San Francisco Program, Vol. 2: Friday - National Science Teachers ...

Friday, 3:30–4:30 PM
SESSION 31 (two presentations)
(Middle Level–High School/Supv) 252/254, Moscone Center
Presider: Lee Ann Nickerson (lee.nickerson@jefferson.kyschools.
us), Jefferson County Public Schools, Louisville, Ky.
Equitable Assessment in Secondary Science Classrooms
(Gen)
Edward R. Geaney (egeaney@ucsc.edu), University of
California, Santa Cruz
We’ll look at a framework and specific practices for equitably
assessing student learning (with a focus on English learners)
in secondary science classrooms.
Overcoming Entropy: One District’s Path to a Cohesive
Science Vision
(Gen)
Scott Schneider (scott.schneider@jefferson.kyschools.us),
Miranda Messer (miranda.messer@jefferson.kyschools.us),
and Tracy Ising (tracy.ising@jefferson.kyschools.us), Jefferson
County Public Schools, Louisville, Ky.
A large urban district developed a secondary science sequence
for all students that allows access to an inquiry-based
Physics First, chemistry, and biology experience.
SESSION 32
NSTA Avenue Session: Project-Based Learning
Through Disney’s Planet Challenge (Env)
(Elementary–Middle Level)
262, Moscone Center
Sylvia Rodriguez, Alice Birney Waldorf Inspired School,
Sacramento, Calif.
Julie Schnedler (jschnedler@meposchools.org), Mediapolis
Community School, Mediapolis, Iowa
Learn about Project-Based Learning (PBL) opportunities
from previous Disney’s Planet Challenge (DPC) Grand
Prize–winning teachers as they discuss their winning projects,
provide tips for successfully engaging students, and
offer advice on how to secure grants and funding for your
own classroom projects. Presenters will share how they
have independently raised thousands of dollars in classroom
funding and give insight into their experience in creating
engaging and successful PBL and environmental service
lessons. Join the discussion and learn what you can do to
help your classroom!
3:30–4:30 PM Workshops
Insulin: A Molecular Story About the Gene, the
Protein, the Physiology, and Diabetes (Bio)
(High School–College)
Continental 1, Hilton
Tim Herman (herman@msoe.edu) and Margaret Franzen
( franzen@msoe.edu), Milwaukee School of Engineering,
Milwaukee, Wis.
See how physical models and other visualizations can be
used to tell a molecular story focused on insulin and glucose
uptake.
Science Inquiry Using PhET: A Suite of Free Interactive
Simulations
(Chem)
(Middle Level–High School/Supv.) Continental 3, Hilton
Patricia Loeblein (ploeblei@jeffco.k12.co.us) and Stephanie
Chasteen (stephanie.chasteen@colorado.edu), University of
Colorado at Boulder
PhET’s FREE interactive sims (http://phet.colorado.edu) help
students understand science. Learn how the sims are designed
and how to use them.
New Horizons: The Little Spacecraft That Could
(Earth)
(Elementary–Middle Level)
Continental 7, Hilton
Julie E. Taylor (julie_taylor@eee.org), NASA Educational
Consultant, Victorville, Calif.
NASA’s New Horizons mission is designed to help us understand
the worlds at the edge of our solar system. Come
join in the fun.
Stellar Bar Codes
(Earth)
(High School–College/Informal) Golden Gate 3, Hilton
Donna L. Young (donna.young@tufts.edu), Chandra E/PO
Office, Medford, Mass.
Pamela Perry (pperry@lewistonpublicschools.org), Lewiston
High School, Lewiston, Maine
Doug Lombardi (lombardi.doug@gmail.com), Southern
Nevada Regional Professional Development Program, North
Las Vegas
Study spectra from different types of stars to learn about
stellar temperatures and evolutionary history.
EarthKAM: Looking at Our Earth from Space
(Env)
(Middle Level)
Golden Gate 4, Hilton
Julie Miller (jmillerirc@olatheschools.com), Olathe District
Schools/Sally Ride Science, Olathe, Kans.
Karen Flammer (flammer@ece.ucsd.edu), University of
California–San Diego, La Jolla
Explore our changing Earth through inquiry-based activities
that use digital images from NASA’s ISS EarthKAM.
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