Minnesota Conference on Science Education • Schedule Grid
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Strand |
Room |
Session I9:30 - 10:15 AM |
Session II10:30 - 11:15 AM |
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Session III12:30 - 1:15 PM |
Session IV1:30 - 2:15 PM |
Session V2:45 - 3:30 PM |
Elementary |
Verizon 241 | Using Inquiry to integrate Disciplines in the Outdoor Classroom | Integrating Science and Literacy | Elementary Strand Speaker Steve Kaback, The Blake School | It's Not Magic, It's Science. Transform The Way You Teach Science. | It's Not Magic, It's Science. Transform The Way You Teach Science. | |
| Verizon 279B | Engineering as a FUN Way to Conquer Science in Your Elementary Classroom | Engineering as a FUN Way to Conquer Science in Your Elementary Classroom | Changing Assessment and Grading Practices to Increase Student Achievement | Exploring: From Your Back Yard to the Universe | Immerse Your Students in Science with "Fishing: Get in the Habitat!" (new 2nd edition) | ||
Biology |
Verizon Banquet West | Biology Strand Speaker - Dr. Firpo, University of Minnesota, Stem Cells | Cards, Cameras, and Calls : 3 Ways to Enhance your Inspired Inquiry Based Classroom! | Eat This, Not That! Critical Thinking and Green Choices for Conservation | Get Them Moving! Using Active Learning to Improve Long-Term Retention | Building Scientific Literacy Through Primary Sources | |
| Verizon Banquet East | Clickers, Clickers Everywhere! | 7 Billion and Counting: Lessons for Our Future Planet | Evaluating Models in Life Science | Young Naturalists: Enhancing Science Instruction with Standards-Based Activities from the Minnesota Conservation Volunteer | Engaging Students in the 2011 Nobel Conference at Gustavus Adolphus College | ||
Earth |
Verizon 243 | Incorporating Earth and Physical Science Standards: A Small School's Approach to Fitting It All In. | True Stories of a Teacher-Ranger-Teacher in Dinosaur National Monument | Examples of Scientific Inquiry and Emerging Technologies - Ken Pekarek, educator with MN-DNR Firewise in the Classroom Project | Unravelling 10 Astronomy Misconceptions | Earth Science Strand Speaker - Harvey Thorleifson - Director, Minnesota Geological Suvey | |
| Verizon 279A | Using JiTT Activities | Using JiTT Activities (continued) | Project-Based Inquiry Science | Outdoor Classrooms - What, Where and How? | Getting to Know Your Neighbors - Minnesota Amphibians - Randy Korb, St. Croix Wildlife, Inc | ||
Chemistry |
City Center Hotel 1A | Scholar Chemistry In-the-Bag Inquiry Workshop | Inquiry Methods in Chemistry and Their Impact on Student Test Scores Chemistry Strand Speaker - John C. Deming Department of Chemistry Winona State University |
Nano-ize Your Teaching! | Interactive Chemistry Strategies | Rocket Science - The Mini Version | |
| City Center Hotel 1B | Presenting Nanotechnology in the Secondary Science Classroom | QuarkNet in Minnesota | Inquiry Deepens AP Chemistry Thinking Skills | Using Formative Assessment to Guide Science Instruction | Methane Gas And Alternative Energy Lesson Materials | ||
Physics |
City Center Hotel 2A | Uncovering Student Ideas in Physical Science: Electricity and Magnetism Part 1 | Uncovering Student Ideas in Physical Science: Electricity and Magnetism Part 2 | Using Video Clips in Physics to Motivate, Measure, and Calculate. | Physics Strand Speaker- Kenneth Heller Department of Physics University of Minnesota | Forces, Materials, & 1 Aspect of Engineering | |
| City Center Hotel 2B | The Digital Revolution | Quantum Mechanics, Dark Matter, and all the goodies the Perimeter Institute has for you- FREE | Cheap and Easy Electrical Circuits | Thinking Ahead to the Science Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments-Series III | Introduction to Online Simulation Tools for Physics | ||
Vendor |
Verizon Reception Hall | Chemistry and the Atom: Fun with Atom Building Games | Fun Physics for All with the Marble Launcher | It's About Time for Active Physics | It's About Time for Active Chemistry | Use 3D Interactive Technology to Connect Symbolic, Particulate and Macroscopic Chemistry Concepts | |
General I |
ISD77 Blue Earth River Room | Back in Black: Holt McDougal High School Science for 2012 | Science Fusion: New Horizons in Adventure-Based Learning | Putting the life back into Life Science:SGI Biology | Engineering in Middle School Science: An Issues based approach | Real Chemistry for All Students - But How? | |
General II |
ISD77 Board Room | Welcome to your first Science Education Conference! ESPECIALLY FOR PRESERVICE TEACEHRS! | Landing that first teaching position! ESPECIALLY FOR PRESERVICE TEACEHRS! | Integrating Engineering Concepts K-12 | Integration of STEM and literacy at the Elementary Level | Schoolyard Insect Inquiry: focusing on multiple hypotheses | |
General III |
Hilton 317 | Teaching Science and Nature Inside and Out | Challenges And Rewards Of Teaching Sciences In A True International School | The World of Neutrinos and Dark Matter | Field Study can be Elementary | How did that Science Education Idea Become Law? | |
MN Dept of Ed |
Hilton 315 | Geographic Maps of the 2010 Science MCA-II Results | Secondary Literacy Standards and Instructional Strategies in Science (grades 6-12) | Secondary Science Implementation Issues (grades 6-12, especially high school) | MN Elementary Science Frameworks are Recreated!! | MN Secondary Science Frameworks are Recreated!! | |
Dome - Arena |
ExploraDome on Arena Floor | Take a Nature Walk Through the Cosmos | Chemical Weather | Take a Nature Walk Through the Cosmos | Chemical Weather | ||