Saturday/Sunday

Sunday, 9:30–10:30 AM
9:30–10:30 AM Presentations
SESSION 1
Playing with Your Food: Issues Related to Modeling
Science Concepts with Food
(Gen)
(General)
101, Convention Center
Melissa L. Shirley (melissa.shirley@louisville.edu), University
of Louisville, Ky.
Many teachers use food to help their students grasp complicated
scientific concepts. What is the impact on students of
using food as a modeling tool
SESSION 2
Network Science: Use Snoop Dogg to Teach the
Scientific Method
(Gen)
(High School–College)
102, Convention Center
Meagan Morscher (m.morscher@gmail.com), Northwestern
University, Evanston, Ill.
Network science is a growing field of study that embraces
ideas from computer science, sociology, and mathematics.
This presentation has two objectives—introduce participants
to network science and provide a motivating lesson for high
school students using a data set on hip-hop collaborations.
SESSION 3
EarthScope: A Hubble Space Telescope for Earth’s
Interior That’s in Your Neighborhood! (Earth)
(Middle Level–High School)
106, Convention Center
Michael Hamburger (hamburg@indiana.edu), Indiana
University, Bloomington
John Taber (taber@iris.edu), IRIS Consortium, Washington,
D.C.
Learn how your students can use data from a state-of-theart
continental-scale seismograph array to visualize seismic
waves, and explore Earth structure and earthquake hazards.
SESSION 4
Quantitative Reasoning Across Curricula (Gen)
(Middle Level–College)
107, Convention Center
Gordon L. Wells (gordon.wells@ovu.edu), Ohio Valley University,
Vienna, W.Va.
Students must develop quantitative reasoning skills to be
competitive in today’s world. Join me for a discussion of
what is quantitative reasoning and receive examples across
curricula.
SESSION 5
The Reasons We Choose Science Careers: Motivational
Factors in Choosing a Science Career (Gen)
(General)
108, Convention Center
Victoria J. Fawcett-Adams (vfawcett08@su.edu), Shenandoah
University, Winchester, Va.
Receive an overview of a study exploring motivations involved
in the selection of science careers. Trends examined include
discouraged students, who motivates, and does gender or
other biases exist.
SESSION 6
We Wiki, Do You
(Gen)
(General)
109, Convention Center
James Calaway (jcalaway@lawtonps.org), Lawton (Okla.)
Public Schools
James Gibbs, Eisenhower High School, Lawton, Okla.
Presider: Gerald Krockover, Purdue University, West
Lafayette, Ind.
Learn how to use wiki sites and build digital instructional
videos in the field while doing research projects as well as
tips for finding technology grant money.
SESSION 7
Glaciers: Traveling Time Capsules
(Env)
(Middle Level–High School)
113, Convention Center
Sylvia J. Tufts, Retired Educator, Flossmoor, Ill.
Gain insights as to how the study of glaciers’ locations, movement,
and composition can provide an excellent opportunity
to observe and analyze the effects of global climate conditions
and changes over time.
SESSION 8
Challenge: Create and Present an Interactive Science
Course Online
(Gen)
(General)
120, Convention Center
Marilyn V. Rands (mrands@ltu.edu), Lawrence Technological
University, Southfield, Mich.
Sandra L. Yarema, Wayne State University, Detroit, Mich.
Our discussion will center on issues encountered when
designing interactive, inquiry-based science courses for
an asynchronous, online format. Areas include objectives,
activities relating to theory and practice, and embedded
authentic assessments.
114 NSTA Indianapolis National Conference on Science Education