subjects in study. For instance, GIS is used to teach how to track movement and evolution and to predict damaging impact of a hurricane, and to analyze how decertification responds to global climate change and increasing excessive human activities. Homeland Security uses GIS in the response and recovery efforts for September 11.
Featured Session
Informal Science Lesson: Informal Learning on Your Doorstep
Mel Drumm - Ann Arbor Hands On Museum
Primary Subjects: General Science
Interest Level: Early Elementary, Later Elementary
Location: Lansing Center - Governor
The Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum's award winning Outreach includes multifaceted experiences for schools, libraries and community centers. Programs include student and family workshops, after-school enrichment, distance learning and traveling exhibits.
Interactive Science
Chuck McMillan - Pearson Learning
Vendor Session
Primary Subjects: General Science
Interest Level: Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 7
Do you want your students to get a new Science book every year? With the new Pearson Prentice Hall “Interactive Science” write-in student edition, your students “engage with the page” and keep their books every year. Preview the newest Innovation for your Middle Grade Science classroom from Pearson Prentice Hall along with a demonstration of the Robust Premium Digital on-line system. Experience a variety of labs and take home sample materials for your classroom.
Plate Tectonics
Lisa Elam-Kelp - Lab-Aids
Vendor Session
Primary Subjects: Biology
Interest Level: Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - State 1
Grade 6 Science Teachers - Plate Tectonics Unit. Part of the SEPUP Michigan Model Curriculum (Grades 5-7)!
Professional Development without the Pain (or cost)
Dr. Mary Barry-Cybulski - Michigan Virtual University
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Assessment, Literacy
Interest Level: High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 201
Helping teachers address MMC requirements and the needs of all students is the mission of the "NEW" Michigan LearnPort, a state-wide online portal giving access to high quality professional development.
Teaching about Global Change in the Classroom
Joan Schumaker Chadde - W UP Cntr-Sci/M & Envir. Ed.
Primary Subjects: Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Education, Earth Science, General Science
Interest Level: High School, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 204
Teachers will share the variety of units that they developed to engage their students in real world inquiry related to global change. Handouts provided.
Teaching Tools for Our Future: Green Design at the Rouge Today
Paula Gangopadhyay - The Henry Ford
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Environmental Education
Interest Level: Early Elementary, High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - Michigan 2
Selected as the only winner of the 2009 USGBC Excellence in Green Building Education Incentive Grant (K-12 category), and the Ford Rouge Factory Tour will share new tools focusing on environmental responsibility. Handouts will be provided.
Featured Session
Technology and Teamwork under the Sea
Bill Grimm - Oak Park High School
Randy Thomas - Melvindale High School
Primary Subject CO - IN, PH
Interest Level: High School
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 5
Teachers will learn how students use skills from physics, teamwork and engineering to create an underwater Remotely Operated Vehicle. (Part of the Convergence Education Foundation - now the Square One Education Network)
The Amazing Analysis of Bloodstain Patterns for CSI's and Physicists
Kathy Mirakovits - Portage Northern High School
Primary Subject BI - PH
SB CEU Session
Interest Level: College, High School
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 8
Are you a Physics teacher looking for a new lab on projectile motion? A biology or forensic science teacher wanting to learn how to analyze bloodstains? Then you don’t want to miss this! Hands-on instruction and handouts!
You REALLY Can Replace Lectures with Guided Inquiry
Jason Neil - Greenville High School
Primary Subject CH - PH
Interest Level: High School
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 4
Teachers will learn how to create inquiry lessons to teach concepts that are usually taught through lecture notes. Increase student interest and achievement. Handouts and example lessons will be provided.
Workshops
1:00 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.
Energize Chemistry Students with Carolina's Inquires in ScienceR Chemistry Series
Primary Subject CH
Interest: HS
SB CEU Session
Vendor Session
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 3
Our new hands-on kit series improves student performance and makes teaching challenging topics effortless. Our five-step learning cycle and guided inquiry approach lets you perform activities from our "Exploring Voltaic and Electrolytic Cells" kit.
Workshops
1:00 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.
Featured Session
Adventures in Marine Biology: Project-based Learning without Getting Wet!
Mike Heithaus - Florida International University
Primary Subject BI - GS, LT
Vendor Session
Interest Level: High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - Capital 1
In this session you will be introduced to new cutting-edge science that you can take into your classroom! In this session, dive into a unit where students tag along on a Marine Biology adventure with scientists studying everything from seagrass to tiger sharks. For your Stimulus Package K-12 solutions, visit our website: http://hmhstimulus.com
Are You Smarter Than A 3rd Grader? Robotics for Upper Elementary and Middle School Students
Katie Tilton - Brain Monkeys
Primary Subject CO
SB CEU Session
Interest Level: Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 205
This session will offer teachers the opportunity to explore a new and exciting hands-on curriculum. Teachers will be introduced, through hands-on activities, how robotics can fit into their classroom. Using the LEGO Mindstorms NXT robot kits, teachers will be introduced to the fundamentals of computer programming. This icon based, drag and drop computer language is easy to learn for many different type learners. We will talk about how this curriculum fits into the Michigan Curriculum Framework and the national standards.
Cool Tools for Sound and Waves
Steven Rea
Primary Subject IN - PH
SB CEU Session
Interest Level: High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 103
Looking for fun, hands-on activities, and demos for teaching sound and waves? Come try our best discovery-based teaching tools. Lesson ideas for all grade levels.
Integrating Sustainable Energy Instructional Strategies into Your Science Classroom
David Benson - Kettering University
Primary Subject CH - IN, PH
SB CEU Session
Interest Level: High School, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 2
This hands-on workshop is a brief introduction to some of the tools and strategies used for integrating today's energy concepts into current course content, yet supporting Michigan science content expectations.
Motion Commotion
Suzanne O'Brien - Fox Elementary School
Sharon Moats - Senica Middle School
Primary Subject GS
SB CEU Session
Interest Level: Later Elementary
Location: Radisson Hotel - Regency 2
Motion Comotion: Using everyday objects, participate in a hands-on activities that teach many of the Earth in Space and Time GLCEs for 4th and 5th grade.
NASA Earth Science and Global climate Change
Jim Fitzgerald - NASA Aerospace Ed. Services Dept.
Primary Subject ES - EN
SB CEU Session
Interest Level: High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 202
Explore NASA Missions and Education Resources that provide opportunities for teachers to enhance their existing curriculum that deals with the environment, life and physical sciences, climate change and energy.
Sessions
2:00 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.
Biomass Bonanza
Jessica Wagenmaker - Holton Middle School
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Earth Science
Interest Level: High School, Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - Michigan 3
In this workshop, participants will be introduced to renewable and nonrenewable sources of energy and how to compare their effects on the environment. In addition, participants will learn about different types of biofuels, how biofuels are produced and the environmental and economic impacts of biofuel technology. Participants will leave with classroom ready activities to address the idea of renewable energy with emphasis in the area of biofuels.
Build Your Own Underwater Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV)!
Keith Forton - Traverse City Central High School
Karl Klimek - Barb Land, The Convergence Education Foundation, now the Square One Education Network
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: General Science
Interest Level: College, High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 5
Building an ROV will support the STEM disciplines as well as related aquatic and environmental studies. Examples of student built ROVs; design fundamentals and cross discipline application will be presented.
Chem Demos from SEMCTO
Peg Convery - Farmington High School
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Chemistry
Interest Level: High School
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 4
Chemistry demonstrations aligned to the new HSCEs and designed for all levels of chemistry students.
Chemistry for All - Unit - Triple Point
FEE: $7.00
Tim Graham - Jeff Weller, Roosevelt High School
Mary Jordan McMaster - Allen Park High School
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Chemistry
Interest Level: High School
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 6
Chemistry for All is an initiative supported by Wayne County RESA that includes a variety of activities, demos, and labs designed to support teachers in the delivery of the content expectations to all students. In this session, we will highlight what can be found at the CFA Blackboard site and focus on the topic of triple-point. The participants will make their very own triple-point apparatus to take back and demo for their students. We will have enough materials for the first 30 teachers to participate in the make and take. More participants are welcome and the directions will be available to them. There will be a fee of $7.00 for materials for the make and take.
Cracking the Code of the ACT - CANCELED
Shannon Mareski - Grand Blanc High School
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Assessment, General Science
Interest Level: High School
Location: Lansing Center - 204
Learn how to help students succeed on the Science ACT. Ideas about how to incorporate ACT and MME review into a science class or create a class for lower performing students.
Earth Systems Science
Stacey Barnard - Wayne-Westland Community Schools
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Earth Science
Interest Level: Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - Regency 1
An inquiry approach to the interrelationships between the different Earth systems will be discussed. Hands-on activities and inquiry lesson plans will be given.
Engaging Activities to Explore Light and Vision
Li-hsuan - Yang
U of M – Flint
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: General Science, Physics
Interest Level: College, High School, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 102
The presenter will engage the audience in fascinating hands-on activities to explore light and vision. Handouts will be shared for classroom use.
Incorporating Nanoscience Concepts in College Physics Courses
Alex Azima - Tom Deits, Lansing Community College
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Physics
Interest Level: College, High School
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 8
Nanoscience and nanotechnology provide unique opportunities for introducing cutting edge topics into basically classical physics courses without overwhelming students. Several examples of physics-related nanoscience concepts and their applications will be shared.
Featured Session
Informal Science Session: Activities in the Woods
Jamie Rustowicz - Moosetree Nature Preserve
Mary Stein - Oakland University
Betty Crowder - Rochester Community Schools
Primary Subject GS
Interest Level: Early Elementary, Later Elementary
Location: Lansing Center - Governor
Join us to learn of a unique and collaborative program where Oakland University pre-service teachers earn class credit for science teaching at the Moosetree Nature Preserve.
Labs, Labs....and More Labs! (Middle School)
Patrick Wenzl - Holt McDougal
SB CEU Session
Vendor Session
Primary Subjects: Computer/Technology, General Science
Interest Level: Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - Capital 2
Need some new ideas for labs that will grab your students’ attention, labs that are meaningful and fun, engaging and inquiry-based? This always-popular Holt McDougal session features ALL NEW Labs! Limited complimentary resource materials will be provided …plus door prizes and giveaways!
Maximize Microscopy
David Blake - Wyandotte Public Schools
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Biology, Computer/Technology
Interest Level: High School, Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - Michigan 2
Revisit of last years version of Paramecium. A lab sheet supporting a video disc will be given for a common microscope lab "Heart rate of a Daphnia".
Point, Game, Set, Match: Science Wins with Tennis Ball Containers
David Mastie
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Earth Science, General Science
Interest Level: College, High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 101
Free, "green", transparent, unbreakable and infinitely adaptable, used tennis ball containers offer hands-on activities making density, porosity, permeability, capillarity, core-sampling and other elusive ideas visible.
Presidential Awards and Toyota Tapestry
Dwight Sieggreen - Northville Public Schools
Primary Subjects: General Science
Interest Level: College, Early Elementary, High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - Capital 4
I will discuss the Presidential Awards program and grants for science teachers from Toyota.
Resources for the Beginning Physics Teacher - Part 1
Mark Davids - Don Pata, Grosse Pointe Public Schools
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Instruction/Pedagogy, Physics
Interest Level: High School, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 7
Participants will take away student activities and teaching strategies in physical science and introductory physics. These inquiry-based labs and lessons are geared for the new physics teacher, and are fun and easy for the students.
Teaching Corrosion on a VERY Little Shoestring!
Debbie Farnsworth - Lansing Schools
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Chemistry
Interest Level: College, High School
Location: Radisson Hotel - Michigan 1
Come learn about a component of MST Camp that is an activity series on Corrosion. This kit comes from the Nace Foundation and utilizes hand-on learning to teach the concepts behind corrosion. Come and learn this inexpensive way to teach this topic!
Technology Firecrackers!
Christine Kelly - Allendale Middle School
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Computer/Technology, General Science
Interest Level: High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 201
Come check out the "explosive" new methods and activities that will enhance your science class! Technology doesn't have to be expensive and out of reach. This will be a blast!
Using "Writing to Learn" in the Science Classroom
Christie Robinson - Allegan High School
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science, General Science, Instruction/Pedagogy, Literacy, Physics
Interest Level: High School, Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - Capital 3
Writing across the curriculum becomes more challenging with the continued added materials. This session will provide detail and examples of writing materials to be used in any/all middle school and high school science classes.
Weather with a Twist
Tina Weller - Jeff Weller, Roosevelt High School
Primary Subjects: Earth Science
Interest Level: High School, Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - State 1
Are you looking for new "twists" to old lesson plans? Watch as weather comes to life for students with inquiry and virtual labs, new games, and a server weather video project. Hands-on activity and handouts provided.
Workshops
2:00 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.
Dead Zone: Date and Drama, Introducing Great Lakes Lessons.com
Nikki Koehler - Michigan Sea Grant
Primary Subjects: Biology, Earth Science
Interest Level: High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 104
Michigan Sea Grant and COSEE GL introduce "Great Lakes Lessons," which facilitate classroom use of Great Lakes data. Participants will demo Dead Zones lessons and receive a free PD cruise.
So You Want New Science Facilities (Science Facilities 101)
LaMoine Motz - Oakland Schools OSM Tech Center
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Biology, General Science, Instruction/Pedagogy
Interest Level: College, High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 203
Do your science facilities remind you of Frankenstein's lab and a telephone booth-sized storage room? Learn the basics of science facility planning and budgeting so you can guide your school toward improvements.
Workshops
2:15 p.m. to 3:50 p.m.
Genetics Can Be Fun - Crazy Traits
Vendor Session
Primary Subjects: Biology, General Science
Interest Level: Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 1
Using this hands-on approach, teachers will be able to make genetics, heredity, and evolution accessible to all students.
Sessions
3:00 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.
A Few Good Materials: Exploring Matter and Molecules
Laura Markham - Michigan State University
Vendor Session
Primary Subjects: Chemistry
Interest Level: Early Elementary, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - Capital 4
Powerful hands-on activities illustrating the big ideas in the GLCEs related to matter and molecules can be developed from inexpensive materials. Science process GLCEs will also be emphasized. Handouts provided.
Building a Stairway to Student Directed Inquiry
Lloyd Hilger - Hanover Horton Middle School
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Assessment, Instruction/Pedagogy
Interest Level: College, High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 204
We will explore what inquiry is and why it is important. Participants will also discover ways to move students from traditional learning to student directed inquiry in a gradual fashion.
Chemistry for All: Gas Laws
FEE: $7.00
Mary Jordan McMaster - Allen Park High School
Jeff Weller - Tim Graham, Roosevelt High School
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Chemistry
Interest Level: High School
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 6
Chemistry for All is an initiative supported by Wayne County RESA that includes a variety of activities, demos, and labs designed to support teachers in the delivery of the content expectations to all students. In this session, we will highlight what can be found at the CFA Blackboard site and focus on the topic of gas laws. The participants will be making a Hero’s Fountain to take back to their classroom to demonstrate a variety of concepts. We will have enough materials for the first 30 participants to make a Hero’s Fountain. More participants are welcome and the directions will be available to them. There will be a fee of $7.00 for the materials for the make and take.
Earth Science Models: Powerful Concepts for Little Cost
David LeClerc - Southfield Middle School
Shannah Dutka
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Earth Science
Interest Level: High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - Michigan 3
Explore big ideas such as solar energy, seasons, scale of the solar system and hydrosphere interactions using several inexpensive models. Handouts will be provided.
Engage Your Learners by Implementing Emerging Technologies in Your Classroom
Jeannine Stanaway - Nan Jackson, Christel Marschall ,Lansing Community College
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: General Science, Instruction/Pedagogy
Interest Level: Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - Regency 2
Explore the small in a large way. This innovative inquiry-based session provides classroom-ready materials to engage students in exploring emerging technologies on the nanoscale in their world.
Featured Session
Grants and Guts: Building a Wicked Fast Electric RC Car
John Velis - Grand Traverse Academy
Primary Subjects: Computer/Technology, Physics
Interest Level: High School, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 5
With the help of a grant from the Convergence Education Foundation -- now the Square One Education Network -- eleven intrepid physics students and one clueless teacher, undertake the challenge of racing a 1/16 scale RC car after converting it from nitro fuel into a battery powered beast. (Part of the Convergence Education Foundation, now the Square One Education Network)
Featured Session
Informal Science Session: Critters in the Classroom....Caring For and Teaching with Animals
Elizabeth Brockwell-Tillman - Janet Canode, MI Department of Natural Resources
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Environmental Education, Earth Science
Interest Level: Early Elementary, Later Elementary
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 2
The DNR will offer tips on using animals in the classroom to reinforce learning outcomes. An introduction to DNR Visitor Center programs and outreach opportunities will be highlighted.
Featured Session
Introducing REIF (Re-imagine Effective Instructional Framework)
Kevin Richard - MDE
Primary Subjects: Assessment
Interest Level: Early Elementary, High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - Capital 1
What makes a good teacher? The Michigan Department of Education has created a research-based instructional framework to identify strengths and gaps in teachers' practices.
Labs, Labs....and More Labs! (High School)
Patrick Wenzl - Holt McDougal
SB CEU Session
Vendor Session
Primary Subjects: Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science, Physics
Interest Level: High School
Location: Radisson Hotel - Capital 2
Looking for new twists on classic lab favorites or innovative lab ideas that engage students? Join us for a unique look at the latest comprehensive lab programs from Holt McDougal. Limited complimentary resource materials will be provided …plus door prizes and giveaways!
Light: Inverse Square Law Visualized
Dale Freeland - Portage Central High School
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Instruction/Pedagogy, Physics
Interest Level: High School, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 103
This session will lead participants through instruction that will make the inverse square law visible for all students. Inexpensive materials are used to gather data for graphing data and finding mathematical relationship.
Make Your Enrichment Programs “Click with the GLCEs”!
Lydia Lohrer-Bevier - Patrick Bevier, Outdoor Explorers in the Classroom
Vendor Session
Primary Subjects: Biology, Environmental Education
Interest Level: Early Elementary, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 202
When an assembly presenter comes to your school or classroom, do you get the full benefit with regard to student learning and correlation to the Michigan science GLCEs? In this session we will assist K-8 educators to get the "most bang for their bucks" from outside programs. Discussion of pre and post program information gathering, helpful hints and examples of effective enrichment lessons will be provided.
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Middle School Students. Perceptions of Scientists on Television
Lisa Ryan - Lakeview School District
Primary Subjects: General Science, Instruction/Pedagogy
Interest Level: Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - Michigan 1
This session is a lecture/discussion that will share the results of a recent NSF funded event that looked at characteristics of scientist on television and how students perceive those scientists. It includes a sample lesson plan.
National Parks Seek Teacher-Ranger-Teachers
Lisa Myers - Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Vendor Session
Primary Subjects: Environmental Education
Interest Level: Early Elementary, High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - State 1
The Teacher-Ranger-Teacher (TRT) Program links National Parks around the country with teachers interested in spending the summer working as park rangers, and often living in the parks.
Ocean Observing Systems
Teresa Tucker - Northwest High School
Matthew Tucker - Livingston Christian School
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Environmental Education, Earth Science
Interest Level: High School, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 101
Bring the ocean into your classroom. Learn how satellites, buoys, moorings, and ROV's can give your students access to real-time and near real time data.
One Stop Shopping for K-7 Science Resources
Laura Chambless - St. Clair County ISD
Primary Subjects: General Science
Interest Level: Early Elementary, Later Elementary
Location: Lansing Center - 201
Come view a FREE internet site with all your K-7 science resources at your fingertips.
Reaching Every Student with Differentiated Instruction
Jennifer Ward - Allegan High School
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Instruction/Pedagogy
Interest Level: High School, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 4
The instructional techniques of differentiated instruction and layered curriculum will be discussed. Examples of DI/LC lessons for chemistry will be shared. The benefits of these techniques as well as potential difficulties will be shared.
Resources for the Beginning Physics Teacher - Part 2
Donald Pata - Mark Davids, Grosse Pointe Public Schools
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Instruction/Pedagogy, Physics
Interest Level: High School, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 7
Participants will take away student activities and teaching strategies in physical science and introductory physics. These inquiry-based labs and lessons are geared for the new physics teacher, and are fun and easy for the students.
Sound in the Ocean: Refraction for Whales
Dave Chapman - Okemos High School
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Earth Science, Physics
Interest Level: High School, Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - Regency 1
Take home an activity to teach wave refraction using ocean sound - or teach oceanography with a clever sound wave activity. It has important biological and military implications.
Water Testing Basics
Randall Cook - Tri County High School
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Environmental Education
Interest Level: High School
Location: Lansing Center - 102
A brief introduction of the use of a Datamate and ion specific probes used for student water testing will be introduced. A presentation of a student project will also be given.
Workshops
3:00 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.
AUTOPSY: Forensic Dissection Featuring Carolina's Perfect SolutionR Pigs
SB CEU Session
Vendor Session
Primary Subjects: Biology
Interest Level: High School
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 3
Engage students and revitalize your instruction of mammalian structure and function with a "real" classroom autopsy! Participants dissect a pig using human autopsy protocols.
Workshops
3:00 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.
Examining the Human Footprint: Population, Land Use and the Environment
Janet Vail - Grand Valley State University
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Environmental Education
Interest Level: High School, Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - Capital 3
Engage in innovative, hands-on activities that explore human evolution and its impacts on ecosystems, biodiversity, climate and natural resources. Receive extensive lesson plans on CD-ROM!
Foldables in Science
Cherie Hunter - Monroe ISD
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: General Science
Interest Level: Early Elementary, Later Elementary
Location: Lansing Center - 205
Come join the fun using Dinah Zikes' Foldables. Foldables are three dimensional interactive, practical and effective instructional ideas that involve students in the learning process. This is a hands-on session.
Featured Session
Informal Science Session: Thinking and Acting like Scientists
Carole Johnson - Van Andel Institute
Primary Subjects: Instruction/Pedagogy
Interest Level: Early Elementary, Later Elementary
Location: Lansing Center - Governor
How do you encourage students to think and act like scientists? How do you help students to question, predict, plan, evaluate and communicate? Participants will actively explore answers to these questions.
Sessions
4:00 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.
4 Year College (Informal meeting with refreshments)
Stephen Burton - Grand Valley State University
Primary Subjects: Instruction/Pedagogy
Interest Level: College
Location: Radisson Hotel - State 1
Come meet individuals from other 4 year colleges to discuss how to make MSTA useful at this level.
A Few Good Materials: Exploring Plants and Growth
Susie Jackson - Michigan State University
Vendor Session
Primary Subjects: Biology
Interest Level: Early Elementary, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - Capital 4
Powerful hands-on activities illustrating the big ideas in the GLCEs related to plants and growth can be developed from inexpensive materials. Science process GLCEs will also be emphasized. Handouts provided.
Blending Career/Technical Education with Online Science
Jason Kalis - Kent Career Technical Center
Lorri MacDonald
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Computer/Technology, Instruction/Pedagogy
Interest Level: High School
Location: Lansing Center - 204
See how MVU and Kent ISD meet the needs of students through blended learning. Session highlights how career/technical and online science instructions create a rigorous and relevant science experience.
ChemCom: An Alternative Course for Chemistry-Challenged Juniors - CANCELED
Michael Clemente - Gibraltar School District
Primary Subjects: Chemistry
Interest Level: High School
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 6
With juniors in many districts taking Chemistry to fulfill the MMC, ChemCom's (Chemistry in the Community) thematic approach to master the HSCCEs helps most students become chemistry literate students.
Chemistry Teachers Meeting
Amy Zitzelberger - Hazel Park High School
Primary Subjects: Chemistry
Interest Level: High School
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 4
An informal gathering to share resources, teaching ideas, and development opportunities. Have a favorite lab or demo? Bring handouts/ideas to share! Need ideas, labs or demos?
Climate and Climate Change Investigations
Shawn McNamara - Grosse Pointe Public Schools
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Environmental Education, Earth Science
Interest Level: College, High School, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 2
Looking for classroom ideas to help meet your HSSC and GLC expectations? Learn about new activities, web resources, and coursework available through the DataStreme: Earth's Climate System program.
Creating a New Generation of Science Leaders
Mary Ann Sheline - Grand Valley State University
Walter Rathkamp - Saginaw Valley State University
Stephen Best - University of Michigan
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Assessment, Instruction/Pedagogy
Interest Level: High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 203
Share ideas on developing teacher leaders to support colleagues in addressing challenging issues in science education. We'll discuss roles of teacher leaders, resources to support new teacher leaders, and several experiences and strategies for leaders from our statewide leadership development program.
Dolphin Travel Courses to the DRC in the Florida Keys
Cynthia Drake - Kevin Dehne, Delta College
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Biology
Interest Level: College, High School, Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - Regency 2
Dolphin travel course offers the ultimate "active learning" experience. See how we took students to the Dolphin Research Center in the Florida Keys and receive materials to help you, too.
Elementary Science Inquiry Extravaganza
Mary Stein - Oakland University
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: General Science
Interest Level: Early Elementary, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 8
Join the fun as Oakland University pre-service teachers provide you with a wealth of inquiry activities that will engage your students and their "inquiring" minds.
From Desktop to Laptop: Stepping Boldly into the Digital Classroom!
Patrick Wenzl - Holt McDougal
SB CEU Session
Vendor Session
Primary Subjects: Computer/Technology
Interest Level: High School, Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - Capital 2
Digital learning is a great motivator for students, but what are the keys to incorporating new technology for planning, teaching and assessing in your classroom. From engaging interactive software to online textbooks resources, Holt McDougal will help you successfully step into the digital classroom! Limited complimentary resource materials will be provided …plus door prizes and giveaways!
Get Em Outside!
Lisa Weise - Holt High School
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Biology, Environmental Education, General Science
Interest Level: Early Elementary, High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - Regency 1
Participants engage in discussion about ways to do science outside. Inspired by Richard Louv's call to connect kids to nature, teachers are finding more ways to broaden the scope of the word, "classroom". Lots of ideas about things to do with kids of all ages outside. These focus on science process skills, biology, ecology and some earth science. A brief example of how one school has made their own outdoor learning area. Sample nature journals that can be printed off or modified by teachers, will be provided.
Hassle Free Microbiology
John Fedors - Science Activities
Primary Subjects: Biology
Interest Level: High School, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 7
The use of instant dehydrated "Petrifilm Plates" provides teachers with the materials for "Hassle Free Microbiology". Attendees will use these "plates" to demonstrate microbes in environment and demonstrate BIG NUMBERS of microbes by using a serial dilution technique. Yeast, from their microbial respiration activity, will be used for this activity.
Featured Session
Have No Fear, An Engineer Is Here!
Robert Stephenson - Okemos Public Schools
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: General Science
Interest Level: Early Elementary, Later Elementary
Location: Radisson Hotel - Capital 1
Mr. Stephenson, 2009/10 MI Teacher of the Year, will share engaging discrepant event strategies to enhance science inquiry, as well as introduce inexpensive engineering projects to foster inventive creativity.
High School Meeting/Refreshments
Michael Sampson - Redford Union High School
Primary Subjects: General Science
Interest Level: High School
Location: Radisson Hotel - Michigan 2
Share ideas and concerns with peers. Get updates on what's happening in the state. Meet your MSTA High School Director. Refreshments provided.
Meet the Elementary Science Director
Charles Bucienski - Olivet Community Schools
Primary Subject IN
Interest Level: Early Elementary
Location: Radisson Hotel - Michigan 1
Come meet the Michigan Science Teachers Associations Elementary Director and share your concerns and teaching needs. Refreshments served.
MI Biology Teachers Meeting
Cheryl Hach - Kalamazoo Area M/S/Center
Primary Subjects: Biology
Interest Level: Early Elementary, High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 103
Middle School Meeting/Refreshments
Yonee Bryant-Kuiphoff - Linden Grove Middle School
Primary Subjects: General Science
Interest Level: Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - Michigan 2
The Aesthetic Realism Teaching Method Shows Every Fact Has Meaning!
Rosemary Plumstead
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Biology
Interest Level: High School, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 104
Experience a lesson on the beauty and ferocity of the immune system and how from it, students can learn to have anger that is exact and a source of pride.
To Podcast of Not to Podcast? That is the Question
Randall Cook - Tri County High School
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Environmental Education
Interest Level: High School
Location: Lansing Center - 102
Does teacher podcasting have a positive impact on student learning? The results of a research grant funded by the MDE will be presented during this session.
Why Doesn't Aligned Instruction Necessarily Insure Student Success?
Gary Money - GMoney Consulting
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Assessment, Instruction/Pedagogy
Interest Level: College, Early Elementary, High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 101
Depth of student understanding will be examined using hands-on Surveys of Enacted Curriculum data. GLEC will be examined to determine expectations of student understanding. Handouts will be provided.
New Session Listing
Wind Energy Science for the Classroom
Joe Rand - KidWind
Vendor Session
Primary Subjects: Physics
Interest Level: High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 201
Learn to bring wind energy science into your classroom using standards-based activities in a hands-on manner.
WMU - CoreKids Know What's Underfoot in Michigan!
Susan Grammer - WMU – MGRRE
SB CEU Session
Vendor Session
Primary Subjects: Environmental Education, Earth Science
Interest Level: Early Elementary, High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - Michigan 3
Rock samples and data from WMU form the basis of unique activities that help students envision what lies deep beneath their feet. Topics include Michigan natural resources, climate change and CO2 sequestration. Hands-on activities and handouts provided.
Worms Eat Our Garbage
Diane Graham - Lansing Public Schools
Maribeth Fletcher - Williamston Community Schools
SB CEU Session
Primary Subjects: Biology
Interest Level: Early Elementary, Later Elementary
Location: Lansing Center - 202
Each participant will make and take their own worm bin following the procedure for vermicomposting. Presenters will explain how they compost at their schools.
