WSST Conference 2019: Full Schedule

8:00am CST

Culturally relevant pedagogy (CRP) in the Indigenous secondary science classroom

This session explores culture in the Indigenous science classroom, necessitated by effects of Western science subculture on science education for Indigenous students in the US.

Speakers

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Molly A. Wolk

Culturally Responsive Practices Facilitator, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

I am a doctoral student in the Urban Education Doctoral Program (UEDP) at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee where I am also a Culturally Responsive Practices Facilitator for a U.S. Department of Education Supporting Effective Educators Development (SEED) grant. My research... Read More →

3.7.19WSSTCRPIndigenousScienceWolk pptx

3.7.19WSSTConferenceMapCulturalReferencePoints docx

GhattasCarver 2017 Cultural ResponsivenessNGSS pdf

Thursday March 7, 2019 8:00am - 8:50am CST
Room K

Middle School, Biology/Life Science, Pedagogy/Teaching Strategies | High School, Biology/Life Science, Pedagogy/Teaching Strategies

8:00am CST

Making the Case for Phenomenon Based Science Teaching

NGSS standards are aligned with phenomenon based teaching - but what is this? Why do it? We make a case for using phenomenon in science teaching.

Speakers

Michelle Harris

Baila Khan

Sedate Kohler

Biology & AP Biology Teacher, Reedsburg Area High School

2016 graduate of the new UW-Madison Masters of Science in Curriculum & Instruction. Current Biology & AP Biology teacher at Reedsburg Area High School. Love to help students make sense of this wonderful world of ours. Talk to me about phenomena based teaching (including Ambitious... Read More →

Keith Nakamura

MARIA PITTNER

7th and 8th Grade Science, Poynette Middle School

Vienne Seitz

Sheyenne Tung

Ziheng Zhang

WSST 2019 gslides

Thursday March 7, 2019 8:00am - 8:50am CST
Room P

Middle School, Biology/Life Science, Pedagogy/Teaching Strategies | High School, Biology/Life Science, Pedagogy/Teaching Strategies

8:00am CST

Science Skill Instruction

This session will focus on how to teach the science skills through targeted strategy instruction. Our goal is to tackle the most difficult skills to teach and learn, looking at what strategies are the most effective for helping students grow their college readiness in each of the three ACT skill areas. We will provide resources on how to teach these, as well as ideas for assessments and feedback.

Speakers

Emily McHugh

Associate Principal, eAchieve

Laura Koeppel

Science Teacher, South HS

I teach Environmental Studies, AP Bio, and Dual Language Biology at South.

Thursday March 7, 2019 8:00am - 8:50am CST
Room H

Middle School, Pedagogy/Teaching Strategies | High School, Pedagogy/Teaching Strategies

9:00am CST

WASH Project Partnerships

Attendees will receive information to facilitate partnerships between their students and local clubs/Rotary programs that promote sustainability education and water inquiry opportunities. Examples of student learning outcomes and engagement in many science and engineering practices will be shared as well as lessons learned by teachers that led the projects. Attendees will learn steps to take to engage their students in similar inquiry based projects.

Speakers

Henry St. Maurice

Katherine Winters

Suzy Zietlow

3rd Grade, Discovery Charter School

Thursday March 7, 2019 9:00am - 9:50am CST
Room F

Elementary, Environmental, Pedagogy/Teaching Strategies | Middle School, Environmental, Pedagogy/Teaching Strategies | High School, Environmental, Pedagogy/Teaching Strategies

9:00am CST

Social Emotional Learning in Science Education

We will discuss and collaborate on how teachers can provide a practical and tangible route toward effective science instruction with diverse student groups.

Speakers

Kelly Short

Thursday March 7, 2019 9:00am - 9:50am CST
Room R

Elementary, Pedagogy/Teaching Strategies | Middle School, Pedagogy/Teaching Strategies | General, Pedagogy/Teaching Strategies

9:00am CST

Science Explained: Modeling Protein Synthesis - Gene To Protein

National Board certified instructors Connie Rauterkus and Candice Behnke, high school science instructors for the Oconto Falls School District, will guide instructors through protein synthesis.

Speakers

Candice Behnke

Connie Rauterkus

Biology Instructor, Oconto Falls High School

I have been teaching life science courses for 23 years. I am recent National Board Certified Teacher and enjoy all things biology!

Thursday March 7, 2019 9:00am - 9:50am CST
Room H

Middle School, Biology/Life Science, Pedagogy/Teaching Strategies, Biochemistry | High School, Biology/Life Science, Pedagogy/Teaching Strategies, Biochemistry

9:00am CST

Merging Modeling and Project Based Learning

II will share my experiences in an attempt to merge the Modeling physics curriculum with student choice projects to demonstrate learning.

Speakers

Brad Wysocki

Chemistry and Physics Teacher, Bloomer High School

Thursday March 7, 2019 9:00am - 9:50am CST
Room Q

Middle School, Engineering, Physics, Pedagogy/Teaching Strategies | High School, Engineering, Physics, Pedagogy/Teaching Strategies | General, Engineering, Physics, Pedagogy/Teaching Strategies

10:00am CST

Bring the Outside In With a Classroom Garden

Indoor gardens teach valuable skills: teamwork, balancing pH, growth cycles, harvesting, and the scientific method. Learn about bringing the outside in and creating a classroom garden!

Speakers

Kathy Biernat

Curriculum Designer, Instructional Coach, Zanilu Educational Services, LLC

#ScientistMakerI am an award-winning educator with over 18 years of teaching experience and 30 years of curriculum design expertise. I am passionate about integrating real-world problems into the curriculum, fostering authentic learning experiences, and connecting students with professionals... Read More →

Our Classroom Garden WSST 2019 pdf

Thursday March 7, 2019 10:00am - 10:50am CST
Room M

Middle School, Biology/Life Science, Earth Science, Environmental, Pedagogy/Teaching Strategies

10:00am CST

Using Analytical Statistics to Spice up your Labs

Learn how to use a free statistical analysis program to bring meaning to your students data through t-tests and ANOVA's.

Speakers

Ray Scolavino

Distinguished Lecturer, UW-Milwaukee

MACSTEP Science Teacher Education ProgramWSST ExploratoriumWSST Higher Education and Membership Committee2017 WSST Co-Conference Chair

Thursday March 7, 2019 10:00am - 10:50am CST
Room N

Middle School, Pedagogy/Teaching Strategies | High School, Pedagogy/Teaching Strategies | College, Pedagogy/Teaching Strategies

10:00am CST

CER and SBG, Together at Last

Come and learn how our high school assesses students’ ability to support claims with evidence using a standards-based approach.

Speakers

Danielle Bendt

Teri Boundy

Allison Fuelling

Joe Wells

Thursday March 7, 2019 10:00am - 10:50am CST
Room H

Middle School, Biology/Life Science, Chemistry, Earth Science, Engineering, Environmental, Physics, Pedagogy/Teaching Strategies | High School, Biology/Life Science, Chemistry, Earth Science, Engineering, Environmental, Physics, Pedagogy/Teaching Strategies

11:00am CST

What Can WSST Do For Me?

Are you new to WSST or would like to know more about what WSST can do for you? Stop in to find out how from resources to grant money.

Speakers

Ray Scolavino

Distinguished Lecturer, UW-Milwaukee

MACSTEP Science Teacher Education ProgramWSST ExploratoriumWSST Higher Education and Membership Committee2017 WSST Co-Conference Chair

Thursday March 7, 2019 11:00am - 11:50am CST
Room N

Elementary, Pedagogy/Teaching Strategies | Middle School, Pedagogy/Teaching Strategies | High School, Pedagogy/Teaching Strategies | College, Pedagogy/Teaching Strategies | General, Pedagogy/Teaching Strategies

11:00am CST

I'm Good with 3D Learning, but what about 3D Assessment?

IThe NGSS challenges us to make teaching 3D, but how do we assess in 3D? Let’s explore designing assessments that are authentic and reflect the NGSS.

Speakers

Kathy Biernat

Curriculum Designer, Instructional Coach, Zanilu Educational Services, LLC

3d Assessment WSST pdf

Thursday March 7, 2019 11:00am - 11:50am CST
Room M

Middle School, Pedagogy/Teaching Strategies, Assessment

11:00am CST

Using Technology in a Biology Classroom to Encourage Student Choice and Voice

We will be presenting numerous instructional ways that we have used technology to personalize our science curriculum and allow students to take on more ownership of their learning in our classrooms. Examples we will discuss will be from our Biology classes, but it would be very easy to integrate these practices into any science class. Choice notes, project options, and a variety of tools of technology including Clips, Canvas, GAFE, and Graphical Analysis.

Presentation link: http://tinyurl.com/y6oh66v7

Speakers

Tom Davies

Science Teacher, D.C. Everest Senior High School

-I have been teaching high school science for 20 years.-I currently teach General Biology and Conceptual Physics at D.C. Everest Senior High School in Weston, WI

Marlee Mueller

Science Teacher, D.C. Everest School District

I am a science Teacher at D.C. Everest Junior & Senior High. I've been teaching for six years. I spent my first five years teaching Chemistry, Biology and Physical Science at Sheboygan Falls High School. This is my first year teaching in the D.C. Everest School district in Weston... Read More →

Using Technology in a Biology Classroom to Increase Student Choice & Voice pptx

Thursday March 7, 2019 11:00am - 11:50am CST
Room E

Middle School, Biology/Life Science, Pedagogy/Teaching Strategies | High School, Biology/Life Science, Pedagogy/Teaching Strategies

11:00am CST

Target Based Grading & Assessment

A journey from implementation to assessment. Learn about two educators journey from traditional grading to target based grading in the secondary school environment.

Speakers

Faye Ewald

Becky Peppler

I have 13 years of professional experience in public education, working in the Winneconne Community School District. I am currently teaching Chemistry, CAPP Chemistry and Forensic Science and am the 6-12 Science Curriculum Chair. I have helped the Winneconne Community School District... Read More →

WSST 2019 Presentation pdf

Thursday March 7, 2019 11:00am - 11:50am CST
Room K

Middle School, Pedagogy/Teaching Strategies | High School, Pedagogy/Teaching Strategies

11:00am CST

WICOR (Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization, and Reading) Strategies in the Science Classroom

Learn about ideas for how to incorporate WICOR (writing, inquiry, collaboration, organization, and reading) strategies into your science classroom.

Speakers

Maggie Gugel

Science Teacher

Maura Mullen

Science Teacher, Sun Prairie High School

Thursday March 7, 2019 11:00am - 11:50am CST
Room H

1:00pm CST

Engage K-12 Students in Scientific Inquiry with UV-Sensitive Beads

UV light detecting beads provide an inexpensive option to engage students in scientific inquiry, and learn about the properties of UV radiation

Speakers

Jack Samuelson

STEM Education Consultant, DrSTEM Express

UV Bead Info pdf

SunBurnsGrades2 4 pdf

SunBurnsGrades5 8 pdf

SunBurnsGrades9 12 pdf

Protect Your Skin Using the UV Index Consumer Reports pdf

UV Beads Explained pdf

Save Beady Kid from the Sun (Grade 4) pdf

MadeForTheShade (Grade K) pdf

List of Things That Glow Under Black Light pdf

WSST.2019.UV.Beads.Presentation pdf

Thursday March 7, 2019 1:00pm - 1:50pm CST
Room G

Elementary, Physics, Pedagogy/Teaching Strategies | Middle School, Physics, Pedagogy/Teaching Strategies | High School, Physics, Pedagogy/Teaching Strategies

1:00pm CST

Engagement Strategies for NGSS Practices; Making Your Science Classroom A No-Chill Zone!

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.

Speakers

Jacalyn Amant

Karen Olson

Science Teacher, Baraboo High School

Spencer Rohlinger

Science Teacher, Baraboo High School

Engagement Strategies pdf

Engagement Strategies for NGSS Practices pptx

Thursday March 7, 2019 1:00pm - 1:50pm CST
Room H

1:00pm CST

No Longer KLEWless about CER

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.

Speakers

Stacey Balbach

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.

KLEWless 2019 pdf

Thursday March 7, 2019 1:00pm - 1:50pm CST
Room L

Middle School, Chemistry, Pedagogy/Teaching Strategies | High School, Chemistry, Pedagogy/Teaching Strategies | General, Chemistry, Pedagogy/Teaching Strategies

2:00pm CST

STEM to the Max: Maximizing Engagement Through Problem Solving

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.

Speakers

Alexandra Wakely

Thursday March 7, 2019 2:00pm - 2:50pm CST
Room H

3:00pm CST

Get Ready for Shark Week: Chomping on Data Analysis

Tie the SEP of Analyzing Data to Shark Week and get students swimming through data to find the evidence they need to engage in argumentation.

Speakers

Ann Pearson

Sr. Product Marketing Manager for K12 Science, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

I am currently the Senior Product Marketing Manager for K12 Science with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, but my background is as a high school science teacher. I have taught both in a traditional classroom and in an online setting and I have experience writing curricula for Biology, Astronomy... Read More →

Thursday March 7, 2019 3:00pm - 3:50pm CST
Room H

Elementary, Biology/Life Science, Pedagogy/Teaching Strategies | Middle School, Biology/Life Science, Pedagogy/Teaching Strategies

3:00pm CST

How did that get up there? Common ideas seventh-grade students have about fossils and how to approach them through 3-D instruction

What ideas about fossilization do students bring to the classroom, and how do these ideas change following a 3-dimensional approach to instruction? Learn what we found with 42 students.

Speakers

Liesl Gapinski

Heather Rhoades

UW-Whitewater

Thursday March 7, 2019 3:00pm - 3:50pm CST
Room M

Middle School, Earth Science, Pedagogy/Teaching Strategies

4:00pm CST

AR/VR in K-12 Science

Explore how AR/VR science resources can be used to enhance student engagement and learning in the 21st Century science classroom.

Speakers

Renee Reszel

K - 12 Library Media Specialist, Ripon Area School District

I am a K - 12 Library Media Specialist in the Ripon Area School District. I love to communicate with people on how they implement technology into their schedules and encourage teachers to use technology as a tool to teach/share/present student learning.

Renee Schoff

Teacher/Technology Coach

I am a middle school science and computer science teacher who likes to integrate technology in my classroom in order to increase my student's engagement and curiosity.

AR VR in K 12 Science WSST (1) pdf

Thursday March 7, 2019 4:00pm - 4:50pm CST
Room H

Elementary, Biology/Life Science, Chemistry, Earth Science, Engineering, Environmental, Physics, Pedagogy/Teaching Strategies | Middle School, Biology/Life Science, Chemistry, Earth Science, Engineering, Environmental, Physics, Pedagogy/Teaching Strategies

11:00am CST

Using Wisconsin Citizen Science Data in classroom activities

Citizen science data available through the WI DNR website
has great potential for classroom use . Access information and activity samples will be shared.

Speakers

Karyl Rosenberg

Historian, WSST

I am Historian of WSST, which means that I am responsible for keeping the archives of the organization. This includes newsletters, lists of officers, long term conference records and anything else that the Board of Directors deem worthy of saving for the good of the organization... Read More →

Sandy Wickman

Friday March 8, 2019 11:00am - 11:50am CST
Room K

Middle School, Environmental, Pedagogy/Teaching Strategies | High School, Environmental, Pedagogy/Teaching Strategies

2:00pm CST

State Science Experience Projects- an approach to project based learning

Take the next steps with teacher colleagues to build upon the statewide 2018 pilot project, the Wisconsin Science Experience and get involved for 2019.

Speakers

Kevin Anderson

Science Education Consultant, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

Dr. Anderson currently works as the Science Education Consultant at the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI). He enjoys helping educators improve science programs and instruction to support all students in making sense of the world and solving problems. Previously, he... Read More →

Michelle Howe

Lodi Middle School

Karyl Rosenberg

Historian, WSST

Travis Tangen

Friday March 8, 2019 2:00pm - 2:50pm CST
Room F

Elementary, Pedagogy/Teaching Strategies, Science Fairs | Middle School, Pedagogy/Teaching Strategies, Science Fairs | High School, Pedagogy/Teaching Strategies, Science Fairs

3:00pm CST

Science and Literacy Connections – A K-8 Progression

A DPI workgroup will share and discuss a new K-8 progression of writing standards connecting to the new science standards with ideas for lessons.

Speakers

Sarah Adumat

K-8 STEM Coach, Oshkosh Area School District, WI

Kevin Anderson

Science Education Consultant, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

Tim Cox

ALPS Coordinator, Berlin Area School District

Tim is currently the K-12 Advanced Learning Programming and Services Coordinator in Berlin but maintains a strong interest in science education. He enjoys his work in Berlin, neighboring districts and DPI work groups helping teachers grow in their journey to prepare young scientists... Read More →

Ryan King

K-5 Science Teacher Leader, Madison Metropolitan School District

Elementary Science!

Zong Vang

Science and Math Instructional Support Coach, Oshkosh Area School District

K 8 Writing in Science 2019 WSST pptx

Friday March 8, 2019 3:00pm - 3:50pm CST
Room F

Elementary, Pedagogy/Teaching Strategies | Middle School, Pedagogy/Teaching Strategies

9:00am CST

Academic Rap Up: Hip-Hop Culture and the Science Classroom

Something outside of the status quo? Students, science, hip-hop pedagogy - let’s go. Check the research; get some tips; leave ready to plan your own show.

Speakers

Kris Bohling

Kate Lewandowski

Karen Reece

Urban Community Arts Network

Saturday March 9, 2019 9:00am - 9:50am CST
Room I

Middle School, Pedagogy/Teaching Strategies | High School, Pedagogy/Teaching Strategies

10:00am CST

CER- You Know What it is, but how do you teach and assess it?

Teaching students to make sense of data they have collected and to describe the phenomenon they observe is crucial to them becoming critical thinkers and not merely memorizing vast amounts of information. Using Claims, Evidence, Reasoning (CER) is an excellent way to help students to learn and to meet the NGSS. CER is more than just coming to a conclusion. Students, when asked to make a conclusion after the completion of a lab often will say something like, “The heavier ball made a bigger impact”. They are often quite good at stating what happened (the claim) but fall short of giving proof (evidence) or demonstrating that they understand the why (reasoning). These are not intuitive and students must be given explicit instruction and multiple opportunities to practice these skills. This session will share examples that have been used in our middle and high school classrooms and rubrics for assessment of these skills.

Speakers

Kathy Biernat

Curriculum Designer, Instructional Coach, Zanilu Educational Services, LLC

CER Presentation 2019 (WSST) pdf

Saturday March 9, 2019 10:00am - 10:50am CST
Room R

Middle School, Pedagogy/Teaching Strategies