Claim, Evidence, Reasoning is an analysis tool used to connect science and engineering practices through NGSS. We will share examples of how we are using CER in our classes as a lab report tool to complete the analysis and conclusion portions of our labs. We will also share examples of how we are using CER as a tool for working on topics related to scientific literacy, applications to phenomenon and showing how we guide students to finding the CER in presented data from a variety of sources.
Participants will play our freely available, educational digital games and discuss how and where they can effectively meet crucial science standards and engage students. The games can be found AtomTouch: https://www.brainpop.com/games/atomtouch/ Crystal Cave: https://www.brainpop.com/games/crystalcave/ Stranded at the Forever Mine: https://fielddaylab.wisc.edu/play/forevermine/
I am a life long Chemistry teacher. Ever since I was a student in Dr. Shakashiri's Chem 103 and 104 at Madision I've had a love for the subject. I've spent my life trying to relay his enthusiasm to my students. I've been a participant in WSST since I began my career in 1983. It is... Read More →
The week-long Summer Science Camps at the Morgridge Institute for Research at UW-Madison immerse rural high school students and their teachers in current science.
Senior Lab and Outreach Coordinator, Morgridge Institute for Research
*Summer Science Camps at UW-Madison for Rural High School Students and their Teachers*Wisconsin Science Festival*Public Engagement with Science*Informal Science Education
Thursday March 7, 2019 10:00am - 10:50am CST
Room P
Participants will learn about the types of and easy ways to use phenomena as they experience instruction utilizing anchoring, investigative, and everyday phenomena.
Come learn about the potential of using Water Action Volunteers (WAV) methods and resources in your classroom, including the "Exploring Streams" curriculum.
Water Action Volunteers Statewide Coordinator, University of Wisconsin-Extension
As the Coordinator for the Water Action Volunteers (WAV) Program, I train and support citizens who monitor the health of their local streams and rivers. I also have resources for teachers, including the "Exploring Streams" curriculum. I would love to start a dialogue with teachers... Read More →
Thursday March 7, 2019 11:00am - 11:50am CST
Room G
Join our team and take away 12 engagement strategies that will have your students discussing and writing about scientific phenomena and developing the NGSS practices.
Use this instructional strategy, KLEWS, to scaffold claim, evidence, and reason writing in your classroom. KLEWS enable you to differentiate instruction by chunking activities into more manageable parts.
Chemistry & Physics Teacher, Cuba City High School
Chemistry, Dual Credit Chemistry UWO, Physics, and Biology TeacherI am passionate about creating space for student sense-making through strategic planning and student wondering.
eCYBERMISSION (sponsored by the U.S. Army Educational Outreach Program (AEOP)) is a web-based STEM competition that encourages 6th-9th grade students to experience STEM by exploring issues in their community using the process of science or the engineering design process. eCYBERMISSION is free to participate in, students can earn monetary awards, and past participants have been featured in their local papers, on the Jimmy Fallon Show, hosted TED talks, and had doors opened to many other different authentic learning opportunities.
Interested in learning about Google Slides’ hidden features? Learn how master templates, add-ons, embedded features, and more can help increase student engagement.
High School Science Teacher, School District of Waukesha
This is my 12th year as a high school science teacher (Chemistry and Physics). I am an inveterate user of Blackboard and Google apps to facilitate instruction both virtually and face-to-face. I enjoy testing the capabilities and limits of what a program can offer me because my... Read More →
Experience two hands-on chromatography activities and explore the impact this technique has on our daily lives, from purifying therapeutic proteins to forensics and environmental analysis.
Ever wonder what it would be like to live and work in Antarctica? Find out from a teacher who did! Nicolet high school teacher, Jennifer Bault, was stationed at McMurdo on the coast of Antarctica for 6 weeks last fall. Jennifer worked with a team from University of Texas, San Antonio on the Seasonal Sea Ice Production in the Ross Sea. Come hear and see what her amazing experience was all about and how you can become an NSF supported, PolarTREC teacher.
This session will delve into the implementation of the NGSS Sense-Making Practice and Critquing Practices as a means to deliver disciplinary core ideas. Focus will be on students constructing their own understanding through
obtaining, evaluating and communicating information
I have been a science educator for the past 2 years and have had the pleasure of working with middle and high school level students in urban and suburban settings. My experience has included environmental science, physical science, biology and chemistry. The bulk of my career as... Read More →
Professor of Chemistry and the Willian T. Evjue Distinguished Chair for the Wisconsin Idea, University of Wisconsin-Madison
"Scientist by training, teacher and public servant by trade, advocate by conviction, optimist by nature." That is the way Bassam Z. Shakhashiri describes himself. As Professor of Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Dr. Shakhashiri finds outlets for all four attributes... Read More →
This session will delve into the implementation of the NGSS Sense-Making Practice and Critquing Practices as a means to deliver disciplinary core ideas. Focus will be on students constructing their own understanding through
obtaining, evaluating and communicating information
I have been a science educator for the past 2 years and have had the pleasure of working with middle and high school level students in urban and suburban settings. My experience has included environmental science, physical science, biology and chemistry. The bulk of my career as... Read More →
Demonstration shows are part of my Chemistry II/AP class. They are the best recruiting tool we have for chemistry. The logistics of a show put on by students, resources and demonstrations will be included.
We will share a modeling-based approach to incorporating the cross-cutting concept of energy transfer as seen in chemical and physical changes into a chemistry curriculum. Resources can be found at http://tinyurl.com/EnergyInChem
Pedagogical and curricular changes to tradition chemistry instruction can improve students’ understanding of matter at an atomic and molecular level and better address how energy flows during chemical changes. At the beginning of the year, students design Fast Plant experiments which seek to explain where the matter comes from as plants grow from seed to adult. Tracing matter and energy are themes throughout each unit that follows.
Would you like some guidance with using safe, cost-effective chemical demonstrations to instruct and inspire in your classroom? Participants in this workshop, which will take place in the chemistry labs at Edgewood College, will get hands-on experience with preparing and performing chemical demonstrations, as well as tips for using these demonstrations to help students understand chemical concepts.
I facilitate the educational mission at the classroom level for the UW-Madison large lecture courses, among others. This includes lecture experiments, projection, media, content, supplies and services to the lecturers and faculty. I also support selected organizations such as the... Read More →
