I n d i a n a p o l i s

Friday, 8:00–9:00 AM
SESSION 2
STEM in the Science Classroom (Gen)
(Middle Level–High School) 113, Convention Center
David A. Young (dayoung7@gmail.com), Fayetteville High
School, Fayetteville, Ark.
Science will be joining Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
on equal footing as we move to learning communities
based on STEM. Come learn about four STEM investigations.
SESSION 3 (two presentations)
(Middle Level–High School) 125, Convention Center
Teaching Engineering Design: A Scenario-based
Design Project Approach (Phys)
Vincent J. Bonina, Johns Hopkins University Center for
Talented Youth, Baltimore, Md.
Learn how to develop and teach scenario-based engineering
design projects with bridges and boats using real-world
scenarios simulated in the classroom.
Physics, Technology, and Toys—What a Combination
(Phys)
Daniel J. Nieman (dnieman@ursulineacademy.org), Ursuline
Academy, Cincinnati, Ohio
Learn how to integrate technology with many common toys
to illustrate physics principles.
SESSION 4
Come Float with Me! (Phys)
(General) 126, Convention Center
Nathaniel C. Haeck (nch5204@fc.dekalb.k12.ga.us), Fernbank
Science Center, Atlanta, Ga.
Roger Haeck and Dan Wray, Lakeview Middle School,
Warsaw, Ind.
Ever been weightless? We have! Come hear how an experience
with NASA’s “Weightless Wonder” aircraft and science
can expand your classroom.
SESSION 5
Problem-Based Learning (PBL) Forensics Unit
(Chem)
(High School) 127, Convention Center
Linda Dearth-Monroe (lmonroe@warren.k12.in.us), Kylee
List (klist@warren.k12.in.us), Trent Bodine (tbodine@warren.
k12.in.us), Sherri Nelson (snelson@warren.k12.in.us), and
Georgia Watson (gwatson@warren.k12.in.us), Warren Central
High School, Indianapolis, Ind.
PBL is focused experiential learning organized around the
investigation and resolution of messy real-world problems.
Designed by high school chemistry teachers, this forensics
unit tests samples from a crime scene and has students identify
and present their findings in “court.” Students are engaged and
pulled into the problem by making it relevant…and they have
personal investment in the experimental outcome.
SESSION 6
NASA: Teaching from Space (Phys)
(Elementary–High School) 207, Convention Center
Cynthia McArthur (cynthia.l.mcarthur@nasa.gov), NASA
Johnson Space Center, Houston, Tex.
Identify unique education flight project opportunities and
resources for teachers and students. Learn how you can
develop experiments for drop towers, reduced gravity aircraft,
weather balloons, and even the International Space
Station. Get involved! Get inspired!
SESSION 7 (two presentations)
(Elementary–Middle Level) 233, Convention Center
MoonWorld: Lunar Geology Field Work in a Virtual
World (Earth)
Debbie Denise Reese (debbie@cet.edu), Wheeling Jesuit
University, Wheeling, W.Va.
Learn how teams of four players ages 9 and up apply lunar
geology principles to conduct virtual field work on the
Moon’s surface.
Bring the International Space Station into the Classroom:
Enhancing Education via Collaboration
(Earth)
Stephan Turnipseed, LEGO Education, Pittsburg, Kans.
Learn how a public/private effort is enhancing STEM education
by providing “out of this world” hands-on/minds-on
learning—taking kids to outer space without leaving their
desks.
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