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Thursday, March 7
 

8:00am

Integrating English Language Arts Room RMora Arnold 3 D Formative Assessment Room JJohn Graves Demystifying 3D NGSS and STEM Literacy Using the Phenomenon of Light  Room IJill Krysinski New Attendees Welcome TerraceMichelle GriffinWenzel When Games Aren't Just Games - Increase the learning by increasing the fun! Room QMike Damp • Jennifer Scianna Claim, Evidence, Reasoning Room MChelsie Bargenquast • Julie Kautzer Using Leaf Prints to Teach About Microorganisms and Ecology Room OGreg Bisbee Culturally relevant pedagogy (CRP) in the Indigenous secondary science classroom Room KUniversity of Wisconsin - Milwaukee • Molly A. Wolk Making the Case for Phenomenon Based Science Teaching Room PMichelle Harris • Baila Khan • Sedate Kohler • Keith Nakamura • MARIA PITTNER • Vienne Seitz • Sheyenne Tung • Ziheng Zhang Science Skill Instruction Room HEmily McHugh • Laura Corado Koeppel Science Explained: Gray Wolf Education Past and Present: How to Talk About a Complex Species Room FJordyn O'Gara Engaging students with educational games Room LAnne Lynn Gillian-Daniel • Matthew Stilwell Place-based Resources and Kits to Leverage Scientific Learning Room NJenny Christopher • Kate Flick CANCELLED: Developing the Maker’s Mindset Room GDennis Rockhill

9:00am

WASH Project Partnerships Room FHenry St. Maurice • Katherine Winters • Suzy Zietlow Social Emotional Learning in Science Education Room RKelly Short Gender Equity in our Classrooms Room MShannon Glenn NGSS Assessments: How will we know they are learning? Room ISTEMscopes Sharing Session: Earth Science TerraceDennis Rohr DIY Algae Beads: a look at photosynthesis and respiration Room OGreg Bisbee Using Learning Target Assessments and Metacognition in the Chemistry Classroom Room KDean Simon Connecting Kids to their Communities-Using local issues to create informed citizens Room PSarah Kendrick • Madison Country Day School Modeling from a Distance Room JKaren Mesmer Science Explained: Modeling Protein Synthesis - Gene To Protein Room HCandice Behnke • Connie Rauterkus Merging Modeling and Project Based Learning Room QBrad Wysocki Science Teaching Snapshot 1 Room EDiana Lietzke Brandner • Oana Martin • Francie Rowe • Mike Schroeder

10:00am

Claim-Evidence-Reasoning: Scientific Explanations about Phenomena Room IJill Krysinski Sharing Session: Biology TerraceMelissa Burgos Student Self-Assessment Practices and Strategies Room QBrad Wysocki Biology Bonanza I Room OGreg Bisbee • Michelle GriffinWenzel • Stacey Strandberg Active Learning in the Biology Classroom: Cell and Molecular Biology in Action Room EMarisol E. Lopez Summer Science Camp: an immersive science experience in Madison for rural Wisconsin high schools Room PDan Murphy Bring the Outside In With a Classroom Garden Room MKathy Biernat Using Analytical Statistics to Spice up your Labs Room NRay Scolavino CER and SBG, Together at Last Room HDanielle Bendt • Teri Boundy • Allison Fuelling • Joe Wells Colorful World of Electrophoresis! Molecules in ACTION! Room FErika Fong Science Explained: The Ecology of Lyme Disease Room KDr. Jake Griffin Science Teaching Snapshot 2 Room RLynn Kurth • Liz Sutton Wisconsin Rocks in Your Classroom Room JPeter M Chase • M Carol McCartney Engaging Youth in STEM Education Through the Community Science Approach Room LJohn Celley • Isabelle Herde • R. Justin Hougham • Tempestt Morgan

11:00am

Madison Metropolitan School District K-5 and 6-8 Resource Review Process Room PRyan King • Kate Lewandowski What Can WSST Do For Me? Room NRay Scolavino Go Outside and Teach! Powerful Outside Educational Tools Room QHeidi Vasel • Val Wright Sharing Session: Informal Science Education TerraceTom Zinnen Flipped and Active Chemistry Room OEric Pantano Phenomenal Phenomena Room RHeidi Downs I'm Good with 3D Learning, but what about 3D Assessment? Room MKathy Biernat National Geographic’s Geo-Inquiry Process in Action Room IElaine Larson Using Technology in a Biology Classroom to Encourage Student Choice and Voice Room ETom Davies • Marlee Mueller Enhancing your Classroom Experiences with Water Action Volunteers (WAV) Room GPeggy Compton Target Based Grading & Assessment Room KFaye Ewald • Becky Peppler To Taste or Not to Taste! PTC Genotype Determination Room FErika Fong WICOR (Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization, and Reading) Strategies in the Science Classroom Room HMaggie Gugel • Maura Mullen

12:00pm

Thursday Keynote: Adventures of an Astrophysicist in Antarctica TerraceDr. Karen Andeen

1:00pm

Exploring Project Learning Tree’s New “Treemendous Science!” K-2 Curriculum Room ONicole Filizetti Engage K-12 Students in Scientific Inquiry with UV-Sensitive Beads Room GJack Samuelson Classroom Research by Teachers Room KDan Curran • Jacquelyn Curran • John Graves • Erik Johnson Sharing Session: Engineering/Makerspace TerraceBenjamin Shrago Co-teaching in an Inclusive Classroom Setting Room FCraig Gagnon • Angie Humphrey Science Explained: Astrobiology and Origins of Life Room IDavid Baum "Test to Fail" Design Challenges Room RLauren Burke • Wendy Dyrhaug • Meaghan McGuire • Heather Peterson Experience NGSS Labs Room MMora Arnold • Heidi Downs • Kelly Short Engagement Strategies for NGSS Practices; Making Your Science Classroom A No-Chill Zone! Room HJacalyn Amant • Karen Olson • Spencer Rohlinger The Mating Game: Putting the "fun" into fundamental genetics education Room QScott Woody No Longer KLEWless about CER Room LStacey Balbach Science Teaching Snapshot 3 Room EDarlene Arneson • Anne Moser • Tom Zinnen CLOSED: Ale, Ale, the Gangs All Here Room NRay Scolavino Leading Implementation of the new Wisconsin Standards for Science Room JKevin Anderson

2:00pm

A Look At Project Learning Tree’s New “Energy in Ecosystems” 3rd-5th Grade Curriculum Room ONicole Filizetti Experiencing an NGSS Lab (K-5) Room MMora Arnold • Heidi Downs • Kelly Short Easy ways to integrate STEM into your classroom Room PMichelle Howe Science Literacy & Communication: An issue of national concern Room LLisa N. Pitot Sharing Session: Environmental Education TerraceMaria Moreno Adding Environmental Science as an Elective Room IJulie Lundeen • Nick Wall Creating an Environmental Science with Outdoor Pursuits Course Room QMegan Lund • Andi Winkle Top 10 Interactive Ways to Use Academic Language in your Science Classroom Room KGreg Matthias S.T.R.E.A.M. Filling STEM Gaps! Room GD.J. Huddleston STEM to the Max: Maximizing Engagement Through Problem Solving Room HAlexandra Wakely Science Explained: CRISPR Updates: Technologies & Controversies Room FTom Zinnen Science Teaching Snapshot 4 Room EStephanie Ballard • Gretchen Watkins CLOSED: Science and Our Food Supply - Investigating Food Safety from Farm to Table - High School Emphasis Room RLIMITEDTina Henriksen

3:00pm

Strategies to Make Chemistry Doable and Even Fun! Room FP. Mark Schwalbe Preparing Early Learners for Success in STEM: The new EiE Curriculums for pre-K and K Room GJack Samuelson Get Ready for Shark Week: Chomping on Data Analysis Room HAnn Pearson CANCELLED: Aquaponics in Schools Room KRebecca Nelson Sharing Session: Teacher Preparation TerraceRay Scolavino Dynamic DNA: More Than Just As, Ts, Gs and Cs TerraceGina Vogt • Tim Herman NGSS Assessments and Standards-based Grading - A Work in Progress Room IMichelle Bartman • Claire Gillick • Karen Olson • Spencer Rohlinger Google Slides...the ultimate lesson planner! Room OKirsten Wiesneski How did that get up there? Common ideas seventh-grade students have about fossils and how to approach them through 3-D instruction Room MLiesl Gapinski • Heather Rhoades Science Explained: CRISPR in the Classroom Room LJessica Heckman Science Explained: Current Issues in Freshwater Research Room PLiz Sutton Science Teaching Snapshot 6 Room ETanzeem Ali • Tami Davis • Christine Fuller • Carol Ochsner • Amanda Zbacnik An Old Technique in the Modern World: Incorporating Hands-on Chromatography in the Classroom Room NDiana Lietzke Brandner • Oana Martin

4:00pm

FUN with FOSS - The New Updates Room FMelody Orban AR/VR in K-12 Science Room HRenee Reszel • Renee Schoff Creating WSS/NGSS Assessments Room JSarah Adumat • Kevin Anderson • Tim Cox • Gina Vogt Sharing Session: Chemistry TerraceEric Pantano Get A Move On! Modeling Molecular Transport Across the Cell Membrane Room EGina Vogt • Tim Herman Land and Water Use Activities for Hands-on Environmental Science Room LTim Buttles Waves and Whales: Teaching Physics Through Biology Room GMary Bridget Samson • Rob Young PolarTREC, The Antarctica Experience Room OJennifer Bault Science Explained: Tumor virology: the study of cancer-causing viruses Room MKathleen Makielski Science Explained: WI Crystal Growing Contest and Space Crystal Mission Room IIlia A. Guzei Science Teaching Snapshot 7 Room QGrace Kosmatka • Jennifer Scianna Rock Raffle PromenadeBeth Allcox • Dennis Rohr Equipment Swap Drop Off BallroomsBenjamin Shrago Vendors Social Ballrooms

7:30pm

President's Social: Steve Meade, Hypnotist Terrace
 
Friday, March 8
 

8:00am

Mystery Science: Open-and-Go Engaging NGSS Science Room KSarah Adumat • Tim Cox Ambitious Science Teaching - In-Person Connection from the Virtual Book Study Room FKevin Anderson National Board Certification TerraceLeigh Kohlmann • Michelle GriffinWenzel Ambitious STEM Education Room HSteven Rogg Teaching Emerging Infectious Diseases Through Phenomena Anchored Learning and Storylining Using HHMI BioInteractive Resources Room NAmy Fassler Using a Classroom Response System to Enhance Student Engagement. Room IPeter Kuhn Twenty Demos in Fifty Minutes Room LLarry Scheckel Science Explained: CRISPR: Connecting New Science to What You Already Teach Room QGina Vogt • Tim Herman Science Explained: Real-Life CSI Room ERyan Olson Science Explained: Test Your Metal Room GBeth Allcox • Carol Ochsner CLOSED: Watersheds Alive Room ODeb McRae • Liz Sutton CLOSED: Evolution for Educators Room PKathy van Hoeck Energy Curriculum for Real-world STEM Education Room MAnnie Baker CLOSED: Science and Our Food Supply - Investigating Food Safety from Farm to Table - High School Emphasis Room RLIMITEDTina Henriksen

9:00am

Evaluating Instructional Materials for NGSS Room GChad Janowski • Kim Lemberger Meet your WSST District Representatives TerraceRay Scolavino Retirees Breakfast TerraceKaren Mesmer • Karyl Rosenberg The Drinking Bird Phenomenon Room KSarah Adumat • Tim Cox The New Forward Exam in Science Room FKevin Anderson “Going with the Flow” of Genetic Information Room QGina Vogt • Tim Herman Using Mastery Delivery Model with Standards Based Grading Room NDan Koslakiewicz A Closer Look Into NGSS Sense-Making Practices: Obtain, Evaluate, Communicate Information Room HJennifer Klemme • Cheryl McCann-Nies Science Explained: The Science Behind Genetically Modified Organisms Room IPeter Kuhn Learning Astronomy Through the Lens of 3-Dimensional Learning Room EDennis Schatz Equipment Swap PromenadeBenjamin Shrago Investigating Next Generation Science and Engineering Instruction Room LSarah Adumat • Kathy Huncosky • Zong Vang CLOSED: The climate is changing: Investigating the effects on ponds, lakes, and oceans Room JJerry A. Bell • Bassam Shakhashiri Exhibit Hall Open Ballrooms

10:00am

Hyperdocs: Getting Students to Ferment Their Own Ideas Room NKristin Michalski • Ryan Manske Model OF vs. Model FOR: Unpacking Student Modeling Room GAmy Jonas Selecting Instructional Materials for the WSS/NGSS Room FKevin Anderson Sharing Session: Gender in Science TerraceNathan Johnson A Closer Look Into NGSS Sense-Making Practices: Obtain, Evaluate, Communicate Information Room HJennifer Klemme • Cheryl McCann-Nies Modeling Proteins, Enzymes and How Water Drives Structure/Function Room QGina Vogt • Tim Herman Henrietta Lacks and Altruistic Science Room KTasha O'Malley AP Carnivals and High Interest Days: How to increase science engagment with unique activities. Room IKathy Abraham • Jamie Lauer • Kathy McClain It's all about the Energy Room OBeth Allcox • Elaine Gwinn • Todd Hansen Improv to Improve Science Communication Room PAnne Lynn Gillian-Daniel • Matthew Stilwell

11:00am

Is Science Really Objective? Bias and Racism in Science Room ISara Krauskopf WSELA and DPI Networking and Updates Room FKevin Anderson High School Forestry Class - Curricular Needs Assessment Room EKate Flick • Gretchen Marshall • Stephen Schmidt Using Water Models to Uncover Misconceptions in Chemistry Room QGina Vogt • Tim Herman Demonstration Shows--Science Outreach Room GCorinne Fish Got Lactase? Phenomena, NGSS, and Storylines Using HHMI BioInteractive Resources Room NKathy van Hoeck Improve Your Use of the Five Innovations Room HBob Friedel Which Way Did the DNA Go? Principles of Electrophoresis Room RBarbara Bielec Using Wisconsin Citizen Science Data in classroom activities Room KKaryl Rosenberg • Sandy Wickman

12:00pm

Box Lunch & 2018 Awards Recognition

12:30pm

Friday Lunch Keynote: Everyone is a Scientist: Sparking Curiosity Outside the Classroom TerraceWes Marner • Dennis Schatz

1:00pm

Exploratorium BallroomsRay Scolavino

2:00pm

Higher Education Committee Meeting Room EMichael Beeth Infusing the Maker’s Mindset into your STEM Program Room HChad Janowski • Kim Lemberger • Dennis Rockhill State Science Experience Projects- an approach to project based learning Room FKevin Anderson • Michelle Howe • Karyl Rosenberg • Travis Tangen Sharing Session: Physics TerraceKristin Michalski Underwater Robotics - STEM Immersion Room GJessica Dennis • Stephen Schmidt Utilizing LittleBits Electronics in the STEM Classroom Room NMatt Lindsey Biology Bonanza II Room PGreg Bisbee • Doug Drenzek • Greendale High School Environmental Racism in WI Room JTracey Leider • Brenda Morris Modeling Energy in Chemistry Room IJennifer Ehrlich • Debra Elmer • Nathan Johnson STEM-ulating Activities on Human Ecology Room KHoward Aprill Explore How We Can Provide Freshwater to Those in Need with Smithsonian Science Room MBob Friedel Breaking BioInteractive: Cancer as an Anchoring Phenomenon Room LSteven Rogg CLOSED: Opioid Science: Connecting Chemistry and Biology Room QGina Vogt • Tim Herman CLOSED: Investigating Weather and Natural Hazards using Next-Generation Satellite Data. Room OScott Lindstrom • Margaret Mooney • Tim Schmit

3:00pm

Sharing Session: New Teachers Room PErin Sincox Grad Student/Higher Ed Networking Session TerraceMichael Beeth Science and Literacy Connections – A K-8 Progression Room FSarah Adumat • Kevin Anderson • Tim Cox • Ryan King • Zong Vang Increase Excitement for Chemistry - Celebrate Mole Day Room NDavid Ley • Matt Lindsey Ready for What's Next: Adressing Career Readiness Standards and NGSS in an Environmental Science Setting Room KKim Feller Three-Dimensional Learning: Storylining Room GJason Crean • Kristin Rademaker • Nicole Vick Tracing Matter and Energy in the High School Chemistry Classroom Room JDan Curran Interactive Notebooks in the Middle School Science Classroom Room IJames Broetzmann Careers at a 2 year college? Room RLeah Narans Groundwater Research you can do! Room HDennis Rohr Science Teaching Snapshot 8 Room EDan Koslakiewicz • Amy Workman Science Olympiad Expo PromenadeForest Schultz

4:00pm

WSST Town Meeting Room ERay Scolavino

4:30pm

Friday Night Social Terrace

5:30pm

Milton Pella Awards Banquet Terrace

6:30pm

Curiosity, Roving To New Heights TerraceKobie Boykins
 
Saturday, March 9
 

8:00am

Henrietta Lacks and Altruistic Science Room PTasha O'Malley A Look At Project Learning Tree’s New “Energy in Ecosystems” 3rd-5th Grade Curriculum Room RNicole Filizetti Gender Equity in our Classrooms Room NShannon Glenn Open WSST Board Meeting Room FRay Scolavino Chemistry Oasis in the Lab Desert Room IKyle Homan • Ann Soderman Wisconsin-Upper Peninsula of Michigan Junior Science and Humanities Symposium Room GAditya Ailiani • Kaisa Crawford • Heidi Masters • Emily Swenson • Laura Zinnel Life-Saving Info., with Prizes & Games Room QDoug Benton, R.N., Ed.S. Science Explained: The Hallmarks of Cancer Room HDonika Rakacolli Science Teaching Snapshot 9 Room ELauryn Branham • Erik Duhn • Andy Grabowski

9:00am

Model OF vs. Model FOR: Unpacking Student Modeling Room HAmy Jonas Teaching the Virtual Student Face-to-Face Room RScott Kirst Environmental Knowledge and Perceived Environmental Education Teaching Efficacy of Pre-Service Teachers in Wisconsin Room OCaroline Blake Is there another way? Teaching Techniques for Deeper Understanding Room GSarah Lovern • Tom Seleska WSST 2020 Planning Meeting TerraceKaryl Rosenberg Maps, Data and Inquiry Room QJennifer Bault • Dawn Pfaff Who is Baby Whale’s Father? DNA Fingerprinting Solves the Mystery! Room FErika Fong Connecting Kids to their Communities-Using local issues to create informed citizens Room NSarah Kendrick • Madison Country Day School Academic Rap Up: Hip-Hop Culture and the Science Classroom Room IKris Bohling • Kate Lewandowski • Karen Reece Science Explained: How Does the Gut Microbiome Affect Our Health? Room PDeborah M. Yañez Sharp Science Teaching Snapshot 10 Room EGreg Bisbee • Shirley Stoltz The Case of the Missing Babysitter--An Experience in the Science of Criminal Investigation Room LKathy Fabry • Mary Gillis • Charles Hatfield • Ann Mathu • Julie Srenaski CANCELLED: Evaluating and Implementing New Instructional Materials using NextGen TIME Room KChad Janowski • Kim Lemberger

10:00am

Student Led Green Team Room QKatherine Winters • Suzy Zietlow Dear First-Year Teacher, Don't Worry, You're Going to Survive. Signed, A Third-Year Teacher: Advice for your first year of teaching. Room GErin Sincox DIY Algae Beads: a look at photosynthesis and respiration Room EGreg Bisbee Flipped and Active Chemistry Room OEric Pantano Who is Baby Whale’s Father? DNA Fingerprinting Solves the Mystery! Room FErika Fong CER- You Know What it is, but how do you teach and assess it? Room RKathy Biernat Science Explained: Science based Natural Resource Management Protects the Environment, Public Rights, AND the Economy Room IBob Martini Science Explained: Tumor virology: the study of cancer-causing viruses Room NKathleen Makielski

11:00am

FOSTERING COMMUNITY APPRECIATION OF SCIENCE IN AND OUT OF THE CLASSROOM TerraceBassam Shakhashiri

1:00pm

Elementary Science Workshop: Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking through Bridges, The Math Learning Center Edgewood College-SON 203Sarah Adumat • Ryan King Biology Workshop: Using Case Studies to Teach Biology Edgewood College-SON 322Brenda del Moral Environmental Education Workshop: Connect, Explore, Engage: Using Place-Based Learning to Address Standards Edgewood College-SON 312Becca Franzen Geoscience Workshop: Analog Models of Groundwater Flow Edgewood College-SON 308M Carol McCartney Chemical Demonstrations Workshop Edgewood College-SON 412Jim Maynard CANCELLED: Don't Fear Physics Edgewood College-SON 205Katie Klitzke • Rob Young