New Sessions
These are new additions to the conference schedule that were not published in the registration program.
Sessions
Friday: 8:30 a.m. to 9:15 a.m.
Anatomy in Clay, Muscular Anatomy
Jeffrey Poole - Zahourek Systems
Vendor Session
Primary Subjects: Biology
Interest Level: College, High School, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 202
Build the muscular anatomy onto a uniquely designed manikin model. Learn by doing, rather than memorizing. Totally hands-on!
Sessions
Friday: 4:00 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.
Biotechnology DNA Life Bulb Experiment
Tom Cynkar - EDVOTECK
Vendor Session
Primary Subjects: Biology
Interest Level: College, High School
Location: Lansing Center - 102
A fresh approach will introduce the DNA Life Bulb Experiment to biology students of all ages. Teacher participants will extract and spool in a Life Bulb.
Feeling Under Pressure - Gas Pressure and Volume Relationships
Cindy Sherwood - Key Curriculum Press
Vendor Session
Primary Subjects: Chemistry
Interest Level: High School
Location: Radisson Hotel - Michigan 1
Explore the relationships between pressure and volume of gases using syringes and a bathroom scale. Come find out about a chemistry program that does this and much more.
From Astrobiology to Zoology: Igniting Students' Interest in Science Careers
Jim Brown - Sally Ride Science
Vendor Session
Primary Subjects: General Science
Interest Level: Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 8
Explore the wide range of science careers, many paths to becoming a scientist, and vibrant women and men in science. Learn how to keep students' interests alive through hands-on activities.
Owl Pellet Inquiry: Analyzing Regional Variations
Patti Kopkau - Whittemore-Prescott Schools
Vendor Session
Primary Subjects: Biology
Interest Level: Early Elementary, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 104
Inquiry-based, hands-on investigation of diet/prey variations among owls from 4 regions of North America. Learn about Carolina's Owl Pellet Database and how students share findings with schools around the world.
Severe Weather Vignette
Tina Weller - Brian Cotner, Roosevelt High School
Primary Subjects: Earth Science, Instruction/Pedagogy
Interest Level: High School, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 1
Experience a hands-on approach in forecasting weather with class demonstrations, lab activities and a severe weather video presentation. Designed to help Michigan Earth Science Teachers using the new HSCE's and Newman's Principles of Effective Instruction.
Sessions
Saturday: 8:00 a.m. to 8:45 a.m.
Plate Tectonics: An Introduction with Activities and 3-D Models
Christine McLelland - American Geological Society
Vendor Session
Primary Subjects: Earth Science
Interest Level: High School, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 104
Learn what you need to know to teach a plate tectonics unit, including the history (an excellent example of the nature of science), evidence, activities, and 3-D models for students to construct. This is an introductory workshop for new teachers of plate tectonics. Free CD with materials for attendees.
Writing Excellent Summaries
Elaine Augustine - Walled Lake Schools
Primary Subjects: Assessment, Instruction/Pedagogy
Interest Level: High School, Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - Regency 2
Have you ever asked your students to summarize textbooks materials or an article you asked them to read and in return you receive a piece of work that is far longer than the original? This session will show you how to teach your students a step by step method for summarizing in any subject. The process will be shared along with final anchor papers. Handouts will include information and a rubric for immediate use with your students.
Sessions
Saturday: 9:00 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.
Biotechnology DNA Forensics for Classroom Use
Tom Cynkar - EDVOTEK
Vendor Session
Primary Subjects: Biology
Interest Level: College, High School
Location: Lansing Center - 102
DNA fingerprinting has become a universally accepted crime fighting tool. Students enjoy learning core concepts of molecular biology while matching the guilty suspect to genetic evidence left at crime scene via DNA analysis and restriction enzymes.
Introduction to Wisconsin Fast Plants
Patti Kopkau - Whittemore-Prescott Schools
Vendor Session
Primary Subjects: Biology
Interest Level: Early Elementary, High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - Michigan 1
Experience what's new with Wisconsin Fast PlantsTM. These classroom tools are ideal for exploring the plant's life cycle. Participants plant and pollinate seeds. Free materials.
Sessions
Saturday: 10:00 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.
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
Build the neural anatomy onto a uniquely designed manikin model. Learn by doing, rather than memorizing. Totally hands-on!
DNA Necklaces and Double Helix Models
Patti Kopkau - Whittemore-Prescott Schools
Vendor Session
Primary Subjects: Biology
Interest Level: Early Elementary, Middle Level, Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - Michigan 1
Use hands-on activities to teach DNA science. Participants isolate their own DNA and fashion it into a necklace. They also construct a double-helix model.
Sessions
Saturday: 1:00 p.m. to 1:45 p.m.
Who Killed Henry Ward?
Kevin Hill - Ward's Natural Science
Primary Subjects:
Interest Level: College, High School, Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - Capital 3
You will have a truly memorable experience as you perform stimulating, hands-on activities in blood typing and blood spatter analysis.
Workshops
Saturday: 1:00 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.
AUTOPSY: Forensic Dissection Featuring Carolina's Perfect SolutionR Pigs
Patti Kopkau - Whittemore-Prescott Schools
Vendor Session
Primary Subjects: Biology
Interest Level: High School, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - Governor
Engage students and revitalize your instruction of mammallan structure and function with a "real" classroom autopsy! Participants dissect a pig using human autopsy protocols.
