Atlanta Conference Program

Friday, 2:00–3:00 PM
STEM Activities: Animal Pictures, WebQuest, Boat
Constructions, and Pumpkingrams (Gen)
(Elementary)
B313, GWCC
Ava F. Pugh (apugh@ulm.edu) and Dona C. Delgado
(delgaddc@warhawks.ulm.edu), The University of Louisiana
at Monroe
Presider: Ava F. Pugh
Explore hands-on activities for making science inferences
from pictures, creating WebQuests, constructing boats, and
recognizing mathematical relations with Pumpkingrams.
CDs and handouts!
Forensic Science: CSI ATL
(Bio)
(High School)
B316, GWCC
Kenna L. Allen (kallen@jefcoed.com), Minor High School,
Adamsville, Ala.
Join me for a presentation and hands-on lab techniques on
the use of forensic science investigations in the high school
classroom.
National Earth Science Teachers Association Earth
Science Share-a-Thon
(Earth)
(Elementary–High School)
B401/B402, GWCC
Roberta M. Johnson (rmjohnsn@nestanet.org), National
Earth Science Teachers Association, Boulder, Colo.
Marian Grogan (marian_grogan@terc.edu), TERC, Cambridge,
Mass.
Teresa Kennedy, The GLOBE Program, The University
of Texas at Tyler
H. Michael Mogil (learning@weatherworks.com), How The
Weatherworks, Naples, Fla.
William D. Witherspoon (witherspoonb@fc.dekalb.k12.
ga.us), DeKalb County School System, Atlanta, Ga.
Join NESTA members and other education specialists as
they share their favorite classroom activities. Lots of free
handouts!
Focus on Forests: Project Learning Tree’s New Secondary
Curriculum
(Env)
(High School–College/Informal Education) B407, GWCC
Jaclyn Stallard (jstallard@plt.org) and Al Stenstrup
(astenstrup@plt.org), Project Learning Tree, Washington,
D.C.
Carla Rapp (carla@gfagrow.org), Georgia Forestry Association,
Forsyth
Learn how secondary students can explore the major issues
facing forests today—climate change, invasive species, fire,
land ownership, management, and more. Participants receive
Project Learning Tree’s new Exploring Environmental Issues:
Focus on Forests activity guide and resource materials.
Do. Think. Ink. Writing in Science (Gen)
(Middle Level)
B408, GWCC
Deidre L. Rumph (drumph@richlandone.org), Hopkins
Middle School, Hopkins, S.C.
How many times have you sat in a meeting discussing writing
in science And yet you’re still confused. Come learn about
new and interesting ways to incorporate writing—Found
Poetry and Picture Scrambling!
2:00–3:15 PM Exhibitor Workshops
Engineering, Technology, and the Application of
K–8 Science (Gen)
(Grades K–8)
B207, GWCC
Sponsor: Carolina Biological Supply
Carolina Teaching Partner
Ready to prepare your district’s students for STEM careers
Using practical applications of science skills from inquirybased
lessons, you will learn how to collaborate your science
resources and translate them into best practice engineering
processes.
Investigating Motion: Understanding and Interpreting
Graphs
(Phys)
(Grades 6–12)
B208, GWCC
Sponsor: PASCO scientific
Presenter to be announced
Gain a deeper understanding of motion by graphing and interpreting
real-time data. Explore the differences between speed
and velocity in this hands-on, probeware-based workshop
featuring PASCO carts and the new PAStrack Dynamics
Systems. Your experience will include the use of one of
PASCO’s standards-based SPARKlabs® to improve student
understanding of motion, a foundation topic in the study of
physics and physical science. Extensions to other activities
will also be demonstrated.
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