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8:00am CST

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 Griffin-Wenzel 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 EmphasisLIMITED Room RTina Henriksen

9:00am CST

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 CST

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 CST

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 • Steve 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 CST

Box Lunch & 2018 Awards Recognition

12:30pm CST

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

1:00pm CST

Exploratorium BallroomsRay Scolavino

2:00pm CST

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 • Steve 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 CST

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 CST

WSST Town Meeting Room ERay Scolavino

4:30pm CST

Friday Night Social Terrace

5:30pm CST

Milton Pella Awards Banquet Terrace

6:30pm CST

Curiosity, Roving To New Heights TerraceKobie Boykins