Session 5 1:30 PM - Colorado Association of Science Teachers

For Professional DevelopmentTable of ContentsWelcome Letter……………………………………..………………...………….2Conference Schedule ……………………………………………………………3Conference Committee ………………………………………………………….4Post Conference Session ……………...……………………………..…………..5Acknowledgments…………………..……..…………………………………….6Banquet Speaker …….…………………………………………………………...7Professional Development Credit Information ………….…………………...8Schedule At A Glance…………………….…………………………..……...9-14Room Layout Maps with Room Numbers …………………………………..15Session 1 (8:00-8:55) ………………………………….…………………….16-25Session 2 (9:10-10:05) ………………………………………………………26-34Session 3—Featured Speaker—(10:15-11:10) …..……..…………………..…35Lunch (11:20-12:20) …………………………………..………………………..36Session 4 (12:20-1:15) ……………………………………………………….37-45Session 5 (1:30-2:25) ………………………………………………………...46-54Session6 (2:40-3:35) …………………………………………………………55-62Science Organization Meetings (3:45-4:45) ……………...…………………...63Exhibit Floor Plan……….………………………………………………………64Science Organization Information ………………………………………...65-69Accessing session materials ………..………………………….……………...70Notes …………………………………………………………………………….71Cover Photo: courtesy of Can Stock Photo, Inc.2

Welcome Message2010 Colorado Science Conference for Professional Development―Science: What Works for You?‖The Colorado Science Conference Governing Board would like to welcome you to the2010 Colorado Science Conference for Professional Development. The future holds agreat deal of uncertainty for educators and education and we are pleased that youhave decided to join us today in an effort to continue to build your knowledge as scienceeducators. Our theme this year, ―Science: What Works for You?‖ was developedto focus our efforts on effective strategies for the science classroom. We hope that youleave the conference refreshed, energized, and with a few new ideas for finding somethingthat works for you and your students!We have worked to bring you a day of learning filled with more than 100 sessions onScience Education and a featured speaker who, as Colorado’s Teacher of the Year hasfound a few strategies that work in his classroom and has come to share those ideaswith you. We are grateful to have Justin Darnell here with us today, not only as Colorado’sTeacher of the Year, but as a leader in the field of Science Teaching!At the end of the day, please take time to provide feedback about your experience atthe conference. Your comments and feedback are essential for helping us create beneficialand worthwhile professional development opportunities for you. We look forwardto exploring ways to work together to make this conference the strongest possible representativeof your interests and professional development needs.We hope that you find new and exciting ideas that make science work for you andyour students. Again, we are honored that you have chosen to spend your time withus and hope that this professional development day reignites your passion and excitementfor the field of Science Education.Melissa Free and Karen HaysCo-Chairs, Colorado Science Conference for Professional Development3

Denver Merchandise MartThursday, November 18, 2008Noon-4:00 p.m.Exhibit set-up3:30 p.m. Registration open4:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. Exhibits open5:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Wine and Cheese reception6:00 p.m. Banquet with keynote speaker - "Doc Susie"($42 per person banquet fee)Friday, November 196:30 a.m. Registration Open8:00 a.m. to 3:35 p.m. General SessionsSession 1 - 8:00 - 8:55Session 2 - 9:10 - 10:05Session 3 - 10:15 - 11:10 — Featured SpeakerLunch - 11:20 - 12:20Session 4 - 12:20 - 1:15Session 5 - 1:30 - 2:25Session 6 - 2:40 - 3:353:45 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. Professional Organization MeetingsPoster SessionsThere will be a series of Poster Sessions held throughout theday on Friday in rooms K36—38 and K 44—46,next to the hospitality room.4

Planning CommitteeConference Co-ChairsAudio-Visual/TechnologyEvaluationExhibitsVolunteersSocial EventsPresentersProgram BookRegistrationTreasurerSocial NetworkingMarketingCDE Rep. Barry CartwrightCAST Rep. Cherie WyattCCTA Rep. Elnore GrowKaren Hays, Melissa FreeSteve IonaPete ModreskiTheresa HemmingGreta GlugoskiElnore GrowJim CroninJim Cronin, Meghan DanielSharon Unkart, Jessy ClarkPeggy McCoyBob NathanMarley Steele-Inama, Scott Sala, Sharon Unkart,Bob NathanAAPT Rep. Steve IonaCBTA Rep. Marilyn SchmidtCESN Rep. John Ghist5

Post Conference SessionSaturday, November 20, 2010 The Denver Zoo Denver, ColoradoNEW THIS YEAR! Post Conference Workshop onColorado Academic Standards and 21st Century Skills!Are you ready to use the revised Colorado AcademicStandards for Science in your classroom?Join us for a workshop designed to help K-12 teachers gaina deeper understanding of the revised standards and beginwork in implementing 21 st Century Skills of critical thinking,collaboration, self-direction, invention and informationliteracy in the science classroom.Date: November 20, 2010Time: 8:00 AM—4:00 PMLocation: Denver Zoo—Gates Wildlife Conservation Education CenterCost: $20, includes continental breakfast and lunchCredit: 7.5 hours of CDE creditRegistration is available at www.coloradoscienceconference.orgSponsored by:C O L O R A D O S C IENCE C O N F E R E N C EC O L O R A D O A S S O C IATION OF S C IENCE T E A C H E R SD E N V E R Z OOP U B L IC E D U C A TION B U S INESS C O A L I TION6

We wish to acknowledge the following exhibitors and organizations fortheir generous donations:Colorado Education AssociationWestern Governors UniversityIt’s About TimeDenver ZooDelta Education/CPO/Frey ScientificPASCO ScientificMetro Wastewater Reclamation DistrictVernier Software and TechnologyU.S. Geological SurveyThe Wildlife ExperienceHoughton Mifflin/Harcourt/Holt-McDougalTexas InstrumentsHoughton MifflinHarcourt Specialized CurriculumNational Geographic School PublishingFlinn ScientificDenver Museum of Nature & ScienceCarolina Biological Supply CompanyUniversity of Colorado Museum of Natural HistoryNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationCIRES University of Colorado-BoulderMcGraw-Hill School Education GroupRAFT ColoradoKidWind ProjectCoCoRaHSColorado Geographic AllianceColorado State UniversityNEED ProjectButterfly PavilionColorado Mountain CollegeThe Observant NaturalistProfessional Association of Colorado EducatorsSouth Suburban Parks and RecreationAnd, a special THANKS to Houghton Mifflin/Harcourt SpecializedCurriculum for supporting the Wine and Cheese Social7

Banquet SpeakerKathy Naples is a librarian by trade. Kathy isa long-term resident of Grand County andlends authenticity to the Grand County Characterswith her valuable research. She bringslife to Doc Susie as well as many other GrandCounty Pioneers including Maggie Crawford,Mary Owens Jones, and Mary Elizabeth Cozens.Dr. Susan (Doc Susie) Anderson arrived inFraser in 1907, suffering from consumption,and a semi-invalid. She remained in Fraser,practicing medicine, for nearly 50 years.She was a graduate of University of Michigan,an "authentic lady physician." She ar-Kathy Naples Doc Susierived at a time of tremendous growth andchange in Fraser and Tabernash, having to prove herself first in treating aninjured horse, before the locals would have her treat their injuries and illnesses.During the Prohibition, she, like many citizens,was "deputized," to assist in law enforcement'sefforts to uncover hidden stills and stashes of alcohol.She was famous for "uncovering six pintsof hooch in the occupied bed of Mrs. GeorgeCarch of Fraser." Mr. Carch received summarytrial in county court and was sentenced to 30 daysin jail and $300 fine as a result of the efforts.Her home stands in Fraser, and the Cozens RanchMuseum holds an exhibit of her tools and equipment.8Dr. Susan Anderson

Professional DevelopmentCredit for RecertificationSix Hours of Professional Development Recertification Creditwill be available at the end of the conference day.Participants MUST be present at the end of Session 6 to receivea certificate of completion of 6 hours of professional development.Certificates will not be available before 3:30 p.m.Certificates will not be mailed to participants after theConference.9

At-A-Glance Session 1 8:00 - 8:55The Blended ClassroomMade Easy:Transforming All ....Jonathan BergmannGeneralOtherJ34-38Evidence Based ScienceTeachingBarry CartwrightGeneralGeneral ScienceK35-39Facing Facebook: SocialMedia In and Out of theClassroomStephanie ChasteenHigh School / CollegeTechnology EducationH42-46The Growing Classroom:Tips on GrowingClassroom PlantsLisa DavisGeneralLife Science/BiologyJ35-39Living By Chemistry:What Shape Is ThatSmell?Jeffrey DowlingHigh SchoolChemistryG38-44Science Made Simple forYour ECE classroomKate GeerPreschool/ECEGeneral ScienceF50-52Pearson's NewInteractive ScienceProgramGlenn GordonElementary (P & I)General ScienceJ43-47NBC's Minute to Win It:Science ClassroomConnectionsStephan GrahamM S / H SGeneral ScienceJ42-46Data Collection withVernier LabQuest andLogger Pro Synced ....Angie HarrGeneralGeneral ScienceK43-47The Impacts of ClimateChange in Colorado:Today and TomorrowBecca HathewayMS / HSEnvironmental ScienceF30-36Earth Science and theGeoboxJessie HermanMS / HSEarth/Space ScienceH31-37Quia - ComputerGrading for Science &Fun Created .....Thomas JordanHigh School / CollegeTechnology EducationH34-38The QUEST Model ofInquiryAlicia LamfersGeneralGeneral ScienceF38-44Let's Make BiodieselApril LanotteHigh SchoolChemistryG30-36Tough Topics in Biology:Cell RespirationMark LittleMS / HSLife Science/BiologyK 51-53Customizing ScienceInstruction With DigitalLibrariesLoretta MelhadoMS / HSEarth/Space ScienceJ 50-52Partnering withScientists for ClassroomPhysical Science ....Christine JonesMS / HSPhysical ScienceJ 51-53Unlock EnvironmentalLiteracyKatie NavinGeneralEnvironmental ScienceH 50-52Expository Writing inScienceEileen PatrickElementary (Primary &Intermediate)General ScienceG 51-53Recognizing ScienceKristin SwihartMS / HSGeneral ScienceH39-45An inquiry-basedexercise to determine thesize of the earth using ....Richard SchwenzHigh School / CollegeScience Notebooks:Strategies For GettingStartedLaurie WaalkesElementary (P & I)Poster SessionsRooms:K36 - 38General ScienceG39-45General ScienceG31-37K40 - 4210

At-A-Glance Session 2 9:10 - 10:05Making Science VideoPodcasts that TeenagersWill Love.Jonathan BergmannGeneralTechnology EducationJ34-38Expedition Earth andBeyondLisa BrownMS / HSEarth/Space ScienceK43-47Atomic Force MicroscopeSimulationDon CameronHigh SchoolChemistryJ43-47What every teachershould know aboutcognitive researchStephanie ChasteenGeneralGeneral ScienceH42-46Flaming ideas: SparkStudent Interst in Mathwith Fire ScienceUsing Science as aspringboard to ReadingInstructionThe Simple Science ofFlight; Seriously, How doAirplanes Fly?Science Tech Tool Box:Using DMNS Resourcesin Your TeachingShawna CrockerBeverly DeVore-WeddingDavid EskerKate GeerMS / HSGeneralHigh School / CollegeGeneralEnvironmental ScienceGeneral SciencePhysicsGeneral ScienceG39-45G31-37J35-39F50-52SEPUP Erosion andDepositionOralia GilMiddle SchoolEarth/Space ScienceF30-36Energy Efficiency andRenewable EnergyMarcus GironElementary (Intermediate)General ScienceH50-52Climate Literacy andEnergy AwarenessNetwork (CLEAN): ....Anne GoldGeneralEarth/Space ScienceK35-39Now That I Have ThisCat, What Do I Do WithIt?Deborah HaaseMS / HSLife Science/BiologyJ51-53Chemistry and the Atom:Fun with Atom BuildingGamesJessie HermanMS / HSChemistryH31-37What is STEMeducation? Integrating21st Century Skills!Rachael HughesMS / HSGeneral ScienceJ42-46Sensational Science forKids!Judy JohnsonElementary (Primary)General ScienceH34-38Eliminate discipline andgive yourself Time toTeach science!!!Carolina McGrathGeneralOtherG30-36A rain gauge at everyschoolNoah NewmanGeneralEnvironmental ScienceG51-53Science Vocabulary &Culturally andLinguistically Diverse ....Anna PerssonGeneralGeneral ScienceF38-44NASA’s Year of the SolarSystem: New Activitiesfor Your ClassroomJohn RistveyElementary (Intermediate)Earth/Space ScienceG38-44Hands on Activities toTeach Weather ConceptsSharon StroudMS / HSEarth/Space ScienceH39-45Chemical Liaisons, a wayto manage chemicalsafetyMichael WarnerSupervision/Admin.ChemistryK51-53Science for the First Dayof SchoolCherie WyattMS / HSGeneral ScienceJ50-52Poster SessionsRooms:K36 - 38K40 - 4211

At-A-Glance Session 3 10:15—11:10Featured SpeakerJustin DarnellRaising Achievement and Proficiencyof Students from Non-Dominant GroupsThe number of students identified as ―at risk‖ hasdramatically increased across our state. However,this term is unfair to these students who are only ―atrisk‖ for receiving a lower quality education. JustinDarnell, the 2010 Colorado Teacher of the Year, hasdemonstrated that a student’s identification within acertain demographic does not prevent them fromfinding success when receiving an equitable education.He will discuss Colorado’s current trends andoffer suggestions for altering perceptions within yourclassrooms, schools, and districts.Come prepared to share your thoughts and ideasabout how we can work together to meet the needs ofour most underserved populations.Join Us For Lunch11:20-12:2012

At-A-Glance Session 4 12:20 - 1:15Environmental Sciencefor a World of 7 BillionBill BairdMS / HSEnvironmental ScienceH34-38Soaring through the SolarSystem - AnAstronomical AdventureLisa BrownMiddle SchoolEarth/Space ScienceK43-47Let's Get PhysicalDawn BuckinghamGeneralPhysical ScienceJ35-39Jus Wait 'til You GetYour Hands on This BodyMyles CraneHigh School / CollegeLife Science/BiologyF50-52Project Learning Tree,inquiry and 21st CenturySkillsShawna CrockerGeneralEnvironmental ScienceG39-45Living By Chemistry:Feeling Under PressureJeffrey DowlingHigh SchoolChemistryK51-53Food Webs and TrophicLevels: What a TangledWeb We WeaveLiesl ErbMS / HSEnvironmental ScienceH39-45Cellular Science: Usingcellular phones in theScience classroom.Victor FitzjarraldGeneralTechnology EducationJ34-38Real Chemistry for AllStudents: A NaturalApproach to ChemistryOralia GilHigh SchoolChemistryF30-36Energy Efficiency andRenewable EnergyMarcus GironElementary (Int.)General ScienceH50-52Pearson's New InteractiveScience ProgramGlenn GordonMiddle SchoolGeneral ScienceJ43-47Elementary Make-and-TakeTeresa HigginsElementary (P & I)General ScienceJ50-52Tools for TeachingScience to VisuallyImpaired StudentsCaren KershnerMS / HSGeneral ScienceJ51-53Robots On The CheapDave KhaliqiMS / HSTechnology EducationG51-53Field Investigations:Using OutdoorEnvironments to FosterStudent Learning ofScientific ProcessesTabbi KinionElementary (P & I)Environmental ScienceModeling PhysicsEarl LegleiterMS / HSPhysicsJ42-46Wastewater and AquaticBiologyKelley MerrittMS / HSLife Science/BiologyH42-46Teaching About ClimateChange and Colorado’sFutureDeborah MorrisonMS / HSEnvironmental ScienceF38-44K35-39 The Challenge ofQuantum RealityChristine NicholsHigh SchoolPhysicsH31-37Be the Molecule! - UsingModels in YourClassroomLittle Shop Of PhysicsGeneralPhysical ScienceG31-3730 demos in 50 minutesRob ReinsvoldMS / HSGeneral ScienceG46-52 and H47-53Understanding SmallBodies of the SolarSystemJohn RistveyMS / HSEarth/Space ScienceStudent ResearchProjects & Science FairsColorado State ScienceFairMS / HSGeneral ScienceG38-44G30-3613

At-A-Glance Session 5 1:30 - 2:25EnvironmentalExperiences for EarlyChildhoodShawna CrockerPreschool/ECEEnvironmental ScienceG39-45Galileo’s Square-CubeLaw; Why Size MattersDavid EskerMS / HSGeneral ScienceJ35-39A Walk through theWeather Year inColoradoRobert GlancyMS / HSEarth/Space ScienceK35-39Physics for ElementarySchool StudentsTonya FreebornElementary (Primary)PhysicsJ34-38Getting Our Feet Wet:Having Fun with theWater CycleLisa GallagherElementary (Int.)Environmental ScienceJ43-47SEPUP Energy -Chemical BatteriesOralia GilMiddle SchoolPhysical ScienceF30-36Project BasedAssessments inChemistryAmy HansonHigh SchoolChemistryH34-38Properly PluggingPillbugsTeresa HigginsElementary (P & I)Life Science/BiologyJ50-52Dissecting Text: Readinglike a ScientistWendy Ward HofferMS / HSGeneral ScienceH42-46STEM and StoriesDave KhaliqiMS / HSGeneral ScienceG51-53Inquiry Structure forLearning ScienceContent -- Dissolving ...Barry Kluger-BellGeneralOtherJ42-46Forms of Energy andEnergy TransformationsRebecca LambGeneralPhysicsG38-44Conservation in YourClassroomAlicia LamfersGeneralLife Science/BiologyF50-52Amazing CellsMellissa LewisMS / HSLife Science/BiologyG30-36Research at the NationalRenewable EnergyLaboratoryLinda LungMS / HSPhysical ScienceK43-47Lessons from Dogs:Canine Models forHuman VariationKim NicholsMS / HSLife Science/BiologyH39-45Everyday Einstein: TheGPS and RelativityChristine NicholsHigh SchoolPhysicsH31-37Playing with EcosystemScience: Using Games toExplore the Food Chain..Randy RussellMS / HSEarth/Space ScienceF38-44El Nino-La Nina TheAtmosphere-OceanConnectionTR ShawMS / HSPhysical ScienceK51-53Wind Power in YourClassroomRick ShinMS / HSPhysical ScienceJ51-53If You Teach APChemistry, You GottaGet This!Ed WatermanHigh SchoolChemistryH50-52Kinesthetic AstronomyMike ZawaskiMS / HSEarth/Space ScienceG31-37We All Learn Best bySeeing, Hearing, & DoingSue BergerMS / HSChemistry and PhysicsG46-52 / H47-53Poster SessionsRooms:K36 - 38K40 - 4214

At-A-Glance Session 6 2:40 - 3:35An Interdisciplinaryapproach to STEMprojectsAlicia ArangioMiddle SchoolEarth/Space ScienceTake flight with RAFTEric BensonGeneralPhysical ScienceJ35-39Poker FaceTom BindelHigh School / CollegeChemistryK35-39Internet Rescourses forThe Elemenary ScienceTeacherCarol BooromElementary (P & I)Technology EducationK43-47H31-37Exploring EnvironmentalIssues: Biodiversity,Risk, Municipal SolidWaste, ForestsShawna CrockerMS / HSEnvironmental ScienceG39-45Probe Your GoogleRob FunkGeneralLife Science/BiologyJ43-47Using Project-BasedScience and Technologyto Engage StudentsMichelle GarlandMiddle SchoolLife Science/BiologyG30-36Physics First - Follow-upDiscussionSteve IonaMS / HSPhysicsK51-53Transportation EnigmaRebecca LambMiddle SchoolPhysical ScienceG38-44Inquiry at the ZooAlicia LamfersGeneralLife Science/BiologyF50-52Science TeachersLearning from LessonAnalysis (STeLLA)Nancy LandesGeneralGeneral ScienceTeaching With RoadkillSkot LatonaGeneralLife Science/BiologyF30-36H34-38Studying water flow inyour local streamPeter ModreskiMS / HSEnvironmental ScienceF38-44Living Materials - Funand ChallengeEileen PatrickElementary (P & I)General ScienceH42-46Bringing the LearningStudio to YourClassroomTodd RuskellHigh School / CollegePhysicsJ50-52Integrating Science intoCareer & TechnicalEducation ....Daniel SnareGeneralGeneral ScienceJ42-46Inheritance andGenetics: The DifferencesBetween UsNorma SanchezMS / HSLife Science/BiologyH39-45The Amazing Chemistryof Our National ParksEd WatermanGeneralGeneral ScienceH50-52Good Science BeginsWith Good ObservationsMike ZawaskiGeneralGeneral ScienceG31-37Poster SessionsRooms:K36 - 38K40 - 42Professional Organization Meetings: 3:45 - 4:45AAPTCASTCBTACCTACESNNSELAH34-38K35-39J35-39K43-47F38-44G46-52 / H47-5315

Exhibitors Area(Map of exhibitors on page 61)ThePlazaF 43-47F 50-52F 38-44 F 30-36G 51-53G 39-45G 31-37GH46-5247-53G 38-44H 39-45G 30-36H 31-37H 50-52H 42-46 H 34-38J 43-47J 51-53 J 35-39J 50-52 J 42-46 J 34-38K 51-53 K 43-47 K 35-39K52-54 K48-50 K44-46 K36-38Hospitality RoomK34Free Book Room16

Session 18:00 am—8:55 amPhoto Courtesy of: Copyright, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research17

Session 1 8:00 am—8:55 amThe Blended Classroom Made Easy: Transforming All Students Into Learners.Jonathan BergmannAaron SamsJoin Aaron and Jon as they tell their exciting story of how they transformed their classrooms into centers of learning. In thismodel, students take responsibility for their learning in and out of the classroom. They watch video podcasts, work on assignments,conduct experiments, interact with the class Moodle website, and have one-on-one discussions with theirteacher. Students are allowed to work through the content at their own pace while meeting prescribed milestones andbenchmarks.Focus: OtherAudience: GeneralRoom: J34-38Email:jbergmann@wpsdk12.orgEvidence Based Science TeachingBarry CartwrightScience is always based on evidence, yet science teaching too often is not. Come learn and discuss what evidence from scienceeducation research shows are some of the most effective techniques for science teaching.Focus: General ScienceAudience: GeneralRoom: K35-39Email:cartwrightruns@gmail.comFacing Facebook: Social Media In and Out of the ClassroomStephanie ChasteenYour students are already using Facebook and Twitter. In fact, they’re often using them when you’d rather they’d be payingattention in class. Rather than ignoring these potential distractions, we can use web 2.0 to promote conversation aboutthings that we care about, using platforms that students find familiar and fun. I’ll share some techniques instructors are usingfor communicating with their students and each other, including class blogs, backchannel, class contracts, and more.Focus: Technology EducationAudience: High School / CollegeRoom: H42-46Email:Stephanie.Chasteen@colorado.edu18

Session 1 8:00 am—8:55 amThe Blended Classroom Made Easy: Transforming All Students Into Learners.Jonathan BergmannAaron SamsJoin Aaron and Jon as they tell their exciting story of how they transformed their classrooms into centers of learning. In thismodel, students take responsibility for their learning in and out of the classroom. They watch video podcasts, work on assignments,conduct experiments, interact with the class Moodle website, and have one-on-one discussions with their teacher. Studentsare allowed to work through the content at their own pace while meeting prescribed milestones and benchmarks.Focus: OtherAudience: GeneralRoom: J34-38Email: jbergmann@wpsdk12.orgEvidence Based Science TeachingBarry CartwrightScience is always based on evidence, yet science teaching too often is not. Come learn and discuss what evidence from scienceeducation research shows are some of the most effective techniques for science teaching.Focus: General ScienceAudience: GeneralRoom: K35-39Email: cartwrightruns@gmail.comFacing Facebook: Social Media In and Out of the ClassroomStephanie ChasteenYour students are already using Facebook and Twitter. In fact, they’re often using them when you’d rather they’d be payingattention in class. Rather than ignoring these potential distractions, we can use web 2.0 to promote conversation about thingsthat we care about, using platforms that students find familiar and fun. I’ll share some techniques instructors are using forcommunicating with their students and each other, including class blogs, backchannel, class contracts, and more.Focus: Technology EducationAudience: High School / CollegeRoom: H42-46Email: Stephanie.Chasteen@colorado.edu19

Session 1 8:00 am—8:55 amThe Growing Classroom: Tips on Growing Classroom PlantsLisa DavisClassrooms are often hot, dry and have little to no natural light - all conditions not suitable for growing plants. Learn sometips and techniques for successfully growing plants in your classroom as well as good plants to choose.Focus: Life Science/BiologyAudience: GeneralRoom: J35-39Email: davisl@botanicgardens.orgLiving By Chemistry: What Shape Is That Smell?Jeffrey DowlingTeach rigorous chemistry with guided inquiry! Let's explore activities that help students understand molecular structure andother core chemistry concepts through a smell context. Participants will receive sample lessons from Living By Chemistry, afull year inquiry-based high school curriculum.Focus: ChemistryAudience: High SchoolRoom: G38-44Email: jdowling@keypress.comScience Made Simple for Your ECE classroomKate GeerMeg JohnTrishia PollardLearn how to seamlessly integrate more science into your ECE classroom. We will discuss science process skills and shareideas for how to incorporate science across your curriculum.Focus: General ScienceAudience: Preschool/ECERoom: F50-52Email: kate.geer@dmns.org20

Session 1 8:00 am—8:55 amPearson's New Interactive Science ProgramGlenn GordonCome learn about Interactive Science, Pearson’s brand new next generation K-5 science program featuring an innovative writeinstudent edition that makes learning personal, relevant, and engaging. Interactive Science features 3 pathways to match theway your students learn and the way you like to teach! The Reading Path features our innovative write-in student edition.The Inquiry Path features our minds-on and hands-on labs and activities. The Digital Path features a complete online learningenvironment.Focus: General ScienceAudience: Elementary (P & I)Room: J43-47Email: glenn.gordon@pearson.comNBC's Minute to Win It: Science Classroom ConnectionsStephan GrahamHow do you rest six hangers from a rod so that no hook from any hanger rests in the corner of another hanger (Hangover)?What is the science to blowing a cherry that is tied to dental floss on a rod into one's mouth (Scary Cherry)? Come participatein NBC's wildly popular "Minute to Win It" where 60-second challenges using household items are demonstrated (by you) andexplained using science principles.Focus: General ScienceAudience: M S / H SRoom: J42-46Email: sgraham@arrupejesuit.comThe Impacts of Climate Change in Colorado: Today and TomorrowBecca HathewayTeri EastburnSusan FosterPine beetles, water resources, urban heat, snowpack, and other factors are affected as global climate warms. How is our regionchanging? Are we experiencing more or less impacts than other regions, states, or countries? What changes may be in store forthe future? This workshop combines hands-on activities with science content related to what we know about Earth’s climate,how climate change is causing environmental changes in Colorado, and how scientists are researching these impacts.Focus: Environmental ScienceAudience: MS / HSRoom: F30-36Email: hatheway@ucar.edu21

Session 1 8:00 am—8:55 amEarth Science and the GeoboxJessie HermanDavid BeierHow are landforms represented on a topographic map? How does the speed of ocean waves change with depth? Students canexplore these earth science topics with a unique hands-on Geobox. Students trace the contours of a landform and draw a topographicmap, create convection currents, learn about the water cycle, and investigate the heating and cooling of land andwater. Explore many earth science topics all in one box.Raffle for a FREE Geobox!Focus: Earth/Space ScienceAudience: MS / HSRoom: H31-37Partnering with Scientists for Classroom Physical Science OutreachChristine JonesDr. Joseph MacLennan,Fred GluckThrough partnerships between the University research groups, scientists and educators develop motivating science programsfor K-12 audiences. This NSF funded Liquid Crystals Materials Research Center at University of Colorado, Boulder workshopwill focus on the basics of electricity, electric circuits and the efficient use of electricity, and the relationship between magneticfields and electricity.Focus: Physical ScienceAudience: MS / HSRoom: J 51-53Email: sfcu@colorado.eduQuia - Computer Grading for Science & Fun Created Computer ActivitiesThomas JordanColleen BarryBring your laptop to this class. Sick of grading papers and can’t seem to find fun activities. We will show you how to createyour own science quizzes and your own fun activities. And if you want to borrow someone else’s shared quizzes or activitieswe will show you that too. Want to save paper? You can even have students download notes, handouts, experiments, etc. Yes,Quia is also low cost.Focus: Technology EducationAudience: High School / CollegeRoom: H34-38Email: tjordan@ffc8.org22

Session 1 8:00 am—8:55 amThe QUEST Model of InquiryAlicia LamfersDragonfly QUEST is an easy to understand and implement method of inquiry that you can use in any setting. Piloted in Dragonflymagazine and on DragonflyTV, this method works to empower children and show them that science is not a spectatorsport. Participate in your own mini-inquiry using live animals and take what you have learned back to your classroom.Focus: General ScienceAudience: GeneralRoom: F38-44Email: alamfers@denverzoo.orgLet's Make BiodieselApril LanotteMaking biofuels is an alternative to using our limited fossil fuels. Making biodiesel is easy high school chemistry lab. Thispresentation covers the basics of biodiesel, how small systems can be set up for home use (shown through my own personalsystem), as well as an easy beginning biodiesel-making lab for high school chemistry classes.Focus: ChemistryAudience: High SchoolRoom: G30-36Email: perglator@yahoo.comData Collection with Vernier LabQuest and Logger Pro Synced VideosRoger LarsonJoin us and experience real-time data collection with the Vernier LabQuest. Focus will be given to using new sensors i.e. theVernier GPS, IR-Temperature sensor, the SpectroVis spectrometer, and the Hand Dynamometer. Participants will also useLogger Pro software video-synced data files to promote understanding of scientific concepts. Take your video clips to a wholenew level.Focus: General ScienceAudience: GeneralRoom: K43-47Email: aharr@vernier.com23

Session 1 8:00 am—8:55 amTough Topics in Biology: Cell RespirationMark LittleThis session explores PASCO’s state-of-the-art science teaching solutions to one of the toughest aspects of biological investigations,cell respiration. In this hands-on workshop, you will participate in standards-based probeware lab activities fromPASCO’s new biology curriculum. Be one of the first to see how the SPARK Science Learning System will enhance your teachingpractice and improve student understanding of your core topics.Focus: Life Science/BiologyAudience: MS / HSRoom: K 51-53Email: mark.little@bvsd.orgCustomizing Science Instruction With Digital LibrariesLoretta MelhadoHolly DevaulToday’s educators are challenged to meet the needs of increasingly diverse learners. Adding to this challenge is identifyingdigital resources that are shown to enrich the curriculum and learning experience. The Curriculum Customization Service enablesscience teachers to access interactive digital resources, customize curriculum, and share customized resources with othereducators.Included in the presentation will be educational resources from the Digital Library for Earth System Education and the NationalScience Digital Library.Focus: Earth/Space ScienceAudience: MS / HSRoom: J 50-52Email: lmelhado@ucar.eduUnlock Environmental LiteracyKatie NavinAre you interested in integrating environmental education into your classroom, curriculum, or work with PreK-12 learners?Find out how environmental education is being used across the state of Colorado to meet educational goals and catalyze learning.Share your ideas and needs in environmental education and discover how Colorado’s Environmental Literacy Plan canhelp your learners grow into critical thinkers and informed decision makers.Focus: Environmental ScienceAudience: GeneralRoom: H 50-52Email: info@caee.org24

Session 1 8:00 am—8:55 amExpository Writing in ScienceEileen PatrickStudents need explicit instruction in how to write in science. Lots of elementary time is spent writing personal narratives andless is spent on nonfiction writing. Learn some graphic organizers, key words and strategies to help your students become betterscience writers.Focus: General ScienceAudience: Elementary (Primary & Intermediate)Room: G 51-53Email: eileen.patrick@adams12.orgAn inquiry-based exercise to determine the size of the earth using precise positionsRichard SchwenzYoungjin SongThis workshop focuses on how students can determine the radius of the earth by using technology such as Global PositioningSystem (GPS) or Google Earth. Precise measurements of the longitude and latitude and the distance between the two positionscan result in a determination of the circumference of the earth if appropriate mathematics are applied. The workshop will illustratethe integration of mathematics and science and demonstrate the concept of significant figures in the measurements.Focus: General ScienceAudience: High School / CollegeRoom: G39-45Email: richard.schwenz@unco.eduRecognizing ScienceKristin SwihartTammy Maldonado, Lisa Romero de Mendoza, Julie GrafNatural Sciences use the scientific method to study natural, observable phenomena (astronomy, biology, chemistry, earth science,physics). It is becoming more and more important to distinguish science from pseudoscience in magazines, newspapers,books and on the internet. Following a lecture on the characteristics of natural science, participants will use a handout with aseries of questions designed to help students determine whether material they might read is indeed natural science.Focus: General ScienceAudience: MS / HSRoom: H39-45Email: swihart@colorado.edu25

Session 1 8:00 am—8:55 amScience Notebooks: Strategies For Getting StartedLaurie WaalkesNot sure how science notebooks should look? Hear from a veteran about how to start, what elements to emphasize for yourgrade level, feedback/assessment strategies and building a support system with colleagues in your building. Leave with ideasyou canuse Monday morning.Focus: General ScienceAudience: Elementary (Primary & Intermediate)Room: G31-37Email: lauriewaalkes@yahoo.com26

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Session 2 9:10 am—10:05 amMaking Science Video Podcasts that Teenagers Will LoveJonathan BergmannAaron SamsJoin Aaron Sams and Jonathan Bergmann as they demonstrate how they make a video podcast. They will make a videopodcast from beginning until end and show how easy it is to transform your classroom.Focus: Technology EducationAudience: GeneralRoom: J34-38Email: jbergmann@wpsdk12.orgExpedition Earth and BeyondLisa BrownThis session will engage participants in working with astronaut photography images of Earth and will ultimately provideparticipants with ready-to-use activities that will enhance their classroom instruction. Activities are inquiry-based andallow the hook of space exploration to inspire students to be more engaged in their learning. Participants will leave thissession with standards-aligned, ready-to-use activities easily incorporated into their classrooms and the knowledge of howthey can have their classrooms benefit from other opportunities.Focus: Earth/Space ScienceAudience: MS / HSRoom: K43-47Email: lisa.r.brown@nasa.govAtomic Force Microscope SimulationDon CameronA quick overview of the 9 big ideas of nano-science will be presented along with a demonstration of an atomic force microscopesimulator. This simulator makes use of a laser, mirror, rare-earth magnets, and supports, which simulate fairlyaccurately the physics of the atomic force microscope. Information about how atomic force microscopy works will beshown as well. Teachers will have a better idea about how to answer the question "can we see atoms?".Focus: ChemistryAudience: High SchoolRoom: J43-47Email: dcameron@jeffco.k12.co.us28

Session 2 9:10 am—10:05 amWhat every teacher should know about cognitive researchStephanie ChasteenIn the past few decades, we’ve gained a wealth of information about how people learn. The results of this cognitive andeducation research can help us become more effective teachers. In this interactive talk, we’ll explore some of the mainfindings of cognitive research in a language accessible to everybody, discuss how they can be used in our teaching, andpractice a few examples.Focus: General ScienceAudience: GeneralRoom: H42-46Email: Stephanie.Chasteen@colorado.eduFlaming ideas: Spark Student Interest in Math with Fire ScienceShawna CrockerCathy KingLearn how to ignite student interest in math by applying basic skills to realistic natural resource scenarios. While studyingthe relationships between wildfire behavior and biological, ecological, topographical and meteorological situations, studentslearn how fire scientists use math to manage resources, fight forest fires and measure ecological services of naturalresources. Experience pyromania with a math teacher who recently became inflamed with ideas for teaching science inher math classes. The excitement will spread like wildfire!Focus: Environmental ScienceAudience: MS / HSRoom: G39-45Email: scrocker@colostate.eduUsing Science as a springboard to Reading InstructionBeverly DeVore-WeddingReading is not a content area on its own but a necessity for survival in our literate world. Science instruction is enhancedby adding a reading component beyond reading a text book. Scientific journals, newspapers, books and even novels enrichthe science classroom while engaging students to read.A variety of reading strategies, resources and examples of reading materials k-12 will be modeled and practiced with audienceparticipation.Focus: General ScienceAudience: GeneralRoom: G31-37Email: bdevorewedding@meeker.k12.co.us29

Session 2 9:10 am—10:05 amThe Simple Science of Flight; Seriously, How do Airplanes Fly?David EskerThis presentation is for any physics or physical science educator who has ever wondered about the validity of the equaltransit time / Bernoulli’s principle explanation of flight. Starting with fundamental physics principles the presenter showshow to derive the relatively simple equations that give the takeoff speeds and power requirements of any airplane. Theaccuracy of these Science of Flight equations is then demonstrated by inserting data from various airplanes.Focus: PhysicsAudience: High School / CollegeRoom: J35-39Email: David_Esker@ymail.comScience Tech Tool Box: Using DMNS Resources in Your TeachingKate GeerMeg JohnWhether you are looking for new ways to incorporate technology into your teaching, student learning or both, the DenverMuseum of Nature & Science will show you how to integrate science rich content into the latest technology for your classroom.Focus: General ScienceAudience: GeneralRoom: F50-52Email: kate.geer@dmns.orgSEPUP Erosion and DepositionOralia GilKaty CarpenterParticipants investigate the destructive forces of wind, wave and water on landforms as they decide where to build homes.Stream tables and topographic maps are used, respectively, to study river action and deposition of sediments, and landformcontours. Model the effect of waves on a cliff and read about the effect of earth processes on coastal systems and theefforts to mitigate the impact of human activity.Focus: Earth/Space ScienceAudience: Middle SchoolRoom: F30-36Email: ogil@lab-aids.com30

Session 2 9:10 am—10:05 amEnergy Efficiency and Renewable EnergyMarcus GironThis workshop will focus on Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. Specifically how small changes in our everydaylives can lead to big changes in the natural world. Topics that will be covered will be a brief history of energy, US andWorldwide Production and Consumption of Coal, Oil and Natural Gas and how we can save energy in each of those areas.Finally we will move to our research and development with regards to renewable energy. There will be both a hands-on component and presentation. This topic is geared toward upper elementary, but middle school teachers may find itinteresting as well.Focus: General ScienceAudience: Elementary (Intermediate)Room: H50-52Email: marcus.giron@nrel.govClimate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN): New collection of high-quality digital teachAnne Gold, Tamara Ledley, Mark McCaffrey,Susan Buhr, Susan LyndsTo provide students with accurate information about climate and energy science, educators require scientifically andpedagogically robust teaching materials. To address this need, the Climate Literacy & Energy Awareness Network Pathwayhas assembled a new peer-reviewed and annotated digital collection featuring teaching materials centered on climateand energy science for grades 6-16. The CLEAN portal will also provide an alignment with the Benchmarks for ScienceLiteracy and the Excellence in Environmental Education Guidelines for Learning through interactive strand maps. Teachersbring your laptops.Focus: Earth/Space ScienceAudience: GeneralRoom: K35-39Email: anne.u.gold@colorado.eduNow That I Have This Cat, What Do I Do With It?Deborah HaaseDissection is a content-rich staple in Anatomy and Biology. In today’s world, teachers must not only help students masterthe content, but must also find ways to assess students regardless of learning style. In this session, we will focus on low-tono-hassletraditional assessments as well as non-traditional assessments geared for the 21st century student like webpages,blogs, and wikis. Ideas generated are applicable to the dissection of any specimen—real or virtual!Focus: Life Science/BiologyAudience: MS / HSRoom: J51-53Email: deb.haase@asd20.org31

Session 2 9:10 am—10:05 amChemistry and the Atom: Fun with Atom Building GamesJessie HermanDavid BeierHow is atomic structure related to the periodic table? Experience innovative games and activities for students to exploreatomic structure. During this hands-on workshop, participants will build models of the atom and play the ―Game ofAtomic Challenge‖ while applying the concepts of atomic number, mass number, and isotopes to the periodic table. Participantswill have concrete experience with the abstract ideas related to atomic structure. Raffle for free Atom Game!Focus: ChemistryAudience: MS / HSRoom: H31-37Email: jessie.herman@schoolspecialty.comWhat is STEM education? Integrating 21st Century Skills!Rachael HughesKristy LathropThe Siemens STEM Institute selected two Colorado science teachers from over 600 teachers nation-wide to learn whatSTEM education means for the 21st century. The presentation will provide information on integrating STEM into your sciencecurriculum for any grade level and emphasis technology tools like: Edmodo, Wikis, Twitter, SMART notebook, flipcameras and much more. Come see how to engage your students to think critically and problem solve using the technologiesof the 21st century.Focus: General ScienceAudience: MS / HSRoom: J42-46Email: hughesr@mapleton.usSensational Science for Kids!Judy JohnsonKathy JordanJane HoogerwerfThis workshop will introduce participants to a wide variety of fun, engaging, hands-on activities and dynamic demonstrationsthat are guaranteed to grab students’ attention, stimulate inquiry, build concepts, and meet state standards. The activitiesand demonstrations are safe to use in K-3 classrooms, and do not require any special lab equipment. A handoutthat includes a materials list with easy to follow instructions and a bibliography with literature connections will be givento participants.Focus: General ScienceAudience: Elementary (Primary)Room: H34-3832

Session 2 9:10 am—10:05 amEliminate discipline and give yourself Time to Teach science!!!Carolina McGrathImagine a classroom where the non-compliant student learns to self-correct inappropriate behavior. Where you couldspend more time doing what you love…teaching science!!! Eliminate the multiple warnings and repeated requests withoutusing trendy gimmicks or paying a student to behave. The techniques provided will increase the time you spend on academicswhile at the same time empowering your students to take responsibility for their actions and achieve success. Giveyourself Time to Teach!!!!Focus: OtherAudience: GeneralRoom: G30-36Email: snowgal2000@msn.comA rain gauge at every schoolNoah NewmanThe year 2012 will be a year of water celebration and water education throughout Colorado. The Colorado Climate Center'srole in this 2012 Water celebration will be to engage teachers, schools and students statewide in tracking where ourwater truly comes from -- the sky. Please attend this session and learn how you, your school and the students of Coloradocan be active participants in this year-long water celebration and help us connect to every school in the state.Focus: Environmental ScienceAudience: GeneralRoom: G51-53Email: noah.newman@colostate.eduScience Vocabulary & Culturally and Linguistically Diverse LearnersAnna PerssonWill SmithVocabulary development is essential to all science students, especially for our culturally and linguistically diverse learners.Come and get a taste of the research behind vocabulary development, experience activities that will allow your students tomake lasting connections, and capture ideas for your own classroom practice. Walk away with annotated sources of relevantresearch and easily adaptable worksheets.Focus: General ScienceAudience: GeneralRoom: F38-44Email: gdizgd@gmail.com33

Session 2 9:10 am—10:05 amNASA’s Year of the Solar System: New Activities for Your ClassroomJohn RistveySandra WeeksCelebrate NASA’s Year of the Solar System with these new activities! Space School Musical Journey through the solar system—groovewith the scientists, planets, moons, meteors, and comets. Use this resource for your students to watch videos,sing songs, or perform the show. EXo’s DiscoveryStudents travel aboard a fictional spacecraft to learn about the Solar System with this online computer game—searchingfor elements and solve a mystery so their companions can return home.Focus: Earth/Space ScienceAudience: Elementary (Intermediate)Room: G38-44Email: jristvey@mcrel.orgHands on Activities to Teach Weather ConceptsSharon StroudThe hand twist activity for highs and lows from the DATASTREME ATMOSPHERE COURSE helps students understandthe motion of air in pressure systems and how they influence weather. Another activity using a temperature strip willhelp students understand how the gas laws are involved in cloud formation in doing a cloud in the bottle activity. Thedeflection of winds related to the Coriolis Effect can be demonstrated using a simple paper activity. DASTREMEATMOSPHERE is run by the AMERICAN METEORLOGICAL SOCIETY.Focus: Earth/Space ScienceAudience: MS / HSRoom: H39-45Email: smstroud@aol.comChemical Liaisons, a way to manage chemical safetyMichael WarnerCharles PopeMesa County Valley School district 51 has taken a unique approach to chemical safety and management. By obtaining agrant from the EPA and training science teachers in each building as safety liaisons we have been able to efficiently reducechemical inventory and make them safer.This program was featured at the North American Hazardous Materials Managers Association and the Colorado Departmentof Public Health & Environment meeting for Health Department inspectors.Focus: ChemistryAudience: Supervision/Admin.Room: K51-53Email: mwarner@mesa.k12.co.us34

Session 2 9:10 am—10:05 amScience for the First Day of SchoolCherie WyattHow can science teachers excite their students about scientific inquiry when the students' eyes are glazed over from listeningto rules in every single one of their classes on the first day of school? Several first day demonstrations and activitiesappropriate for middle school, biology, chemistry, and anatomy and physiology will be shown. Make your class memorablefrom the first day of school without compromising the rules and safety contract protection every teacher needs!Focus: General ScienceAudience: MS / HSRoom: J50-52Email: cwyatt@kiowaschool.org35

Session 3 10:15—11:10Featured SpeakerJustin DarnellJustin Darnell has been teaching in Denver PublicSchools for the past five years. During his time inDPS he has utilized science inquiry and efficientlyembedded research-based instructional practicesto increase achievement for students from nondominantgroups. His school is highly impactedby classically described ―at-risk‖ populations (96%Hispanic; 95% free/reduced lunch), but he hasdemonstrated that identification within a nondominantgroup does not prevent success whenstudents receive a quality education. Justin alsohas extensive experience in designing and leadingquality professional development for teachers thathas immediate impact on their classrooms andstudents. Currently he is completing a doctoratein Leadership for Educational Equity at the Universityof Colorado Denver, and hopes to promotethe need to increase quality educational opportunityfor all students regardless of race, gender,ability, or economic status.Raising Achievement and Proficiency of Studentsfrom Non-Dominant GroupsThe number of students identified as ―at risk‖ has dramatically increased across our state.However, this term is unfair to these students who are only ―at risk‖ for receiving a lowerquality education. Justin Darnell, the 2010 Colorado Teacher of the Year, has demonstratedthat a student’s identification within a certain demographic does not prevent themfrom finding success when receiving an equitable education. He will discuss Colorado’scurrent trends and offer suggestions for altering perceptions within your classrooms,schools, and districts. Come prepared to share your thoughts and ideas about how we canwork together to meet the needs of our most underserved populations.36

The Colorado Science Conference Invites You ToJoin Us For Lunch11:20-12:20LUNCH AT THE MART (CASH AND CARRY)SaladsLarge salad - $6.75Side salad - $2.75Potato salad – lg $2.75, sm $1.50Broccoli salad – lg $2.75, sm $1.50Fruit salad – lg $2.75, sm $1.50Ambrosia salad – lg $2.75, sm $1.50Cole slaw – lg $2.75, sm $1.50Cauliflower salad – lg $2.75, sm $1.50Udi’s salads - $6.75 eachPotato barBaked Potato — $4.75(available with a variety of toppings)Udi’s veggie wrap – 6.75SandwichesHouse sandwiches - $6.25Udi’s wedge sandwiches – 6.25Udi’s signature sandwiches – 6.75Pizza barPizza by the slce — $4.75All stations will have chips, cookies, brownies, beveragesand candy.37

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Session 4 12:20 PM - 1:15 PMEnvironmental Science for a World of 7 BillionBill BairdBy the end of 2011, our planet will be home to seven billion people. In this hands-on workshop, find out how to make populationstudies relevant to today's teens and how to link them to a number of contemporary environmental challenges includingclimate change and biodiversity loss. Engage in a series of hands-on activities and receive interdisciplinary lesson plans on CD-ROM.Focus: Environmental ScienceAudience: MS / HSRoom: H34-38Email: BairdWE@comcast.netSoaring through the Solar System - An Astronomical AdventureLisa BrownCalling all adventurers. Come join NASA as we tour the solar system using play dough. This activity will help you meet thenew science standards as well as inspire the next generation of explorers.Focus: Earth/Space ScienceAudience: Middle SchoolRoom: K43-47Email: lisa.r.brown@nasa.govLet's Get PhysicalDawn BuckinghamMike WillseaUse RAFT materials to make the topics of physical science more, well, physical (hands on.) Sound, light, physics, chemistry,and much more! Explore these physical science topics for grades P to 12, and make samples from re-purposed materials andkits provided by Resource Area For Teaching (RAFT).Focus: Physical ScienceAudience: GeneralRoom: J35-39Email: dawn@raftcolorado.org39

Session 4 12:20 PM - 1:15 PMJust Wait 'til You Get Your Hands on This Body!Myles CraneHelp students conceptualize human anatomy by assembling body structures part by part. Experience how easy and fun it is toengage students in hands-on learning without memorization. Assessment is constant. Independent peer-reviewed universityresearch documentsaccountability. In this workshop we’ll build elements of the CNS and musculo-skeletal systems with modeling clay.We’ll also discuss some rubrics and classroom management techniques. Whether as preparation for dissection or as an alternativeinnovative methodology, this powerful learning system really works.Focus: Life Science/BiologyAudience: High School / CollegeRoom: F50-52Email: myles@handsandminds.comProject Learning Tree, inquiry and 21st Century SkillsShawna CrockerBarry CartwrightPLT has been providing teacher-created and tested, interdisciplinary, cooperative and constructivist activities that teach PreK-12th graders how to think, not what to think about our environment since 1973. "21st Century Skills" have been included sincethe 20th century! Activities provide content, best-practices pedagogy, real life applications and local relevance for a very lowcost. Come see our continuously improving, developmentally appropriate, PreK-HS materials, learn how to get them, or rememberhow to use them!Focus: Environmental ScienceAudience: GeneralRoom: G39-45Email: scrocker@colostate.eduLiving By Chemistry: Feeling Under PressureJeffrey DowlingTeach rigorous chemistry with guided inquiry! Let's explore activities that help students understand gas behavior and gas lawsthrough a weather context. Participants will receive sample lessons from Living By Chemistry, a full year inquiry-based highschool curriculum.Focus: ChemistryAudience: High SchoolRoom: K51-53Email: jdowling@keypress.com40

Session 4 12:20 PM - 1:15 PMFood Webs and Trophic Levels: What a Tangled Web We WeaveLiesl ErbKristin SwihartTammy MaldonadoWhat is an ecosystem? Do carnivores really get their energy from the sun? In this exercise, students will learn about the movementof energy from the sun, through plants, primary, secondary, and top consumers. Participants will create a food web froma given set of organisms and will demonstrate how changes to one trophic level can impact the others. Other topics will include:energy transfer, toxin accumulation, and the importance of top predators.Focus: Environmental ScienceAudience: MS / HSRoom: H39-45Email: liesl.peterson@colorado.eduCellular Science: Using cellular phones in the Science classroom.Victor FitzjarraldHave you ever thought of using student cellular phones in class? The rewards are limitless but the downsides are equally significant.Learn how to plan and implement mobile technologies in your classroom getting first hand experience with the technologiesand methods that work.Focus: Technology EducationAudience: GeneralRoom: J34-38Email: divepatch@gmail.comReal Chemistry for All Students: A Natural Approach to ChemistryOralia GilWhat are the barriers to teaching real, quantitative chemistry to all students, in a way that they can succeed? Participate in ahands-on exploration that will touch the areas of greatest student difficulty and show you many intuitive and practical solutionsthat will help your students engage with chemistry and learn. This is real chemistry without expensive chemical disposalfees!Focus: ChemistryAudience: High SchoolRoom: F30-36Email: ogil@lab-aids.com41

Session 4 12:20 PM - 1:15 PMEnergy Efficiency and Renewable EnergyMarcus GironThis workshop will focus on Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. Specifically how small changes in our everyday livescan lead to big changes in the natural world. Topics that will be covered will be a brief history of energy, US and WorldwideProduction and Consumption of Coal, Oil and Natural Gas and how we can save energy in each of those areas. Finally we willmove to our research and development with regards to renewable energy. There will be both a hands-on component and presentation.This topic is geared toward upper elementary, but middle school teachers may find it interesting as well.Focus: General ScienceAudience: Elementary (Int.)Room: H50-52Email: marcus.giron@nrel.govPearson's New Interactive Science ProgramGlenn GordonCome learn about Interactive Science, Pearson’s brand new next generation middle school science program featuring an innovativewrite-in student edition that makes learning personal, relevant, and engaging. Interactive Science features 3 pathwaysto match the way your students learn and the way you like to teach! The Reading Path features our innovative write-in studentedition. The Inquiry Path features our minds-on and hands-on labs and activities. The Digital Path features a completeonline learning environment.Focus: General ScienceAudience: Middle SchoolRoom: J43-47Email: glenn.gordon@pearson.comElementary Make-and-TakeTeresa HigginsYoungjin SongUNC Preservice TeachersCome for some hands-on science and fun! In this make-and-take session UNC preservice teachers share ideas for science lessonsthat you can take back to your classroom! Great ideas, fabulous use of resources and engaging science learning. Participantswill have a chance to try their hand at making science instructional materials in an informal setting.Focus: General ScienceAudience: Elementary (P & I)Room: J50-52Email: teresa.higgins@unco.edu42

Session 4 12:20 PM - 1:15 PMTools for Teaching Science to Visually Impaired StudentsCaren KershnerThis session will focus on the development of tactile graphics as a method of teaching science concepts to visually impairedstudents. After a brief discussion of types of visual impairments and possible classroom accommodations, participants willdesign a tactile graphic to illustrate a specific science concept for their classroom. Handouts, reference books and materials willbe available and participants will be given time to present and discuss their tactile graphics.Description: After a brief discussion of types of visual impairments and possible classroom accommodations, participants willdesign a tactile graphic to illustrate a specific science concept for their classroom. Handouts, reference books and materials willbe available and participants will be given time to present and discuss their tactile graphics.Ideally, this would cover two consecutive sessions at CSC.Focus: General ScienceAudience: MS / HSRoom: J51-53Email: carenkershner@hotmail.comRobots On The CheapDave KhaliqiKathleen FitzpatrickDon't let cost prevent you from adding a robotics component to your class. Several low cost robot designs will be covered aswell as options to make affordable programmable robots.Focus: Technology EducationAudience: MS / HSRoom: G51-53Email: dkhaliqi@uccs.eduField Investigations: Using Outdoor Environments to Foster Student Learning of Scientific ProcessesTabbi KinionWalk away with the Field Investigations guide from the Association of Fish and Wildlife agencies that is designed to help K-12teachers introduce their students to the methodologies used for scientific field research and guide them through the process ofconducting field studies. During this session we'll get into the materials and get hands-on doing some field investigation practice.Focus: Environmental ScienceAudience: Elementary (P & I)Room: K35-39Email: tabbi.kinion@state.co.us43

Session 4 12:20 PM - 1:15 PMModeling PhysicsEarl LegleiterModeling Instruction is a curriculum design that engages learners in a student-centered environment where science contentunderstanding is developed from student-designed experiments. The U.S. Department of Education designated Modeling Instructionas one of two exemplary science education programs in 2001.Focus: PhysicsAudience: MS / HSRoom: J42-46Email: elegleiter@hotmail.comWastewater and Aquatic BiologyKelley MerrittSteve FrankThe presentation gives an overview of a teacher in-service we conducted this summer. We plan to repeat the course next summer.The course provided an opportunity for teachers to study an aquatic habitat improvement project the Metro WastewaterReclamation District is now conducting in the South Platte River. The aim of this aquatic habitat improvement project is forMetro to create aquatic habitat for native fish species in the river as it now exists.Focus: Life Science/BiologyAudience: MS / HSRoom: H42-46Email: kmerritt@mwrd.dst.co.usTeaching About Climate Change and Colorado’s FutureDeborah MorrisonHow can interdisciplinary inquiry science lessons bring the issue of climate change home to Colorado? This is the question thatmiddle and high school teachers tackled in the ―Learn More About Climate‖ curriculum workshop. Come and learn about themultimedia lessons created in this workshop, all of which were tested and refined in real Colorado science classrooms. Exampleonline lessons focus on pine bark beetles and evidence for climate change in Colorado.Getting them outside and preparing students for outside is a fulfilling, yet challenging proposition. I will cover three areas:-- preparation (safety, drawings and key vocabulary, maps)--3 outside labs/lessons1. the dig (archeology and soil science and landforms)2.stream table and river feature model3. Colorado state map and Poudre river system--Assessment alternatives and Active questioningFocus: Environmental ScienceAudience: MS / HSRoom: F38-44Email: deborah.morrison@colorado.edu44

Session 4 12:20 PM - 1:15 PMStudent Research Projects & Science FairsCandus MuirLucy AdamsCourtney ButlerThe CSEF Director, a Regional Science Fair Director, and a master science fair teacher will present information on how to integratestudent research projects into the classroom, how to prepare them for science fair competitions and general informationon the Colorado Science and Engineering Fair and the 13 Regional Science Fairs.Focus: General ScienceAudience: MS / HSRoom: G30-36Email: courtney.butler@colostate.eduThe Challenge of Quantum RealityChristine NicholsCome experience the quantum world as viewed through the double slit experiment. Watch a video that establishes the behaviorof particles, waves, light, electrons, and buckyballs when they pass through a double slit, offers interpretations, and examinesapplications. Receive a copy of the video, along with a Teacher’s Guide including activities, worksheets, and conceptquestions to take back to your classroom!Focus: PhysicsAudience: High SchoolRoom: H31-37Email: Christine.Nichols@dcsdk12.orgBe the Molecule! - Using Models in Your ClassroomLittle Shop Of PhysicsNisse LeeSheila FergusonBe the Molecule! – Using Models in Your ClassroomJoin Little Shop of Physics for a lively kinesthetic workshop that lets students truly experience abstract concepts. Using a singlemolecular model, we'll link concepts such as pressure, phase changes, and energy, while answering questions such as: Whatmake a gas a greenhouse gas? & How can freezing make something warmer? Take home lessons you can use immediately inyour classroom!Focus: Physical ScienceAudience: GeneralRoom: G31-3745

Session 4 12:20 PM - 1:15 PM30 demos in 50 minutesRob ReinsvoldTeacher Candidates in the University of Northern Colorado's SCED 441 (Methods of Teaching Secondary Science) courseContinuing the long tradition started by Dr. Courtney Willis, the teacher candidates from UNC's Secondary Science Methodscourse will be presenting 30 demonstrations in 50 minutes. The demonstrations will illustrate scientific principles from severaldifferent science disciplines. The directions for the demonstrations will be provided via a website.Focus: General ScienceAudience: MS / HSRoom: G46-52 and H47-53Email: robert.reinsvold@unco.eduUnderstanding Small Bodies of the Solar SystemJohn RistveySandra WeeksParticipants will play the role of cometary scientist, using images to compare the surfaces of two comet nuclei from closerange—comparing their observations and interpretations with those of NASA scientists.Take the Find-a-Meteorite challenge! This computer interactive introduces the importance of meteorites in understanding theorigin of the Solar System.Active Accretion is an active modeling game in which students actively simulate the process that formed the diverse bodies ofthe Solar System.Focus: Earth/Space ScienceAudience: MS / HSRoom: G38-44Email: jristvey@mcrel.org46

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Session 5 1:30 PM - 2:25 PMWe All Learn Best by Seeing, Hearing, & DoingSue BergerStephanie LongsdorfInstructors from the Mobile Science Show will demonstrate visually engaging hands-on activities using simple materialsto illustrate physical science concepts such as density, light and color, laws of motion, and polymers. These demonstrationsare a small sampling of the many activities included in the 4-day summer science workshops presented by the MobileScience Show through Colorado School of Mines Continuing Education.Focus: Chemistry / PhysicalAudience: General ScienceRoom: G46-52 / H47-53Email: sberger@mines.eduEnvironmental Experiences for Early ChildhoodShawna CrockerKarin HostetterEnvironmental Experiences for Early Childhood integrates nature-based exploration, art, literature, math, music andmovement, and outdoor play into early childhood education programs. It allows children to explore, discover, and communicatein expressive ways. The PLT Early Childhood program has three major components :1) Professional environmentaleducation development for Early Childhood Educators; 2) The PLT: Early Childhood Activity Guide; 3) A PLTMusic and Movement CD that supplements the Early Childhood Activity Guide.Focus: Environmental ScienceAudience: Preschool/ECERoom: G39-45Email: scrocker@colostate.eduGalileo’s Square-Cube Law; Why Size MattersDavid EskerShowing people or animals the wrong size is a popular theme of B-rated science fiction movies. But what is wrong withthis picture? Nearly four centuries ago Galileo explored this question of size and discovered what is now known as theSquare-Cube Law. The presentation explains why size matters and how this concept is fundamental to our understandingof everything from biology to physics to aerodynamics to nanotechnology and much more.Focus: General ScienceAudience: MS / HSRoom: J35-39Email: David_Esker@ymail.com48

Session 5 1:30 PM - 2:25 PMPhysics for Elementary School StudentsTonya FreebornThis unit covers how to teach children the physics concepts of pressure and forces through simple, interesting, and inexpensiveactivities. These projects are very exciting for young children and they are simple as well. Each activity shouldtake about 20-30 minutes to complete in a classroom. Most materials for the activities can be collected or purchased verycheaply. Ages that would benefit from this presentation range from K-8th.Focus: PhysicsAudience: Elementary (Primary)Room: J34-38Email: tfreebor@mines.eduGetting Our Feet Wet: Having Fun with the Water CycleLisa GallagherThis demonstration will teach students about the water cycle, factors that affect water quality, and how we can mitigatethese effects. The unit will consist of three sections, each addressing a topic (e.g., water pollution) followed by an activitythat relates to the topic. Supplies for these activities are inexpensive, and the activities are sure to spark curiosity. Each ofthe three sections should take 20 minutes to complete, and are appropriate for grades K-5.Focus: Environmental ScienceAudience: Elementary (Int.)Room: J43-47Email: lgallagh@mymail.mines.eduSEPUP Energy - Chemical BatteriesOralia GilKaty CarpenterHow many batteries have YOU used today? While students would generally agree that batteries help power our modernlifestyle, most could not describe how they work, nor issues around their use and disposal . In this workshop, studentsmake a wet cell battery that powers a small motor, explore the effect of using different metal electrodes on battery output,and consider ways to reduce the number of discarded batteries in landfills. A great inquiry activity that gets at solidchemistry content. Free materials for workshop participants!Focus: Physical ScienceAudience: Middle SchoolRoom: F30-36Email: ogil@lab-aids.com49

Session 5 1:30 PM - 2:25 PMA Walk through the Weather Year in ColoradoRobert GlancyWe will look at the differences between weather and climate, and at the seasonal changes in the weather through theyear, concentrating on the major weather events that occur, when they occur and why they occur.Focus: Earth/Space ScienceAudience: MS / HSRoom: K35-39Email: d.a.fisher@noaa.govProject Based Assessments in ChemistryAmy HansonAnna NobleDo you use tests and quizzes to determine what your students understand about chemistry? Are you interested in assessingstudent understanding of chemistry concepts in new ways? Project based assessments provide another tool todetermine student understanding of chemistry concepts. We will share how projects such as building rockets, makingsoap, creating a game about the periodic table, filming a cooking show, and performing a chemistry show for elementarystudents enables us to learn what our students truly understand about chemistry. We will also discuss how to createyour own project based assessments to use in your classroom.Focus: ChemistryAudience: High SchoolRoom: H34-38Email: amy_hanson@dpsk12.orgProperly Plugging PillbugsTeresa HigginsDo you want to bring animals into your elementary classroom...consider the intriguing pillbug! Come explore the fascinatingpillbug that can be found in the garden, schoolyard and by the pond. These fascinating little critters can help childrenlearn about healthy habitats and how such a little critter can have such a big impact on the environment. You'lllearn how to start your own pillbug habitat in classroom and how to integrate mathematics and literacy into science experiencesthat will fascinate young learners.Focus: Life Science/BiologyAudience: Elementary (Primary & Intermediate)Room: J50-52Email: teresa.higgins@unco.edu50

Session 5 1:30 PM - 2:25 PMDissecting Text: Reading like a ScientistWendy Ward HofferCan your students read their science textbooks? Do you avoid asking students to read for fear that they may not comprehendthe content? This session is designed as an overview of research-based reading comprehension strategies and effectivecomprehension strategy instruction that can support students in making meaning of science literature for themselves.Wendy Ward Hoffer is a PEBC staff developer and the author of Science as Thinking: The Constants of Variables of InquiryTeaching.Focus: General ScienceAudience: MS / HSRoom: H42-46Email: wendywardhoffer@gmail.comSTEM and StoriesDave KhaliqiKathleen FitzpatrickEngaged students more deeply in STEM activities by developing a guided inquiry scenario that exposes students to a varietyof STEM subjects in a hands on, real world context. We will share what makes a good scenario, how to design one,as well as share some data and findings on their effectiveness in generating student excitement and engagement.Focus: General ScienceAudience: MS / HSRoom: G51-53Email: dkhaliqi@uccs.eduInquiry Structure for Learning Science Content -- Dissolving LifesaversBarry Kluger-BellStephanie ChasteenIn this workshop, we will introduce a model of inquiry teaching that intertwines science content and process. This modelis based on the work of the Exploratorium’s Institute for Inquiry. Participants will start by doing the first phase of an inquiryon dissolving. We will walk through the rest of the inquiry and use this example to illustrate an inquiry structurethat can be generalized to many topics in science at all grade levels.Focus: OtherAudience: GeneralRoom: J42-46Email: klugerbell@yahoo.com51

Session 5 1:30 PM - 2:25 PMForms of Energy and Energy TransformationsRebecca LambVernon KimballUse NEED’s Science of Energy kit to explore the forms of energy and how energy is transformed from one form to another.The session will focus on kinetic and potential energy, heat, light, motors, batteries and electromagnetism. TheNEED Project is a non-profit organization dedicated to energy education. All NEED materials are teacher-tested and correlatedto Colorado science standards.Focus: PhysicsAudience: GeneralRoom: G38-44Email: rlamb@need.orgConservation in Your ClassroomAlicia LamfersLink conservation that is happening around the world to inquiry in your classroom. Find out about conservation projectstaking place in Colorado and around the world that your students will be inspired by. We will present and brainstormways that you can use citizen science and inquiry to link conservation work being done in the field to classroom projects.Focus: Life Science/BiologyAudience: GeneralRoom: F50-52Email: alamfers@denverzoo.orgAmazing CellsMellissa LewisBring your cell unit alive with a 3-D movie and interactive animations! Online and classroom activities explore organelles,cell communication, size and scale. Free at http://learn.genetics.utah.edu.Focus: Life Science/BiologyAudience: MS / HSRoom: G30-36Email: malewis@jeffco.k12.co.us52

Session 5 1:30 PM - 2:25 PMResearch at the National Renewable Energy LaboratoryLinda LungMike Kelly, Sharon Muenchow, Wallis Sprague, Paul Mahon, Eric BruckerJeff Smith, Larissa WinklerDid you ever consider working side by side with world renowned scientists at a national lab? The National RenewableEnergy Laboratory is the Department of Energy's primary research laboratory in renewable energy and energy efficiency.Come and learn from local teachers about the latest in research at NREL. The Academies Creating Teacher Scientists(ACTS) program engages educators as valued members of the scientific community and helps them progress as leaders in(STEM) education. The three-year program provides educators (Grades 7-12) with intensive professional developmentthat is experientially based and effectively utilizes the wealth of mentoring talent at NREL. Through this program, educatorsintegrate the teaching of STEM disciplines with the practice of science, establish long-term relationships with theirmentor scientists and teaching colleagues, and transfer their experiences in scientific research to the classroom.Focus: Physical ScienceAudience: MS / HSRoom: K43-47Email: linda.lung@nrel.govLessons from Dogs: Canine Models for Human VariationKim NicholsTammy Maldonado, Kristin Swihart, Julie Graf, Lisa Romero de MendozaDogs have numerous physical variations but are so similar genetically that they belong to one species, Canis lupus (wolf).Humans also express numerous physical variations but are 99.9% similar genetically and belong to a single species. Activitiesin this session use dogs to model: (1) classification methods; (2) artificial selection as a surrogate for natural selection;and (3) how dogs and humans exhibit traits associated with natural selection for thermal temperature adaptations(Bergmann-Allen's Principle).Focus: Life Science/BiologyAudience: MS / HSRoom: H39-45Everyday Einstein: The GPS and RelativityChristine NicholsThe Global Positioning System (GPS) is a navigational tool that can pinpoint your location to within a few meters. In orderto function with accuracy, it incorporates a number of effects from Einstein's theory of relativity. This new modulefrom the Perimeter Institute explores the role of special and general relativity in the functional operation of GPS. Comelearn and carry away materials that can be put to use in your classroom!Focus: PhysicsAudience: High SchoolRoom: H31-37Email: Christine.Nichols@dcsdk12.org53

Session 5 1:30 PM - 2:25 PMPlaying with Ecosystem Science: Using Games to Explore the Food Chain, Nitrogen & Carbon Cycles, andRandy RussellTeresa EastburnParticipants will use games to explore ecosystems and related Earth Science and chemistry topics. In this hands-on workshoplearners explore an aquatic food web by playing "Food Chain Checkers"; guide nitrogen and carbon atoms from onestate to another as they learn about the nitrogen and carbon cycles in the "Traveling Nitrogen Game" and the "CarbonCycle Game"; and design their town (and discover impacts on their neighbors) in the Land Planning Game.Focus: Earth/Space ScienceAudience: MS / HSRoom: F38-44Email: rrussell@ucar.eduEl Nino-La Nina The Atmosphere-Ocean ConnectionTR ShawExplanation and hands on use of the American Meteorological Society's (AMS) El Nino-La Nina model, a card stock manipulative.Attendees who submit the presentation evaluation get a copy of the card stock manipulative and a copy of the completeAMS El Nino-La Nina publication..Presenter is a graduate of the Maury Project a joint AMS/NOAA/USNA professional development program functionallyan Oceanography Master TeacherFocus: Physical ScienceAudience: MS / HSRoom: K51-53Email: tshaw@corpuschristicos.orgWind Power in Your ClassroomRick ShinJanet ChenowethThis workshop will introduce teachers to the science and engineering behind wind energy – sharing ideas and lessonplans on how to teach about wind energy concepts in K-12 classrooms. Attendees will experiment with classroom windturbines and measure power output. Learn about the upcoming Kidwind Challenge for Colorado. All participants willreceive teaching materials valued at $50.00.Focus: Physical ScienceAudience: MS / HSRoom: J51-5354

Session 5 1:30 PM - 2:25 PMIf You Teach AP Chemistry, You Gotta Get This!Ed WatermanFinally an AP Test Prep workbook that gets results! Helps students learn to score well on the Advanced PlacementChemistry exam even with limited time. Everything you need is here. If a topic is in this book, it’s on the test. Containsconcise and complete summaries of all relevant content topics, hundreds of multiple choice and free response practicequestions with complete and thorough answers and explanations, three complete practice exams and much more!Focus: ChemistryAudience: High SchoolRoom: H50-52Email: edlwaterman@gmail.comKinesthetic AstronomyMike ZawaskiBe ready to move! "Kinesthetic Astronomy" offers a fun way to learn basic astronomical concepts through choreographedbody movements. This workshop will deepen your understanding of seasons and what you see in the sky at varioustimes of the day and year. It will empower you to use kinesthetic techniques to teach astronomy to others.Focus: Earth/Space ScienceAudience: MS / HSRoom: G31-37Email: mzawaski@hotmail.com55

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Session 6 2:40 PM - 3:35 PMAn Interdisciplinary approach to STEM projectsAlicia ArangioRebecca BashorIn an attempt to transform our school into a STEM school, we are creating STEM interdisciplinary projects involving all coreareas, such as science, mathematics, language arts, and social studies. The various school projects revolve around the 21st centuryskills and STEM ideas like problem solving, critical thinking, and communicating. Along with my fellow colleagues inother core areas, we would like to stress the importance and success of an interdisciplinary approach to teaching and learningin the classroom.Focus: Earth/Space ScienceAudience: Middle SchoolRoom: K43-47Email: aarangio@d49.orgTake flight with RAFTEric BensonMike WillseaMake "Whirlybirds" and "Stomper Rockets" with "repurposed" materials from RAFT (The Resource Area for Teaching).Learn how to do it so inexpensively that each student in your class can build their own "Whirlybird" and "Stomper Rocket"and take them home after collecting data in the classroom. Also participate in a variety of other activities that work really wellin exciting and teaching students about the basic principals of flight.Focus: Physical ScienceAudience: GeneralRoom: J35-39Email: eric.benson@theloganschool.orgPoker FaceTom BindelA hands-on discovery-based activity is presented involving poker chips. The activity is intended for the AP chemistry level.Students discover the dynamic nature of chemical equilibrium, the patterns within ICE tables, and the form of the equilibriumconstant expression. The activity is intended as an introductory activity for the chemical equilibrium unit of study.Focus: ChemistryAudience: High School / CollegeRoom: K35-39Email: tbindel@jeffco.k12.co.us57

Session 6 2:40 PM - 3:35 PMInternet Resources for The Elementary Science TeacherCarol BooromThe Internet can bring your science lessons alive! Come gather a plethora of Internet resources that you can integrate into yourexisting elementary science classes grades Kindergarten through grade 6. There are free web quests, research sites, sciencegames, and science lessons available to enhance your instruction and engage your students.Focus: Technology EducationAudience: Elementary (P & I)Room: H31-37Email: cboorom@lps.k12.co.usExploring Environmental Issues: Biodiversity, Risk, Municipal Solid Waste, ForestsShawna CrockerBev-Devore WeddingCherie WyattPLT's secondary environmental education modules can be used to meet CO standards across disciplines, including content,local relevancy, service-learning, 21st century skills. Intended for grades 9-12, they can be adapted for other audiences such asmiddle school, entry level college courses and community groups. PLT's secondary modules include Biodiversity (online); TheChanging Forest: Forest Ecology; Global Connections: Forests of the World and Exploring Environmental Issues: MunicipalSolid Waste, Focus on Risk, and Places We Live.Focus: Environmental ScienceAudience: MS / HSRoom: G39-45Email: scrocker@colostate.eduProbe Your GoogleRob FunkParticipants will experience first hand how students construct a pH scale with meaning to their world. This session will addressthe beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels of integrating technology in the science classroom. Participants willuse scientific probe ware to build and define a pH scale through a battery of tests. Once the data is collected, participants willuse 21st Century Skills to discuss, build their pH scales, and see examples of how students enter and use Google.Focus: Life Science/BiologyAudience: GeneralRoom: J43-47Email: funkcast@me.com58

Session 6 2:40 PM - 3:35 PMUsing Project-Based Science and Technology to Engage StudentsMichelle GarlandErin MayerWorkshop participants will learn about an extended Project-Based Science lesson on microorganisms and the human immunesystem that calls for students to solve authentic problems relevant to their own lives and communities. The lesson incorporatesnumerous technology-based lessons, including a video/audio project, blog assignment, interactive computer game and severalinteractive ―white boards.‖ Using this lesson as the basis for her application, Erin Mayer was a winner of the 2010 AmgenAward for Science Teaching Excellence.Focus: Life Science/BiologyAudience: Middle SchoolRoom: G30-36Email: mgarland@jeffco.k12.co.usPhysics First - Follow-up DiscussionSteve IonaOver the past year, there have been several venues for discussing the Physics First philosophy and to examine some curriculummaterials.• What is the thinking and planning by schools and school districts regarding offering a Physics First program – where 9thgraders take physics before taking Chemistry and Biology?• How have schools re-worked curriculums to make this happen?• How has this approach fit with local, state, and national standards revisions?• What teaching methods and curriculum seem to be the best for teaching Physics First?This is a discussion, not a presentation, so come with stories to tell, things to share, concerns to raise, and help discuss howphysics teachers can become involved in this movement.Focus: PhysicsAudience: MS / HSRoom: K51-53Email: steve.iona@earthlink.netTransportation EnigmaRebecca LambVernon KimballLearn about transportation fuel options in this engaging critical thinking activity. Participants will reveal clues about theirtransportation fuel while trying to uncover the other teams’ fuels before theirs is discovered. A great activity for the beginningof a unit or as a review!Focus: Physical ScienceAudience: Middle SchoolRoom: G38-44Email: rlamb@need.org59

Session 6 2:40 PM - 3:35 PMInquiry at the ZooAlicia LamfersWhat do elephants use their trunks for? Do children or Gorillas play more? Do polar bears spend more time in the water or onland? Children are naturally inspired by animals and the zoo is a great place to get them started (or continue their journey)with inquiry. Learn how to connect inquiry in your classroom to your trip to the zoo.Focus: Life Science/BiologyAudience: GeneralRoom: F50-52Email: alamfers@denverzoo.orgScience Teachers Learning from Lesson Analysis (STeLLA)Nancy LandesKathy Roth, Paul Numedahl, Chris WilsonThe STeLLA PD program addresses two research-based ideas:1) Science teachers can improve their effectiveness by using two lenses focused on student thinking and science content storyline.2) Science teachers can deepen their science content knowledge by analyzing videocases of science teaching.In this session, participants will analyze video clips from the STeLLA program. Through collaborative video analysis, participantswill experience the potential impact on teaching practice and content understanding for both teachers and their students.Focus: General ScienceAudience: GeneralRoom: H34-38Email: nlandes@bscs.orgTeaching With RoadkillSkot LatonaExamining wings, feet, pelts, and bones create great learning experiences for students, but how do you get them for your classroom?Learn where to borrow items from; what you can have with and without permits, how to collect, store, and preserveitems on a budget; and how little ―grossness‖ is really involved. Many hands-on items to examine and get ideas from!Focus: Life Science/BiologyAudience: GeneralRoom: F30-36Email: SkotL@sspr.org60

Session 6 2:40 PM - 3:35 PMStudying water flow in your local streamPeter ModreskiJane Alberta DianichParticipants will explore "hands-on", practical steps for a class to study a local stream using techniques of sampling, measuringand mapping. Student outcomes would include determinations of stream flow speed, volumetric flow and water quality. Comparisonscan be made between student measurements and actual online data. Identification of the point of origin and whathappens to that particular water system will allow students to relate to their local water drainage system and its characteristics.Focus: Environmental ScienceAudience: MS / HSRoom: F38-44Email: pmodreski@usgs.govLiving Materials - Fun and ChallengeEileen PatrickCome meet bess beetles, worms, hissing cockroaches, sowbugs and pillbugs among others. Love 'em? Afraid of 'em? Comeshare your enthusiasm or overcome your fears. Get ideas on how best to maintain living organisms, where and how to getthem, what to do with them when the unit is over.Focus: General ScienceAudience: Elementary (P & I)Room: H42-46Email: eileen.patrick@adams12.orgBringing the Learning Studio to Your ClassroomTodd RuskellThe Learning Studio environment has been used in introductory courses at Colorado School of Mines since the early 1990swith great success. While we use technology extensively in our environment, it is not required. I will present several kinds ofresearch-based activities developed by the education research community that we use and could be easily adapted to any K-12science classroom, with or without accompanying technology. These include group learning, model-coach-fade, ranking,graphing, and other activities.Focus: PhysicsAudience: High School / CollegeRoom: J50-52Email: truskell@mines.edu61

Session 6 2:40 PM - 3:35 PMInheritance and Genetics: The Differences Between UsNorma SanchezHave you ever wondered how it is possible to be related yet look so different from a sibling? The answer lies in our DNA, genetics,inheritance and the independent assortment of our family genes. Participants will learn to use a colorful pasta model toconstruct a family tree and determine the genetic combination of four siblings. This presentation can be tailored according toclass level and desired focus.Focus: Life Science/BiologyAudience: MS / HSRoom: H39-45Email: norma.sanchez@colorado.eduIntegrating Science into Career & Technical Education - Here's Your Relevance!Daniel SnareDavid BochmannDirk GaddisThis session will address the growing need to demonstrate relevance in education. For a long time traditional science educationemphasized mastery of a body of knowledge. For a long time students in Career & Technical Education (CTE) have beentaught the skills necessary for a career. 'Relevance' is demonstrated when science knowledge finds a home in a career. Anemerging trend in CTE is to highlight the academic content & process present in the curricula of CTE programs and connect itto the larger body of science.Focus: General ScienceAudience: GeneralRoom: J42-46Email: dsnare@jeffco.k12.co.usThe Amazing Chemistry of Our National ParksEd WatermanThis photo essay brings to life the chemical significance of phenomena common to the major national parks of the RockyMountains and the Colorado Plateau. Typical essays consider questions such as, why do ponderosa pines smell like cheap icecream? What do Harry Potter and a striking Rocky Mountain wild flower have in common? Do pronghorn smell like popcorn?Explore connections between chemistry, nature, poetry, history, classic literature, popular culture, music and muchmore.Focus: General ScienceAudience: GeneralRoom: H50-52Email: edlwaterman@gmail.com62

Session 6 2:40 PM - 3:35 PMGood Science Begins With Good ObservationsMike ZawaskiBeing a good observer is essential in science and our everyday lives. Doing good science also requires understanding the differencebetween observations and interpretations. This engaging workshop will explore making observations from an EarthScience perspective, but any teacher will benefit from the concepts. We will also explore the logistics and time frames necessaryto use the natural world as a laboratory for inquiry based experiments.Focus: General ScienceAudience: GeneralRoom: G31-37Email: mzawaski@hotmail.com63

3:45pm - 4:45pmScience Organization MeetingsCCTA (Colorado Chemistry Teachers Association) MeetingRoom: K43-47CBTA (Colorado Biology Teachers Association) MeetingRoom: J35-39CAST (Colorado Association of Science Teachers) MeetingRoom: K35-39CESN (Colorado Earth Science Network ) MeetingRoom: F38-44AAPT (American Association of Physics Teachers) MeetingRoom: H34-383:45pm - 4:30pmNSLEA Preservice Teachers MeetingG46-52 / H47-5364

Presentation RoomsMain LobbyExhibitor LocationsMain LobbyThePlaza124ColoradoBeef Council223RockyMountainBEST224SouthSuburbanParks andRecreation323NationalScience DigitalLibrary324NSTA423CESN122ColoradoFoundation forAgriculture221Anatomy in Clay®LearningSystem/Hands&Minds Inc.222TheObservantNaturalist321AAPT/ComPADRE322CAST421CCTA424CBTA117University ofColorado atColoradoSprings118McGraw-HillSchoolEducationGroup217ButterflyPavilion218University ofNorthernColorado-MAST Institute317ColoradoMountainCollege318Houghton MifflinHarcourtSpecializedCurriculum417ColoradoState ScienceFair418ColoradoDivision ofWildlife115Friends ofDinosaurRidge116McGraw-HillSchoolEducationGroup215University ofColoradoMuseum ofNatural History216CoCoRaHS315NEEDProject316University ofColorado-BoulderCIRES415ColoradoStateUniversity416ProjectLearning Tree113NationalGeographicSchoolPublishing114McGraw-HillSchoolEducationGroup213CU ScienceDiscovery214KidWindProject313ColoradoGeographicAlliance314NOAA413RAFTColorado414ProjectLearning Tree111NationalGeographicSchoolPublishing112McGraw-HillSchoolEducationGroup211CarolinaBiologicalSupplyCompany212TexasInstruments311KeyCurriculumPress312NOAA411FlinnScientific412ColoradoAlliance forEnvironmentalEducation107USGeologicalSurvey108The Solutionis Science207Crow CanyonArcheologicalCenter208The WildlifeExperience307DenverMuseum ofNature andScience308MetroWastewaterReclamationDistrict407DowntownAquarium408Pearson105HoughtonMifflinHarcourt/HoltMcDougal106KeystoneScienceSchool205McREL206DenverBotanicGardens305Denver Zoo306Rocky MountainWaterEnvironmentAssociation405UCAR406Pearson103VernierSoftware andTechnology104Lab-Aids,Inc.203CPO ScienceOPEN SPACE304PASCOScientific403Rocky MountainBirdObservatory404A+Microscope101ProfessionalAssociationof ColoradoEducators102It’s AboutTime201DeltaEducation401WesternGovernorsUniversity402ColoradoEducationAssociationMain Entrance65

Colorado Association of Science TeachersPast Presidents1957-59 Larry Watts 1985-86 Evelyn Bank 1998-99 Catherine Skokan1959-62 Joe Pierce 1986-87 Paul Kuerbis 1999-00 Courtney Willis1962-64 Lois Dunn 1987-88 Mary Gromko 2000-01 Lynn Sutphen1964-66 Joe Shomaker 1988-89 Diana Doepken 2001-02 Barbara Andrews1966-68 Charles Reser 1989-90 Anne Tweed 2002-03 John Sepich1968-70 Helen Fransen 1990-91 Sue Anne Berger 2003-04 Don Maxwell1970-72 John Akey 1991-92 Carol Bergevin 2004-05 John McConnell1972-74 John Thompson 1992-93 Larry Dorsey-Spitz 2005-06 John Sepich1974-76 Jan Withington 1993-94 Bruce Hogue 2006-07 Carol Brueggeman1976-78 Dean Yost 1994-95 Nancy Gettman 2007-08 Bev Devore-Wedding1978-80 Jay Hackett 1995-96 Elnore Grow 2008-2009 Dr. Christine Purkiss1980-82 Jim Maffett 1996-97 Kerry Adams 2009-2010 Cherie Wyatt1982-85 Richard Hodge 1997-98 Robert BartoPresidentPresident-ElectSecretaryTreasurerEditorHistorianCurrent OfficersGlenn PetersonMeg JacobsonMarley Steele-InamaElnore GrowRob FunkSharon StroudRegional Directors: Region 1 Melissa Free, ElementaryGreta Glugoski, SecondaryYoungjin Song, College / InformalRegion 2Region 3Danielle Snelson, Elem.Caren Kershner, Sec.Katrina Benson, College/InformalGinger Champion, Elem.Duane Moeller, Sec.Maggie Cason, College/InformalMembership fees: $20 1st year or $40 for 3 years, Student $10 and Retired $15.Send check to CAST at Elnore Grow, 17394 Jurassic Rd, Morrison, CO 8046566

Colorado Biology Teachers AssociationPast Presidents1969 Paul Richard 1990 Ed Butterfield1971 Robert Evans 1992 Jim Trammell1973 Dan VanGorp 1994 Tim Hensen1975 Larry Lindauer 1996 Mike Burnham1978 Ivo Lindauer 1998 Jim Middleton1980 Ted Tsumura 2000 Sally Swartz1982 Forrest Shoemaker 2002 Robert Legge1984 Warren Buss 2004 Nancy Gettman1986 Mike Sipes 2006 Jane Ensor1988 Melinda Reed 2009 Mark LittleCo-PresidentPresident-ElectVice PresidentTreasurerSecretaryNewsletterCurrent OfficersMarilyn Schmidt / Michelle GallagherCindy GayJacob MillerKathleen JonesTracie KrawczykJacob MillerMembership is $7.50/year, $18/3 yr, Student $4 and Retired $4Send check to CBTA to Kathleen Jones, 601 Locust St, Windsor, CO 80550email: colobiota.org.67

Colorado Chemistry Teachers AssociationElnore GrowElnore GrowMarti Maguire-RosemasGreta GlugoskiTom BindelLisa JohnsonTreasurerNewsletterCredit with CSMACS MedalsProgramChemistry Olympiad ExamDirectorMembership: 1 year = $10, 3 years = $25, Retired = $5/yearFirst year Teacher-complimentary (Please let us know)This is for newsletters in August, November, January & Aprilof each year.Write check to CCTA and send to:Elnore Grow17394 Jurassic RoadMorrison, Co 8046568

Colorado Earth Science NetworkPresident: John M. Ghist, jghist@plattecanyonsd1.orgSecretary: Pam Norton, pam.norton@asd20.orgTreasurer: Sharon Stroud, smstroud@aol.comPast President: Kerry Adams, kadams@alamosa.k12.co.usCheck out the new website: http://cesn.pbworks.comQuestions? Email to: cesn.web@gmail.comMailing Address: c/o Sharon Stroud, 1706 Russell Circle,Colorado Springs, CO 8091569

Colorado/Wyoming Sectionof theAmerican Association of Physics TeachersPast Presidents1986-1987 Steve Iona 1997-1998 Ken Fox1987-1988 Dave Spenny 1998-1999 Brian Jones1988-1989 Courtney Willis 1999-2000 Al Thompson1989-1990 Sue Englert 2000-2001 Evelyn Patterson1990-1991 Ted Violet 2008-2009 J.D. Birchmeier1991-1992 Tom Damon 2009—2010 Chuck Stone1992-1993 Herschel Neumann1993-1994 Dave Ohlde1994-1995 Jerry Wilson1995-1996 Curtis Miller1996-1997 Randy TaggPresidentPresident ElectVice PresidentsSect. Rep.Sec./Treas.Current OfficersAdam PearlsteinSage K. AndorkaRandall TaggVincent KuoRichard KrantzMembership is $7.50/year, $18/ 3yr, Student $4 and Retired $4Send to Richard Krantz: Metropolitan State Coll. of Denver, 12015th Street, Campus Box 69 (NC 3123 C), Denver, CO 80217-336270

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