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Rebecca Miller

Oceana Conservation District
Education Coordinator
Oceana Conservation District
Websiteoceanaconservation.org
We are attempting to develop an environmental education curriculum for schools in Oceana County which focusing on local resources.
Friday, March 1
 

8:00am

From Cookbook --> NGSS! Imperial BallroomJim Clark • Samantha Johnson Science Modeling: The Growing Pains and Gains of My First Year Plaza Boardroom ALynnelle Buchanan The Matrix, Fully Loaded: Sharing Best Practice in the Science Classroom Winchester RoomLucinda Martinelli

9:00am

What’s So Phenomenal about Phenomena? Berkey RoomLawrence Hall of Science Take Your Students Outside to Engineer! Vandenberg BChristine Kelly Assessing 3-D Learning Using Multiple Literacies in Project-Based Learning Resources Grandview AEmily Miller • Joseph Krajcik • Sue Codere Kelly Making It Real... Cheap! Ruby RoomDarrick Gregory • Julie Hahn • Jodi Heaney

10:00am

How to Teach the NGSS Ecology Standards by Getting Kids Outside and using Invasive Species Emerald BWilliam Hodges Ecological Impacts - using place-based stewardship to engage students as citizens of their environment Vandenberg BSamantha Lichtenwald The MiSTEM Network: Supporting Michigan's STEM Future Pullman RoomKristofer Pachla

11:00am

Biology At the Zoo Kendall RoomKristy Butler • Patti Richardson Requirements for becoming a certified environmental educator Emerald BCindy Fitzwilliams-Heck The Unbearable Dilema Emerald AKevin Frailey Connecting Agriculture to NGSS Pullman RoomAmelia Miller The 7E Model in the Gifted Science Classroom Fine Arts RoomEmily Kwon

1:00pm

Science/Math Integration for a Sustainable Planet Vandenberg BAmanda Syers • Janet Vail Asking Questions and Planning and Conducting Experiments: Using the Question Formulation Technique Imperial BallroomJim Clark • Samantha Johnson Grand Slam 3-D Assessment—Researchers, Developers, and Practitioners to Build Capacity, Develop Items, and Implement Strategically Pearl RoomTJ Smolek • Mary Starr Mi-STAR Information Session Haldane RoomYonee Bryant-Kuiphoff • Stephanie Tubman • Monica Wyrwicz Teaching With Trees - Using Schoolyard Trees to Teach Disciplinary Core Ideas Emerald BBridget Booth The Science of Maple Sugaring Ruby RoomJanet Staal

2:00pm

Invasive Engineering Vandenberg BJessica Vander Ark • Jessica Wagenmaker Unpack 3-Dimensional Standards with Phenomenal Science Instruction Berkey RoomTom Gantt

3:00pm

Engaging with Administrators - Starting conversations about supporting science Pearl RoomSandra Brock From Students to Stewards – Leading students to plan and enact Stewardship Action Projects Atrium RoomHolly Hereau

4:00pm

Using (free) NGSS-Aligned Carbon TIME units in MS/HS Kendall RoomChristie Morrison Thomas Transformed Microscopy Ruby RoomBob Myers Amplify Science: Wine and Cheese Reception Berkey RoomLawrence Hall of Science Nature-Based Education: Tackling the Great Outdoors with All Learners Throughout the Early Childhood School Year Emerald BNicole Force • Amanda Gort • Amy Hall Transforming Students to Stewards: Fostering Great Lakes-Literacy in Schools Emerald ARashell Bowerman • Rachel Coale • Emily Finnell • Emily Gochis • Kevin St. Onge • Mi STEM
 
Saturday, March 2
 

8:00am

Are you Science Woke? How to teach Science and integrate culturally relevant education Pullman RoomDuha Fahmy Michigan's Frogs and Toads Emerald ALarry Feldpausch Active Programs Thornapple RoomGary Curts PROSPECTING FOR MINERAL ORE Heritage RoomBill Cline Power Your Classroom or School with Solar Energy - Student Driven Solar Ottawa RoomJoshua Barclay

9:00am

Hands-on and creative teacher-developed invasive species lessons to achieve Michigan science standards Emerald BMaria Siciliano • Sara Forbing • Jeffrey Ram • Jessica Wagenmaker Demonstrations that really grab attention! Riverview RoomMark Sheler Sink your Teeth into Science! Using Bite Mark Evidence to Teach Lab Skills and Logic Plaza Boardroom AAnne Jeannette LaSovage Ten Tips for Motivating Students with Phenomena Grandview B/CDenise Bills • Jane Culp Strengthen STEM with Community Partnerships That Integrate Arts and Social Studies Berkey RoomJohn (Trey) Smith • June Teisan

10:00am

Do you want to build a greenhouse? Plaza Boardroom AChad Scholten Missed Connections: Reuniting alternative students with their environment through a cross-curricular day in the field Berkey RoomSamantha Lichtenwald National Geographic Geo-Inquiry Process Grandview B/CJessica Wagenmaker Using Phenomena to drive student learning: examples from a 5th grade classroom using Next Generation Science Storylines Imperial BallroomHolly Hereau • Lynda O'Donnell

11:00am

Flipping MEECS: Using Existing Materials in a Next Gen Classroom Emerald AGabrielle Likavec

12:00pm

Get Out!: Taking Student Learning Outdoors Nelson RoomErin Parker Defining Temperature Fine Arts RoomScott Milam

1:00pm

Natural Communities of the Great Lakes: Applying NGSS to field based learning Heritage RoomLiz Glynn

2:00pm

FREe-Range Students: In the Field for Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information. Kendall RoomElizabeth Christiansen • Barb Light