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

Friday, 3:30–4:30 PM
PDI
PDI
Celestial Navigation for the Novice (Earth)
(Middle Level–High School)
Walnut, Marriott
Philip M. Sadler (psadler@cfa.harvard.edu), Harvard-Smithsonian
Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Mass.
Construct simple tools that allow students to determine
latitude and longitude by measuring the Sun’s height.
SEPUP Pathway Session: Getting Kids Invested with
Stories: The Car of the Future and Energy Conversions
(Phys)
(Middle Level–College) Yerba Buena Salon 4, Marriott
Charles J. Hill (chill@wheelock.edu), Wheelock College,
Boston, Mass.
“Science, like the rest of culture, is based on the manufacture
of narrative,” said scientist E.O. Wilson. Explore the use of
story to engage high school students.
WestEd Pathway Session: Targeted Interventions
Matter: Improving Student Graphing (Gen)
(Elementary–High School) Yerba Buena Salon 5, Marriott
Jody Sherriff (jskidmo@wested.org), K–12 Alliance/WestEd,
Santa Ana, Calif.
Learn a process to share with colleagues for analyzing student
work and determining instructional adjustments for
student success in graphing data. Receive student rubrics
and protocols.
Using Portfolios in Physics: Reports from the Field
(Phys)
(Middle Level–College) Yerba Buena Salon 11, Marriott
Michael J. Lowry, NSTA Director, High School Science
Teaching, and The McCallie School, Chattanooga, Tenn.
The use of portfolios can generate deep understanding in
science courses at all levels.
Climate Change: Science, Culture, and Story (Env)
(Middle Level–High School) Yerba Buena Salon 12/13, Marriott
Leon R. Geschwind (leon.geschwind@noaa.gov), The Baldwin
Group at NOAA Pacific Services Center, Honolulu,
Hawaii
Abbey Spargo (aspargo@oceanexplorium.org), Ocean Explorium,
New Bedford, Mass.
Tim Buckley, Barrow High School, Barrow, Alaska
Alaska, Hawaii, and Massachusetts educators will integrate
science, culture, and technology through virtual globes,
hands-on activities, and personal narratives to tell compelling
climate change stories.
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Green Building Projects for High School Engineering
Education
(Phys)
(Informal Education)
111, Moscone Center
Charles Xie and Edmund Hazzard (ehazzard@concord.
org), The Concord Consortium, Concord, Mass.
See a village of scale model green buildings and play with
a suite of advanced hands-on and computer discovery tools
for engineering education.
Stretch Your Digital Dollar: Affordable Strategies
for Integrating Mobile Technologies into the Classroom
(Gen)
(Informal Education)
112, Moscone Center
Katy Scott (kscott@mbayaq.org) and Jenny de la Hoz,
Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, Calif.
Mobile devices, including netbooks and cell phones, are
low-cost solutions to technology integration. When using
them with various free applications, students have a more
interactive learning experience.
Be Cool, Go Green
(Gen)
(General)
212, Moscone Center
April A. Chancellor (april.chancellor@msichicago.org),
Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, Ill.
Incorporate renewable energy topics into your curriculum
with these green activities from the Museum of Science and
Industry. Free lessons and resources!
Get Moving Redux! More Kinesthetic Tools for Excellence
in Science
(Gen)
(Middle Level–High School) 228/230, Moscone Center
Brian J. Ciuffreda (bciuffreda@princetoncharter.org) and
Mark F. Schlawin (mschlawin@princetoncharter.org), Princeton
Charter School, Princeton, N.J.
More standards-based physical activities and mnemonic
devices used at one of New Jersey’s top-performing middle
schools. Topics drawn from physics, chemistry, and biology.
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