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1 | Workshop Date | Workshop Time | Room | Title | Description | Presenter | Co-Presenter | Partner Strand | Science | Grade Level |
2 | Friday, October 18 | 8:00am - 9:30am | SJCC, LL21D | 4 Informational Text Challenges and How to Overcome Them | A review of Wiley Blevin's White Paper outlines specific instructional practices and strategies with informational texts that helps students be more successful in reading science content and building content knowledge. | Lisa Larsgaard | All Sciences | ALL | ||
3 | Friday, October 18 | 8:00am - 9:30am | SJCC, 211B | From Phenomena To 3D, 5E Learning Sequence | Participants will begin with a phenomena and hands-on experience followed by a process which can be used to transform any phenomena and hands-on exploration into a 3D, 5E learning sequence. | Michelle Roy | Chris Ostermann | All Sciences | PreK-5 | |
4 | Friday, October 18 | 8:00am - 9:30am | SJCC, LL21C | A Dairy Dilemma: Determine the Genetics of a CA$H Cow (Exhibitor) | Use genetic information to help a rancher purchase the best dairy cattle breeding pair for optimal milk protein production, benefiting his bottom line.Gel electrophoresis will provide evidence to inform the rancher the best chances for breeding a Ca$H Cow! | Erika Fong | Life Science/Biology | 9-12 | ||
5 | Friday, October 18 | 8:00am - 9:30am | SJCC, LL21E | A Microscopic to Molecular Perspective in Modeling Chromosomes (Exhibitor) | Give your students a hands-on/minds-on modeling opportunity to make the connection between chromosomes at the microscopic and molecular scales.Explore new ways to investigate independent assortment, segregation, crossing over and other mechanisms that contribute to genetic variation during cell division. | Tim Herman, PhD | Life Science/Biology | 9-12 | ||
6 | Friday, October 18 | 8:00am - 9:30am | SJCC, 210E | Access and Equity - Science for All Students with FOSS (Exhibitor) | Equitable learning opportunities require knowing the curriculum and responding to the diverse needs of students.Explore how FOSS provides universal access and targeted instruction for vulnerable students. Discuss assets and supports students need to be successful in science and engineering. | Joanna Totino | Diana Velez | All Sciences, Physical Science | 3-5 | |
7 | Friday, October 18 | 8:00am - 9:30am | SJCC, LL21F | Access and Rigor: Three-Dimensional Science for English Learners (Exhibitor) | Explore strategies and supports that engage English Learners in authentic practices of science and engineering, and ensure equitable access to deep learning in science. Join us to experience an Amplify Science instructional sequence and analyze it through an EL lens. | Sophia Lambersten | All Sciences, Integrated Science, Life Science/Biology | PreK-8 | ||
8 | Friday, October 18 | 8:00am - 9:30am | SJCC, 220C | Algae Blooms: Agriculture, Ecology, and Economy (Exhibitor) | Teach photosynthesis/cellular respiration together in the context of the Gulf of Mexico dead zone. Using algae beads together with an algae bloom case study, your students engage in inquiry investigations to learn about two connected processes and their ecological/economical implications. | Damon Tighe | Life Science/Biology, Environmental Science | 9-12 | ||
9 | Friday, October 18 | 8:00am - 9:30am | SJCC, 210H | Biodiversity Action Projects | Increase the biodiversity of your own schoolyard or community! Learn about the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Project-Based Science framework for inspiring conservation of the ocean and developing a sense of agency through local environmental action projects. | Mary Whaley | Monterey Bay Aquarium | Environmental Science | 3-12 | |
10 | Friday, October 18 | 8:00am - 9:30am | SJCC, LL21B | Bring the Solar System into Your Classroom! | Make a scale model of the solar system that instantly teaches students the relative distances between the planets. Explore math cross-curricular connections. Take away a model to use in class next week. Plus solar system music, handouts, and door prizes! | Nancy Balter | Earth/Space Science, Physical Science | 3-8 | ||
11 | Friday, October 18 | 8:00am - 9:30am | SJCC, 210F | Writing NGSS Assessments for Middle School (Exhibitor) | Analyze MS assessments through the lens of sense-making, for teachers and TOSAs. Look at common mistakes through Achieve's Task Annotation Project and easy fixes to make your assessments more 3 Dimensional. Bring an assessment to analyze or listen and learn! | Brendan Finch | Environmental Science | 6-8 | ||
12 | Friday, October 18 | 8:00am - 9:30am | SJCC, 210C | Choose Your Own Adventure - Building Your NGSS Storyline | In this workshop, we discuss how to identify, develop, and integrate a cohesive storyline into your curriculum in order to increase student engagement, cultivate teacher/student efficacy, and help to answer the inevitable "why are we learning this?"� question. | Tamara Alt | All Sciences | 9-12 | ||
13 | Friday, October 18 | 8:00am - 9:30am | SJCC, 210B | Criteria and Constraints: Raising the Bar for Rigor Grades 3-5 (Exhibitor) | CA NGSS has raised the bar for scientific rigor and thinking. In grades 3-5 students define problems using criteria for success and constraints or limits. Experience problem solving investigations from the Building Blocks of Science using criteria and constraints. | Cory Ort | Hoover Herrera | Life Science/Biology | 3-5 | |
14 | Friday, October 18 | 8:00am - 9:30am | SJCC, LL21A | Demystifying Systems Thinking: Modeling and SEP Tools You Can Use | Systems thinking is central to environmental literacy and teaches learners to model complex material, improve designs and explore solutions. Apply this Crosscutting Concept, SEP modeling tool and key formative assessment element to your own lessons in this hands-on workshop. | Lauren Grimaldi | California Environmental Literacy Initiative | Environmental Science, Life Science/Biology, Engineering | 6-12 | |
15 | Friday, October 18 | 8:00am - 9:30am | SJCC, LL20A | Cleaning Up Chemical Wastes (Exhibitor) | Chemicals and chemical reactions are used to make and power useful products but they also create waste. How can our understanding of science and engineering improve product design and methods to clean up waste? | Dr. Mark Koker | Physical Science | 6-8 | ||
16 | Friday, October 18 | 8:00am - 9:30am | SJCC, 214 | Engaging Students with Content-Rich Chemistry Games: Covalent Bonding and VSEPR (Exhibitor) | Come explore Collisions, a system of digital chemistry games designed specifically for the classroom. Bring a laptop/tablet (or use ours) to participate in classroom-ready activities designed to highlight key concepts such as the octet rule, bond polarity and VSEPR geometries. | Edward Wang | Lindsay Plavchak | Chemistry | 9-12 | |
17 | Friday, October 18 | 8:00am - 9:30am | SJCC, 210D | Engineering Challenges - Great Fun for Family Science/STEM Nights! | Come and experience an Engineering Family Science/STEM Night, complete with ready-to-go Challenges, aligned to the California Science Framework, with several lessons taken from the Kids at Science K-5 units, using simple materials that will engage families to solve problems and test solutions TOGETHER, just like real Engineers! Great for K-5 classrooms and After-School Programs. | Maureen Allen | Lauren Vu Tran | Engineering, Integrated Science, All Sciences | PreK-5 | |
18 | Friday, October 18 | 8:00am - 9:30am | SJCC, 114 | Evidence-based Concept Maps: hands-on science and sense making | In this workshop, we will do a series of hands-on middle-school science activities, then build our own concept maps as a way to think about how to scaffold concept mapping for diverse middle school classrooms. | Larissa Walder | Environmental Science, Earth/Space Science | 6-8 | ||
19 | Friday, October 18 | 8:00am - 9:30am | SJCC, 211C | The SFUSD NGSS Chemistry Course (with embedded ESS standards) | Learn and experience how ESS standards (stars and climate change) are embedded into the NGSS chemistry course that SFUSD has developed. A detailed, full year course outline, activities from chapters, and our self-created student and teacher books will be presented. | Katrina Rotter | SFUSD | All Sciences | 6-12 | |
20 | Friday, October 18 | 8:00am - 9:30am | SJCC, 111 | Genes in Space: From you classroom to the Space Station (Exhibitor) | Genes in Space is a STEM competition for students to design DNA experiments to be performed on the International Space Station. Learn about the contest, equipment loans, and classroom resources. Learn how to use miniPCR, restriction digest, and gel electrophoresis. | Ally Huang | Alex Dainis | Earth/Space Science, Physical Science | 6-8 | |
21 | Friday, October 18 | 8:00am - 9:30am | SJCC, LL20D | Get Students Sense-Making! Resources and Strategies for Supporting Student Argumentation | Implement strategies that increase student sense-making through argumentation. Discussion and modeling of purpose-driven argumentation, analysis of a quality argument, and facilitation strategies will occur. | Kathryn Fleegal | Arlene Friend | All Sciences | ALL | |
22 | Friday, October 18 | 8:00am - 9:30am | SJCC, 212D | High School Genetics; Transforming to Student Centered | Come see how to transform a Transformation Lab into one that is phenomenon-based, 3D and student centered. Explore how skills can be taught while students are making sense out of the phenomena that they see. | Kirk Brown | Virginia Vandergon | CSP | Life Science/Biology | 9-12 |
23 | Friday, October 18 | 8:00am - 9:30am | SJCC, 113 | First Time Conference Attendee Orientation | Join CSTA volunteer leaders for an informative session that will give California Science Education Conference attendees tips and pointers on how to make the most of their time at the conference. Mix with CSTA board members and other conference attendees and give your networking a kick-start. Meet fellow science educators, connect with new colleagues, and learn how to navigate and maximize your conference experience. | Jennifer Janzen | Peter A'Hearn | Earth/Space Science, Physical Science | 6-8 | |
24 | Friday, October 18 | 8:00am - 9:30am | SJCC, LL20B | Is There Such a Thing as Too Many Phenomena? (Exhibitor) | More than just a buzzword, phenomena are essential to science classrooms because they make science meaningful. Using models from Bring Science Alive!, you'll learn how students can engage with, investigate, and make sense of various different levels of phenomena. | Bert Bower | Natasha Martin | All Sciences, Life Science/Biology | 6-8 | |
25 | Friday, October 18 | 8:00am - 9:30am | SJCC, 212C | Novel Engineering | Explore design challenges using novels! Work through challenges a character is facing by engineering a device or improving a situation within the text. This can be used with multiple novels/texts and assigned in small groups or whole class. | Shelley McCracken | Heather Samson | Tech Interactive | Engineering | 3-8 |
26 | Friday, October 18 | 8:00am - 9:30am | SJCC, 210A | Take Students to the PEAK of Science | PEAK your students' interest in science through interactive PEAK Student Energy Action labs! Dive into hands-on, standards-based, classroom-ready lessons designed to energize your students. This dynamic workshop will review best practices for engaging students in science and provide resources. | Siria Salas | Physical Science, Integrated Science, Environmental Science, Engineering | PreK-8 | ||
27 | Friday, October 18 | 8:00am - 9:30am | SJCC, LL2OC | Teaching True Phenomenon Based Units: Preconceptions to STEM Module Projects (Exhibitor) | Reach today's students with true phenomenon based units. Aligned with the philosophy and vision of the NGSS writers to ensure that all students become more informed citizens in our STEM-rich world.Get ready to be impressed! | Rosella Ogrodski, M.Ed. | All Sciences | PreK-8 | ||
28 | Friday, October 18 | 8:00am - 9:30am | SJCC, 212B | Teaching with Virtual Specimens: Venture into the AR/VR Science Class (Exhibitor) | Want to help your students discover science without dissecting animals? Explore innovative AR/VR tech tools and other nonanimal resources that will both amaze and engage your students. All participants will have the opportunity to demo and win valuable STEM resources! | Nicole Green | Life Science/Biology | 6-12 | ||
29 | Friday, October 18 | 8:00am - 9:30am | SJCC, 211A | Thinking Creatively: Innovative Strategies & Approaches Address NGSS Professional Learning | There is no getting around it, NGSS requires robust Professional Learning across the system. How can we do it? Share and learn innovative & creative strategies to address the challenges we all face around high quality Professional Learning for all. | David Tupper | Jeff Schmitz | K-12 Alliance | All Sciences | PreK-12 |
30 | Friday, October 18 | 8:00am - 9:30am | SJCC, 211D | Using Real-World Data to Understand Earth's Moving Surface | Learn how real-world data collected at global positioning system (GPS) stations around the world can bring the three dimensions of the NGSS to life in the middle school classroom. | Sara Kolar | Maia Binding | Earth/Space Science | 6-8 | |
31 | Friday, October 18 | 8:00am - 9:30am | SJCC, 112 | Intro Into NGSS Crash Course | New to NGSS? Want to prepare yourself for the barrage of NGSS language and tools you’ll experience throughout the Conference? Join us for a no nonsense tutorial on the basics to get you ready. (Cheat sheets will be provided.) | Lisa Hegdahl | K-12 Alliance | All Sciences | ALL | |
32 | Friday, October 18 | 12:30pm - 2:00pm | SJCC, 210H | Black-Footed Ferrets: An Adaptable Middle School Storyline for Local Ecosystems | Implement a 3D middle school storyline using the decline of black-footed ferret populations to investigate the interdependent relationships in ecosystems (LS2.A). Emphasis will be placed on how unit materials can be adapted to increase relevancy by using local ecosystems. | Kathryn Fleegal | Arlene Friend | Life Science/Biology | 6-8 | |
33 | Friday, October 18 | 12:30pm - 2:00pm | SJCC, LL21C | Bridging the Gaps: Teaching California's Standards through an Integrated Curriculum | The CDE Curriculum Frameworks and Instructional Resources Division will discuss three approaches to integrating curriculum and guide participants in creating a plan for PD that will empower teachers to construct rigorous, relevant, and intriguing integrated curriculum to increase student achievement. | Jennifer Bentley | Cliff Rudnick | All Sciences, Integrated Science | ALL | |
34 | Friday, October 18 | 12:30pm - 2:00pm | SJCC, 210G | CAST Assessments (Elementary): What Will They Look Like? (Exhibitor) | The California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) System includes science assessments in grades 5 and 8 and once in high school. Since the adoption of the https://www.cde.ca.gov/pd/ca/sc/ngssstandards.asp. NGSS for California Public Schools (CA NGSS) in 2013, the California Department of Education developed the California Science Test (CAST), which is aligned with these standards. Many questions regarding the computer-based CAST have arisen: "What will items look like?"�, "How do we effectively prepare students?"�, and "What tools exist to support educators?"� Besides the stand-alone questions, there will be 2-3 performance tasks (PTs) on the CAST. The PTs will measure integrated knowledge and skills across multiple standards via activities. This session will discuss the parameters of the CAST and PAs; in addition to providing examples of possible test items. Performance Expectations that address the 3D focus of the NGSS are the vehicles to develop assessments. We will explore several types of assessments, including Claim-Evidence-Reasoning (CER), open-ended response, multiple choice, and a new assessment program that uses simulations. All of these tools will help teachers become more prepared to help their students be successful on the CAST. | Amanda McGee | Mackenzie Brooke | STEMscopes | ||
35 | Friday, October 18 | 12:30pm - 2:00pm | SJCC, LL20D | CASTing About for Authenticity (Exhibitor) | Explore authentic hands-on performance-based assessment. Learn how to write a solid 3-Dimensional performance rubric by looking for evidence of mastery of the three dimensions. Learn how to transform your own assessment into 3-Dimensional CAST practice. | Amy Taulman | All Sciences | ALL | ||
36 | Friday, October 18 | 12:30pm - 2:00pm | SJCC, 211D | Connecting STEM to Text, Self, and World for Students | Go beyond making science relevant, and help students implicitly connect with STEM. TWIG Science inspires students to dive into reading investigations with enthusiasm, makes STEM careers a realistic goal, and connects weekly world news directly with the phenomena they're learning. | Lisa Larsgaard | Integrated Science | PreK-5 | ||
37 | Friday, October 18 | 12:30pm - 2:00pm | SJCC, 210C | Cross-Cutting Concepts for Equity and Rigor | Come find out how the CCCs can bolster both equity and rigor in the science classroom. We'll look at some resources, templates, and activities to get students thinking at deeper DOK levels using the CCCs. | Annika Goodin | Todd Linke | All Sciences | 9-12 | |
38 | Friday, October 18 | 12:30pm - 2:00pm | SJCC, 210D | Data, Technology & NGSS Meet: Making Integrated Science Come Alive (Exhibitor) | Leverage local datasets and interactive data tools to make integrated NGSS science come alive! BYOD to explore how people learn from data, inquiry-based science lessons with data, and strategies to integrate data into classrooms. | Harshil Parikh | Earth/Space Science, All Sciences, Environmental Science, Integrated Science, Life Science/Biology, Physical Science | 6-8 | ||
39 | Friday, October 18 | 12:30pm - 2:00pm | SJCC, LL20B | Developing Student Language and Science Literacy in the NGSS Classroom (Exhibitor) | Examining the importance and connection between language learning and learning science in the NGSS classroom. Participants will explore strategies for supporting language development and capturing student use of language to reflect upon and improve NGSS classroom instructional and assessment practices. | Cathy Zozakiewicz | All Sciences | PreK-5 | ||
40 | Friday, October 18 | 12:30pm - 2:00pm | SJCC, 114 | Doing the TOSA Hustle | Learn how to bring purpose to a job that is often undefined and walk away with ideas and examples of a vision and plan. Collaborate with other science leaders to focus your local NGSS transition plans. | Nellie Hill | Cailean Kilroy | All Sciences | 6-12 | |
41 | Friday, October 18 | 12:30pm - 2:00pm | SJCC, 211C | Don't Get Burned: Develop Lab Safety in NGSS Science Classrooms | Assuming nothing will go wrong because nothing ever has won't prevent accidents. SFUSD integrates lab safety into its NGSS curriculum. Join our safety training to learn about best practices to institute lab safety in the classroom, school and district. | Judith Gerber | SFUSD | All Sciences, Chemistry, Life Science/Biology | 6-12 | |
42 | Friday, October 18 | 12:30pm - 2:00pm | SJCC, 211A | Early Implementers - NGSS Beyond the School Day: Engaging Parents | Wondering how to engage families in the shifts of NGSS? Join us as we experience a 3-Dimensional NGSS Roller Coaster lesson in order to implement a fun and engaging science night at your elementary school. | Diane Deem | Jenny Chien | CA NGSS K-8 Early Implementation Initiative | Physical Science | 3-5 |
43 | Friday, October 18 | 12:30pm - 2:00pm | SJCC, 112 | Embedded Sense-Making Notebooks | There are several Science notebooks out there and they aren't all quite the same. Our district adopted the sense-making notebook as a way to ensure equal access to phenomena-based, student centered Science for all. See it embedded in an activity. | Maralee Thorburn | Cynthia Carlfeldt | K-12 Alliance | Chemistry | 3-8 |
44 | Friday, October 18 | 12:30pm - 2:00pm | SJCC, 210B | Engineering in the Elementary Classroom | Engineering doesn't need to be robots and coding. Find out how the Bay Area Discovery Museum makes engineering simple and accessible enough to incorporate into every part of your classroom. Make engineering part of your classroom philosophy. | Sagit Betser | Julia Cabrera | Engineering | PreK-5 | |
45 | Friday, October 18 | 12:30pm - 2:00pm | SJCC, 212A | Environmental Literacy Through the Lens of Climate Change in California | What is California's strategy for confronting the challenge of climate change? This workshop aims to provide resources to better understand climate change in California and consider ways to integrate these resources into middle and high school lesson sequences. | Dean Reese | Kristine Stepping | All Sciences | 6-12 | |
46 | Friday, October 18 | 12:30pm - 2:00pm | SJCC, 212D | Falling for Gravity | Participants will observe a phenomenon related to gravity, engage in a 5th grade 5E learning sequence, and create a conceptual model to explain the phenomenon. This three- dimensional lesson sequence will help 5th graders understand the complexity of gravity. | Nancy Wright | Jeff Seitz | CSP | Earth/Space Science, Physical Science | 3-5 |
47 | Friday, October 18 | 12:30pm - 2:00pm | SJCC, LL21D | Good, Bad & Ugly of building a District Leadership Team | Come hear what a large district learned after one year implementing a District-wide K-12 Science Leadership team. We will share all the tools we used and what we learned along the way. | Dana Baron | Peter Lum | All Sciences | ALL | |
48 | Friday, October 18 | 12:30pm - 2:00pm | SJCC, LL21E | How to *Integrate* Engineering (Exhibitor) | How can we integrate engineering activities into existing lessons? In this workshop, we'll share best practices to balance engineering challenges in your classroom: ensuring they are authentic, inspiring and time-efficient. Educators will take away sample engineering lessons across all disciplines. | Lorraine Gueye | All Sciences | 3-8 | ||
49 | Friday, October 18 | 12:30pm - 2:00pm | SJCC, LL21A | Lead with Phenomena and the 3-Dimensions Will Follow | Explore how instructional sequences designed around real-world problems can lead students to figure out phenomena using the three dimensions of science and engineering. Leaders from UC Berkeley's Lawrence Hall of Science will showcase the latest research-based pedagogy and curriculum. | Jacqueline Barber | All Sciences, Life Science/Biology, Physical Science | PreK-8 | ||
50 | Friday, October 18 | 12:30pm - 2:00pm | SJCC, 220C | Learn to Infuse NGSS Science/Engineering Practices with an Engaging Activity (Exhibitor) | This workshop will focus on illustrating the science and engineering practices described in the NGSS framework through the engaging pGLO Bacterial Transformation activity. | Damon Tighe | Life Science/Biology | 9-12 | ||
51 | Friday, October 18 | 12:30pm - 2:00pm | SJCC, LL21B | Learning about Sea Level Rise through the King Tides Project | The California King Tides Project is a citizen science effort visualizing sea level rise. Students can access and contribute to this geographic data collection, and use it to launch their own community climate change projects. | Annie Kohut Frankel | CEEIN | Earth/Space Science, Environmental Science, Integrated Science | 9-12 | |
52 | Friday, October 18 | 12:30pm - 2:00pm | SJCC, 210E | Light Waves and Skin Cancer: Phenomena and 3-D Instruction 6-8 | Experience how students investigate the cause of the high rate of skin cancer in Australia, while figuring out how light waves interact with different materials. Dive into Amplify Science, a new NGSS-designed curriculum from UC Berkeley's Lawrence Hall of Science. | Leslie Stenger | All Sciences, Integrated Science, Physical Science | 6-8 | ||
53 | Friday, October 18 | 12:30pm - 2:00pm | SJCC, 210F | NGSS TIME Pre Screen Process: Take A Step Towards Your Adoption | Participants will learn how to calibrate themselves using the available resources from the State TIME Training. This will include 2 samples, one that is not NGSS Aligned and the other that is more NGSS-Aligned. In the presentation, participants will be able to ask questions of the CA NGSS TIME Training, why the Prescreen can be a critical step, and how it fits with the district or school lens. The facilitators will answer questions individually or as a whole group. | Anthony Quan | Rudy Escobar | CISC - Science | All Sciences | ALL |
54 | Friday, October 18 | 12:30pm - 2:00pm | SJCC, LL20A | Performance Assessments for Middle School: Engaging and Fun! (Exhibitor) | Learn how to create your own Performance Assessments that include a storyline, student guidelines, and rubrics that demonstrate three-dimensional learning. Participants will make a Light Art Show and take home complete performance assessments for immediate classroom use. | Bert Bower | Natasha Martin | All Sciences | ALL | |
55 | Friday, October 18 | 12:30pm - 2:00pm | MH, Guadalupe | Phenomenon-based Learning Using Digitized Museum Objects | Learn how you can use scientific collections and expertise, delivered using novel technologies and aligned with your curriculum, to help your middle-school students to engage in evidence-finding, hypotheses development, and argumentation while building their critical-thinking, collaboration, and communication skills. | Madlyn Larson | Merinda Davis | Life Science/Biology | 6-8 | |
56 | Friday, October 18 | 12:30pm - 2:00pm | SJCC, LL21F | Science Outdoors: Lesson Ideas for the CA NGSS (Exhibitor) | This workshop showcases a K-2 student investigation outside and inside the classroom, using school-grounds exploration, video, and hands-on investigations. Students use what they learn about plant parts to design and build their own inventions. | Christopher Borjas | All Sciences | PreK-2 | ||
57 | Friday, October 18 | 12:30pm - 2:00pm | SJCC, LL2OC | Tapestry of Survival K-3 | From conceptual flow map and lesson sequence, we will take you through 3D lessons. Participants will experience lessons and link ideas through a vertical progression between grade levels. As classroom teachers, these lessons have been tried in our own classrooms. | Danielle Chung | Gabriela Dominguez | Life Science/Biology | PreK-5 | |
58 | Friday, October 18 | 12:30pm - 2:00pm | SJCC, 212C | Understanding Mutations via Computational Thinking and Scratch Programming | Learn how computational thinking can be applied to understand the concepts of protein synthesis and mutation, implement a computer model for mutation using Scratch, and run probabilistic computational experiments to estimate the ratio of silent to non-silent mutations. | David Ng | Tech Interactive | Life Science/Biology | 6-8 | |
59 | Friday, October 18 | 12:30pm - 2:00pm | SJCC, 212B | Why do stars twinkle? - NGSS activities from the Exploratorium | Discover why stars seem to twinkle. Explore this "scintillating"� phenomenon with a series of NGSS aligned hands-on activities. | Eric Muller | Exploratorium | All Sciences, Engineering, Earth/Space Science, Integrated Science, Physical Science, Physics | 9-12 | |
60 | Friday, October 18 | 2:30pm - 4:00pm | SJCC, LL21D | A Phenomenal Approach to Notebooking: Putting Interaction into Interactive Notebooks | Increase the rigor of student thinking with phenomenon and essential question layouts in notebooks. Learn how to amp up student work with the use of outputs and custom templates. Current NGSS classroom examples will be shown. | Jennifer Weibert | All Sciences | 6-12 | ||
61 | Friday, October 18 | 2:30pm - 4:00pm | SJCC, LL21C | Bringing Arduinos into the 1:1 NGSS Classroom | Leave this session Ardui-knowing how to integrate coding & electronics into your NGSS classroom. You'll be saying Ardui-yes by the end of this introductory workshop for Arduinos! | Joshua Gagnier | All Sciences, Engineering | ALL | ||
62 | Friday, October 18 | 8:00am - 9:30am | SJCC, 210G | CAST Assessments (Grades 6-8): What Will They Look Like? (Exhibitor) | The California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) System includes science assessments in grades 5 and 8 and once in high school. Since the adoption of the https://www.cde.ca.gov/pd/ca/sc/ngssstandards.asp. NGSS for California Public Schools (CA NGSS) in 2013, the California Department of Education developed the California Science Test (CAST), which is aligned with these standards. Many questions regarding the computer-based CAST have arisen: "What will items look like?"�, "How do we effectively prepare students?"�, and "What tools exist to support educators?"� Besides the stand-alone questions, there will be 2-3 performance tasks (PTs) on the CAST. The PTs will measure integrated knowledge and skills across multiple standards via activities. This session will discuss the parameters of the CAST and PAs; in addition to providing examples of possible test items. Performance Expectations that address the 3D focus of the NGSS are the vehicles to develop assessments. We will explore several types of assessments, including Claim-Evidence-Reasoning (CER), open-ended response, multiple choice, and a new interactive assessment program that uses simulations. All of these tools will help teachers become more prepared to help their students be successful on the CAST. (Note: Focus on Middle School Level) | Amanda McGee | Mackenzie Brooke | STEMscopes | ||
63 | Friday, October 18 | 2:30pm - 4:00pm | SJCC, 211A | Chemistry On! Lab Activities For NGSS- Phenomena Based Instruction (Exhibitor) | Explore phenomenon-based lab activities and incorporate 3-Dimensional instruction with hands-on, engaging, safe chemistry activities that produce a reaction from your students. New to chemistry or the NGSS?You'll learn creative, effective ways to employ the Science and Engineering Practices. | Carolina Teaching Partner | Chemistry, Physical Science | 9-12 | ||
64 | Friday, October 18 | 2:30pm - 4:00pm | SJCC, LL20B | Connecting CRISPR Biotechnology to What You Already Teach (Exhibitor) | CRISPR-based genome editing is revolutionizing the biomolecular sciences. Explore how you can model this exciting new technology to engage your students in understanding the foundational concepts of molecular biology and biotechnology through two-dimensional and three-dimensional representations of the CRISPR/Cas9 protein. | Tim Herman, PhD | Life Science/Biology | 9-12 | ||
65 | Friday, October 18 | 2:30pm - 4:00pm | SJCC, 210D | Ecosystems and Environmental Principles and Concepts: Trophic Cascades with HHMI | Trophic cascades are fundamental in multiple California NGSS instructional segments, and directly connect to the environmental principles and concepts. They illustrate cause/effect relationships at different ecosystem scales. Engage with BioInteractive phenomena-driven activities to dive into ecosystem data and patterns. | Jim Clark | Samantha Johnson | HHMI | Life Science/Biology, Integrated Science | 6-12 |
66 | Friday, October 18 | 2:30pm - 4:00pm | SJCC, LL2OC | Educator Resources for California's Geology and Working Landscapes | The California Department of Conservation makes data, maps, and related instructional materials available about California's geology, mineral resources, earthquakes, oil & gas, and agricultural lands. These resources serve as valuable tools for teaching students about the state's unique environment. | Nathaniel Roth | Jeffrey Onsted | CEEIN | Earth/Space Science, Engineering, Environmental Science | PreK-12 |
67 | Friday, October 18 | 2:30pm - 4:00pm | SJCC, 210E | Embedded and Immersive Engineering (Exhibitor) | Discover how engineering is seamlessly integrated into the Amplify Science curriculum across grades K-8. Join the curriculum designers from UC Berkeley's Lawrence Hall of Science to experience their cutting-edge approach to engineering and its connections to the NGSS. | Leslie Stenger | Sophia Lambertsen | All Sciences, Engineering, Integrated Science | PreK-8 | |
68 | Friday, October 18 | 2:30pm - 4:00pm | SJCC, 210B | Engage Students with Math in Science Talks to Connect Disciplines | Participants will explore how to deepen student understanding of math and science using academic conversation and math talk protocols. Learn about our journey of collaboratively developing "Math in Science Talks" lessons for classroom implementation. Leave with tools to implement tomorrow! | Hannah Ma | All Sciences | PreK-8 | ||
69 | Friday, October 18 | 2:30pm - 4:00pm | SJCC, 210H | Environmental Action Projects in the Schoolyard | Building an environmental identity early supports pro-environmental behaviors for life. In this session, learn about projects you can do with your students to make a positive impact on your schoolyard habitat. | Mary Whaley | Monterey Bay Aquarium | Environmental Science, Earth/Space Science, Engineering | PreK-5 | |
70 | Friday, October 18 | 2:30pm - 4:00pm | SJCC, 212C | Finding Your Inner Innovator: Engineering in the Classroom | No hard hat required! Experience the fun of engineering through participation in a hands-on engineering challenge led by Engineering Leaders from the Tech Interactive. Dive into the Engineering Design Process and learn how it can integrate into other core content areas. | Nichole Pearson | Vicki Groppe | Tech Interactive | Engineering | 3-5 |
71 | Friday, October 18 | 2:30pm - 4:00pm | SJCC, LL21A | Foundations of Engineering in the Classroom | Join us for a discussion around the principles of quality engineering integration. Take time to collaborate with others fostering the foundations of engineering in the classroom as well as brainstorm ways to integrate engineering into the core subject areas. | Julia Cook | Cheryl Seaton | Tech Interactive | All Sciences | ALL |
72 | Friday, October 18 | 2:30pm - 4:00pm | SJCC, LL21E | Free Insanely Great Resources:What Happens When Funders Foster Curriculum (Exhibitor) | Global companies and foundations make an impact by teaming with great curriculum writers to produce classroom materials for STEM, Science, Career Exploration and more.Walk though these free web-based resources and take them back to the classroom, ready to use. | Jacqueline Kavege | Earth/Space Science, Life Science/Biology, Integrated Science | 3-12 | ||
73 | Friday, October 18 | 2:30pm - 4:00pm | SJCC, 220C | Getting to know the OpenSciEd Units - 8th Grade Sound Unit | OpenSciEd aims to improve science education through the development and implementation of high-quality, freely available, science instructional materials. Participants will dive into the 8th Grade Sound unit, experiencing the instructional model, classroom routines and embedded assessments. | Sarah Delaney | Jim Ryan | Physical Science | 6-8 | |
74 | Friday, October 18 | 2:30pm - 4:00pm | SJCC, LL21B | Gotta Make Things Go, But Whoa! What About the Earth? | Join an NGSS journey that traces the path of energy and fuels used in the home to Earth's resources while discovering their effects on the environment. Explore energy transformation hands-on activities and receive 3D lessons with EP&Cs. | Barbara Woods | 4th Grade Teacher | CEEIN | Earth/Space Science, Environmental Science, Physical Science | 3-5 |
75 | Friday, October 18 | 2:30pm - 4:00pm | SJCC, 212B | Magnetic Forces: A Hands-on Unit about Non-Contact Forces | Participants will engage in a 5E unit (ok, really more like 17E), about magnetic and electromagnetic forces. The engineering and design process and science and engineering principles will be used to investigate and discover the disciplinary core ideas. | Allison Bogart | Physical Science, Integrated Science, Engineering | 6-8 | ||
76 | Friday, October 18 | 2:30pm - 4:00pm | SJCC, LL20A | Operation Resilience - Strategies to Employ Social Emotional Learning into STEM (Exhibitor) | As one of the authors of the NGSS, Bernadine Okoro will illustrate how teachers can provide a practical route toward effective science instruction with diverse student groups. Discussion features understanding diversity, equity, and access in NGSS and Social Emotional Learning. | Bernadine Okoro | n/a | All Sciences | ALL | |
77 | Friday, October 18 | 2:30pm - 4:00pm | SJCC, 212D | Scaffolding Sensemaking with UDL and Cultural Responsiveness | During this session you will explore the connection between UDL and Cultural Responsiveness through a lesson analysis and learning needs of various student groups and prepare you for coaching conversations with teachers around addressing multiple student group needs. | Maria Vlahiotis | Maria Vlahiotis | CSP | All Sciences | ALL |
78 | Friday, October 18 | 2:30pm - 4:00pm | SJCC, 210F | Science Literacy Across the Grades | In this interactive session experience how literacy strategies for communication and language development support students' acquiring deeper understandings of science content. Start with a phenomena, review a range of instructional practices, and reflect on what to try on Monday. | Sandi Yellenberg | Jennifer Mutch | CISC - Science | All Sciences | 3-12 |
79 | Friday, October 18 | 2:30pm - 4:00pm | SJCC, LL21F | UC Scout: Online Curriculum for the Modern Classroom (Exhibitor) | Want to flip your classroom? Want to run a fully-online classroom? Need resources for assignments, labs or quizzes? We can help! UC Scout offers FREE, comprehensive, online curriculum. Learn how you and your students can benefit today! | Deauna Mansfield | All Sciences | 9-12 | ||
80 | Friday, October 18 | 2:30pm - 4:00pm | SJCC, 210C | Using the Lab experience to teach AP Biology Science Practices. | This session will use a hands-on Genetics Lab to explore ideas for incorporating the six AP Biology Science Practices into the AP Biology classroom using this fun hands-on experiment. | Allison Kittay | Life Science/Biology | 9-12 | ||
81 | Friday, October 18 | 2:30pm - 4:00pm | SJCC, LL20D | What Are Students Really Thinking About Core Ideas in Science? (Exhibitor) | How do you uncover what students' are really thinking? Experience a variety of probes and formative assessment classroom techniques (FACTs) that reveal alternative ideas students bring to or develop during instruction and how to embed them into an instructional cycle. | Page Keeley | Physics, Physical Science, Life Science/Biology, Earth/Space Science, Chemistry | ALL | ||
82 | Friday, October 18 | 4:20pm - 5:50pm | SJCC, 211A | Cells, Genetics, Ecology: NGSS Activities For 3D- Phenomena Based Instruction (Exhibitor) | Explore phenomenon-based activities and 3-Dimensional instruction by generating models, constructing explanations, and using computational thinking to explore cell structure/function, genetics, and ecological relationships. Employ the NGSS Science and Engineering Practices and Crosscutting Concepts with 3 crucial biology core ideas. | Carolina Teaching Partner | Life Science/Biology | 9-12 | ||
83 | Friday, October 18 | 4:20pm - 5:50pm | SJCC, LL21A | Connect Data, Tuva, & NGSS to Make Life/Earth Sciences Pop (Exhibitor) | Use local datasets and interactive data tools to make NGSS HS life/earth sciences come alive for your students! BYOD to explore how people learn from data, inquiry-based science lessons with data, and strategies to integrate data into classrooms. | Harshil Parikh | Earth/Space Science, Environmental Science, Integrated Science, Life Science/Biology | 9-12 | ||
84 | Friday, October 18 | 4:20pm - 5:50pm | SJCC, LL21C | Creating a successful STEAM competition | Learn how to craft a competition that engages all students, involves the community and enlivens your science curriculum. Can be scaled for classroom, school, district or county utilizing free Creative Commons resources. | Eric Bull | All Sciences | PreK-12 | ||
85 | Friday, October 18 | 4:20pm - 5:50pm | SJCC, 210E | Creating Sense-Making Notebooks in the Elementary Classroom | Ditch the foldables and coloring pages! Come learn how to help your K-5 students develop their 3-dimensional understanding of NGSS and build their literacy skills. Discover simple ways to incorporate sense-making notebooks into your science lessons. | Lesley Gates | All Sciences | PreK-5 | ||
86 | Friday, October 18 | 4:20pm - 5:50pm | SJCC, 114 | Demystifying Engineering in K-5 | Engineering is not as scary as it sounds! Join in on easy, collaborative engineering activities that are inexpensive. Grade specific engineering stations from the California Framework will give participants firsthand experiences of the engineering design process at the K-5 level. | Elena Lopez | Marie Lam deKrieger | Engineering | PreK-5 | |
87 | Friday, October 18 | 4:20pm - 5:50pm | SJCC, LL21E | Demystifying Performance Assessments (Exhibitor) | NGSS encourages us to move away from multiple choice and towards performance-based assessments. In this workshop, teachers learn to build meaningful performance assessments for their current lessons. See real student work, performance assessment rubrics and come away with sample assessments. | Lorraine Gueye | All Sciences | 3-8 | ||
88 | Friday, October 18 | 4:20pm - 5:50pm | SJCC, 212C | Down the Drain: Building a better storm drain | Design and construct different types of storm drain grates to keep trash out of the Bay's watershed. Participants discover how water systems function and how to use science and their own ideas to protect Earth's natural resources. | Claire Fowler | Tech Interactive | Environmental Science | 3-5 | |
89 | Friday, October 18 | 4:20pm - 5:50pm | SJCC, LL20A | Engineering Activities and Transferable Skills (Exhibitor) | This workshop explores why engineering is a key part of the NGSS, covering the principles of the engineering design process and introducing K–5 engineering activities that teach students transferable skills they can use in a range of contexts and careers. | Christopher Borjas | Engineering, All Sciences | PreK-5 | ||
90 | Friday, October 18 | 4:20pm - 5:50pm | SJCC, LL21B | Environment, Equity, Community Priorities - Science and Policy in Park Access | How can access to parks and beaches be improved while navigating questions of science and policy? Science, social science, and the Environmental Principles & Concepts come together in a project to engage students in the implications of community decision-making. | Annie Kohut Frankel | CEEIN | Environmental Science, Integrated Science, Life Science/Biology | 9-12 | |
91 | Friday, October 18 | 4:20pm - 5:50pm | SJCC, 210A | Exploring the Cell Cycle, Cancer and a "Guardian"� Gene | Use the phenomenon of cancer and regulatory genes to explore the cell cycle. Participants will explore online resources, gather information and analyze data to support a CER. Free classroom-ready materials from HHMI will be provided. Please bring your personal device. | Dana Navarro | HHMI | Life Science/Biology | 9-12 | |
92 | Friday, October 18 | 4:20pm - 5:50pm | SJCC, 212D | How Do You Know What They Know? Scaffolding Sensemaking | Do your students struggle with modeling? During this session, you will engage in a series of activities related to light, be supported to develop and refine a model while deepening your understanding of scaffolds that support modeling. | Dawn O'Connor | Channon Jackson | CSP | Physical Science, Life Science/Biology | PreK-5 |
93 | Friday, October 18 | 4:20pm - 5:50pm | SJCC, 210B | Making Waves: Seismic Waves Activities and Demonstrations | Hands on activities and effective animations and software are used to demonstrate important seismic wave characteristics and wave propagation, including the four types of seismic waves, the elastic rebound theory, earthquake location, and earthquake damage from seismic waves. | Sheryl Braile | Lawrence Braile | Earth/Space Science | 6-12 | |
94 | Friday, October 18 | 4:20pm - 5:50pm | SJCC, LL21D | NGSS for All Students: Supporting ELLs Using Collaborative Conversation Strategies | Experience discourse protocols that help all students access content, develop models, construct explanations, and argue from evidence, and provide specific support to English Learners. Participate in a 5E lesson focused on energy transfer while engaging in collaborative conversation strategies. | Elisa J. Slee | Becky Friedland | Physical Science, All Sciences | PreK-12 | |
95 | Friday, October 18 | 4:20pm - 5:50pm | SJCC, 220C | OpenSciEd: Supporting Teachers with Free, High-Quality Instructional Materials | OpenSciEd aims to improve science education through the development and implementation of high-quality, freely available, science instructional materials. Participants will experience an OpenSciEd unit, explore the instructional model and walk away with access to additional OpenSciEd units. | Sarah Delaney | Jim Ryan | All Sciences | 6-8 | |
96 | Friday, October 18 | 4:20pm - 5:50pm | SJCC, 210G | Phenomena-based Science Instruction: Engage Your Students! (Exhibitor) | Phenomena is different in the areas of science and engineering. Both phenomena and design problems are referred to as anchors. By using the NGSS Science and Engineering Practices (SEPs), teachers will be able to extend their interactions with students in both science and engineering. Teachers can structure their instructional sequences to use phenomenon in four different ways. These include anchor phenomena, student generated questions, investigative questions, and investigative phenomena. This session will offer examples and experiences with these "phenomenal"� strategies in the classroom. Finally, participants will learn how to use Crosscutting Concept (CCC) questions to help students figure out phenomena through a hands-on activity. | Amanda McGee | Kristin Majda | STEMscopes | ||
97 | Friday, October 18 | 4:20pm - 5:50pm | SJCC, 210C | Salty Science: From Natural Resource to Ecosystem Restoration | Salty Science is a STEAM workshop which hooks students with the phenomena of brightly colored salt ponds around San Francisco Bay. The unit explores the chemistry of salt, the science of minerals, and the restoration of ecosystems devastated by mining. | Goldie Malone | Ildiko Stennis | Physical Science, Life Science/Biology, Earth/Space Science | 6-8 | |
98 | Friday, October 18 | 4:20pm - 5:50pm | SJCC, 210D | Supporting Student Success and Consistent Grading when Forming Hypotheses | In accordance with NGSS educators are seeking to provide performance-based, interactive, rigorous assessments. This session will focus on how educators can frame goals in order to scaffold for student success and their own sanity! BYOD! Walk away with rubrics, lessons. | Janice Gobert | Charity Staudenraus | Integrated Science, Physical Science, All Sciences | 6-12 | |
99 | Friday, October 18 | 4:20pm - 5:50pm | SJCC, 210F | The Whats and Hows of Phenomena | This interactive session will model how to use phenomena to help students build their understanding of science concepts in DCIs. We will analyze teaching strategies, and criteria for good phenomena which can be transferable to any grade level. | Sandi Yellenberg | Jennifer Mutch | CISC - Science | All Sciences | PreK-5 |
100 | Friday, October 18 | 4:20pm - 5:50pm | SJCC, 210H | Using Earthquakes and Other Natural-Hazard Phenomena for Effective Middle-School Storylines (Exhibitor) | Student understanding in science is best achieved when designed through storylines built around engaging phenomena. This hands-on workshop provides opportunities to develop effective Middle School storylines of instruction built around relevant and exciting Natural-Hazard-related phenomena, with a focus on earthquakes. | Michael Wysession | Earth/Space Science | 6-8 |