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Washington Science Teachers Association
Annual Conference
WSTA 2015
TH E NEXT WAVES O F SCIE N CE
CCSS
NG S S +
+ ST EM
OC T BER 2 3 25
O
SHORELINE WA
WSTA-Washington Science
Teachers Association
@WSTAScience
Amplitude of Next Generation Science
Frequency of STEM
Wavelengths of Literacy: Reading,
Writing, Speaking, and Listening in
Science
October 23-25, 2015 | Shorecrest High School
Table of Contents
Letter from the Chair 2
Acknowledgements 3
Conference Overview & General Information 4-5
Facility Map 6
Keynote Speakers 8
Strands 9
Conference at a Glance 10-13
Session Details 14-28
Exhibitors 29-31
WSTA History, Mission, & Goals 32
WSTA Board of Directors 33
WSTA Science Teachers of the Year
Stephanie Haegele, Pope Elementary,
Puyallup SD
Michael Holst, WF West HS, Chehalis SD
Becca Drury, Cascade K-8, Shoreline SD
Dr. Philip Bell, University of Washington
Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching
State Finalists
Trevor Macduff, Three Rivers HomeLink,
Lois Sherwood, Port Townsend High School,
Richland SD
Port Townsend SD
Jeffrey Wehr, Odessa High School,
Odessa SD
Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching
Awardee
Gretel von Bargen, Skyline High School, Issaquah SD
LETTER FROM THE CHAIR
Dear Friends and Colleagues:
On behalf of the Washington Science Teachers Association and our conference committee, welcome to
the Shoreline area and Shorecrest High School! We are excited that you have dedicated this weekend to
sharing your expertise and making connections between NGSS, CCSS, and STEM.
In developing this year’s theme “Waves” seemed very appropriate. With so many changes those in our
profession are navigating, our three strands address the wealth of opportunites we have to help students
make real connections between learning that happens inside and outside of the classroom.
I want to give my personal thanks to the conference committee and Board Members who have
volunteered many long hours preparing for this year’s conference. Nancy Ridenour has gathered the
most exhibitors we have had at a conference in years. John McNamara for soliciting sponsorships, getting
the app and survey up and ready, and offering much advice learned from last year’s conference. Vince
Santo Pietro and Johanna Phillips have coordinated student volunteers and facilities so that we have a
comfortable and enjoyable experience. Lolo Sherwood and Don Pruett for arranging field trips and tours
and charting the course for our professional development opportunites. Andy Boyd and Midge Yergen
for help in the recognition of our award winners. Rick Florek and Karen Madsen for making registration
run smoothly. We hope that you will be able to apply what you learned here to your classroom and that
this weekend proves to be not only educational, but also inspiring.
Please make yourself at home and participate in all that is offered, including a visit to the exhibitors,
the wide variety of workshop sessions, inspirational keynote speakers, and delicious coffee and snacks
prepared by students. Have a great weekend and enjoy beautiful Shorecrest High School!
Lisa Chen, Science Specialist
Shoreline School District
WSTA Region 10 Representative
2015 Conference Chair
WSTA 2015
TH E NEXT WAVES O F SCIE N C E
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Logo by Mark Seniw
2 | Waves: WSTA 2015 Conference
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
& WSTA 2015 Conference Committee
Many thanks are owed to the people who have spent countless hours preparing for the 2015 conference
here in Shoreline. Their dedication and hard work is appreciated!
Exhibitor Coordinator
Nancy Ridenour, Omak High School
Sponsorship Coordinator
John McNamara, WSTA
Field Trip Coordinator
Lolo Sherwood, Port Townsend HIgh School
Tour Coordinator
Don Pruett, Sumner High School
Facilities Coordinator
Johanna Phillips, Shorecrest High School
Student Volunteers
Coordinators
Vince Santo Pietro, Shorecrest High School
Suzanne Monson, Shorecrest High School
Webmaster
Rick Florek, Bush Middle School, Tumwater
Treasurer, Budget Master
Karen Madsen, WSTA
Awards Coordinator Andy Boyd, Almira/Coulee-Hartline High School
Program Reviewers
Stephanie Beardriel, Garfield Elementary, Everett
Ellen Ebert, OSPI
Dana Marsden, Mountlake Terrace High School
John McNamara, WSTA 2014 Conference Chair
Bob Sotak, WSTA Long Range Planner
Special thanks are also due to:
Lori Longo, Shorecrest High School Principal
Edmonds Community College Food Service and Catering
Shorecrest High School Culinary Arts
Shorecrest High School DECA and Scot Shoppe
Shorecrest High School Pipers and Highland Dancers
Shoreline School District Facilities and Athletics
A final thank you goes to our many presenters for sharing their time and expertise to contribute to our
field as well as our sponsors and premier exhibitors for helping to underwrite this conference.
Platinum Partner
Gold Partner
Silver Partners
College of Sciences
College of Education and
Professional Studies
Waves: WSTA 2015 Conference | 3
CONFERENCE OVERVIEW
& General Information
Friday, October 23rd
8:00AM-7:00PM Registration open at Conference Hotel; Field Trips and Tours;
Pre-conference Workshops
Saturday, October 24th
7:00-8:00AM
8:00-9:00 8:00AM-6:00PM
9:10-10:40
10:50-11:50
12:00-1:00PM
1:00-2:00
Registration, Scot Shoppe open
Welcome (Gym)
Exhibit Hall open (Commons)
90 Min. Sessions (S1)
Lunch, Visit the Exhibitors
Keynote (Gym): Peter McLaren Bundling the NGSS Performance Expectations
Exhibitor Hall Social (Commons)
Awards, Keynote: Carl Hensman Dealing With The Crap Of
2:10-3:40
3:50-4:50
4:30-6:00
7:00-10:30pm
Developing World Sanitation
(Reception at Pacific Science Center, Seattle. Attendance by pre-registration only.)
Sunday, October 25th
7:00-8:00AM
8:00-9:00
9:10-10:40 10:50-11:50
12:00-1:00PM
1:00-2:00
Registration, Scot Shoppe open
Keynote (Gym): Ann McMahon STEM as Equity for All 90 Min. Sessions (S5)
Regional Networking Lunch (for rooms, see next page)
Annual Meeting & Prizes (Gym)
General Information
Facility Information
Awards Reception Information
A facility map is located on page 6. Student
volunteers are available to point you in the right
direction and answer any questions you may have.
Look for them with special “Volunteer” nametags.
Event will be held at the Pacific Science Center.
Attendance is by pre-registration only.
Wireless Internet Access
The guest access password will be posted in the
session rooms and at the Registration table.
6:30 PM
7:00-8:30
8:30-10:00
10:30
Buses depart Hotel and Shorecrest
Dessert Buffet in Exhibit
Awards & Keynote: Carl Hensman
Buses depart from event
Official Conference Hotel
Hampton Inn & Suites - Lynnwood/North Seattle
19324 Alderwood Mall Parkway,
Lynnwood, WA 98036
CONFERENCE OVERVIEW (cont.)
Additional Information
Clock Hours
Find us on Social Media
Clock hours will be provided by WSTA for a flat fee
of $25. Please find a WSTA Representative at the
Clock Hour table, next to the Registration Table
in the Main Lobby when you are ready to fill out
the paperwork near the end of your stay at the
conference.
Facebook
Twitter
Conference App
Available for download to iOS and Android
devices. Search for WSTA2015 in the App Store or
GooglePlay or scan this QR code to download:
Conference Evaluations
Please let us know how we can make future
conferences better. The conference evaluation
can be found online at:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/N288Y6X
Field Trips and Tours (Friday)
For descriptions go to:
http://www.wsta.net/page-1863493
WSTA-Washington Science Teachers Association
@WSTAScience
Regional Networking Lunch (Sunday)
This is a great time to share needs and wants,
resources, and other professional development
opportunties available in your region. Not sure
which region you belong to? Find your region on
our website: http://www.wsta.net/regions
Region
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Scot Shoppe
All that thinking has gotten you hungry? Did
you run of the door in excitement and forget your
breakfast? Shorecrest’s student store will be open
on Saturday from 7-11 AM and Sunday from 7-9
AM and features handcrafted coffee, breakfast and
snack items on the go. Cash only.
Reading the Session Schedules
ROOM 232
© NGSS STEM 6-8
Communicating Information from Waves
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Session Title
Session Description
Presenter(s)
Organization(s), (in
order of Presenters)
Presenter Email
Participants in this hands-on workshop will design, build
and test prototypes of information communication systems
that incorporate electricity and waves. This lesson is from
the new middle school STC Program: MYGEN Edition of
Electricity, Waves and Information Transfer. The Smithsonian
Science Education Center has written this unit explicity
for the topic arrangement of the Next Generation Science
Standards. Participants will be provided with the concept
storyline which lays out the progression of learning and
understandings that students will experience in this unit and
additional resources.
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Grade Level Targets
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Presenters: Kendall Moen and Paula Tripp
Carolina Biological Supply Co.
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NOTES
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Peter McLaren, is currently the Director of State and District
Support for Science at Achieve, Inc.
Before joining Achieve, Peter McLaren was the Science and Technology
Specialist for the Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) where he
supported districts in matters pertaining to K-12 science standards and
policy issues in curriculum, instruction, and assessment as well as technology
education. He was also President of the Council of State Science Supervisors
(CSSS), serving from July, 2010 until April, 2013. McLaren was also a member
of the National Academy of Science Committee for Developing Assessments
of Science Proficiency in K-12 Education as well as the National Academy of
Engineering Committee on Guiding Implementation of K-12 Engineering
Education and has also served as a member of the national writing committee for the Next Generation
Science Standards (NGSS). An award winning educator Peter was recognized with the Milken Family
Foundation National Educator Award (2001) and as the Rhode Island Science Teacher of the Year (1995) by
the MIT sponsored, Network of Educators of Science and Technology. Over his career as a teacher McLaren
taught science at both the high school and middle levels.
Carl Hensman leads the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene team at
the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Before joining the foundation, Carl was an Energy Program Manager for King
County, WA, focusing on resource recovery in the Wastewater Treatment
Division. Other past roles include: Chief Technology Officer for Asemblon; Chief
Scientist/Engineer, Principal, and Director on the Board of Frontier Geosciences
Inc. Carl has also been an employee of DowElanco, Exxon. and British Coal.
He has also been an Adjunct Faculty member at Clemson University, served
on the National Coal Council, and the NCC Coal Policies Board. Carl has been
published in over a dozen peer-reviewed journals, co-authored a book, and
served as a scientific advisor at the state and federal level. Carl received his
doctorate from New Mexico State University in Applied Chemistry and spent
two and a half years as a postdoctoral fellow at The Ohio State University.
Ann McMahon is Vice President of Science and Education at
Pacific Science Center and Co-Director of Washington State
LASER.
She is dedicated to inspiring science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
(STEM) learning from cradle to career and beyond. A satellite engineer for
McDonnell Douglas in St. Louis (now The Boeing Company) for ten years prior
to her career in science education, Dr. McMahon has taught preschool and
elementary school science and worked as a professional development provider
of K-12 inquiry-based science and engineering practices. For fifteen years, she
taught physics and astronomy in a graduate course series for K–8 teachers at
Washington University in St. Louis. Since 2003, Dr. McMahon has served on
the national faculty of the Smithsonian Science Education Center’s Leadership
Assistance for Science Education Reform (LASER). Dr. McMahon’s research bridges the K-12 education and
professional engineering communities of practice. Her 2012 TEDxGladstone talk addresses the role of
empathy in engineering.
STRANDS
Amplitude of Next Generation Science
Look for sessions tagged
NGSS
Effective science instruction integrates the three dimensions of the science
and engineering practices, disciplinary core ideas, and crosscutting concepts
in curriculum, instruction, and assessment. This shifts the focus in the science
classroom to a student-centered environment where they are asking questions,
carrying out investigations, developing models, and constructing explanations to
explain phenomena and solve problems in ways that build their understanding of
core ideas. Allowing all students opportunities to work collaboratively, communicate
effectively, problem solve, and make decisions based upon evidence are essential
skills not just in science but in life. This strand is intended to provide educators and
stakeholders with strategies to move all students beyond the traditional classroom
and prepare them to thrive in a global economy.
Frequency of STEM
STEM
Engineering is a systematic practice of design to find solutions to problems utilizing
scientific and mathematical practices and knowledge. By defining and delimiting
problems, designing solutions, and optimizing the designs, students can undertake
projects related to local, national, or global issues such as climate change and
ocean acidification. Applying our understanding of the natural world and of human
behavior to design ways to satisfy human needs and wants results in technology.
Workshops and sessions for this conference strand will engage participants in the
interconnectedness of science, technology, engineering and math for classrooms at
all levels.
Wavelengths of Literacy: Reading, Writing,
Speaking, and Listening in Science
CCSS
The Common Core State Standards emphasize the need for all students to be
literate in science and technical subjects. Students can integrate literacy skills and
develop strong content knowledge in science through the scientific and engineering
practices of constructing explanations and designing solutions; engaging
in argument from evidence; and obtaining, evaluating, and communicating
information. By reading, writing, speaking, and listening in science, students can
make meaning of scientific phenomena that they observe and investigate. This
strand will demonstrate how science supports literacy and literacy supports science,
what strategies can be utilized that support common cognitive processes in literacy
and science, and why teachers should incorporate best practices in literacy for all
students.
CONFERENCE AT A GLANCE
Friday
8:00-7:00 Registration open at Conference Hotel; Field Trips and Tours
Pre-conference Sessions | Friday
NGSS and ELA Together
LIVELY ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER
NGSS CCSS 3-8
Supporting the NGSS with Process-Oriented Guided-Inquiry Learning
SHORELINE CENTER HORIZON ROOM
NGSS CCSS STEM 6-12
Saturday
7:00-6:00 Registration open
7:00-11:00 Scot Shoppe open
8:00-6:00 Exhibit Hall open (Commons)
8:00-9:00 Welcome, Student Performances (Gym)
S1 | Saturday AM | 9:10-10:40
Brains-Computers-Machines: Neural Engineering in the Science Classroom
ROOM 324
NGSS CCSS STEM 6-12
Diagnostic Formative Assessment Tools to Support Building on Learner Thinking
ROOM 346
NGSS 6-12
Engineering for Elementary Students: Carts that Go From Here to There
ROOM 321 STEM K-6 ©
Interdisciplinary Learning for a Changing Planet
ROOM 233
NGSS 6-12
Linking Literacy & Science
ROOM 192 CCSS K-6
NGSS? Got it covered!
ROOM 323 STEM 9-12
nPower Girls: Cultivating Interest and Achievement in STEM
ROOM 247 STEM K-8
Reproductive Technologies
ROOM 180
NGSS CCSS STEM 9-16 ©
STEM Projects for the Middle School Classroom
ROOM 229 STEM 6-8 ©
The Cell Cycle
ROOM 249
The E in STEM is Engineering Solutions in the STEM Classroom
ROOM 231 STEM K-8 ©
The Three Dimensions in NGSS
ROOM 210
NGSS 6-12 ©
Type 2 Diabetes: A complex disease of gene and environment interaction
ROOM 243
NGSS 9-16
Half-day | Saturday AM | 9:10-12:10
Bringing Climate Change into Your High School Science Classroom
ROOM 337
NGSS 9-16
Educator 2 Educator Closed Session
ROOM 311
NGSS K-16
MiniOne Electrophoresis: Revolutionizing Biotechnology in Real-Time
ROOM 327
NGSS CCSS 6-16 ©
Shared Goals in NGSS and CCLA for Upper Elementary Students
ROOM 347
NGSS CCSS K-8
All-day | Saturday | 9:10-5:10
Fitting Computer Science in Your Class
ROOM 339
STEM K-6
S2 | Saturday AM | 10:50-11:50
Aquaponics in the Classroom
ROOM 323
NGSS STEM 9-12
Environmental and Sustainability Standards
ROOM 242
NGSS K-12
Focus and Explore Wave Energy and STEM Education K-8
ROOM 232
NGSS STEM K-6 ©
Genetics: Crazy Traits and CPO’s new Link Learning Module
ROOM 248
NGSS 6-12 ©
Getting ready for the 2017 All American Total Solar Eclipse
ROOM 340 NGSS 6-8
How Students Learn: Problem-Based Learning in STEM Education
ROOM 244
NGSS 6-16
Inq-ITS: An Intelligent Tutoring System for Science Inquiry
ROOM 208 NGSS 6-8 ©
Integrating STEM with Clean Energy Activities
ROOM 313
STEM K-12 ©
Learning to Use WSTA Learning Center
ROOM 233
NGSS K-12
Supporting English Language Learners in High School Science through Common
Core and Language Acquisition Strategies
ROOM 230
CCSS 6-12
The “E” in STEM is your Friend
ROOM 207
STEM 6-12
11:50-1:00 Lunch, Visit the Exhibitors (Commons)
1:00-2:00 Keynote: Peter McLaren Bundling the NGSS Performance Expectations (Gym)
S3 | Saturday PM | 2:10-3:40
Building, evaluating, and using systems models
ROOM 323
NGSS STEM 9-16
ROOM 232
NGSS STEM 6-8 ©
Engineering Design-Drain Rangers Stormwater Curriculums
ROOM 324
CCSS STEM K-8
Focusing Solar Collectors- A STEM project + blended learning unit
ROOM 247
NGSS 6-12 ©
Investigating a Cliff Model
ROOM 249
Life and Times of Washington State
ROOM 192
NGSS K-12
Next Generation Climate Change Curriculum for Middle School
ROOM 321
NGSS STEM 6-8
Roller Coasters--the ultimate “guide on the side” way to teach middle school
physics
ROOM 210 NGSS 6-8
Sowing the Seeds of Neuroscience
ROOM 243 NGSS 6-8
Successful use of Argumentation and Discourse in the STEM Classroom
ROOM 231
STEM 6-12 ©
Half-day | Saturday PM | 2:10-5:10
Rocket into Space!
ROOM 180
NGSS 6-12
Science and Writing: Research-Based Approach That Enhances Learning in Both Domains
ROOM 346
CCSS K-6
S4 | Saturday PM | 3:50-4:50
A STEM Activity for Physics and Physical Science
ROOM 337
NGSS 6-12
Effective Science Centered Language Development Strategies
ROOM 340
CCSS K-6 ©
Enhancing Classroom Learning Through Digital Dissection
ROOM 207
NGSS K-16
Fun with Atom Building Games and the Periodic Table
ROOM 248
NGSS 6-12 ©
Investigating Renewable Energy with KidWind and Vernier
ROOM 244
NGSS STEM K-12 ©
Light and Sound Progression
ROOM 327
NGSS K-12
Models as tools for teaching content. Models as content to teach.
ROOM 347
NGSS K-12
Pull back the covers on models and simulations - Coding in Science
ROOM 313
NGSS 6-8
Reaching All Students by Differentiating Science Instruction
ROOM 230
School-wide STEM: Strategies for Ensuring Each Student has a STEM Future
ROOM 311
STEM K-12
Science/Engineering Notebooks Support All Standards
ROOM 242
CCSS K-8
STEM & Certification Renewal Requirements
ROOM 229
NGSS STEM K-12
Transform Your Science Classroom Into Their Thriving Research Laboratory!
ROOM 208
NGSS CCSS STEM K-16
4:30-6:00
7:00-10:30
Sunday
7:00-2:30
7:00-9:00
Exhibit Hall Reception (Commons)
Awards Reception, Keynote: Carl Hensman
(Event at Pacific Science Center, Seattle. Attendance by pre-registration only.)
Registration Open
Scot Shoppe Open
S5 | Sunday AM | 9:10-10:40
Capturing Student Data for Reading, Writing and Science Practices
ROOM 347
CCSS K-12
ELLs and the NGSS: Connecting English Language Proficiency and Science
ROOM 247
CCSS K-12
Energy Matters: A Project-based Approach to Conservation
ROOM 313
NGSS STEM 6-12
Energy Transfers and Renewable Energy
ROOM 323
NGSS STEM K-12
S5 Continued | Sunday AM | 9:10-10:40
Engineering Albedo
ROOM 233
STEM 6-12
Engineering Education: How this Helps Underrepresented and Minority Students
Meet Next Generation Science Standards
ROOM 232
NGSS 6-8
Fitbits, Light Probes and Zillow: Quantification and the NGSS & CCSSM
ROOM 321
STEM 6-12
Gamification 101
ROOM 243
STEM K-16
Hope Heart and NGSS a healthy combination!
ROOM 192
NGSS K-12
How the nematode C. elegans maintains balance in a changing environment
ROOM 324
NGSS 9-16
How to Unpack the NGSS with 3-Dimensional Learning
ROOM 231
NGSS 6-8 ©
Simple Methods for Outdoor Environmental Science Investigations Supporting
NGSS Practice
ROOM 249
NGSS STEM 6-8 ©
Subtle Shifts in Instruction
ROOM 327
NGSS K-8
The Lives of Stars
ROOM 339
NGSS 9-12
ROOM 311
NGSS K-12 ©
S6 | Sunday AM | 10:50-11:50
A Puget Sound Mystery: Chemical Oceanography for Middle School Students
ROOM 337
NGSS 6-8
Advanced Inquiry Program at Woodland Park Zoo: A Master’s Degree for Educators
ROOM 230
NGSS K-16
Available: PNW Spot for M.Y.S.P.A.C.E. Team
ROOM 207
NGSS 6-12
Creating NGSS Proficiency Scales for Standards-Based Instruction and Assessment
ROOM 233
NGSS K-16
Introducing the Scientific and Engineering Practices to Young Learners
ROOM 340
NGSS STEM K-6 ©
M.J. Murdock-Partners in Science grants
ROOM 210
NGSS 9-12 ©
Modeling Patterns in Nature
ROOM 242
NGSS 9-12
Questions and Answers about the State Science Assessments
ROOM 180
NGSS K-12
Science and the Global Community
ROOM 229
NGSS CCSS K-12 ©
Strategies for Implementing Next Generation Science Standards to Raise
Washington Test Scores
ROOM 208
NGSS CCSS STEM K-12 ©
Supporting STEM Students: Their Curiosity is Our Innovation
ROOM 346
STEM 9-16
Survival in a Dangerous Environment
ROOM 244
CCSS K-12
Teen Take Heart Health: Intersections of Teen Cardiac Health with NGSS
ROOM 248
NGSS CCSS STEM 9-12
Pre-conference Sessions | Friday
SHORELINE CENTER HORIZON ROOM
Pre-registration required, $25 fee
NGSS CCSS STEM 6-12
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Supporting the NGSS with Process-Oriented
Guided-Inquiry Learning
In this lecture-free short course we will immerse ourselves in a
structured collaborative learning environment as we analyze the
NGSS framework and Science and Engineering Practices (SEPs). We
will investigate the use of roles in group learning, the underlying
learning cycle structure of POGIL activities, the relationship
between POGIL process skills and SEPs, and the teacher facilitation
skills utilized in a POGIL lesson. We will leave with new skills we can
apply in our classes on Monday morning.
Presenters: Mare Sullivan, Julia Jones, and Amanda
Crisostomo
SESSION DETAILS
LIVELY ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER
Pre-registration required, $75 fee
NGSS CCSS 3-8
9:00 AM - 3:30 PM
NGSS & ELA Together
Integrating ELA Performance Assessments with
Field Studies
Learn to truly integrate Next Generation Science Standards, and
Common Core English Language Arts, through field science
investigations. Specially Designed for Grades 3-8 Teachers in
English Language Arts, Science and Social Studies.
Presenters: Patricia Otto and Kristin Edlund
Pacific Education Institute
Seattle Pacific University School of Education, Pasco High
School, and Lincoln High School (Tacoma)
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SESSION DETAILS
ROOM 324
S1 | Saturday AM | 9:10-10:40
NGSS CCSS STEM 6-12
Brains-Computers-Machines: Neural Engineering
in the Science Classroom
Stumped on how to bring in contemporary science and
engineering design into your classes? Join us in exploring a
growing library of teacher-authored curriculum resources (Grades
6-12). Sensorimotor neural engineering is a high interest topic
that applies STEM concepts toward helping to improve the lives
of people with neurological disorders. In this workshop, you will
engage with devices—such as an EMG SpikerBox and Arduino Uno
rigs—that illustrate basic concepts of the sensorimotor feedback
loop. Leave with classroom-ready resources!
Presenters: Kristen Bergsman and Eric Chudler
University of Washington
ROOM 346
NGSS 6-12
Diagnostic Formative Assessment Tools to Support
Building on Learner Thinking
Diagnoser.com has free, online assessment and instruction tools
to assist teachers in eliciting and diagnosing student thinking with
respect to learning goals. Tools also include lessons specifically
designed to use science practices to address misconceptions as
well as disciplinary content goals. Many teachers are using the
online Teacher Report data to monitor student learning and to
inform next day decisions for instruction. Attendees can register
during the session and will have access to the tools. Bring your
computer.
NGSS 6-12
Interdisciplinary Learning for a Changing Planet
Science literacy and data literacy are critical in helping us make
everyday decisions that affect our environment and our global
society. In this hands-on workshop, the presenter will engage
participants in interdisciplinary activities that help students explore
human impacts on the planet including population growth, climate
change, and biodiversity loss. The presented activities build skills
in science, math, social sciences, and language arts, while applying
learning to authentic problems. Receive activities and background
materials on CD-ROM.
Presenter: Lois Sherwood
Port Townsend High School
ROOM 192 CCSS K-6
Linking Literacy & Science
Are you trying to integrate reading, writing, communication, and
science? Does it have you stumped? Come to this session to receive
great strategies that increase student engagement, academic
vocabulary, and will help you to integrate CCSS and NGSS!
Presenter: Kate Lindholm
Moses Lake School District
ROOM 323 STEM 9-12 NGSS? Got it covered!
Presenter: Jim Minstrell
Facet Innovations
ROOM 321 ROOM 233
© STEM K-6 Engineering for Elementary Students: Carts that
Go From Here to There
Tackle an engineering design problem by creating a moving cart
with criteria and constraints. Experience effective strategies that
enhance conceptual understanding at each stage of the design
process—defining the problem, developing possible solutions,
and improving the design. Encounter a learning environment
that supports NGSS Science and Engineering Practices along
with Disciplinary Core Ideas and Crosscutting Concepts. Handout
includes a NGSS aligned lesson guide.
Presenters: Chris Sheridan and Michelle Morrison
FOSS Professional Development Consultant and Tacoma Public
Schools
Bring engineering to your biology course. Engage students with a
case study involving halophiles as indicators of ecosystem health.
Challenge students to design, build, use a data collection device
and collaborate to address an environmental issue.
Presenters: Claudia Ludwig and Mari Knutson Herbert
Institute for Systems Biology and Lynden High School
ROOM 247 STEM K-8
nPower Girls: Cultivating Interest and
Achievement in STEM
This session will highlight several programs initiated by the nPower
Girls professional development program, including sample STEM
activities and research-based practices for getting - and keepinggirls engaged in STEM.
Presenter: Vickei Hrdina
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ROOM 180 © NGSS CCSS STEM 9-16 Reproductive Technologies
Oncofertility encompasses a new field of medical approaches for
preserving fertility in patients before their cancer treatment begins.
Oncofertility integrates biology, anatomy, physiology and provides
real-life medical and research examples for students. Scientists are
freezing reproductive tissues for transplantation and using tissue
bioengineering to restore fertility. Hands-on activities include
determining optimal cryopreservation solutions for tissues, and
exploring alginate as a biomaterial. A new oncofertility curriculum
will be presented along with the website where teachers can access
free NGSS-aligned curricular materials.
Presenters: Lynda Jones, Mary Zelinski, PhD, and
Diana Gordon
Oregon National Primate Research Center
ROOM 231 © STEM 6-8
STEM Projects for the Middle School Classroom
Two of the problems with integrating STEM into the science or
math classroom are the lack of intentionality and finding great
ideas. This session will look at what make good STEM projects, and
different projects for the middle school classroom that intentionally
include all areas of STEM. The projects include Life, Earth and
Physical Science areas and truly incorporate Engineering Design,
Application of Technology, Mathematical Skills for Analysis and the
related Science Application. Finally a series of beneficial resources
will be examined with teachers in mind. Teachers will leave with
engaging projects that they can use in their classrooms.
Presenter: DJ West
McGraw-Hill Education
ROOM 249 © NGSS CCSS STEM 9-12
The Cell Cycle
Participants explore the role of the cell cycle in the growth and
development of various normal tissues, the factors that regulate
the cycle and the disruptions that lead to cancer. The activity and
approaches presented are from the “Cell Biology: World Health”
unit of SEPUP’s Science and Global Issues.
Presenter: Fabienne Conrad
Lab-Aids
© STEM K-8
The E in STEM is Engineering Solutions in the
STEM Classroom
The E in STEM is about using the Engineering Design Process
to solve problems. Often times, as teachers are planning to
implement an engineering challenge, they get bogged down in
the facilitation of a challenge that turns into a competition, which
may cause a loss of focus and the rigorous content. This interactive,
engaging, and hands-on session where the EDP is investigated,
collaboration and consensus are challenged, and facilitation
techniques are modeled.
Presenter: Terry Talley
Accelerate Learning
ROOM 210 ROOM 229 SESSION DETAILS
© NGSS K-12 The Three Dimensions in NGSS
Join us as we explore the Next Generation Science Standards,
discuss the instructional shifts inherent in the standards and how
three-dimensional learning will set your students up for success.
Practical classroom examples and hands-on opportunities will be
provided.
Presenters: Jennifer Garrison and Mike Bryant
Discovery Education
ROOM 243 NGSS 9-16
Type 2 Diabetes: A complex disease of gene and
environment interactions
Type 2 Diabetes (t2d) provides a context for learning concepts
like homeostasis and how genes and environment determine
our traits. This curriculum explores physiological, behavioral,
and social factors that affect glucose balance and diabetes risk.
Participants will engage in several lessons from the unit, in which
they examine scientific data to elicit questions about t2d, model
glucose homeostasis for healthy, prediabetic and diabetic people,
and explore how genetic and environmental factors can disrupt
glucose homeostasis and lead to t2d.
Presenters: Maureen Munn and Nancy Coulson
University of Washington and Mount Vernon High School
SESSION DETAILS
ROOM 337
Half-day | Saturday AM | 9:10-12:10
NGSS 9-16
ROOM 327
© NGSS CCSS 6-16 Bringing Climate Change into Your High School
Science Classroom
MiniOne Electrophoresis: Revolutionizing
Biotechnology in Real-Time
Climate science can be integrated in biology, chemistry,
environmental science and physics courses with the right resources
and a little guidance. In this session we (1) review available
resources (including UW and http://cleanet.org/) (2) explore the
National Climate Assessment and IPCC reports as they relate
to NGSS core ideas and standards, and (3) learn the basics of
our ocean acidification module and other locally relevant labs
and discuss how to teach them in your classroom. Clock hours
available. Please bring a laptop with Excel, if available.
The MiniOne Electrophoresis enables students to start seeing DNA
bands within 5 minutes. Complete a lab from casting the gel to
taking a picture for analysis within a 45 minute class period. Labs
are all hands-on, encouraging students to employ the scientific
method and take ownership of their work. The MiniOne makes
teaching electrophoresis concepts easy for teachers and engaging
for students. Come check out the MiniOne workshop and bring
your phone for quick gel documentation.
Presenters: Miriam Bertram and Hilary Palevsky
CLOSED SESSION | ROOM 311 NGSS K-16
Educator 2 Educator
This is a reflection/update session for participants in the
E3 Washington Educator 2 Educator EPA grant. The grant
focuses developing collaborations between community based
environmental education groups and school districts to implement
NGSS during the development of sustainable school/district-based
environmental education programs.
Presenters: Richard Chan and Adrienne Houck
Embitec
ROOM 347 NGSS CCSS K-8
Shared Goals in NGSS and CCLA for Upper
Elementary Students
Explore how students can effectively achieve common goals in
both Common Core Language Arts and Next Generation Science
Standards during science instruction. Participants will experience
exemplary ocean science curriculum that involves supporting ideas
with evidence.
Presenter: Laura Tucker
Presenter: Lisa Eschenbach
Curriculum and Professional Development Specialist
E3 Washington
All-day | Saturday | 9:10-5:10
ROOM 339
STEM K-6
Fitting Computer Science in Your Class
Computer science is foundational knowledge for all students in
the 21st century. But a lot of schools don’t teach it, especially at the
elementary level.
Presenters: Nicole Reitz-Larsen and Tracey Sconyers
code.org
SESSION DETAILS
S2 | Saturday AM | 10:50-11:50
ROOM 323 NGSS STEM 9-12
Aquaponics in the Classroom
Aquaponics can be used as an engaging and beneficial STEM
experience in the classroom. Learn how to set up systems and how
to connect meaningful curriculum to the experience for Biology
and Environmental Science courses.
Presenters: Claudia Ludwig, Jessica Day, and Dexter
Chapin
Institute for Systems Biology and Seattle Academy of Arts and
Sciences
ROOM 242 NGSS K-12
Environmental and Sustainability Standards
Environmental and Sustainability Standards intersect, complement,
and create learning contexts for the NGSS. This interactive session
will showcase a few examples of how ESE standards support active
science learning. Teachers will receive electronic copies of the ESE
Connections Document.
Presenters: Rochelle Gandour-Rood and Janet
Charnley
OSPI and The Evergreen School
ROOM 232
© NGSS STEM K-6
Focus and Explore Wave Energy and STEM
Education K-8
Focus on getting started with STEM education while effectively
teaching the Next Generation Science Standards through inquirybased practices instruction. Explore how to prepare your students
for future careers in the 21st-century workforce and ensure
effective achievement. Leave with tools to accelerate your STEM
journey.
© NGSS 6-12 CPO’s new Crazy Traits Link learning module uses STEM and NGSS
strategies in a real-time tablet based learning environment to learn
genetics. Concepts like traits, alleles, phenotypes, genotypes, and
heredity will come alive as you create crazy creatures with a unique
kit, and study probability, dominance, and recession.
Frey Scientific / CPO Science
NGSS 6-8
Now is the time to prepare for the astronomical event of 2017.
Suggestions for how to make this a community-wide event will be
provided, as well as effective learning activities so that educators in
both in-school and out-of-school settings can use this astronomical
event of the year as a “hook” to help people learn more about
science, develop their skills using the scientific practices and to use
models to understand why eclipse occur.
Presenter: Dennis Schatz
Pacific Science Center
ROOM 244 NGSS 6-16
How Students Learn: Problem-Based Learning in
STEM Education
The most effective way to increase student academic achievement
and career preparedness is to build teacher instructional capacity.
Washington Alliance for Better Schools’ STEM Externship and
Fellows programs were developed to provide intensive professional
development for teachers from member districts around problembased learning, in collaboration with higher education and STEM
industry partners. The process of confronting ill-structured,
messy problems equip s students with essential 21st century
skills: creativity, critical thinking, innovation, communication,
collaboration, leadership, and problem-solving. The results of
these programs are improved learning experiences for students,
problem-based curriculum, and better articulation of STEM
career and educational pathways by teachers. While WABS is a
collaborative of eleven school districts: Edmonds, Everett, Highline,
Kent, Lake Washington, Marysville, Monroe, Mukilteo, Northshore,
Seattle, Shoreline, we are always looking for opportunities to
partner with community agencies, higher education, and industry
to leverage resources, expertise, and support to help over a quarter
million students graduate college and career ready.
Washington Alliance for Better Schools
E-mail: [email protected] and [email protected]
Genetics: Crazy Traits and CPO’s new Link Learning
Module
Presenter: Kat Mills
Getting ready for the 2017 All American Total Solar
Eclipse
Presenters: Gita Krishnaswamy and
Shereen Henry
ROOM 248
ROOM 340
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S2 Continued | Saturday AM | 10:50-11:50
ROOM 208
© NGSS 6-8
Inq-ITS: An Intelligent Tutoring System for Science
Inquiry
With the adoption of NGSS, teachers have many new challenges.
Inq-ITS is a NSF supported web-based environment in which
middle school students conduct virtual inquiry in Physical, Life, and
Earth Sciences. Students form hypotheses, conduct experiments,
and analyze their data. The system provides teachers’ real-time
metrics on student progress and hones students’ scientific inquiry
skills using a cartoon dinosaur named Rex. Washington teachers
are invited to demo the lab today and PILOT these labs during the
2015-2016 school year. Participants should bring a laptop.
ROOM 233
NGSS K-12
Learning to Use WSTA Learning Center
WSTA is launching an on-line learning center in cooperation
with NSTA. Learn how you can use this site to create your own
Professional Growth Plan. Learn about the suite or resources
available through WSTA to assist teachers move into STEM and the
Next Generation of Science Instruction.
Presenters: Roy Beven and Andy Boyd
WSTA
Presenters: Charity Staudenraus and Dr. Janice
Gobert
ROOM 230 CCSS 6-12
ROOM 313 © STEM K-12
An interactive session using brain-based learning strategies to
teach Reading and Writing Standards for Literacy in Science while
scaffolding for English Language Learners.
InqITS and Rutgers University
Integrating STEM with Clean Energy Activities
Washington is becoming a national hub for Clean Energy Research
and technology development. In this workshop you will learn
how to conduct classroom activities that engage students in
engineering design and problem solving as they learn important
STEM content. Free lesson plans from the Clean Energy Institute
require minimal equipment and materials but make a connection
to real research conducted at the University of Washington. Topics
include solar cells, energy storage, and modeling electrical demand
and supply.
Presenter: Shaun Taylor
Clean Energy Institute - University of Washington
Supporting English Language Learners in High
School Science through Common Core and
Language Acquisition Strategies
Presenters: Julia Jones and Brooke Paul
Pasco High School
ROOM 207
STEM 6-12
The “E” in STEM is your Friend.
Do you have the jitters about the inclusion of engineering into your
school’s curriculum? Integrating the “E” can be easy. One does not
need to add an engineering course. Let me train you how. This
presentation is for grades 7-12 any science course and “about-tobe” STEM teachers.
Presenters: Michael Holst and Christy Wood
Chehalis School District and East Valley Central Middle School
S3 | Saturday PM | 2:10-3:40
ROOM 323 NGSS STEM 9-16
ROOM 232
© NGSS STEM 6-8
Building, evaluating, and using systems models
Explore NSF developed curriculum combining STEM to teach
students how systems models are developed, evaluated and
applied to understand cancer, the environment (ocean and land),
and aquaponic systems. Participants should bring a laptop.
Participants in this hands-on workshop will design, build and
test prototypes of information communication systems that
incorporate electricity and waves. This lesson is from the new
middle school STC Program: MYGEN Edition of Electricity, Waves
and Information Transfer. The Smithsonian Science Education
Center has written this unit explicity for the topic arrangement
of the Next Generation Science Standards. Participants will be
provided with the concept storyline which lays out the progression
of learning and understandings that students will experience in
this unit and additional resources.
Presenters: Claudia Ludwig, Mari Knutson Herbert,
and Dexter Chapin
Institute for Systems Biology, Lynden High School, and Seattle
Academy of Arts and Sciences
S3 Continued | Saturday PM | 2:10-3:40
ROOM 324 CCSS STEM K-8
Engineering Design-Drain Rangers Stormwater
Curriculums
Participants will be introduced to Puget Sound Starts Here new
curricula about Stormwater Pollution-Drain Rangers! These
curricula focus on engineering design. Students go from learning
about the problems of quantity and quality of stormwater runoff in
their communities to designing solutions on their school campus.
Students will have opportunities to prioritize criteria and consider
trade-offs along with testing and refining their solutions. Further,
these curricula integrate beginning with an ELA performance task
to kick off instruction and build background knowledge.
Presenters: Patricia Otto and Bob Sotak
Pacific Education Institute
ROOM 192 NGSS K-12
Life and Times of Washington State
When was there first a Washington State? How did it get built?
What evidence is there for the first “residents” of Washington.
The Burke Museum is the state’s natural history museum. Come
engage in how teachers can use Burke resources and programs to
motivate student to learn about the geologic and natural history of
Washington State.
Presenter: Mark Watrin
Battle Ground Public Schools
ROOM 321
NGSS STEM 6-8
Next Generation Climate Change Curriculum for
Middle School
ROOM 247 © NGSS 6-12
Focusing Solar Collectors- A STEM project +
blended learning uni
Through the Educurious project + blended learning unit, Focusing
Solar Collectors you will experience ten Educurious Learning
Design Principles that are a pathway to deeper learning. In
Focusing Solar Collectors students apply the engineering design
cycle as they invent a device that can increase the power output
from a solar cell. In the process they develop a way to scientifically
evaluate their prototypes, compare the results to mathematical
models, and pitch their invention in the form a grant proposal.
Learn how PBL can thrive in a blended learning environment using
learning sciences as the backbone of the design. You’ll walk away
with an example of how to create curriculum and implement an
instructional approach for the 21st century.
Presenters: Jane Chadsey and Shaun Taylor
Educurious and UW Clean Energy Institute
ROOM 249
SESSION DETAILS
© NGSS CCSS STEM 6-12
Investigating a Cliff Model
Engineer a coastal breakwater and analyze the trade-off design.
Explore how the natural world is influenced by our engineered
world, which in turn creates more societal issues that must be
solved through science and engineering practices.
Presenters: Fabienne Conrad and Oralia Gill
Lab-Aids
Join us for an overview and hands-on introduction to a FREE new
middle school curriculum on climate change. Designed to address
three NGSS performance expectations and related CCSS standards,
the curriculum includes six lessons, each 2-3 days in length, and
can be coupled with an optional action project that empowers
students to contribute to solutions to climate change using the
engineering design process (and addressing all four MS-ETS
performance expectations!)
Presenter: David Ketter
Sustainability Education Consultant
ROOM 210 NGSS 6-8
Roller Coasters--the ultimate “guide on the side”
way to teach middle school physics
Building a roller coaster out of foam tubing is the ultimate way to
teach students about how to ask questions, find answers, create
building specifications and learn physics. This unit starts with
the question, how do we build a roller coaster that is fast, fun and
safe which then has the students generating the questions they
need to answer to build that roller coaster. I will share how we
get the students to develop the questions they need to answer
to understand both the physics and the engineering behind their
roller coasters; design the labs to answer those questions; share
their findings; and ultimately use their understanding to build roller
coasters.
Presenter: Leigh Sturgess-Lace
Alderwood Middle School
SESSION DETAILS
ROOM 243
NGSS 6-8
Sowing the Seeds of Neuroscience
Sowing the Seeds of Neuroscience is a kit-based curriculum for
middle school students. Our eight hands-on, laboratory based
lessons are aligned with NGSS and teach about the traditional uses
of medicinal plants and their effects on the nervous system. Fifty
teachers have been trained and are using this curriculum with their
students. Results indicate that our curriculum is highly effective
in teaching science. In this workshop you will create models of
neurons and the nervous system, and leave with classroom-ready
materials.
Presenters: Kristina Straus, Eric Chudler, and Jennifer
Trygstad
ROOM 231 © STEM 6-12
Successful use of Argumentation and Discourse in
the STEM Classroom
Join us in this session that will model successful implementation
of consensus building through discourse and argumentation.
These Scientific and Engineering Practices are at the heart of a
STEM classroom that meets the needs of diverse learners and
creates at student-centered learning environment. When teachers
consciously reduce teacher talk and increase the purposeful
student talk student achievement gains are noted. Through
discourse, argumentation and collaborative activities, students use
the authentic practices of scientists and engineers.
Presenter: Terry Talley
STEMscopes - Accelerate Learning
Half-day | Saturday PM | 2:10-5:10
ROOM 180 NGSS 6-12
Rocket into Space!
A rocketry module will be presented that introduces students to
the rocket equation and then leads them through experiments that
allow them to understand how the rocket equation works.
Presenter: Erika Harnett
ROOM 346
CCSS K-6
Science and Writing: Research-Based Approach
That Enhances Learning in Both Domains
Learn research-based strategies for using scaffolding to increase
diverse students’ achievement in both science and writing, as
described in NGSS and Common Core E/LA standards. Strategically
using word banks, graphic organizers, language structures, and
writing frames can help all your students learn how to think, talk,
and write (scientific observations, comparisons, cause-effect
relationships, data interpretation, explanations) as scientists do.
An extensive handout includes black-line masters and annotated
student notebook entries for grades K–6.
Presenter: Betsy Rupp Fulwiler
Betsy Rupp Fulwiler Consulting
[email protected]
S4 | Saturday PM | 3:50-4:50
ROOM 337 NGSS 6-12
A STEM Activity for Physics and Physical Science
We will build some electronic circuits that depict digital logic and
decision making. Participants will receive some components to
take back to their classrooms.
Presenter: John Currie
Physics Teacher, Retired
ROOM 340
© CCSS K-6
Effective Science Centered Language
Development Strategies
Science investigations provide an excellent vehicle to support
students in developing skills in reading, writing, speaking and
listening. During active investigation, you will engage in a variety
of effective science centered language development strategies
which support both learning of NGSS and CCSS ELA Standards.
You will walk away ready to use new strategies in your classroom.
Participants receive the complete Science Centered Language
Development booklet.
Presenters: Chris Sheridan and Michelle Morrison
FOSS Professional Development Consultant and Tacoma Public
Schools
ROOM 207 NGSS K-16
Enhancing Classroom Learning Through Digital
Dissection
Alternatives to dissection are increasingly being sought by
educators to reduce costs, avoid harmful animal use and integrate
technology in the classroom. Because of research on the efficacy of
non-animal methods and growing student concerns about animal
welfare, the NSTA and other organizations advise teachers to offer
alternatives. This interactive training session will cover educational
efficacy, economic benefits, ethical considerations and current laws
and policies regarding the use of animals in science education.
Participants will gain hands-on experience with popular digital
dissection software programs.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
© NGSS 6-12
Fun with Atom Building Games and the Periodic
Table
CPO’s new Link Chemistry Models module is a STEM and NGSS
based approach that lets students experience innovative activities
to learn atomic structure and the periodic table. Students work
in a real-time tablet based learning environment with hands-on
equipment to study bonding, isotopes, sub-atomic particles, ions,
balancing equations and periodicity.
Presenter: Kat Mills
© NGSS STEM K-12
Investigating Renewable Energy with KidWind and
Vernier
Teach engineering design principles with a focus on renewable
energy using KidWind Wind Experiment Kits and Vernier datacollection technology. Explore STEM education concepts from the
Investigating Wind Energy and Renewable Energy with Vernier lab
books. Help your students make connections to real-world design
problems while building and testing wind turbines.
Presenter: Tom Smith
Vernier Software & Technology
NGSS K-12
Light and Sound Progression
Engage in 3 - Dimensional learning to experience how core ideas,
science and engineering practices and crosscutting concepts
progress through the grade levels. This workshop is designed as an
introduction to a 6 hour workshop that will be offered by WSTA in
each region.
Presenters: Lois Sherwood, Brandi Hageman, and
Mike Allen
Port Townsend High School and Freeman School District
NGSS K-12
Models as tools for teaching content. Models as
content to teach.
Models are a vital tool for teaching and learning science. Models
allow us to represent everything from atoms to the universe, from
living things to engineering solutions. In this session, we will
examine models in the context of science, engineering and math;
share models we use in our classrooms; consider how to assess
our students’ knowledge of models; and identify ways to teach our
students how to use, develop, and evaluate models.
Presenter: Patricia Gustin
Selah School District
ROOM 313
Frey Scientific / CPO Science
ROOM 244
ROOM 327 ROOM 347
Presenter: Samantha Suiter
ROOM 248
SESSION DETAILS
NGSS 6-8
Pull back the covers on models and simulations Coding in Science
Take your students beyond simply using scientific models by
teaching them the computer science skills needed to modify
and even create models of their own. By programming their own
models and simulations of complex adaptive systems, students
can gain powerful insight into the use of computation models in
science while developing and carrying out research in ways they
never thought possible. Participants will need to bring a laptop.
Presenter: Josh Caldwell
code.org
SESSION DETAILS
ROOM 230
© NGSS CCSS STEM 6-8
Reaching All Students by Differentiating Science
Instruction
This session will investigate the need for differentiation in the
classroom as well as the how eScience addresses that need.
eScience3000® is an engaging, experiential, differentiated program
that changes the game when it comes to science instruction. By
making science accessible to all learners, eScience3000 is designed
to help meet STEM objectives to move U.S. students from the
middle to the top in science achievement over the next decade.
ROOM 229
NGSS STEM K-12
STEM & Certification Renewal Requirements
Educators in STEM related content areas are required to complete
STEM focused professional development as part of certification
renewal. This session will answer questions related to this renewal
requirement in addition to adding endorsements in science and
math.
Presenter: Brendan O’Connor
Professional Educator Standards Board
Presenter: Arthur Lin
Achieve 3000
ROOM 311 STEM K-12
School-wide STEM: Strategies for Ensuring Each
Student has a STEM Future
We will share strategies and tools we used to implement a districtwide K-12 STEM program, impacting each student, articulating
with higher education and industry.
Presenters: Bob Sotak and Brian Day
WSTA and Everett Public Schools
ROOM 208
NGSS CCSS STEM K-16
Transform Your Science Classroom Into Their
Thriving Research Laboratory!
We want to introduce an approach of perhaps being a scientist
who teaches! Scientists perform research toward a more
comprehensive understanding of the universe; let us show
you how your students can drive the questions followed with
research-based methodology. We can show you two-day trials,
multi-week trials, or the ultimate year-long course…all fulfilling
the NGSS and cross-cutting the CCSS standards! Science and
engineering are verbs, not nouns! #StudentDriven #ResearchBased
#PeerReview #Journaling #WomenInSTEM #LeadResearcher
#PrincipalInvestigator #Crowdsourcing #WehrdScience
Presenter: Julie Wehr
ROOM 242 CCSS K-8
Odessa Jr High School
Science/Engineering Notebooks Support All
Standards
Washington State LASER is now hosting resources to support
teacher use of science/engineering notebooks in K-12 classrooms.
Come take a tour of the updated website, and discuss resources
for managing, maintaining and assessing paper and electronic
notebooks.
Presenter: Jacob Clark Blickenstaff
Stick around for delicious hors d’oeuvres and refreshments
in the Exhibitor Hall from 4:30-6:00 (Commons)
SESSION DETAILS
S5 | Sunday AM | 9:10-10:40
ROOM 347 CCSS K-12
Capturing Student Data for Reading, Writing and
Science Practices
ROOM 323 NGSS STEM K-12
Energy Transfers and Renewable Energy
Learn how to capture and assess student learning as they read,
write and practice science. We will demonstrate various ways
teachers are using Google Forms to do just that and collect student
growth data. We will show you how to build your own tasks and
quickly identify student comprehension of the standards you aim
to have them achieve..
This is an introduction to the Performance Expectation for Energy
in 4th grade, middle school and high school. Learn about the forms
and sources of energy. Depending on grade level, design, build and
test a device given constraint that converts one form of energy into
another form of energy using wind turbines, solar cells, solar ovens
or generators. Constraints include use of renewable energy forms
and efficiency goal.
Presenters: Dana Marsden and Susan Stansberry
Presenter: Don Pruett
Edmonds School District
ROOM 247 CCSS K-12
ELLs and the NGSS: Connecting English Language
Proficiency and Science
How do you use the new ELP standards to help your English
language learners in science? This session will introduce you to
the new ELPA21 English Language Proficiency standards. More
than yet another set of new standards, these standards, adopted
by Washington State in 2013, identify correspondences to the
Science and Engineering Practices of NGSS. Find out how to access
these new standards and how they can serve as an essential tool to
differentiate for the ELLs in your classroom.
Presenter: Joan Johnston Nelson
Sumner High School
ROOM 233
STEM 6-12
Engineering Albedo
Ice is melting and the earth is getting hotter! How can we disrupt
this positive feedback loop? Join us in this hands-on session
to learn about climate feedback systems and evaluate possible
solutions. This session features model based inquiry and problem
based learning instructional strategies. This NGSS aligned unit
integrates Earth Science, Physical Science and Engineering
performance expectations..
Presenters: Bethany Sjoberg, Nicole Flynn and
Satprit Kaur
Highline School District
Washington State University
ROOM 232
ROOM 313
NGSS STEM 6-12
Energy Matters: A Project-based Approach to
Conservation
NGSS 6-8
Engineering Education: How this Helps
Underrepresented and Minority Students Meet
Next Generation Science Standards
For the Energy Matters program, Washington Green Schools has
teamed up with Everett Public Schools, Boeing’s Energy Resources
Group, and McKinstry to strengthen energy literacy in students
and support energy savings in schools. Come and learn how your
students can help create solutions to the kinds of real challenges
that STEM professional face. You’ll receive resources for your
classroom that address NGSS and Common Core and lead to
conservation results at school and home.
The MESA K-12 Program assists students at middle and senior
high schools so they excel in math and science and become
competitively eligible for colleges and universities to pursue
education and careers in STEM fields. The K-12 Program partners
with teachers, administrators, school district officials and industry
representatives to provide a STEM academic enrichment model.
Students are selected to participate in the K-12 Program through a
process that involves teachers at participating schools and locallybased MESA Centers.
Presenters: Meredith Lohr, Chris Roe, and Brian Day
Presenters: Phyllis Harvey-Buschel and Neiri Carrasco
Washington Green Schools. Boeing, and Everett School District
University of Washington MESA and Seattle MESA
SESSION DETAILS
ROOM 321
STEM 6-12
ROOM 324 NGSS 9-16
Fitbits, Light Probes and Zillow: Quantification and
the NGSS & CCSSM
How the nematode C. elegans maintains balance
in a changing environment
At the heart of science, mathematics and engineering we find
quantification - the practice of representing reality through
numbers. This session introduces you to a dozen different ways to
turn everyday experience into the numbers that fuel math, science
and engineering. Fitbits, light probes, heat guns, and many web
sites and apps allow students to follow their own questions, giving
light to the NGSS and CCSS standards. Come and rotate through a
few stations, then consider application to your classroom.
Participants will compare the activity and growth of wild type C.
elegans and an osmotic mutant strain after transfer to agar plates
containing two concentrations of NaCl. They will build a model that
demonstrates the effect of high salt on nematodes. Participants
will discuss how this unit can guide their students in building an
understanding of how gene-environment interactions determine
traits, based on their own observations and analysis of data from
the scientific literature.
Presenter: Mark Roddy
Presenters: Maureen Munn and Nancy Ridenour
Seattle University
ROOM 243
University of Washington and Omak High School
STEM K-16
Gamification 101
In Gamification 101 you will learn about gamification, you will learn
why teachers gamify their courses, you will learn the difference
between gamification and game-based learning, you will learn
ways to gamify your course regardless of content or grade level,
and you will get to play the course like a game to see first hand
how gamification works! You will get ideas to plan ways you can
gamify your courses! Since Youtube is blocked in this venue and
some of the gamified elements have embedded Youtube videos
for you to view on your device, please bring your own Mifi or come
prepared to setup a Personal Hotspot on your smartphone for your
laptop.
Presenter: Alfonso Gonzalez
© NGSS 6-8
How to Unpack the NGSS with 3-Dimensional
Learning
Come engage in a sequence of investigations where middle-school
students experience phenomena, construct explanations, and
argue from evidence. Teach students to think like a scientist as
they apply a claim, evidence, reasoning framework to make sense
of investigations.
Presenter: Greg Clouse
Activate Learning
ROOM 249
Chimacum Middle School
ROOM 192
ROOM 231
© NGSS STEM 6-8
Simple Methods for Outdoor Environmental
Science Investigations Supporting NGSS Practices
NGSS K-12
Hope Heart and NGSS a healthy combination!
Learn how to engage students in outdoor science investigations in
your classroom and schoolyard. Come prepared to go outdoors for
a meaningful science investigation.
Kids take heart and Youth take heart are two outstanding programs
offered by the non-profit Hope Heart Institute. Already matched
with the Washington Health Standards and CC ELA, we used the
EQUiP rubric to describe the potential to meet NGSS expectations
with a focus on science and engineering practices and crosscutting
concepts. We will feature hands on examples of investigations that
demonstrate the 3 dimensional science learning plus integration
with health and ELA standards.
Presenters: Chris Morgan, Beth Kochevar, and Josh
McLean
Presenter: Mark Watrin
Subtle Shifts in Instruction
Battle Ground Public Schools
NatureBridge
ROOM 327 NGSS K-8
Teachers will engage in a traditional standards based physical
science inquiry activity, then learn to make subtle shifts to restructure the activity to foster 3 - dimensional learning. Identify
strategies to shift the focus of learning from teacher centered
instruction to student centered learning.
Presenters: Lois Sherwood, Don Johnson, and Andy
Boyd
WSTA
ROOM 339 NGSS 9-12
SESSION DETAILS
ROOM 311 © NGSS K-12 The Lives of Stars
University of Washington in the High School Astronomy 101
instructors and coordinator will present some favorite activities
and projects on stars and stellar evolution that can be adapted to
any high school astronomy course or astronomy unit of a general
science course.
Join us as we explore the Next Generation Science Standards,
discuss the instructional shifts inherent in the standards and how
three-dimensional learning will set your students up for success.
Practical classroom examples and hands-on opportunities will be
provided.
Presenters: Julie Lutz, Vince Santo Pietro, Eric Muhs,
and Bev Painter
Presenters: Jennifer Garrison and Mike Bryant
University of Washington, Shorecret High School, Ballard High
School, and South Kitsap High School
Discovery Education
S6 | Sunday AM | 10:50-11:50
ROOM 337
NGSS 6-8
A Puget Sound Mystery: Chemical Oceanography
for Middle School Students
Join us as we investigate the mystery of why male English Sole
fish in Puget Sound are becoming feminized. In this session,
we’ll share lesson plans that make geosciences and chemical
oceanography concepts personally relevant for your students. We’ll
explore watersheds, wastewater treatment, endocrine-disrupting
chemicals, and fish feminization. You’ll gain new ideas to bring
contemporary science into your classroom. These lessons were
developed as part of Project COOL, a multi-year university research
project engaging youth in an afterschool science program.
Presenters: Kristen Bergsman and Fan Kong
ROOM 230
Presenter: Jenny Mears
Woodland Park Zoo
ROOM 207
NGSS 6-12
Available: PNW Spot for M.Y.S.P.A.C.E. Team
The Pacific Northwest has an opening for a new team of students
to participate in Climatic research via satellites (NASA, NOAA). Let
me show-and-tell the specifics of this grant opportunity. There is a
final presentation with other teams from around the world at the
SEA conference in July/Aug. yearly.
Presenter: Michael Holst
Satellite Education Association
NGSS K-16
Advanced Inquiry Program at Woodland Park Zoo:
A Master’s Degree for Educators
Woodland Park Zoo’s Advanced Inquiry Program (AIP), offered
in partnership with Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, is a
groundbreaking graduate degree focused on inquiry-driven
learning as a powerful agent for social and ecological change.
Come and learn how this professional development program for
educators can support both ecological literacy and environmental
stewardship, which are core to the zoo’s mission, as well as scientific
literacy, as embodied in the Next Generation Science Standards.
Through a variety of course projects, AIP students—both formal
classroom teachers and informal science educators—hone their
own focus within the program, based on their personal and
professional goals. Many AIP courses include the opportunity to
engage in a scientific investigation of the graduate student’s own
design, a powerful experience that can improve capacity and
confidence in guiding students in engaging in scientific practices.
Other courses strengthen disciplinary core ideas, in life and other
sciences, including structure and function in organisms, ecosystem
dynamics, interdependent relationships in ecosystems, human
impacts on earth systems, natural selection and adaptation. Please
join us for a presentation and discussion about what this unique
opportunity might look like for you and your fellow teachers!
ROOM 233
NGSS K-16
Creating NGSS Proficiency Scales for StandardsBased Instruction and Assessment
How do you know if your students have mastered the new
standards? It’s time to rethink rubrics! In this interactive workshop,
you will use NGSS evidence statements to create proficiency scales.
These scales describe learning progressions and achievement
levels based on a student’s depth of knowledge - the quality of
their learning rather than the quantity of work completed. Then,
you will use your scales to develop aligned performance task
assessments that measure the 3-dimensional nature of the NGSS.
Presenters: Bethany Sjoberg and Nicole Flynn
Highline School District
SESSION DETAILS
ROOM 340
© NGSS STEM K-6
ROOM 180
NGSS K-12
Introducing the Scientific and Engineering
Practices to Young Learners
Questions and Answers about the State Science
Assessments
Young learners intuitively utilize the Scientific and Engineering
Practices when exploring new concepts and building their
knowledge base. How do we help them to understand what
they are intuitively doing and formalize the process so they can
consciously replicate the process when faced with new challenges?
This hands-on workshop provides you with tools to take back to
your classroom to introduce students to the NGSS Scientific and
Engineering Practices as you begin to implement NGSS.
This session will highlight what we have learned from
administering the science MSPs and Biology EOC as well as
resources available to help teachers and students. We will discuss
changes coming soon due to the adoption and implementation of
the WA State 2013 Science Learning Standards (Next Generation
Science Standards).
Presenters: Donna Gardner and Kara Hatch
Science Companion
ROOM 210 Presenters: Dawn Cope and Kara Monroe
OSPI
ROOM 229 © NGSS CCSS K12
© NGSS 9-12
Science and the Global Community
The Program is designed to help high school science teachers work
with a mentor doing cutting-edge research over the course of two
summers. After the first summer, partners develop a brief pictorial
poster showing their research to date for presentation at both the
regional meeting in August and the national meeting in January.
After the second year working with their mentors, partners return
to the conferences with an oral presentation on their progress. The
purpose of this grant is to bring the knowledge from the research
lab back into the high school science classroom, promoting handson science education.
Today, we face issues on a global scale that demand scientific
knowledge, understanding, creative thinking, and problem solving,
so that we can make this a better world for the Earth and all of
humanity. Spending part of a career working in another country
can be one of the most fulfilling and relevant of professional
experiences. International schools abroad are seeking the best
educators to serve the expatriate communities, to teach the
highest levels of science, to integrate science across all disciplines,
and to make a difference in building global societies. This workshop
will share the world of international education in countries around
the world. This is a great way to make the teaching of science
relevant, meaningful, fully integrated, and life changing.
Presenter: Jean Ingersoll
Presenters: Michael Williams and Laurie Williams
M.J. Murdock-Partners in Science grants
M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust
Search Associates
ROOM 242 NGSS 9-12
Modeling Patterns in Nature
In this session teachers take on the role of student and participate
in this hands-on, first-day-of-school lesson in which they will
formulate a research question, estimate reasonable answers, collect
data, generate a graph, and create an algebraic model to make
a prediction through extrapolation. This lesson helps students
establish a strong foundation in the modeling and algebra skills
they will need to be successful in an algebra-based physics class.
Participants will leave with ready-to-use lesson plans, assessments,
and rubrics. Participants should bring a laptop with Excel.
Presenters: Ava Erickson and Mike Town
Lakeside School
ROOM 208
© NGSS CCSS STEM K-12
Strategies for Implementing Next Generation
Science Standards to Raise Washington Test Scores
Experience LJ Create’s engaging active learning platform of K–12
cloud-based bilingual science resources. Strategies will include
integrating Next Generation Science Standards with Common Core
Literacy Standards, effectively using hands-on scientific inquiry,
incorporating engineering design and STEM challenges into
science lessons, and showing how to access appropriate support
and test-preparation elements.
Presenters: Edgar Villarreal and Tom Diehl
LJ Create, Inc. and Klein Educational Systems
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ROOM 346 STEM 9-16
SESSION DETAILS
ROOM 248
NGSS CCSS STEM 9-12
Supporting STEM Students: Their Curiosity is Our
Innovation
Teen Take Heart Health: Intersections of Teen
Cardiac Health with NGSS
The Washington State Opportunity Scholarship (WSOS) is a unique
partnership helping to build the next generation of scientists,
engineers, mathematicians and health care professional in high
demand STEM fields. We will share the impact of this investment in
5000+ low- and middle- income Scholars and the trajectories of the
1000 graduates to date and make the case as to why other states
should invest in those students eager to thrive in a STEM-centric
economy.
Teen Take Heart™ is a science-based cardiovascular program for
high-school students. Sponsored by The Hope Heart Institute
and developed through a grant by the Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation, this curriculum is recently coordinated with the Next
Generation Science Standards. This session will engage participants
in student activities demonstrating how the three dimensions of
the NGSS can be experienced through study of the cardiac system.
The session will also share how students communicate their
understandings through a community project known as Healthy
Heart Ambassadors (HHA).
Presenters: Theresa Britschgi and Kimberly Connors
Washington State Opportunity Scholarship
ROOM 244 Presenters: Ellen Ebert and Steven J. Palazzo
CCSS K-12
OSPI and Seattle University
Survival in a Dangerous Environment
Games are a great way to illustrate concepts students learn in
the classroom. The Alaska Life of Pollock game is modeled after
salmon life history games. It emphasizes that animals in the marine
environment face challenges that are not just human influenced,
like fishing, but environmental. These factors can keep populations
from rebuilding if they were ever categorized as overfished. Come
play the game and learn how to incorporate it into the bigger
lesson of Survival in A Dangerous Environment.
Stick around for fantastic door
prizes and the WSTA General
Meeting from 1:00-2:00 (Gym)
Presenter: Rebecca F Reuter
NOAA Fisheries
CREATING SHARED PROSPERITY FOR ALL.
wsecu.org | 800.562.0999
EXHIBITOR MAP
In main hall: T1-T4
Exhibitor
Accelerate Learning
Booth #
2
Contact
Contact Email
Website Address
Eric Apablasa
[email protected]
www.acceleratelearning.com
Achieve3000
23
Arthur Lin
[email protected]
http://www.achieve3000.com
Activate Learning
40
Dan Toberman
dtoberman@activatelearning.
com
http://www.activatelearning.
com/
4
Christina Sim
[email protected]
www.act-ol.com
American Physiological
Society
T3
Miranda Byse
[email protected]
www.the-aps.org
Benchmark Education
36
Kara Hatch
[email protected]
www.benchmarkeducation.com
Britannica Digital
Learning
54
Sandy Schusteff
[email protected]
www.info.eb.com
Camp Fire Central Puget
Sound
20
Kristen Cook
[email protected]
www.campfireseattle.org
Camp Invention
T1
Annette Phillips
[email protected]
campinvention.org
Carolina Biological Supply
Co.
37
Jeff Frates
[email protected]
www.carolina.com
Clean Energy InstituteUniversity of Washington
3
Shaun Taylor
[email protected]
www.cei.washington.edu
Digital World Biology
24
Todd Smith
[email protected]
www.digitalworldbiology.com
Earthwatch Institute
9
Keegan
Dougherty
[email protected]
earthwatch.org
Advanced Classroom
Technologies
EXHIBITORS
Exhibitor
Booth #
Contact
Contact Email
Website Address
T2
Judi Tichenor
[email protected]
www.etsi.ws
5
Jane Chadsey
[email protected]
www.educurious.org
29
Michelle Heffel
michelle.heffel@firstinvestors.
com
www.firstinvestors.com
7
Kate Carey
[email protected]
www.delta-education.com
34
Jim Bryan
james.bryan@schoolspecialty.
com
www.freyscientific.com
6
Charity
Staudenraus
[email protected]
www.inqits.org
Inspirus Credit Union
47
Jim Peterson
[email protected]
www.schoolemployeescu.org
JVH Technical/Epson
57
John Harrington
[email protected]
www.jvhtech.com
Klein Educational Systems
43
Thomas Diehl
[email protected]
www.kleineducational.com
Fabienne Conrad
[email protected]
www.lab-aids.com
Educational Travel
Services, Inc.
Educurious
First Investors
FOSS - Delta Education
Frey Scientific / CPO
Science
InqITS
LAB-AIDS
8
LEGO Education
13
Brandon Brill
[email protected]
www.legoeducation.us
M.J. Murdock Charitable
Trust
44
Jean Ingersoll
[email protected]
https://www.murdock-trust.org/
grants/partners-science.php
McGraw-Hill Education
56
Michelle Johnson michelle.e.johnson@
mheducation.com
www.mheonline.com
Micro Phone Lens
12
Thomas Larson
[email protected]
www.microphonelens.com
MiniPCR
51
Sebastian Kraves
[email protected]
www.minipcr.com
Mount Rainier Institute
38
John Hayes
[email protected]
http://www.packforest.org/
mtrainierinstitute/
Mountain Home
Biological
49
Rick Bretz
[email protected]
www.pelletlab.com
Nafziger Microscopes
42
Shan Dhillon
nafzigermicroscopes@gmail.
com
www.nafzigermicroscopes.com
National Geographic/
cengage Learning
22
Jim Patneaude
[email protected]
www.NGL.cengage.com
National Science Teachers
Association (NSTA) Press
48
Dan Taylor
dan@tayloreducationalmedia.
com
https://www.nsta.org/store/
NatureBridge
11
Samuel Drucker
[email protected]
http://naturebridge.org/
olympicschooltrips
Oregon Coast Aquarium’s
Oceanscape Network
27
Marsh Myers
[email protected]
http://oceanscape.aquarium.org
Oregon National Primate
Research Center/OHSU
25
Diana Gordon
[email protected]
www.ohsu.edu/onprc
Pacific Education
Information
41
David Ketter
dketter@
pacificeducationinstitute.org
http://pacificeducationinstitute.
org/
EXHIBITORS
Exhibitor
Booth #
Contact
Contact Email
Website Address
Pacific Planetarium
55
Arthur Bogard
[email protected]
http://pacificplanetarium.com
52
Lauren Koontz
[email protected]
pacificsciencecenter.org
Pearson
10
Glenn Gordon
[email protected]
http://www.pearsonschool.com/
science
PEMCO Insurance
Company
26
Terry Smith
[email protected]
www.pemco.com
People for the Ethical
Treatment of Animals
(PETA)
18
Samantha Suiter
[email protected]
peta.org
Rock Solid Science
T4
Amy Bergin
[email protected]
www.rocksolidscience.com
S.T.E.A.M The Toy Makers
Teacher
33
Brad Griffith
brad@pioneeringcompetitions.
com
www.CraftStickCrafts.com
Salish Sea Expeditions
21
Dan Hannafious
[email protected]
www.salish.org
Science Companion
35
Kara Hatch
[email protected]
www.sciencecompanion.com
Search Associates
19
Laurie Williams
mwilliams@searchassociates.
com
searchassociates.com
Seattle Pacific University
16
Amber Williams
[email protected]
spu.edu/grad
Briana Nino
[email protected]
www.burkemuseum.org
Carlee Donnelly
[email protected]
www.hopeheart.org
1
Kelly Nguyen
[email protected]
www.theminione.com
The Museum of Flight
45
Rich Lienesch
[email protected]
www.museumofflight.org
The Seattle Times
Newspapers In Education
14
Katie Johnson
[email protected]
www.seattletimes.com/nie
USGS Cascades Volcano
Observatory
32
Carolyn Driedger
[email protected]
http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/
observatories/cvo/
Vernier Software &
Technology
53
Tom Smith
[email protected]
www.vernier.com
ViVI Jewelry
15
Michelle Wilson
[email protected]
www.bevivi.com/michellewilson
Caroline Stein
[email protected]
www.wssef.org
Charlotte Omoto
[email protected]
http://sbs.wsu.edu/
equipmentloan
The Burke Museum of
Natural History and
Culture
The Hope Heart Institute
The MiniOne
Electrophoresis
39
17
Washington State Science
& Engineering Fair
(WSSEF)
50
Washington State
University Equipment
Loan Program
30
WGU Washington
46
Lucinda Taylor
[email protected]
washington.wgu.edu
Witty Scientists, LLC
31
Mariola Kulawiec
[email protected]
www.wittyscientists.com
WSTA HISTORY, MISSION, AND GOALS
WSTA History
The Washington State Science Teachers Association formed in 1959 at Jones Hall, College of Puget Sound
(now U.P.S.) with the intent of promoting better science education programs in the state of Washington.
The WSTA is governed by a written constitution and administered through an elected executive board. In
1961, the WSTA established a long-standing collaboration with the National Science Teachers Association.
In 1961, the WSTA developed in-service days for teachers and administrators in the state of Washington to
share their teaching innovations. In addition to hosting workshops for science teachers, the WSTA has also
granted a number of outstanding science “teacher of the year” awards to recognize dedication and creativity
in teachers for K-12 schools.
In 1972, the WSTA established a professional journal. The content and issue of the WSTA journal is strictly
controlled by teachers and serves as a venue for sharing experiments, teaching hints, and opinions. The
journal also discusses relevant science issues and announces up and coming conferences and other
events for science teachers.
Researched from the archives at WWU and written by Bob Christman, WSTA Historian.
WSTA Mission Statement
WSTA is an organization dedicated to advocating and promoting quality science education
for all, at all levels of instruction.
WSTA Goals
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Promote professional knowledge and growth.
Maintain a communication network.
Explore curriculum development.
Recognize and reward excellence.
Create public awareness of the importance of quality science education.
Form an organized voice on pertinent legislative policies and issues.
http://www.wsta.net
WSTA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Executive Committee
President
Past-President
President-Elect
Treasurer
Long Range Planner
Recording Secretary
Executive Secretary
Roy Beven
John Parker
Andy Boyd
Karen Madsen
Bob Sotak
Dana Marsden
Judy Shaw
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
Regional Representatives
Region #1
Region #2
Region #3
Region #4
Region #5
Region #6
Region #7
Region #8
Region #9
Region #10
ESD 101
ESD 123
ESD 171
ESD 105
ESD 189
ESD 121 (Pierce)
ESD 113
ESD 112
ESD 114
ESD 121 (King)
Mike Allen
Mary Moore
Kate Lindholm
Midge Yergen
Jonathan Frostad
Don Pruett
Carmen Kardokus
Carol Sandison
Brandi Hageman
Lisa Chen
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
David Reid
Stephanie Beardriel
Phyllis Harvey-Buschel
Georgia Boatman
John McNamara
Jacob Clark Blickenstaff
Kelly Levelle
Ellen Ebert
Lolo Sherwood
Vanessa Hunt
Rick Florek
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
Appointed Positions
Business/Industry
Clock Hours
Equal Opportunities in Science
ESD Representative
Higher Education
Informal Science Education
Journal Editor
OSPI Science Representative
Professional Development Coord.
TOTOS Representative
Webmaster
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
NOTES
K-8 ©2016
A critical cornerstone of all of Pearson’s Science programs has always been the belief that careful research is necessary to
provide quality materials that support the learning of all students. That belief applies to print materials, and to digital ones as well.
New science pedagogies – for teachers and students – require careful consideration in order to be effectively used in today’s
classroom.
By combining new features with the proven approach of Interactive Science, this brand-new NGSS-aligned edition for Grades K-8
will provide students with the tools to activate their inner scientist!
Signature program features will include:
Problem-Based Learning as the Program Framework: Brand-new Problem-Based Learning activities allow students to
think like a scientist and solve real-world problems using hands-on, investigative, and collaborative skills. There’s no better way to
learn science than by doing science and problem-based learning activities help motivate students to immerse themselves in the
content of each and every core idea performance expectation while ensuring that instructors are teaching to the spirit of NGSS.
New and Improved Virtual Labs: State-of-the-art virtual labs built within the program will provide students with an
environment that allows them to create their own hypotheses and test outcomes in a highly-engaging, gaming atmosphere.
More STEM: Even more STEM activities throughout the program enable students to interact with science and engineering
practices and cross-cutting concepts in order to promote higher-order, critical-thinking skills that result in improved
performance.
The Power of Realize: Interactive Science’s
brand-new learning management system
Pearson Interactive Science lives on Realize — Pearson’s brand-new learning management system.
Realize will place the excitement of science in every classroom with rich and engaging content,
embedded assessments with instant data, and flexible tools that allow teachers to manage their
classrooms. This brand-new LMS provides the power to raise the interest and achievement of every
student!
interactivescience.com
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with Millimeter Wave Imaging
CD Technology
Energy Storage
Transforming the World
For 50 years, Battelle staff working at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National
Laboratory in Richland have pushed the boundaries of science. We’ve moved technologies to
market and reshape the way we work and live.
PNNL’s scientific discoveries and innovations have led to more fuel-efficient cars. Safer airports and
borders. An electric power grid that is more reliable and efficient. And much more – all part of an
effort to make our nation more secure and prosperous.
Over the same half century, Battelle has been active in southeast Washington, investing heavily in
civic, health and human services projects, the arts and most of all – in education. Battelle nurtures
elementary, secondary and postsecondary school programs that emphasize science, technology,
engineering and mathematics. We engage in innovative education collaborations such as Delta
High School, the Hanford Reach Interpretive Center, Leadership and Assistance for Science
Education Reform (LASER), Mathematics, Engineering and Science Achievement (MESA)
and the Mid-Columbia STEM Education Collaboratory.
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