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WSST Conference 2017

Welcome to the WSST 2017 Conference, Going for Gold! This year’s theme is a play off the name of the resort as well as our goal to help you become the best science educator possible. We want you to go for gold!

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8:00am CDT

iPads. Microscopes. Questions. Bonaventure Connect to the Great Lakes with the Center for Great Lakes Literacy Wisconsin C Virtual Field Trips with Google Expeditions Wisconsin A Interactive Science Notebooks Aspen Defeating Misconceptions in Physics Monaco Local Groundwater Research you can do! Montreal NGSS Engineering and Design through long term projects in the classroom, active science!!!! Wisconsin B FOSS Middle School Illinois B Inquiry-based Ecology Using a Citizen Science Trail Camera Project Illinois A You Be The Chemist Essential Elements Illinois C W6 Fish Adaptations Milwaukee W1 NGSS Ready - You Can Do This! Broadmoor A W4 NASA Borrowing the Lunar Rock certification Crown

8:30am CDT

F1 - Rushing Waters Fisheries, Palmyra Main Doors

9:00am CDT

NGSS Aligned Assessments and Rubrics Wisconsin B Advancing Science Learning Using Interactive Science Notebooks Aspen Exploring Video Based Projects Wisconsin A AP Physics Roundtable Monaco LED Sign Project Wisconsin C Stoichiometry Labs for General Chemistry Illinois B Adaptive Learning – Moving Towards Personalized Learning in the Sciences Bonaventure Climate Science in your Classroom Illinois A First Time Conference Attendee Social Boardroom W2 and W3 Using Flowcharts to Connect Structure and Function Broadmoor B

10:00am CDT

Cancelled- Flipped for NGSS Success Bonaventure Elementary FOSS and NGSS: DCI, CC, SEP and Performance Expectations Illinois B Reimagining the Science Fair Wisconsin B Awesome STEM Activities for the K-8 Wisconsin Science Classroom Wisconsin A Analyzing Fuel Carbon Footprints: Gasoline, Biofuel and Electricity Illinois A Collaboration between the UWM Planetarium and Theatre: Tale of Scale Wisconsin C Google Doc Lab Reports Aspen Rearranging Newton Monaco Super Models Illinois C Retirees Meeting Boardroom BioBlitz Madness Montreal W6 Fish Adaptations Repeat Session Milwaukee

11:00am CDT

Bringing the Inside Classroom Out Broadmoor A Using Formative Assessment Probes to Guide Instruction Wisconsin B Can you Imagine? Part I Wisconsin C Computer Coding with OSMO Wisconsin A Get to Know Your WSO (Wisconsin Society for Ornithology) Illinois A Resources for Hands-on, Minds-on Learning to Develop Scientific Thinking! Monaco What's NEXT in Wisconsin Geology? Illinois C Lab it up! Graphing Labs for Neglected Chemistry Topics Illinois B Plasmas in the Classroom: Free events for teachers and students at the upcoming US Plasma Physics Conference Aspen Teach Science with the Yard Games Bonaventure

12:00pm CDT

Lunch Keynote- Rebecca Murray Westlake

1:00pm CDT

Creating a Maker Culture in a preK-12 Independent School Monaco Science in the Forest Outside My Door Montreal Take Learning Everywhere: Mobile-based field research Bonaventure Picking Up Steam with NASA Beginning Engineering Science and Technology: (BEST) Engineering Design Challenge Illinois A Connected Classroom Wisconsin C Dive into the School of Freshwater Sciences Broadmoor B Engineering in the K-8 Wisconsin Science Classroom Wisconsin A Integrating Chromebook with Vernier Technology Aspen What's NEXT in Wisconsin Geology? Illinois C 3D Printing for the BioScience Classroom Wisconsin B Google Classroom Labs w/ C-E-R Illinois B Supporting Personalized Learning Through Argument Driven Inquiry - The STEM Science Fair Broadmoor A Student-driven STEM Explorations Lead to Real Energy Savings Milwaukee W5 Beers of the World Crown F4 - Lakefront Brewery, Downtown Milwaukee Main Doors

1:10pm CDT

F2 - Retzer Nature Center, Waukesha Main Doors F3 - The National Weather Service, Sullivan Main Doors

2:00pm CDT

Bringing STEM to the PreK-2 Classroom Illinois B NASA GLOBE: 'The Scoop on Soils' Children's Literature and STEM. Illinois A The Learning Science of Games Bonaventure Teacher Hacks Aspen Teaching Science: The Next Generation Wisconsin A WSELA and DPI Network Sharing Session Broadmoor B What's NEXT in Wisconsin Geology? Illinois C Modeling Chemistry: Cut, Paste & Fold Wisconsin C Modeling Protein Structure in High School Biology Broadmoor A You’ve Got Some Nerve: Exploring Neuronal Communication Wisconsin B Spiraling Content Standards To Better Meet NGSS Learning Targets Montreal Studying Climate Change and Forest Ecosystems with Project Learning Tree: A Systems Approach Monaco

3:00pm CDT

Coding in the Elementary Classroom Illinois B Put a Positive STEM on It – Elementary-level Lessons for Sustainability Montreal Cancelled-Teaching with NASA STEM Inquiry Resources:Learning with Data and Discovery Illinois A BadgerLink, Your Online Laboratory! Broadmoor B Diving Into Magnetic Water Molecule Models Wisconsin B NGSS Puzzles and Mysteries: Using Discrepant Phenomena in the Classroom Wisconsin A Updates from Snapshot Wisconsin: A statewide trail camera project to monitor wildlife Broadmoor A What's NEXT in Wisconsin Geology? Illinois C Now THAT'S Jenga!! Milwaukee All Standards-All Students: The OASD Journey of implementation of the NGSS Wisconsin C

4:00pm CDT

Vendor Open House and Social Vendor/Lobby

6:30pm CDT

WSST Membership Social- Vegas Night Westlake