NSTA 2013 National Conference on Science Education

Saturday, 12 Noon–1:30 PM
Perimeter Institute: Curved Space-time in the Classroom
(Phys)
(Grades 11–12)
212B, Convention Center
Sponsor: Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
Greg Dick (contact@perimeterinstitute.ca), Dave Fish
(contact@perimeterinstitute.ca), and Damien Pope (contact@
perimeterinstitute.ca), Perimeter Institute for Theoretical
Physics, Waterloo, Ont., Canada
Bring Einstein’s curved space-time model for gravity into
your classroom using masking tape and balloons to explain
free fall and predict time dilation, as observed in GPS calculations.
The Revolutions in Science and GPS and Relativity
multimedia resources were designed by educators in collaboration
with Perimeter Institute researchers.
Brain, Behavior, and the Senses in the Next Generation
Science Standards
(Bio)
(Grades 6–College)
214B, Convention Center
Sponsor: Society for Neuroscience
Janet Dubinski (dubin001@umn.edu), University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis
Patricia Camp (pcamp@delranschools.org), Delran (N.J.)
School District
With the appearance of brain science in the highly anticipated
Next Generation Science Standards, teachers are scrambling
for ideas to bring this potentially intimidating topic into their
classrooms. It’s easy! Come discuss approaches to the new
brain standards with a neuroscientist and a superintendent,
learn hands-on classroom activities, and access credible
resources from the world’s leading neuroscience society
through BrainFacts.org.
Exploring Proteins and Nucleic Acids at the PDB
(Bio)
(Grades 7–College)
214C, Convention Center
Sponsor: RCSB Protein Data Bank
David S. Goodsell (goodsell@scripps.edu), The Scripps
Research Institute, La Jolla, Calif.
Life is three-dimensional. This extends to life’s molecular
building blocks—proteins, DNA, and RNA. Join Molecule
of the Month author David Goodsell to learn about the RCSB
Protein Data Bank’s (www.rcsb.org) free resources and tools
that can help students explore the molecules of biological
processes that define life.
12 Noon–2:00 PM CESI/<strong>NSTA</strong> Elementary
Science Luncheon
Science Projects and Graphic Organizers with Dinah
Zike (M-8)
(Tickets Required: $60) Lone Star Ballroom A, Grand Hyatt
Dinah Zike (dma@dinah.com),
President, Dinah Zike Academy and
Dinah-Might Adventures, LP, San
Antonio, Tex.
Join Dinah Zike, a former CESI
science advocacy award winner, for
this hands-on luncheon featuring
science projects and manipulatives.
Materials will be furnished and participants
will leave with ideas that can easily be implemented
across all grade levels.
Dinah Zike is a nationally renowned author, education consultant,
and lecturer. She has invented hundreds of educational
manipulatives (graphic organizers) that are used internationally
by educators, trainers, and consultants around the globe. Dinah’s
Foldables® are an exclusive feature of McGraw-Hill textbooks,
and Dinah has developed more than 200 supplemental educational
books and materials used in homes and classrooms nationally and
in English-speaking countries around the world.
Dinah’s books, Notebook Foldables® and Foldables®,
Notebook Foldables®, & VKV®s for Spelling and Vocabulary
(Grades 4–12) were judged top classroom picks in the 17th
annual Learning Magazine Teachers’ Choice Awards.
In 2004, Dinah received the Council for Elementary Science
International Elementary Science Advocate Award, one of her most
treasured accolades.
Tickets, if still available, must be purchased at the Ticket
Sales Counter in the <strong>NSTA</strong> Registration Area before 3:00
PM on Friday.
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