WSST Conference 2023

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WSST Conference 2023

65th Annual WSST Conference 2023
Capitol-izing on Innovation

7:30am CST

Thursday Registration Registration Booth

8:00am CST

Snapshot 1: Dialogues: For ELL and Struggling Readers, Incorporating Quantum Science Into Your Classroom with TeachQuantum, and Earth and Sky: A Collaborative Partnership between UW-Whitewater and Horwitz-DeRemer... O&PLisa Swaney • Robert Benjamin • Greg Bisbee • Craig Berg • Mallory Conlon Hydroponics in the Classroom- Growing Local Food HOI IMichelle Howe Connecting Generations to Wisconsin's Natural World HOI FLindsey Taylor School's Out - Time for STEM HOI EDolly Ledin Using Discourse in the Science Classroom to Deepen Student Thinking Q&RKarli Kurth • Andrea Christianson Using Text for Authentic Purposes: Literacy Learning in Phenomenon-Based Science HOI JRyan King • Kevin Anderson DNA Discovery Using 3DMD models HOI HStephanie Ruder Workshop: Earth Science for the Middle School M&NJenny Trewyn • Susanne Fleischman Workshop: Evaluating High Quality Instructional Materials K&LKim Lemberger

9:00am CST

Science shows that Grandma was right: Extracellular vesicles explain why we get sick from the cold weather. HOI FBrenda del Moral Learn to Love Your Mosquitoes! HOI ILyric Bartholomay • Greg Bisbee Angling for Access - Exploring how Solar Panels Generate Electricity in Wisconsin HOI HRobert Wild • Gina Smith Developing Junior Engineers by focusing on the SEPs from NGSS HOI JTom Gantt Snapshot 2: Albedo & the Physics of Climate Change, Exploring Energy with the Wisconsin Energy Institute, Renew Our Schools: A School Wide Place-Based Energy Conservation Competition, and Don't CREATE Your Own Energy... O&PCierra Atkinson • Allison Bender • Haddie McLean • Wendy Stelzer • Scott Liddicoat They Do What with Water? HOI ENate Tillis Social Sciences & Critical Thinking: Making Informed Sense of How People Interact with PBS’s Above The Noise HOI GMichael Hartwell Newcomer/Retiree Meeting Grand Terrace Café Teaching Chemical Bonding with Legos Q&RStephanie Ruder

9:10am CST

Fieldtrip 1: Discovery Building

9:25am CST

Fieldtrip 2: Purple Cow

10:00am CST

COVID Vaccines and Treatments Q&RJessica Heckman Take the Mess and Stress Out of Bacterial Transformation HOI IWhitney Hagins Pests and Pathogens of WI Forests HOI EJake Griffin Exploring OpenSciEd High School Materials HOI FJayne Ryczkowski • Chad Janowski Wisconsin Waterfowl Association's Wood Ducks in Our Schools Program O&PJessica Peterson Wisconsin Earth Science/Geology NGSS High School Storyline writing team invitation HOI HDennis Rohr Fun with Rocks and Soil HOI JJenn Scott Makerspace Roundtable Grand Terrace CaféKaryl Rosenberg Workshop: Family-Centric STEM Outreach: Lessons from The ROSE Project M&NBernardo Traversari Workshop: Have a Blast With Soda Bottle Rockets K&LJames Broetzmann

11:00am CST

Fitting Standards Based Grading Into A Traditional Points-Based Grade Scale HOI GNick Wall • Julie Lundeen Exploring OpenSciEd High School Materials HOI HKim Lemberger Workshop: Teaching Human Ecology with Models and Simulations HOI EStephanie Ruder Lab-Based Tests: A How To! Q&RAdam Hall • Warren Brewer • Molly Dixon • Erin Otte-Meyer Using Our Local Environment to Engage Students in Science: Place-based Education O&PJennifer Schlobohm Make Time for Science with Project-Based Learning HOI ITerra Tarango How to Enhance STEM Preparedness in a middle school classrooms? HOI JLalitha Murali Who Wants To Be A Science SEL-ionaire? HOI FMichelle Bulin • Kelli Abar

12:35pm CST

Fieldtrip 3: Yara Bay Distillery

12:40pm CST

Fieldtrip 4: UW Geology

1:00pm CST

Elementary Roundtable Grand Terrace CaféShelley Petzold Student Space Flight Experiment Program, 75 grams of payload to the ISS and counting. HOI JMark Dilley PFAS in our World HOI EJim Baumann • Karen Mesmer Workshop: Bring Wisconsin Wildlife Into Your Classroom With Snapshot Wisconsin K&LMackenzie McBride • Taylor Peltier • Claire Viellieux Driving Question Board Using Jamboard M&NStacey Balbach Science Concepts Illustrated: Mixing Demonstrations and Particulate Diagrams for Improved Learning HOI FMatthew L Miller Dive into the School of Freshwater Sciences O&PLiz Sutton Sensemaking with Phenomenon Questioning Technique HOI IDr. Rebecca Prokopf So effective, the viruses stole it! Investigate the structure and function of CRIPSR Systems HOI HMark Arnholt

2:00pm CST

Middle School Roundtable Grand Terrace CaféMiranda Dahlke Integrating Hands-On Hydroponics in Dynamic Science Education HOI ETerry Wetzel Workshop: The Power of Yeast M&NPatrice Simpson One Stop Shop: See what a Day at Retzer can Offer Q&RJayne Jenks • Lisa Swaney Linking laboratory observations and changes at the molecular level using hand-held models HOI HAnne-Marie Nickel Beyond the Classroom: Exploring the Ice Age National Scenic Trail HOI JSarah Pearce • Amy Lord Engineering Tomorrow: Students today. Engineers tomorrow. HOI GLisa Peck • Ann Viegut The R-A-D Future: Exploring Shifts in Wisconsin Inland Fisheries O&PBecca Henningsen • Benjamin Vasquez Let's Fix Lame Teacher Observations HOI FCraig Berg Workshop: Bring CRISPR/Cas to your class with innovative approaches K&LAlly Huang

3:00pm CST

Connecting with the People, Places & Programs in STEM at UW-Madison HOI HLiz Jesse • Tom Zinnen Using Interactive Science Binders in the Middle School Classroom HOI EJames Broetzmann WSST Fermenters Unite O&PRay Scolavino From Classroom to Workforce - Applied Forestry Curriculum for High School HOI FJared Schroeder Workshop: Human Impact on Biodiversity HOI JBrittney Zierten • Lynn Kurth • Kelly Kramer Where have all the birds gone? And why are some still here? HOI GBen Zuckerberg • Dolly Ledin Workshop: Ensuring Access and Equity for All Doesn’t Have to be Rocket Science! M&NPatrice Simpson Connect, Explore, and Engage with Schoolyard Science Q&RVictoria Rydberg Meet your WSST District 1 Director Grand Terrace CaféErik Duhn

4:00pm CST

Newcomers Meet up Grand Terrace Equipment Adoption Madison BallroomRay Scolavino Rock Raffle Madison BallroomDennis Rohr Vendors Social Madison Ballroom

6:15pm CST

Membership Social hosted by President of WSST Grand TerraceKristin Michalski

7:00am CST

Friday Registration Registration Booth

8:00am CST

DEI and Culture of Belonging in WSST HOI HWendy Herrmann • Sara Krauskopf How culture and science intertwine using the Taino of Puerto Rico HOI JJamie M Lauer Teaching mRNA Vaccines … and the future of therapeutic mRNAs. Q&RTim Herman Workshop: Quasicrystals: Breaking all the Rules HOI FShelly Grandell • Anne Lynn Gillian-Daniel CALLING ALL CARBONS HOI ELinda Culpepper • Lisa Kelp Cultivating Genius in Science: Equity Framing from Dr. Gholdy Muhammad HOI ILeigh Kohlmann • Alice Severson • Kevin Anderson Perceiving the Military as a Source of Equity Grand Terrace CaféErik Duhn Protocols for Student Success with Science and Engineering Practices HOI GRachael Coleman • Lynn Gutzwiller Sugarin' Off ! An opportunity for integrated and tasty outdoor learning O&PRae Grosman • Karyl Rosenberg Workshop: Experience the pedagogy of OpenSciEd with Carolina Biological K&LBob Friedel • Erik Benton • rick.brost@carolina.com Workshop: What's In the Trunk? An Elephant Conservation Expedition M&NAmy Fassler Vendor Hall Madison Ballroom

9:00am CST

Hands on Modeling: Cell Synapse Q&RTanya Monet-Bakken Workshop: Enzymes in action: A hands-on teaching module for high school biology classes O&PDanielle Bendt • Oana Martin Workshop: Beginner Biotech: Micropipetting Art and Gel Electrophoresis for Middle and High Schools K&LAlly Huang Freshwater Salinization: Ecosystem Impacts and Human Health HOI HAllison Madison Math in the Environment: A Call to Action HOI EMichael Hartwell • Jami Hoekstra Collins Teaching with Animal Artifacts HOI JShelly Rudnick-Peterson Keeping the Wonder Alive in Elementary Science HOI ISue VanDenLangenberg Meet your WSST District 5 Director Grand Terrace CaféSara Krauskopf Research Quest Investigations - Phenomenal, Interactive, and Free HOI GRachael Coleman • Lynn Gutzwiller Workshop: Let’s build nanogenerators to create sustainable energy from motion! HOI FAnne Lynn Gillian-Daniel • Shelly Grandell

9:10am CST

Fieldtrip 6: UW-Madison Energy Institute

9:30am CST

Fieldtrip 5: Henry Vilas Zoo

10:00am CST

Snapshot 3: Student Engagement with Arts Integration in Science and Inclusive Teaching Strategies in STEM - A Community of Practice Model O&PBernardo Traversari • Stacey Markon Biology Roundtable Grand Terrace CaféShannon Previte Getting the letters out- Modeling Sanger Sequencing Q&RMark Arnholt Balancing NGSS Alignment with Local Needs HOI JCraig Kohn Days of Wonder HOI GJami Hoekstra Collins Workshop: Genes in Space: Genetics on the International Space Station, Free Loaner Equipment, Curriculum, and More! K&LAlly Huang Developing Models- Engineering Roller Coasters in the Classroom HOI EAmy Baranowski • Chaz Kochevar • Frances Weiss • Kristin Kyde The OpenSciEd Instructional Model: Routines for Advancing Students Through a Storyline HOI ICynthia Weller Workshop: Where Have All the Fish Gone? – An Exploration of Human Activity on Wisconsin Waters M&NLynn Markham • Gina Smith • Steve Schmidt Workshop: Constructing Phenomena Based Storylines HOI HKevin Anderson • Dennis Rohr • Chad Janowski Workshop: Improv to Improve: Experience how Improvisation activities can be used for effective communication and community building HOI FAnne Lynn Gillian-Daniel • Shelly Grandell

11:00am CST

Higher Education Roundtable Grand Terrace CaféJoel Donna Snapshot 4: Using Argument Driven Inquiry to Move from CER to CEJ, Graphical Analysis skills - ChartyParty, Introduction to eCYBERMISSION, Using eLogs to Showcase Student Learning, O&PKathy Biernat • Ken Budill • Shannon Previte • Hayley Parsons • Sara Dobish • Carey Dieleman • Vicki Ramus • Becky Kocha Using Phage Steering to Experience Natural Selection HOI JZach Pratt Workshop: Use molecular tools to find antibiotic resistance genes in environmental DNA K&LAlly Huang "Why does the egg turn white when I cook it?" and other Stories: Modeling Protein Structures and Disruptions to their Systems Q&RChoi Maner NOT YOUR USUAL ELEMENTARY STEM WORKSHOP: MAKE A RIDE FOR ONE OF YOUR TOYS HOI ILinda Culpepper • Lisa Kelp Making Project Based Learning Work HOI GClaire Bernatz Using Benchmark Science Data to Drive Instruction in Middle School HOI EMeridith Falkavage • Susan Spencer • Cam Dary

1:00pm CST

Exploratorium Madison BallroomRay Scolavino Keynote: Dietram Scheufele Grand Terrace

1:30pm CST

Fieldtrip 7: Capital Brewery

2:00pm CST

Snapshot 5: Wisconsin Crop Progress Reports- A local and state wide data source state based data and story source, The WSST Story- 65 years of institutional and individual memories, and A Problem-Solving Experi... O&PKevin Mason • Greg Matthias • Zach Pratt • Karyl Rosenberg • Tara Rose Connect With Elementary Life Science DCIs through Forestry Education HOI JNicole Filizetti Cooking With Sunshine: Connecting Students to Agriculture through STEM HOI GHeidi Schleicher • Jenn Scott Making Sense of Cell Differentiation and Gene Expression HOI IBillee Procknow Empathy for Wildlife: A Science and Social-Emotional Learning Tool Q&RP. Vandermuese • Shannon Hillard • Christa Marlowe • Courtney Cordova Leading Systemic Change in Science Education within a K-12 Public School District HOI EKelley Grorud • Meridith Falkavage Engaging Students in Science Discourse in the Elementary Classroom M&NSuzy Zietlow Student Engagement with Arts Integration in Science HOI FRenee Schumacher • Stacey Markon Physics Roundtable Grand Terrace CaféTerry Schwaller • Kristin Michalski Workshop: Interactive Video Builder-HHMI Biointeractive’s New Video Editing Tool! K&LDawn Norton • Amy Fassler Workshop: Infusing Effective and Equitable Grading Practices into Science HOI HStacey Balbach • Frank Devereaux • Latricia Johnson • Kevin Anderson

3:00pm CST

SARS-CoV-2 – The life of the virus outside and inside a human body HOI FHeidi Horn • Donika Rakacolli Got Geometry, Trigonometry, Algebra, and Graphs in the Environmental Sciences? Take a Look at These Forestry Examples M&NPaul Doruska WESTA Earth Science SHARE swap Grand Terrace CaféBeth Allcox • Ken Budill • Shannon Previte Teach Middle School “Earth and Human Activity” DCIs through Forestry Education HOI JNicole Filizetti Naval Engineering for Grades 4-6 O&PPatrick Young The Ins and Outs of Implementing a Forest Ecology Field Trip Q&RSteve Schmidt • Amy Workman • Hayley Parsons Be a Part of WINGS 2023 HOI EDennis Rohr • Chad Janowski Culture and Belonging in WSST: Discussing Results from Our Science Educator Survey HOI IWendy Herrmann • Sara Krauskopf • Kevin Anderson Using Primary Sources to Enhance Scientific LIteracy HOI GKathy Biernat

4:00pm CST

WSST Town Hall Meeting HOI HKristin Michalski

5:30pm CST

WSST Membership Friday Social Madison Ballroom

6:00pm CST

Keynote: Bassam Shakashiri "Enhancing Classroom Learning and Fostering Community Appreciation of Science" Madison BallroomBassam Shakashiri

6:30pm CST

Milton Pella Banquet Madison Ballroom

8:00pm CST

Post Banquet Membership Social Essen Haus

7:00am CST

Saturday Registration Registration Booth

8:00am CST

Epigenetics: Tweaking your genetic destiny. Q&RTim Herman Evolution for Educators O&PJames Finch • Alison Peterson Get Your Hands On Plants! HOI JGreg Bisbee Knock Knock? Who is there? Scientists! Is this science practice something you do as a scientist? HOI IMichael Hartwell • Travis Tangen Innovative Approaches to Great Lakes Literacy and Marine Debris Prevention M&NAllyson Mills • Linh Hoang • Anne Moser • Ginny Carlton Retiree Meeting Grand Terrace CaféKaryl Rosenberg Workshop: The Case of the Missing Babysitter--Real Science and a Criminal Investigation K&LJulie Srenaski • Ann Mathu • Mary Gillis • Charles Hatfield

9:00am CST

Promoting Science Appreciation O&PAlison Peterson Accessible & Engaging Science for Middle Schoolers w/ PBS Wisconsin’s Meet The Lab Collection HOI IMichael Hartwell Is There a Place for ArtificiaI Intelligence in the Science Classroom? Q&RBrian Bartel Introduction to Wisconsin Science Olympiad HOI JNicole Dallman Workshop: Chemistry Learning Environments Anchored in Phenomena (ChemLEAP) M&NAdam Schafer • Ryan Stowe

10:00am CST

Using Illinois Storylines for the first time in our General Biology classes HOI ITom Davies "It's hard to explain. It's easier to point and show." English Learners Constructing Science Explanations Using the WIDA Standards Q&RRuslana Westerlund Book Study: Make Just One Change: Teach Students to Ask Their Own Questions O&PShelley Petzold Using NASA's X-Planes to Teach Real-World STEM K&LSteve Kirsche • Lisa Wininger • April Lanotte Coaching Strategies for Starting a Wisconsin Science Olympiad Team HOI JPaul Nelson • Meredith Smith • Nicole Williams • Nicole Dallman

11:00am CST

Why Science M&NJoel Donna Illinois Storyline - Biology - Sharing Session HOI JDennis Rohr • Sonja Gasper • Tom Davies Workshop: Exploring the Environmental Impact of Concrete Production K&LKathryn Mehltretter Building Energy Modeling with Sketchbox HOI IDave Vigliotta • Jim Reichling Outdoor Classroom O&PSuzy Zietlow • Melissa Wimmler