National Science Teaching Association
Moon Phases Demonstration
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Wander your way through 30 different STEM stations to learn about resources, lessons, and teaching strategies to incorporate more STEM into your school and classroom. This farmer's market–type event brings together educators, authors, researchers, and leaders in early childhood through fifth-grade STEM education. Leave with a mindful of great ideas and be inspired!
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Immerse yourself in the three-day premier science and STEM education event of the summer, where educators will share experiences, learn from collaborators, catch up with colleagues, and meet new friends in both facilitated sessions and informal settings. From engaging presentations focused on developing scientific literacy in the STEM classroom, sensemaking, equity, and assessment…to lively exhibitor workshops, informative poster share-a-thons, and speed-sharing sessions…to a vibrant Exhibit Hall featuring the latest teaching tools, materials, and technologies available, NSTA Chicago22 is sure to provide you with the very best professional learning experience around!
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Learn, Connect, Recharge at NSTA Chicago22!
Immerse yourself in the three-day premier science and STEM education event of the summer, where educators will share experiences, learn from collaborators, catch up with colleagues, and meet new friends in both facilitated sessions and informal settings. From engaging presentations focused on developing scientific literacy in the STEM classroom, sensemaking, equity, and assessment…to lively exhibitor workshops, informative poster share-a-thons, and speed-sharing sessions…to a vibrant Exhibit Hall featuring the latest teaching tools, materials, and technologies available, NSTA Chicago22 is sure to provide you with the very best professional learning experience around!
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Learn, Connect, Recharge at NSTA Chicago22!
Immerse yourself in the three-day premier science and STEM education event of the summer, where educators will share experiences, learn from collaborators, catch up with colleagues, and meet new friends in both facilitated sessions and informal settings. From engaging presentations focused on developing scientific literacy in the STEM classroom, sensemaking, equity, and assessment…to lively exhibitor workshops, informative poster share-a-thons, and speed-sharing sessions…to a vibrant Exhibit Hall featuring the latest teaching tools, materials, and technologies available, NSTA Chicago22 is sure to provide you with the very best professional learning experience around!
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Learn, Connect, Recharge at NSTA Chicago22!
Immerse yourself in the three-day premier science and STEM education event of the summer, where educators will share experiences, learn from collaborators, catch up with colleagues, and meet new friends in both facilitated sessions and informal settings. From engaging presentations focused on developing scientific literacy in the STEM classroom, sensemaking, equity, and assessment…to lively exhibitor workshops, informative poster share-a-thons, and speed-sharing sessions…to a vibrant Exhibit Hall featuring the latest teaching tools, materials, and technologies available, NSTA Chicago22 is sure to provide you with the very best professional learning experience around!
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Learn, Connect, Recharge at NSTA Chicago22!
Immerse yourself in the three-day premier science and STEM education event of the summer, where educators will share experiences, learn from collaborators, catch up with colleagues, and meet new friends in both facilitated sessions and informal settings. From engaging presentations focused on developing scientific literacy in the STEM classroom, sensemaking, equity, and assessment…to lively exhibitor workshops, informative poster share-a-thons, and speed-sharing sessions…to a vibrant Exhibit Hall featuring the latest teaching tools, materials, and technologies available, NSTA Chicago22 is sure to provide you with the very best professional learning experience around!
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Learn, Connect, Recharge at NSTA Chicago22!
Immerse yourself in the three-day premier science and STEM education event of the summer, where educators will share experiences, learn from collaborators, catch up with colleagues, and meet new friends in both facilitated sessions and informal settings. From engaging presentations focused on developing scientific literacy in the STEM classroom, sensemaking, equity, and assessment…to lively exhibitor workshops, informative poster share-a-thons, and speed-sharing sessions…to a vibrant Exhibit Hall featuring the latest teaching tools, materials, and technologies available, NSTA Chicago22 is sure to provide you with the very best professional learning experience around!
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Learn, Connect, Recharge at NSTA Chicago22!
Immerse yourself in the three-day premier science and STEM education event of the summer, where educators will share experiences, learn from collaborators, catch up with colleagues, and meet new friends in both facilitated sessions and informal settings. From engaging presentations focused on developing scientific literacy in the STEM classroom, sensemaking, equity, and assessment…to lively exhibitor workshops, informative poster share-a-thons, and speed-sharing sessions…to a vibrant Exhibit Hall featuring the latest teaching tools, materials, and technologies available, NSTA Chicago22 is sure to provide you with the very best professional learning experience around!
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Learn, Connect, Recharge at NSTA Chicago22!
Immerse yourself in the three-day premier science and STEM education event of the summer, where educators will share experiences, learn from collaborators, catch up with colleagues, and meet new friends in both facilitated sessions and informal settings. From engaging presentations focused on developing scientific literacy in the STEM classroom, sensemaking, equity, and assessment…to lively exhibitor workshops, informative poster share-a-thons, and speed-sharing sessions…to a vibrant Exhibit Hall featuring the latest teaching tools, materials, and technologies available, NSTA Chicago22 is sure to provide you with the very best professional learning experience around!
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Immerse yourself in the three-day premier science and STEM education event of the summer, where educators will share experiences, learn from collaborators, catch up with colleagues, and meet new friends in both facilitated sessions and informal settings. From engaging presentations focused on developing scientific literacy in the STEM classroom, sensemaking, equity, and assessment…to lively exhibitor workshops, informative poster share-a-thons, and speed-sharing sessions…to a vibrant Exhibit Hall featuring the latest teaching tools, materials, and technologies available, NSTA Chicago22 is sure to provide you with the very best professional learning experience around!
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Immerse yourself in the three-day premier science and STEM education event of the summer, where educators will share experiences, learn from collaborators, catch up with colleagues, and meet new friends in both facilitated sessions and informal settings. From engaging presentations focused on developing scientific literacy in the STEM classroom, sensemaking, equity, and assessment…to lively exhibitor workshops, informative poster share-a-thons, and speed-sharing sessions…to a vibrant Exhibit Hall featuring the latest teaching tools, materials, and technologies available, NSTA Chicago22 is sure to provide you with the very best professional learning experience around!
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Visit with old friends, make new friends, and just experience the joy of learning together again at NSTA Houston22!
Get ready for an exhilarating three days of innovation, inspiration, and connection at NSTA’s National Conference on Science Education! From engaging presentations focused on 3-D teaching and learning, sensemaking, equity, and assessment, to lively exhibitor workshops and specially-developed Texas sessions, to a vibrant Exhibit Hall featuring the latest science teaching tools, materials, and technologies available, NSTA Houston22 is sure to provide YOU with the very best professional learning experience around!
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Immerse K-8 students in real-life applications of STEM—and teach key science concepts at the same time—with lessons about a sport that many students enjoy. Check out these fun and engaging NASCAR-themed lessons and resources, free of charge to educators nationwide!
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Immerse K-8 students in real-life applications of STEM—and teach key science concepts at the same time—with lessons about a sport that many students enjoy. Check out these fun and engaging NASCAR-themed lessons and resources, free of charge to educators nationwide!
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Immerse K-8 students in real-life applications of STEM—and teach key science concepts at the same time—with lessons about a sport that many students enjoy. Check out these fun and engaging NASCAR-themed lessons and resources, free of charge to educators nationwide!
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Takeaways: 1. Learn about new activities to teach ELISA and gel electrophoresis in the context of the science of COVID-19; and 2. walk through a real-world problem-solving case study about the spread of COVID-19 in a restaurant.
Speakers
Damon Tighe (Bio-Rad Laboratories: Hercules, CA)
Takeaways: 1. Learn about the mechanisms of CRISPR-Cas gene editing; 2. see how students can do safe and real CRISPR gene editing in the classroom; and 3. learn how PCR can be used to verify genotype following CRISPR gene editing.
Speakers
Leigh Brown (Bio-Rad Laboratories: Hercules, CA)
Takeaways: 1. Students can use prepared videos, found videos, or collect their own videos for analysis; 2. analysis is rapid and easily repeated, so students are able to immediately analyze and think critically about the collected data; and 3. students can use their mobile devices in the laboratory or out in the field to insert a video with recorded motion, mark points to track the object in motion, and set the scale of the video.
Speakers
David Carter (Vernier Software & Technology: Beaverton, OR)
Takeaways: 1. Attendees will learn how to engage students with phenomenon-based storylines that provide real-world problems for students to connect their learning with their own experiences; 2. through the session immersion and hands-on investigations, they will see how each TCI's Bring Science Alive! lesson incorporates three-dimensional learning in the middle school classroom; and 3. attendees will walk away knowing how to use the TCI's digital platform to bring science alive in the distance and blended learning environment.
Speakers
Deanna Morrow (TCI: Mountain View, CA), Dawn Smith (TCI: Murray, KY)
Takeaways: 1. Coronavirus in an enveloped virus with spike proteins on its surface; 2. the spike protein plays a critical role in the infection process; and 3. several different strategies are being taken to create a vaccine to inactivate the virus.
Speakers
Tim Herman (MSOE Center for BioMolecular Modeling: Milwaukee, WI)
Takeaways: 1. See how algae beads are an extremely flexible and portable system to teach both photosynthesis and cellular respiration in AP or general biology courses; and 2. get instructions for how to adapt laboratory activities to remote or socially distanced classrooms.
Speakers
Leigh Brown (Bio-Rad Laboratories: Hercules, CA)
Takeaways: 1. How to develop a video case study, which can then be used in a flipped or traditional classroom; 2. How Understanding by Design principles drive the direction of the case study; and 3. How to increase engagement using interrupted videos.
Speakers
Karen Lucci (Retired Educator: Morrisville, PA), Sherry Annee (Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School: Indianapolis, IN)
Takeaways: 1. See how to use digital tools to implement a hands-on curriculum in a remote setting; 2. Conceptualize how gene expression works; and 3. Relate core science concepts to real-life issues.
Speakers
Donna Parker (Dublin Coffman High School: Dublin, OH)
Takeaways: 1. Help streamline the planning process; 2. Identify what is essential for each platform; and 3. Experience what those experiences look like.
Speakers
Ashley Mathis (STEMscopes: Houston, TX), Michele Cozza (STEMscopes: Houston, TX), Kenneth Heydrick (STEMscopes: Houston, TX)
Takeaways: 1. How to strengthen students’ experimental design and scientific reasoning skills regardless of the learning environment; 2. how videos of authentic scientific phenomena can be paired with prompts designed to improve students’ data analysis skills; and 3. how students can explore complex scientific topics in their homes without the need for expensive equipment and supplies.
Speakers
Mike Marvel (Flinn Scientific, Inc.: Batavia, IL)
Takeaways: 1. Learn three instructional strategies to increase engagement; 2. experience a physical science investigation as a learner; 3. determine learning expectation to build student success; and 4. learn about new FOSS resources.
Speakers
Diana Velez (The Lawrence Hall of Science: Berkeley, CA), Erica Beck Spencer (The Lawrence Hall of Science: Berkeley, CA), Joanna Totino (California Science Project: Berkeley, CA), Brian Campbell (The Lawrence Hall of Science: Berkeley, CA)


