Atlanta Conference Program

Schedule at a Glance Biology/Life Environmental Science Science
FRI
8:00–9:00 AM E B214, GWCC Mission Discovery: Exploring a Pathway to Renewable Energy Education
(p. 69)
8:00–9:00 AM G B407, GWCC Ruffner Mountain: The Nature of the City (p. 71)
9:30–10:30 AM I B215, GWCC Can We Go to Tree-town (p. 76)
9:30–10:30 AM E B407, GWCC Cosmetics, OTC Drugs, Environmental Issues, and the BP Oil Spill—Let’s
Go Green (p. 78)
12:30–1:30 PM P–M B213, GWCC How Does Your Garden Grow (p. 88)
12:30–1:30 PM G B308, GWCC Communicate, Collaborate, and Create—Changing Your Classroom and the
World (p. 88)
12:30–1:30 PM M–H B407, GWCC Making Superfund Relevant to Your Students (p. 89)
1:00–2:15 PM K–6 B202, GWCC Technological Design Standards Meet the STEM Initiative (p. 90)
2:00–3:00 PM G B315, GWCC ASTC Session: The Ideal Solution—Merging the Classroom and Community
(p. 91)
2:00–3:00 PM H–C/I B407, GWCC Focus on Forests: Project Learning Tree’s New Secondary Curriculum
(p. 93)
3:30–4:30 PM P–M/I B313, GWCC Facilitating Early Childhood Education with Project Learning Tree (p. 98)
3:30–4:30 PM I B407, GWCC An Educational Nature Trail for Every School (p. 97)
4:00–5:15 PM 9–12 B208, GWCC Exploring Renewable Energy: A Hands-On STEM Investigation (p. 99)
SAT
9:30–10:00 AM H B215, GWCC Field Studies as Vehicles for Project Based Learning (PBL) and Service
Learning (p. 106)
10:00–10:30 AM G B215, GWCC Regular People, Real Science: Discover Why Citizen Science Is the Wave of
the Future for Natural Science Education (p. 106)
Integrated/General
THU
8:00–8:30 AM G B303, GWCC Crime Scene Portfolios (p. 42)
8:00–9:00 AM 9–12 B211, GWCC Active Chemistry—Ahead of Its Time in Capturing the Essence of NGSS and
STEM (p. 44)
8:00–9:00 AM P–M B213, GWCC Science Inquiry Through Toys (p. 42)
8:00–9:00 AM M–H B214, GWCC Iteration in Engineering (p. 42)
8:00–9:00 AM G B217, GWCC How to Integrate Technology into Your Classroom (p. 41)
8:00–9:00 AM G B301, GWCC Data: It’s Not a Four-Letter Word (p. 41)
8:00–9:00 AM G B304, GWCC Before and After Retirement: Practicalities and Possibilities (p. 42)
8:00–9:00 AM E B306, GWCC Integrating the Dimensions at the Elementary Level: Practices, Concepts, and
Core Ideas (p. 42)
8:00–9:00 AM G B401/B402, GWCC Is This Your First NSTA Conference (p. 43)
8:00–9:15 AM 9–12 B201, GWCC A Simple Connection Between STEM and Data Logging (p. 44)
8:00–9:15 AM K–6 B202, GWCC Inquiring Minds Provide Spark for Science Lessons (p. 45)
8:00–10:00 AM K–8 B204, GWCC Science-centered Language Development with FOSS (p. 45)
8:30–9:00 AM G B303, GWCC Incorporating Reading into Forensic Science (p. 42)
9:30–10:30 AM 9–12 B211, GWCC Active Physics—Ahead of Its Time in Capturing the Essence of NGSS and
STEM (p. 45)
9:30–10:45 AM G Thomas Murphy 2/3, GWCC General Session: Kids and Nature—Reconnecting Youth to the Outdoors
(Speaker: David Mizejewski) (p. 46)
10:00–11:15 AM K–6 B202, GWCC DSM and STEM: Challenges for the Elementary Student (p. 46)
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