WSST Conference 2019 has ended

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WSST Conference 2019

Tracy Cassidy

8:00am CST

3 D Formative Assessment Room JJohn Graves Claim, Evidence, Reasoning Room MChelsie Bargenquast • Julie Kautzer 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

9:00am CST

NGSS Assessments: How will we know they are learning? Room ISTEMscopes Sharing Session: Earth Science TerraceDennis Rohr Connecting Kids to their Communities-Using local issues to create informed citizens Room PSarah Kendrick • Madison Country Day School

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

11:00am CST

Go Outside and Teach! Powerful Outside Educational Tools Room QHeidi Vasel • Val Wright I'm Good with 3D Learning, but what about 3D Assessment? Room MKathy Biernat Target Based Grading & Assessment Room KFaye Ewald • Becky Peppler

12:00pm CST

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

1:00pm CST

"Test to Fail" Design Challenges Room RLauren Burke • Wendy Dyrhaug • Meaghan McGuire • Heather Peterson 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

2:00pm CST

Science Literacy & Communication: An issue of national concern Room LLisa Pitot Top 10 Interactive Ways to Use Academic Language in your Science Classroom Room KGreg Matthias STEM to the Max: Maximizing Engagement Through Problem Solving Room HAlexandra Wakely

3:00pm CST

Google Slides...the ultimate lesson planner! Room OKirsten Wiesneski Science Teaching Snapshot 6 Room ETanzeem Ali • Tami Davis • Christine Fuller • Carol Ochsner • Amanda Zbacnik

4:00pm CST

Creating WSS/NGSS Assessments Room JSarah Adumat • Kevin Anderson • Tim Cox • Gina Vogt Science Teaching Snapshot 7 Room QGrace Kosmatka • Jennifer Scianna

7:30pm CST

President's Social: Steve Meade, Hypnotist Terrace

8:00am CST

CLOSED: Watersheds Alive Room ODeb McRae • Liz Sutton Twenty Demos in Fifty Minutes Room LLarry Scheckel

9:00am CST

Learning Astronomy Through the Lens of 3-Dimensional Learning Room EDennis Schatz The New Forward Exam in Science Room FKevin Anderson 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

10:00am CST

Hyperdocs: Getting Students to Ferment Their Own Ideas Room NKristin Michalski • Ryan Manske Selecting Instructional Materials for the WSS/NGSS Room FKevin Anderson

11:00am CST

Improve Your Use of the Five Innovations Room HBob Friedel

12:30pm CST

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

2:00pm CST

STEM-ulating Activities on Human Ecology Room KHoward Aprill CLOSED: Investigating Weather and Natural Hazards using Next-Generation Satellite Data. Room OScott Lindstrom • Margaret Mooney • Tim Schmit

3:00pm CST

Interactive Notebooks in the Middle School Science Classroom Room IJames Broetzmann Groundwater Research you can do! Room HDennis Rohr

4:00pm CST

WSST Town Meeting Room ERay Scolavino

4:30pm CST

Friday Night Social Terrace

6:30pm CST

Curiosity, Roving To New Heights TerraceKobie Boykins

8:00am CST

Science Teaching Snapshot 9 Room ELauryn Branham • Erik Duhn • Andy Grabowski

9:00am CST

Is there another way? Teaching Techniques for Deeper Understanding Room GSarah Lovern • Tom Saleska Maps, Data and Inquiry Room QJennifer Bault • Dawn Pfaff 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

10:00am CST

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

1:00pm CST

Environmental Education Workshop: Connect, Explore, Engage: Using Place-Based Learning to Address Standards Edgewood College-SON 312Becca Franzen