Saturday Sessions

Breakfast/Meeting
7:15 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.

Elementary Level Breakfast/Sharing
Cookie Rathkamp - SVSU Regional M/S Center
Primary Subjects: General Science
Interest Level: Later Elementary
Location: Radisson Hotel - Michigan 3


High School Breakfast/Sharing
Michael Sampson - Redford Union High School
Primary Subjects: General Science
Interest Level: High School
Location: Radisson Hotel - Michigan 2


Middle School Breakfast/Sharing
Yonee Bryant-Kuiphoff - Milwood Magnet School
Primary Subjects: General Science
Interest Level: Later Elementary
Location: Radisson Hotel - Michigan 1

College Strand
8:00 a.m. to 8:20 a.m.

Teaching College Students to Think and Reason Scientifically Using Mini-Investigations
Alex Azima - Lansing Community College
Primary Subjects: Physics
Interest Level: College
Location: Radisson Hotel - Regency 1
Several mini-investigations are used in a calculus-based introductory physics course at Lansing Community College in order to get students to think and to reason scientifically. Some of the results will be shared.

Sessions
8:00 a.m. to 8:45 a.m.

Authentic Research at the High School Level
Andrew Moore - Grand Rapids Catholic Central HS
Primary Subjects: Instruction/Pedagogy, Integrated Science
Interest Level: High School
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 8
In this three year program, high school students participate in graduate level research utilizing a professional mentor at an institute or university by designing and performing an authentic research project.

Earthwatch Institute
Claudia Seldon - Earthwatch Institute
Vendor Session
Primary Subjects: Environmental Education, Earth Science
Interest Level: College, High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 2
Earthwatch Research addresses endangered species, threatened ecosystems, vanishing cultures, public health, climate change, and many other global concerns. See how you can join the team and make a difference.

Integrating Bee Keeping into Curriculum . Share-a-thon
Eileen Byrnes - Grissom Middle School
SB CEU Sessions
Primary Subjects: Curriculum, General Science
Interest Level: College, Early Elementary, High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 1
Learn how to get students involved in the exciting hobby while fostering environmental stewardship. Session attendees will receive a CD with state aligned curriculum activities.

Introducing the GLOBE Program: Doing Authentic Science with a Worldwide Audience
Greg Coverdale - NMU
SB CEU Sessions
Primary Subjects: Earth Science
Interest Level: College, High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 101
Global Learning and Observation for a Better Environment (GLOBE) allows K-grad students to systematically examine their environment by collecting and analyzing data on water quality, soils, atmosphere and weather, land cover/biology, and phenology. Results can be used to begin long-term studies of students' local environments, and they can compare their work to similar studies being conducted by students and teachers throughout the world. Handouts included.

Plan a Super Science Saturday: An Experience for All Levels
Paula Hughes - Marlenn Maicki, Gillian VonSeeger, Detroit Country Day School
Primary Subjects: General Science
Interest Level: Early Elementary, High School, Later Elementary
Location: Lansing Center - 202
Come learn how to plan and hold a Super Science Saturday, with elementary student participants and high school student teachers. We will include hands-on samples of activities, organizational strategies, and timelines. Handouts provided.

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.

Science Talks - Application in the Classroom
Dave Brigham - Lansing School District
SB CEU Sessions
Primary Subjects: General Science, Instruction/Pedagogy
Interest Level: Early Elementary, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 205
Science Talks is a teacher-guided, student-led discussion. It incorporates informal assessment, effectively engages and motivates students, establishes mutual respect, and corrects strongly held student misconceptions.

Smart Boards and Science
David Schofield - Elizabeth Worth, Schweitzer Elementary School
Primary Subjects: Computer/Technology, Instruction/Pedagogy
Interest Level: Early Elementary, Later Elementary
Location: Lansing Center - 203
Keeping up with technology is easy. This class will show you and let you use a SMARTBOARD in a "real life" classroom setting. Handouts will be available.

The New Grade Level Content Expectations for Elementary (K-4)
Kevin Richard - MDE Science Consultant
SB CEU Sessions
Primary Subjects: Curriculum
Interest Level: Early Elementary, Later Elementary
Location: Lansing Center - 201
New expectations were approved in December. Come find out how these changes affect you.

The Virtual Chemistry Lab - Computer Simulation
Dave Barnes - Arbor Scientific
Vendor Session
Primary Subjects: Chemistry
Interest Level: High School, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 102
Enhance students' chemistry lab experience with interactive, fun-to-use software. Use Crocodile Chemistry as a simulated laboratory where students can create realistic experiments using a large selection of labware and chemicals. Also preview "Conceptual Chemistry Alive!" an interactive chemistry course tutorial. FREE demo disks.

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.

Workshops
8:00 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.

Electrify Your Day Mike and Paul
Michael Suckley - The MAPs Team
Paul Klozik
SB CEU Sessions
Primary Subjects: Physics
Interest Level: High School, Later Elementary
Location: Lansing Center - 204
Construct your very own circuit board, discover series and parallel circuits; use your board to explain conductors, insulators, circuits, fuses, diodes and everyday applications.

Kings, Queens and Mystery Boxes: Teaching the Process of Science
Rob Keys - Cornerstone University
SB CEU Sessions
Primary Subjects: General Science
Interest Level: College, High School, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 103
Engage in inquiry-based, mind-challenging activities using simple props designed to help students learn model building, hypothesis testing and more. Then make and take your own. Giveaways and CDs.

Microbial Activities and Food Safety
John Fedors
SB CEU Sessions
Primary Subjects: Biology
Interest Level: High School, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 4
Microbes: Necessary, we can't live without them. They are competitors. They compete for our food. Body defends against the few pathogens. Learn their role in Biotechnology.

College Strand
8:20 a.m. to 9:05 a.m.

PD Strategies and Materials for College Science Faculty Working with ML Science Teachers
Robert Poel
Primary Subjects: Instruction/Pedagogy
Interest Level: College
Location: Radisson Hotel - Regency 1
Inquiry, currently a common label in science education, often means different things depending on the context. This session will present materials that address the professional development needs of middle school science teachers who are being asked to teach science using inquiry strategies.

Sessions
9:00 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.

Biology Bonanza III: Botany and Biology Basics
Heather Peterson - Holt High School
Primary Subjects: Biology
Interest Level: High School
Location: Radisson Hotel - Capital 1
Come see how to teach the High School Science Content Expectations through inquiry based units; activities and labs. Handouts provided.

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.

Cool Tools for Projectile Motion
Kathy Mirakovits - Portage Northern High School
SB CEU Sessions
Primary Subjects: Instruction/Pedagogy, Physics
Interest Level: High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 1
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.

Developing YOUR Magnetic Personality - CANCELED
Scott Alan Blanchard - Briscotti Educational Center
SB CEU Sessions
Primary Subjects: Physics
Interest Level: Early Elementary, Later Elementary
Location: Lansing Center - 202
In this session, we will discover new and exciting ways to teach the concepts of magnetism to students. Handouts and samples too.

EcoJars - Bringing Ecology to Life in Your Classroom - CANCELED
Michelle Foster - Wayland Union Middle School
SB CEU Sessions
Primary Subjects: Environmental Education, Integrated Science
Interest Level: High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 2
Create an aquatic system that will support a fish. Applied science allows students to integrate, life, earth, physical and environmental science using laboratory, research and field collection techniques.

Harnessing the Literacy Bully
Rochelle Rubin - Rubin Consulting
SB CEU Sessions
Primary Subjects: Curriculum, Literacy
Interest Level: Early Elementary, Later Elementary
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 6
This session will focus on research that supports hands-on science as a vehicle toward improved literacy. The session will also provide examples of how nonfiction text and writing can be used to enhance science achievement. Recommendations for finding ways to fit science back into an overcrowded schedule will be presented.

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.

Michigan Environmental Education Curriculum Support: Overview Session
Thomas Occhipinti - MI Department of Environmental Quality
Primary Subjects: Environmental Education
Interest Level: High School, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 8
This session will discuss an overview of all five units of the Michigan Environmental Education Curriculum Framework (MEECS). Al five units feature engaging, hands-on lessons that encourage student participation and inquiry. Units are designed to increase appreciation and understanding of Michigan's environment and its role in Michigan's economy. MEECS is aligned with science and social studies content standards and MEAP assessment.

Monitory Water Quality in the High School Curriculum
Lisa Arnold - Steve Lord, Alma High School
Sarah Beery - St. Louis High School
Primary Subjects: Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Education
Interest Level: College, High School, Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - Michigan 3
PowerPoint and on-line data and activities will be used during presentation to demonstrate student involvement with this project.

On-line Collaborations to Enhance and Expand Learning
Norm Lownds - Michigan State University
Primary Subjects: Computer/Technology
Interest Level: College, High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - Capital 3
Explore on-line collaboration tools, Wonder Wall, Journal of Garden Science, and how you can use them to connect your students to scientists in ways that will enhance their learning.

Rock Cycle Elaboration Projects
Sandra Rutherford - Eastern Michigan University
SB CEU Sessions
Primary Subjects: Earth Science
Interest Level: High School, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 205
Learn how to add a project to your curriculum. The Rock and Rap CD cover, and the Volcano Resume are two projects we will cover. Handouts provided.

Scaffolded Inquiry and Toys in Motion
Fran Vaughn - Prentice Hall
Vendor Session
Primary Subjects: Instruction/Pedagogy
Interest Level: Early Elementary, Later Elementary
Location: Lansing Center - Governor


Step 1: Follow Directions; Step 2: Throw Out Directions
Jeffrey Shull - Armada Area Schools
Rob Blume - Armada Area Schools
SB CEU Sessions
Primary Subjects: Instruction/Pedagogy
Interest Level: High School
Location: Radisson Hotel - Stateroom 1
Lab manuals provide experiments that are safe, time efficient, and easy to prepare for, but do they truly teach your students science? Learn to change cookbook labs into inquiry explorations.

Student Research Projects Using Technology
Bud Ellis - Addison High School
SB CEU Sessions
Primary Subjects: Biology, Chemistry
Interest Level: High School
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 3
Join an award winning teacher as he discusses the use of technology to have students do research in the high school setting. This is an outgrowth of the NSF funded TITiC summer workshop. Handouts available.

The Clear Lake Environment Camp for Educators
Greg Coverdale - NMU
SB CEU Sessions
Primary Subjects: Earth Science
Interest Level: College, High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 101
Pre-service teachers at Northern Michigan University experience Project Wild, Project Learning Tree, and Project WET curricula as they explore ways to increase their environmental literacy and prepare for teaching in outdoor settings. Handouts included.

The New Grade Level Content Expectations for Middle School (5 - 7)
Kevin Richard - MDE Science Consultant
SB CEU Sessions
Primary Subjects: Curriculum
Interest Level: Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 201
New expectations were approved in December. Come find out how these changes affect you.

The Press to Assess: Effective Classroom Assessment
Carolyn Lowe - NMU - School of Education
SB CEU Sessions
Primary Subjects: Assessment
Interest Level: College, High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - Regency 2
Participants will learn how to create traditional and alternative assessments that facilitate and evaluate the student learning at many levels of cognition, and the assessment of scientific process skills.

The Science of Curriculum: KC4's Response to the Science HSCE's
Ruth Moxon - Kent ISD
Vendor Session
Primary Subjects: Curriculum
Interest Level: High School
Location: Lansing Center - 104
This session will describe the process used to develop one ISD's response to the new Science HSCE's. A sample unit will be shared. Handouts will be available.

Using Gowin's Vee to "Dissect" An Experiment
Mary Brown - Lansing Community College
Primary Subjects: Assessment
Interest Level: College, High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - Michigan 2
This session will use graphic organizer (Gowin's Vee) with "Raw Data" from Discover. The Vee organizes the experimental components and helps determine if the experiment is well designed.

Virtual Labs for AP Biology and Chemistry
Lisa Bowman - Frey Scientific
Vendor Session
Primary Subjects: Chemistry
Interest Level: College, High School
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 7
Participants will observe Neo/SCI's highly interactive virtual labs for AP biology and chemistry, perform a hands-on activity, and receive complementary software after the workshop.

Workshops
9:00 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.

Applying Brain Research in Science = Increased Achievement
Robby Cramer - Grand Haven Area Public Schools
SB CEU Sessions
Primary Subjects: Instruction/Pedagogy
Interest Level: College, Early Elementary, High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - Capital 4
Applications of current brain research in your daily science lessons will be shared. Explore two-minute strategies to engage students. New ways to increase student achievement. Handouts provided.

Chemistry Demonstrations to Knock (or blow) Your Socks Off
Anthony Sky - Lawrence Tech University
SB CEU Sessions
Primary Subjects: Chemistry
Interest Level: College, High School
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 5
Just for fun! Take a break with entertaining and instructive chemistry demonstrations. Lots of flashes, bangs, and a little learning, too.

Dig into Science: Plants Go To School
Jessica Albright - 4-H Children's Garden
SB CEU Sessions
Primary Subjects: Environmental Education
Interest Level: Early Elementary, Later Elementary
Location: Lansing Center - 203
Discover ways to bring plants into your classroom and develop your students' green thumbs by nurturing their curiosity about the plant world. This session will provide hands-on activities and materials to take back to your classroom.

College Strand
9:10 a.m. to 9:55 a.m.

U.S. and Michigan Energy Use: History, Future, and Societal Impact
Ernest Behringer - Eastern Michigan University
Primary Subjects: Environmental Education, Physics
Interest Level: College, High School
Location: Radisson Hotel - Regency 1
A review of national and state energy use will be presented with an exercise to stimulate thinking about ways to meet future energy demands and about the corresponding societal impacts.

Sessions
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!

AP Chem Ideas: Quantitative Color Labs, Teaching Tools and Morale Boosters
Amy Zitzelberger - Hazel Park High School
Jamie Benigna - The Roeper School
SB CEU Sessions
Primary Subjects: Chemistry
Interest Level: High School
Location: Lansing Center - 102
Student-engaging teaching tools and multi-topic labs for Kinetics, Beer's Law, Titration, Molecular Mass Determination, Liquid Chromatography, Organic Chemistry, and Redox. Worksheets and lab instructions will be posted on the web.

Biotech Buzz: Learn the Steps to Implementing a Biotech Program
Kim Small - LISD Votech Center
SB CEU Sessions
Primary Subjects: Biology
Interest Level: High School
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 3
Biotech is the newest buzz word in science education. Learn how the LISD Vo-tech Center developed a Biotech CTE program to support the state initiative of increasing biotech education in Michigan.

Cross District Scientific Collaboration: A Story of Two 4th Grade Classrooms
Brook Wilke
Lauren Kinsman - W.K. Kellogg Biological Station
SB CEU Sessions
Primary Subjects: Instruction/Pedagogy
Interest Level: College, Early Elementary, High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 205
Fourth grade teachers at Lawton and Martin are working with two Michigan State graduate students to build a partnership for scientific collaboration. Topics include science question boards, schoolyard habitats and curriculum integration. Handouts provided.

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.

Forensics OR Laboratory Science? Which to Choose?
Ann Sosnowski - William Beaumont Hospital . MALSE
SB CEU Sessions
Primary Subjects: Curriculum
Interest Level: College, High School
Location: Radisson Hotel - Michigan 2
Which profession should counselors, advisors and teachers advise students to pursue? What are the differences in practice in the real world?

FREE Internet Sites to Manage and Expand Your Classroom
Karen Malloy - Mancelona High School
Primary Subjects: Computer/Technology
Interest Level: College, High School, Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - Capital 3
Learn how to use FREE resources to create online portfolios, photo albums, and more. Use Google, Photobucket, Slideshare, Blogger, Wikispaces, MySpace, I Keep Bookmarks, and more!

Getting Out Of the Classroom and Into The Watershed
Mary Lindow - Battle Creek M/S Center
Primary Subjects: Environmental Education
Interest Level: High School
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 2
Are your students ready to move beyond water quality testing? Learn how to develop watershed projects by building partnerships with local organizations as well as lessons I learned from attending the Water Environment Federation Exhibition and Conference.

GLOBE in Action
Greg Coverdale - Northern Michigan University
SB CEU Sessions
Primary Subjects: Earth Science
Interest Level: College, High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 101
Graduate and undergraduate students implement the GLOBE protocols in preparation for designing a GLOBE-based strategy that will be effective in their own classrooms. Examples of the protocols and data collection in the field will be demonstrated. Handouts included.

High School Science Clarification Documents
Tammi Phillippe - Berrien County ISD
Kevin Richard - MDE Science Consultant
SB CEU Sessions
Primary Subjects: Curriculum
Interest Level: High School
Location: Lansing Center - 201
Join Tammi and Kevin Richard, with the Michigan Department of Education as they address the high school science clarification documents. Learn to access these documents. Use them to simplify and align your curriculum and learn how they determine assessment.

Horticulture as a Middle School Elective
Carol Hodges - Hillside Middle School
SB CEU Sessions
Primary Subjects: Earth Science
Interest Level: Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 8
Horticulture is a great opportunity to meet benchmarks about soil development and flowering plants, while providing students with a service learning opportunity. Handouts will be available.

Let's Go! Science You Can Get Your Hands On With Vernier
Amy Frame - Vernier Software
Vendor Session
Primary Subjects: General Science
Interest Level: Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 103
See our exciting products, Go!Temp, Go!Link, and Go!Motion - the easiest-to-use and least expensive science data-collection tools available. You might even win a Go!Temp.

Nanoscience: The Science of Small
Lynda Smith - Lakeshore High School
SB CEU Sessions
Primary Subjects: Biology, Integrated Science
Interest Level: High School
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 4
This session will review current nanoscience resources, especially related to biology and medicine. Handouts will be provided.

Reaching All Students
Earl Hagstrom
Mozell Lang - Detroit Public Schools
Primary Subjects: Instruction/Pedagogy
Interest Level: Early Elementary, High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - Stateroom 1
Session will present strategies to help reach all students by varying your delivery.

Stoichiometry Activities
Connie Kemner - Lake Shore High School
SB CEU Sessions
Primary Subjects: Chemistry
Interest Level: High School
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 7
This session will present activities to assist students as they learn stoichiometry.

Summer Camps: Research of Perceptions, Learning Styles and Assessment Methods
Tod Gugino - Hope College
Ashely O'Shaughnessey
Jonathan Hertel
Jolene Huber
Jason Becker
SB CEU Sessions
Primary Subjects: Curriculum
Interest Level: Early Elementary, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - Michigan 3
Explore several of Hope College.s Summer Camp activities including, math, plants, shipwrecks, and how things work. Learn the results of four research projects on perceptions. Learn Styles and Assessment Methods.

Using Benchmark Assessments to Improve Learning
Renee Valentine - Walled Lake Schools
SB CEU Sessions
Primary Subjects: Assessment
Interest Level: High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - Regency 2
This session will focus on how we use district-wide common assessments to focus teaching and provide immediate feedback to make instructional decisions.

We Were How Tall? Making Inferences Using the Laetoli Trackway
Denise Payment - Tahquamenon Area Schools
Primary Subjects: Biology
Interest Level: High School, Middle Level
Through the use of ENST/SENSI materials, students will use charts, graphs, diagrams and contour maps to make inferences about human evolution.

What's New at the Detroit Zoo
Kim Sneden - Detroit Zoological Society
Vendor Session
Primary Subjects: Biology, Environmental Education
Interest Level: Early Elementary, High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 1
Zoos are educational naturally! Discover the Zoo's new Ford Education Center and the exciting learning adventures that await you and your students.

College Strand
10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

Some Lessons Learned from Physics Education Research
Bradley Ambrose - Grand Valley State University
Primary Subjects: Instruction/Pedagogy, Physics
Interest Level: College
Location: Radisson Hotel - Regency 1
College and university faculty will be introduced to the field of Physics Education Research (PER) and become familiar with teaching materials based on PER. Hands-on; handouts provided.

Workshops
10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Forensic Fun and the Missing Masterpiece
Chuck McMillan - Prentice Hall
Vendor Session
Primary Subjects: Biology, Chemistry
Interest Level: Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - Governor

Workshops
10:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.

Extreme Deep: Exploring the Ends of the Earth - Neptune's Basement
David - Gallo, Ph.D, Director of Special Projects, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Primary Subjects: Biology
Interest Level: College, Early Elementary, High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - Capital 2
We.ve only explored a few percent of the world beneath the ocean waves and yet we have found the most incredible things. The world.s highest mountains, deepest valleys, underwater rivers, waterfalls, lakes, and thriving communities of life all exist in a world without sun. Almost every undersea expedition returns to shore with new information about our origins, evolution, and destiny. This presentation will use high-resolution video to share some of the most recent discoveries, and will introduce the audience to a new era of undersea exploration.

Explore the underworld with Dr. David Gallo of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute who has led numerous expeditions over the past twenty years to the ocean's great trenches and fracture zones. We are just beginning to design the most sophisticated robot that will, for the first time ever, allow us to explore the ocean's great trenches and fracture zones. Until now, all ocean exploration has been done at depths less than 20,000 feet (3.75 miles). In fact, much of the research on hydrothermal vents is done at depths shallower than 2.5 miles. The new era of exploration will take us more than twice as deep! We have NO idea what we will find in this deepest and darkest and most hostile of worlds, but given what we have seen in shallower waters---our anticipation is incredibly great.

Let's Get Physical with Sound and Light LIMITED TO 50 ATTENDEES - FEE - $10.00
Chris Chiaverina
SB CEU Sessions
Primary Subjects: General Science, Instruction/Pedagogy
Interest Level: Early Elementary, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 202
The study of sound and light should be fun and exciting for your students! You will become acquainted with the basic principles of sound and light through a series of interactive experiences that you can easily replicate in our own classroom. These standard-based, student-centered activities are designed to promote conceptual understanding through active student engagement. Each participant will go home with several "make-and-take" devices.

National Parks: Science Education at Your Fingertips
Wendy Smith - Lisa Myers, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
Vendor Session
Primary Subjects: Environmental Education
Interest Level: High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 104
National Parks are living laboratories - perfect places for science education! Try hands-on activities and discover a multitude of NPS resources available for use in both parks and classrooms. Handouts provided.

No Child Left Behind: From the Classroom to the Forest
Christine Webster - Hudsonville Public Schools
SB CEU Sessions
Primary Subjects: Environmental Education, Earth Science
Interest Level: College, High School, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 6
A six week lesson plan using a forest as a laboratory will be presented. Lesson topics include scientific design, woodland surveys, soil study, abiotic factors, and land use/management issues. Handouts will be provided as well as suggestions on how to set up you own "forest laboratory", wherever you live.

Sessions
11:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.

A Cosmetics Chemistry Titration Experiment for High School
Larry Kolopajlo - EMU - Chemistry Department
SB CEU Sessions
Primary Subjects: Chemistry
Interest Level: High School
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 7
Participants will perform a simple micro scaled titration to determine benzyl peroxide, and anti-ace agent, in skin cream. Handouts will be provided.

Binder Park Zoo - Michigan Project Learning Tree
Kathy Fischer - Project Learning Tree
Vendor Session
Primary Subjects: Environmental Education
Interest Level: Early Elementary, High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 205
Through hands-on activities and live animals, you will learn how to use outside organizations as a resource to enhance your science curriculum. Learn how you can get over 90 activities that you can use in your classroom.

Breathe Life into Middle School Life Science - New/Old Activities to Share
Cheryl Hach - Kalamazoo Area M/S Center
Lynda Smith - Lakeshore High School
Primary Subjects: Biology
Interest Level: Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 204
Lynda and Cheryl will present classroom tested activities that align to the middle school life science content expectations. Join us and bring your own favorites to share with other teachers looking for new or different student-centered lessons.

Chemistry Demos from SEMCTO
Peg Convery - Farmington High School
SB CEU Sessions
Primary Subjects: Chemistry
Interest Level: High School
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 5
A selection of teachers from the Southeast Michigan Chemistry Teacher's Organization, will show demonstrations relative to the high school classroom.

Core Kids Know What's Underfoot In Michigan
Susan Grammer - MI Geological Repository
Vendor Session
Primary Subjects: Earth Science
Interest Level: College, Early Elementary, High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 8
Rock cores and other geological samples and data form the basis for unique activities than can help Michigan students visualize what lies beneath their feet. Handouts will be provided.

Data Literacy for ALL Students
Melissa Jaeger - Grand Haven Area Public Schools
Robby Cramer - Grand Haven Area Public Schools
SB CEU Sessions
Primary Subjects: Literacy
Interest Level: High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - Capital 4
Understand various forms of data literacy. Deepen your knowledge of types of tables/graphs applications. Explore how to teach these materials to your students. Examples of science journal and formative assessments will be shared.

Education on the Wing: Live Raptors in Your Classroom
Francie Krawske - Leslie Science and Nature Center
Vendor Session
Primary Subjects: Biology, Environmental Education
Interest Level: College, Early Elementary, High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - Regency 2
Live raptors will capture your student's attention. Join Leslie Science and Nature Center as we demonstrate how majestic birds, eagles, hawks, falcons and owls can captivate your students, helping them understand a variety of environmental concepts.

Hope CSI: An Outreach Program Providing FREE Science Resources
Carrie Dummer - Hope College
Dr. Jacquelin Koch - Hope College Physics Department
SB CEU Sessions
Primary Subjects: Physics
Interest Level: High School, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 1
Hope CSI (Creative Science Initiative) is providing schools with FREE resources and related lesson plans. All activities and student-performed demonstrations are aligned with the Michigan Content Expectations for Science. http://www.hope.edu/csi

Leave No Child inside; How To Battle "Nature Deficit Disorder"
Dave Green - Brandon Middle School
Primary Subjects: Environmental Education, Instruction/Pedagogy
Interest Level: Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 2
Join the movement to reconnect children to the natural world and rekindle their sense of wonder. MSU's Outdoor Adventure Challenge Program can be an antidote for much of what ails the young.

Memory Games: Science Vocabulary Made Easy
Christine Kelly - Allendale Middle School
Primary Subjects: Instruction/Pedagogy
Interest Level: High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 101
Science is a different language, or so they say! Instead of delivering more tests, motivate your students to remember with fast and easy games! Many games demonstrated and explained. Handouts provided.

Michigan Department of Education - Questions and Answers
Kevin Richard - MDE Science Consultant
SB CEU Sessions
Primary Subjects: Curriculum
Interest Level: Early Elementary, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 201
Ever have a question or a comment for the Michigan Department of Education? Come meet Kevin Richard, Science Consultant, and talk on an informal basis.

PASPORT Probeware and the New Xplorer GLX
Jason Carnes - PASCO Scientific
Vendor Session
Primary Subjects: Computer/Technology
Interest Level: Early Elementary, High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - Michigan 2
Got Probes? Whether your school currently has the Xplorer GLX or looking to purchase the Xplorer GLX, come join this informative session for K-!2 science teachers that will provide you with the basics of the Xplorer GLX's capabilities. You will come away with some lab ideas as well.

Science in a Cereal Box
Deborah Bryant - Kalamazoo Valley Community College
SB CEU Sessions
Primary Subjects: General Science
Interest Level: Early Elementary, Later Elementary
Location: Lansing Center - 203
Use cereal to teach scientific method in this hands-on session. Handouts will be available.

Science Writing In the Physics Curriculum
Mike Sinclair - Kalamazoo Area M/S Center
SB CEU Sessions
Primary Subjects: Literacy
Interest Level: High School
Location: Radisson Hotel - Stateroom 1
Writing across the curriculum is required for all state and federal mandates in education; here's how to incorporate it into the physics classroom. Plenty of examples will be used to show how to get kids to "buy into" writing for your classes.

Science You Can Get Your Hands On With Vernier
Amy Frame - Vernier Software
Vendor Session
Primary Subjects: General Science
Interest Level: College, High School, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 103
In this workshop, you will learn to use award-winning Vernier technology to collect scientific data. Cutting-edge technology such as LabQuest, LabPro, and Logger Pro software will be available.

Strategies and Materials for Teaching Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Jennifer Eklund - Nonye Alozie, University of Michigan
Geri VanRyswyk - Mumford High School
SB CEU Sessions
Primary Subjects: Biology
Interest Level: High School
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 3
Included in the session is an introduction to a newly developed molecular genetics unit and the strategies it uses to promote student learning and engagement. Handouts will be provided.

Teaching for Understanding in a Flat World
Lloyd Hilger - Hanover-Horton Middle School
Primary Subjects: General Science, Integrated Science
Interest Level: College, High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - Capital 1
We will be working with the "Understanding by Design" process, including its importance to our students who are competing in the global economy.

Tips for Tomorrow
Lynette Wehner - Central Middle School
Primary Subjects: Instruction/Pedagogy
Interest Level: Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - Michigan 1
Looking for some new ideas to use in your classroom? From the ""never-write-another sub-plan"", to my buddy IAN, I plan to share some of the things I do in my classroom to keep things running smooth. Plan to get a lot of ideas! Handouts will be provided.

Using Inquiry Learning to Develop Understanding of Concepts
Scott Hudson - Delta Education
Vendor Session
Primary Subjects: General Science, Instruction/Pedagogy
Interest Level: Early Elementary, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 4
Join a FOSS teacher for a hands-on introduction of how FOSS modules use inquiry methods to develop understanding of science concepts for elementary and middle school students.

Web 2.0 in the Classroom: Collaborative Learning Tools for Science
Stephen Best - U of M, hi-c3e
Primary Subjects: Instruction/Pedagogy
Interest Level: High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 102
See how Web 2.0 tools can support inquiry and problem solving in science. See how these new tools are providing new learning opportunities specifically for science. LOTS of resources to share!

X-treme School Science Facilities Makeovers for Effective, Safe Teaching and Learning
LaMoine Motz - Oakland Schools OSM Tech Center
Primary Subjects: Integrated Science
Interest Level: College, High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - Michigan 3
Where school science facilities are concerned, knowledge is power. Do you know the research-based guidelines for space in school science labs, the relationship between point-of-use storage and liability, the science lab experiences that were considered standard 10 years ago, but are not longer considered appropriate, or the changes that will occur in science program planning in the next ten years? Learn how to plan and design safe science facilities and be introduced to the NEWLY RELEASED NSTA Guide to Planning School Science Facilities that will guide you through the process and provide guidelines and resources for your planning.

College Strand
11:05 a.m. to 11:55 a.m.

Reform-Oriented Physics Curricula and Goals of a Liberal Arts Education
Beth Kubitskey - Eastern Michigan University
Primary Subjects: Physics
Interest Level: College
Location: Radisson Hotel - Regency 1
Kegan, King and Kitchener suggest adult-learning models for college students. Goldberg, Hestenes, and McDermott propose a constructivist/social constructivist model for physics instruction. I compare and examine these reforms and their alignment with learning theory.

Sessions
1:00 p.m. to 1:45 p.m.

A Closer Look at the Twenty Four Earth Science Content Statements
Jim Munson - Larry Sabbath, Oakland Science Center
SB CEU Sessions
Primary Subjects: Earth Science
Interest Level: High School, Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - Regency 2
A presentation of a teacher developed CD containing teacher background knowledge for the twenty four content statements of the new High School Earth Science.

Build It - Hovercraft, Air Cannon, T-shirt Launcher and More
Chris Armitage - Portage Northern High School
Primary Subjects: Chemistry, Physics
Interest Level: College, High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 1
We demonstrate how to build a bunch of great, simple, fun tools to get your students excited. Hands-on session.

Celebrating 50 Years of Research: Wolves, Moose and Isle Royale
Wendy Smith - Lisa Myers, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
Vendor Session
Primary Subjects: Environmental Education
Interest Level: College, High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 104
Discover the world's longest study of predator-prey relationships! Learn of upcoming teacher institutes, high-quality lesson plans, and activities translating Isle Royale and wolf-moose research to K-12 classroom teaching. Handouts provided.

Chemistry Alternative - MST!
Debbie Farnsworth - Hill Center for Advance Technology
Primary Subjects: Chemistry
Interest Level: College, High School, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 2
Can all students learn traditional chemistry? Some say no. Ohio is utilizing Material Science Technology (MST) as an alternative to a traditional chemistry class. Come and learn about this concept.

Come, See, Get and Go GEMS Share-a-thon
Cheryl Czarnik - Davis Jr. High School
Michelle Kirland - Mt. Clemens Middle School
Deb Zolynsky - Kennedy Middle School
Jeff Katt - Jill Bartlett, Standish-Sterling Middle School
Michele Svoboda - Mill Creek Middle School
Leslie Seabase - Sarah Moring, Saginaw Chippewa Academy
Primary Subjects: Curriculum
Interest Level: Early Elementary, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 203
Come and see how teachers have used different GEMS guides. As you walk around the share-a-thon, you can pick up a lesson plan from each presenter, then go to another session.

Elementary GLOBE Storybook
Sandra Rutherford - Eastern Michigan University
SB CEU Sessions
Primary Subjects: Literacy
Interest Level: Early Elementary
Location: Radisson Hotel - Capital 4
Do you want to connect reading and quality science? If so, these FREE books and lesson plans are perfect for you. Handouts provided.

How to Generate "Chem"-Thusiasm among Your Chemistry Students
Jeff Hepburn - Central Academy
SB CEU Sessions
Primary Subjects: Chemistry
Interest Level: College, High School
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 5
A chemistry teacher, also a part time professional magician, will demonstrate multiple activities to enhance the chemistry classroom and excite/challenge the students.

Innovative Vehicle Design: Integrated Engineering in the Classroom
Karl Klimek - Convergence Education Foundation
SB CEU Sessions
Primary Subjects: Integrated Science
Interest Level: High School, Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - Michigan 3
Integrating engineering, science and math around novel projects creates exciting and beneficial learning opportunities. CEF provides grants to schools with an interest in radio-controlled, vehicular engineering. This presentation includes handouts.

Invertebrate Podcasts: Inquiry Activities with Non-insect Arthropods
Donald Cronkite - Hope College - Biology Dept.
SB CEU Sessions
Primary Subjects: Biology
Interest Level: College, High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 4
Along with the other "pods" in the leaf litter, (diplopods, chilopods, hexapods), isopods offer fascinating but simple opportunities for inquiry labs. Learn how to catch, keep, and connect with these animals.

Learning in the Rain
Joy McFadyen - Bay City Public Schools
SB CEU Sessions
Primary Subjects: Environmental Education, Earth Science
Interest Level: Early Elementary, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 205
Create excitement about caring for the earth. Plant a rain garden! Students become research scientists, perform experiments, produce information pamphlets, and learn first hand about our hydrosphere. Handouts will be available.

Michigan Snakes Alive!
Beth Duman - Earth Vocies, LLC
Primary Subjects: Environmental Education
Interest Level: Early Elementary, High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 103
Learn to recognize and appreciate some of Michigan's finer scaly friends in a fun (no pressure) hands-on session featuring some live friendly snake ambassadors.

Nanotechnology: Connecting Classroom Inquiry Investigations with Museum Resources
Erik Larson - Impression 5
Jeannine Stanaway - Christel Marschall, Tom Deits, Lansing Community College
Vendor Session
Primary Subjects: Integrated Science
Interest Level: Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - Michigan 2
Explore scale beyond small with inquiry-based investigations in nanotechnology for your classroom. Discover new ways to engage students through collaboration with community partnerships that strengthen scientific learning.

Say What You Mean! Strategies to Help Students Better Communicate Science
Stephen Best - U of M, hi-c3e
Primary Subjects: Literacy
Interest Level: High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 102
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.

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
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.

Bring Physics to Life with Technology
Thomas Kudwa - Ludington High Schools
SB CEU Sessions
Primary Subjects: Physics
Interest Level: College, High School, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 6
Examine how to efficiently gather and analyze data using Pasco's new Xplorer GLX handheld datalogger and probeware as a stand alone or with a computer.

Can We Grow On Like This? Hands-On Human Ecology
Rachel Badanowski - Southfield High School
SB CEU Sessions
Primary Subjects: Curriculum, Environmental Education
Interest Level: High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 8
Discover innovative, hands-on activities that examine connections between human population growth, resource consumption and sustainable ecosystems. Free activities CD-ROM!

Cool Tools for Light and Color
Dale Freeland - Portage Central High School
SB CEU Sessions
Primary Subjects: Instruction/Pedagogy, Physics
Interest Level: High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Looking for fun hands-on activities and demos for teaching light and color? Come try our best discovery-based teaching tools. Lesson ideas for all grade levels.

Cool Tools for Sound and Waves
Steven Rea - Plymouth High School
SB CEU Sessions
Primary Subjects: Instruction/Pedagogy, Physics
Interest Level: High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 204
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.

Introducing Force, Motion and Energy LIMITED TO 50 ATTENDEES - FEE $10.00
Chris Chiaverina
SB CEU Sessions
Primary Subjects: General Science, Instruction/Pedagogy
Interest Level: Early Elementary, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 202
Do you want to have fun teaching force, motion and energy while promoting conceptual understanding? With an emphasis on exploration and experimentation, this workshop will examine inquiry-based methods of introducing the concepts of force, motion and energy to your students. Specifically, you will learn how to incorporate standards-based, student-centered activities that use low-and no-cost apparatus in your science lessons. During the workshop you will produce several "make-and-take" devices that are sure to be a hit with your students.

MIAAPT/DMAPT Make-and-Take Session for Physics Teacher
Alex Azima - Lansing Community College
Primary Subjects: Physics
Interest Level: College, Early Elementary, High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - Regency 1
The Michigan Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers (MIAPPT) and the Detroit Metropolitan Area Physics Teachers Association (DMAPT) will present a Make-and-Take session for physics teachers at all levels. We will show you how to construct fairly simple, but elegant instructional equipment. Clear explanations of the physics principles will be provided so that you do not need to be a physics guru to understand. Prizes will be awarded and all participants will receive a FREE 6 month AAPT membership and a one year membership in both MIAAPT and DMAPT.

NASA Missions Engage Students in Science
Jim Fitzgerald
SB CEU Sessions
Primary Subjects: General Science
Interest Level: High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 7
In this session, educators will learn to use NASA missions to engage students in the science concepts being taught. The STS-118 mission.s student challenge, is just one example.

Solar Systems - What's New? What's Cool?
Ardis Herrold - Grosse Pointe North High School
SB CEU Sessions
Primary Subjects: Earth Science
Interest Level: High School, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 101
Do two activities that are keyed to current NASA missions and to the Michigan Content Expectations. A brief update on solar system news and NASA materials will also be provided.

Sessions
2:00 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.

Chemistry Teachers Meeting
Jamie Benigna - The Roeper School
Mary Jordon-McMaster - Allen Park High School
Primary Subjects: Chemistry
Interest Level: High School
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 5
Join other chemistry teachers to discuss relevant issues and opportunities. Bring a demo or lab to share, or just show up and listen!

Corrosion and NACE. What Is It?
Debbie Farnsworth - Hill Center for Advance Technology
SB CEU Sessions
Primary Subjects: Earth Science
Interest Level: College, High School, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 2
Did you know corrosion costs $276 billion a year? NACE is advancing corrosion education. Come and see the resource kit they have! The experiments bring home the concepts behind corrosion.

Going Past the Celestial Sphere/Or Constellations In 3D
Nathaniel Clay - MSU
Primary Subjects: Earth Science
Interest Level: High School, Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - Capital 4
How far away are the stars? This hands-on activity will show how star fields, stellar data, and a dark room put the night sky into perspective; data provided.

Great Lakes National Parks: Making a Difference with Science
Wendy Smith - Lisa Myers, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
Vendor Session
Primary Subjects: Environmental Education
Interest Level: College, High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - 104
Learn how nine national parks in the Great Lakes Region are using new research findings to enhance stewardship of our Midwestern American treasures. Discover opportunities for teacher/student involvement. Handouts provided.

MABT Share-a-thon
Lynda Smith - Lakeshore High School
SB CEU Sessions
Primary Subjects: Biology
Interest Level: College, High School, Middle Level
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 4
Biology teachers, please come and share your great ideas and learn from one another.

MSTA Annual Membership Meeting
Primary Subjects: General Science
Interest Level: College, Early Elementary, High School, Later Elementary, Middle Level
Location: Radisson Hotel - Michigan 2
Do you have questions or comments about MSTA. Do you want to know the direction the organization is headed? Would you like to find out more about how to get involved? Come join interested members for some lively discussion.

Teaching Science in the Trimester
Jennifer Grivins - Eaton Rapids High School
SB CEU Sessions
Primary Subjects: Curriculum
Interest Level: High School
Location: Lansing Center - Banquet 1
The ups and downs of creating and implementing science curriculum for the trimester using the new Michigan Benchmarks.