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8:00am CST

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 Griffin-Wenzel 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 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 CST

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 CST

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 Griffin-Wenzel • 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 FErica 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 CST

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 FErica Fong WICOR (Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization, and Reading) Strategies in the Science Classroom Room HMaggie Gugel • Maura Mullen

12:00pm CST

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

1:00pm CST

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 CST

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 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 EmphasisLIMITED Room RTina Henriksen

3:00pm CST

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 E 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 CST

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 CST

President's Social: Steve Meade, Hypnotist Terrace