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

Friday, 8:00–9:00 AM
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SESSION 24
Dissecting Word Problems
(Gen)
(Elementary–High School) 224/226, Moscone Center
Wendy Ward Hoffer (wwhoffer@pebc.org), Public Education
& Business Coalition, Denver, Colo.
Make challenging math word problems accessible to all
students, including English language learners, by supporting
academic language and scaffolding the problem-solving
process.
SESSION 25
Inquiry with Young Scientists: Helping Children to
Investigate Their World
(Gen)
(Preschool–Elementary)
228/230, Moscone Center
Lauren Inouye (lninouye@gmail.com) and Sarah Bess,
Hanahau‘oli School, Honolulu, Hawaii
Experience how children in a multi-age setting use inquiry
to learn about “their world.”
SESSION 26
ISTE: Online Interactives in the Science Classroom
(Gen)
(Supervision/Administration) 232/234, Moscone Center
Will Kimbley, Yokomi Elementary School, Fresno, Calif.
Presider: Ben Smith (ben@edtechinnovators.com), ISTE/Red
Lion (Pa.) Area School District
Move past static PowerPoint images and graphics to teach
science. Bring your science concepts to life with free, online
interactives and multimedia. You will learn how to use tools
to bring excitement to your classroom.
SESSION 27
Using Probeware for Data Acquisition and Analysis
(Gen)
(Middle Level–College)
250, Moscone Center
Gordon L. Wells (gordon.wells@ovu.edu) and Stephen
Opoku-Duah (stephen.opoku-duah@ovu.edu), Ohio Valley
University, Vienna, W.Va.
Learn how to use probes connected to TI calculators and
computers to collect and analyze data in biology, chemistry,
physical science, physics, ecology, and anatomy and
physiology.
SESSION 28
Have Your Students Reading Their Textbooks and
Looking Forward to It!
(Gen)
(Middle Level–High School) 252/254, Moscone Center
John E. Clark (jeclark@volusia.k12.fl.us), Deltona High
School, Deltona, Fla.
Link your science content to improved literacy while you
facilitate students’ discovery of key learning points using
this group-focused, inquiry-based “conference learning”
activity.
SESSION 29
More Lessons from the Teen Parent Academy: Alternative
School Strategies
(Gen)
(Middle Level–High School/Informal) 258/260, Moscone Center
Diane D. Walker (dwalker@nmsu.edu), New Mexico State
University, Las Cruces
Young teenage parents and other students in alternative
school settings need a science education that meets their
diverse needs.
CANCELED
SESSION 30
Enhancing Scientific Literacy Through Humor in
the Classroom
(Gen)
(General)
262, Moscone Center
Diana M. Hunn (diana.hunn@notes.udayton.edu), University
of Dayton, Ohio
Susan Clay (suzieclay@aol.com), Ashland University, Ashland,
Ohio
The language of humor attracts attention and reinforces understanding
of science concepts. We’ll laugh with prefixes to
puns to stuffed animals and student-created comics.
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