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2022 AK STEAM Conference

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Moved - Saturday - Featured Speaker: Renee Dinnerstein 10 - 11:30 to Rm. 308
Back on! - Saturday - Teaching Middle School Evolution Virtually or In-Person (10:00 and 1:45)

October 15th
ASTA/ACTM Breakfast for Members - 7:00 am
Soboleff Tour - 10:00
Author’s Meet and Greet - 11:45
Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center - 1:45
Devil’s Club Brewery Tour - 4:00
Pub Crawl Tour -5:30
Marie Drake Planetarium Sessions at 6:00 and 7:00

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8:00am AKDT

Superintendent Welcome and Keynote by Gerry Brooks JDHS AuditoriumGerry Brooks

9:30am AKDT

Supporting Teachers with Lesson Study/Reflective Teaching Circles JDHS Room 323Mackenzie Rosenthal • Nicole Stellon-O'Donnell STEAM Energy in Southeast JDHS Room 302Clay Good Fresh Eyes on Ice: Get Your Students Involved in Citizen Science to Help Your Community Stay Safe on the Ice JDHS Room 318Joyanne Hamilton Developing Place-Based Learning: Foundation Principles and Alaskan Resources at Your Fingertips JDHS Room 224Leigh Lubin How Planetariums Can Be Used for Education Marie Drake PlanetariumRosemary Walling Integrating Place-Based Weather Data to Explore Community Energy Solutions JDHS Room 227Tyler Katzmar Erosion and Deposition Through Creative Movement and Art JDHS Room 100ARoblin Davis • Nancy Lehnhart Font Sense & Layout Savvy JDHS Room 233Amy Rautiainen Infographics with Impact: Adventures in Visual Storytelling JDHS Room 316Stori Oates • Rebecca White Pattern Recognition: Every Teacher is a Pattern Teacher JDHS Room 226Brenda Taylor Teaching Computational Thinking to ALL Students JDHS Room 116 (Computer Lab)Tammy Morris Getting Students Outside, Guilt-free JDHS Room 314Geoffrey Wyatt Integrating Science and Literacy JDHS Room 100Patrick Hurley Changing Math Mindsets Using Instructional Routines JDHS Room 308Samantha Royer Discovery Walk Downtown Waterfront Walk The Giant of Trees of Lingít Aaní JDHS Room 206Richard Carstensen • Steve Merli Brainstorming for Linking Alaska Phenomena to SSAs JDHS Room 230Patty Brown • Andrea Pokrzywinski Watts Up: Energy Literacy in K-12 Classrooms JDHS Room 321Colleen Fisk Bringing the Arts to Life through Technology JDHS Room 219Janna Lelchuk Handwriting without Tears, K-2 JDHS Main LibraryAmanda Duvall PBL for Students Who Hate Math JDHS Room 225Ellen Piekarski

10:00am AKDT

Alaska Resource Education: Educating Alaska's Greatest Resource JDHS 118 Computer LabElizabeth Freeman

10:30am AKDT

JSD Science and STEAM kits and resources JDHS Room 220Lauren Louwagie • Susan Moore An Introduction to Alaska’s Education Exchange: An Online Platform for Alaska’s Educators JDHS Room 127Jodi Halligan Teaching Math & Science Through Curriculum-Based Readers Theater JDHS Room 216Amber Brewer Using Robots to Build Kids JDHS Room 121 Computer LabAlyson Cooper • Craig Fox Science and Traditional Knowledge and Wisdom JDHS Room 227Ilarion (Larry) Merculieff The Magic of Dye Transfer JDHS Room 102Brita Steinberger Science Inquiry: Observing Climate Change in Your Own Backyard with GLOBE JDHS Room 104Christi Buffington • Dr. Elena Sparrow Space Weather UnderGround JDHS Room 307Matthew Blandin • Austin Cohen • Dr. Hyunju Connor • Dr. Dogacan Ozturk Digital Escape Rooms: Unlocking Student Engagement JDHS Room 323Michaela Moore Engaging Young Children in the Natural World JDHS Room 224Bess Crandall

11:30am AKDT

Engineering is Elementary JDHS Room 314Geoffrey Wyatt What's New in AKCIS PLCP 360? JDHS Room 230Julia Renfro Design, Construction, and Use of Traditional Halibut Hooks JDHS Room 123Héendei (Donald Gregory) • Rebecca Soza

12:15pm AKDT

Lunch (Bring Your Own) JDHS Commons JSD Librarians JDHS Room 102 JSD Music Teachers Music Room

1:15pm AKDT

Light and Shadow Puppet Play JDHS Room 225Nancy Lehnhart Opening the Box: Culturally Relevant STEAM Education JDHS Room 308Kristy Ford • Rebecca Soza • Eldri Westmoreland STEAM Energy in Southeast JDHS Room 302Clay Good Virtual Science Fairs JDHS Room 226Michelle Daml STEAM in your K-2 classroom JDHS Room 100Lauren Louwagie • Susan Moore The Modern Classroom Project: A Self-Paced Mastery-Based Learning Model to Support Project Based Learning in Science Classrooms JDHS Room 227Andrea Pokrzywinski Using Digital Tools to Set Traveling and Absent Students up for Success JDHS Room 116 (Computer Lab)Tammy Morris An Introduction to Alaska’s Education Exchange: An Online Platform for Alaska’s Educators JDHS Room 127Jodi Halligan Pieces of the Puzzle: STEAM Career Development JDHS Room 230Julia Renfro Mountain Goats of Shaa Tlaax, Moldy Top (Mt. Juneau) JDHS Room 100ARichard Carstensen Traditional Knowledge in the Classroom & Beyond JDHS Room 316Stori Oates • Lisa Hiruki Raring Featured Speaker: Okhee Lee - Addressing Societal Challenges Using the Case of the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Opportunity for Justice-Centered STEM Education JDHS Room 206Okhee Lee Raven Writes Rubrics: Using Rubrics to Improve Students' Writing JDHS Room 123Marnita Coenraad • Tara Kulbeth • Kelley Polasky Designing a Math Trail JDHS Room 218Pamela Garcia • Tina Pasteris Number Talks JDHS Room. 310Samantha Royer Integrating Place-based Data Visualizations Across Subjects, K-12 or What’s Going On in This Graph? - Alaska Version JDHS Room 323Craig Fox • Brenda Taylor Alaska Resource Education: Educating Alaska's Greatest Resource JDHS Room 224Elizabeth Freeman Bringing Seaweed Cultivation into the Classroom: A Case Study in Rural Alaska JDHS Room 104Alicia Bishop Outside, Just an Extension of Your Classroom JDHS Main LibraryMeredith Gutierrez Using the Marie Drake Planetarium with Your Students Marie Drake PlanetariumRosemary Walling Underwater Wonders - The Fascinating Lives of Aquatic Insects JDHS Room 233Bob Armstrong • John Hudson

2:15pm AKDT

ANSEP Overview JDHS Room 226Megan Johnson The Case for STEAM; Moving Alaska From Last to Best JDHS Room 307Emily Ferry Growing Organizational Leadership JDHS Room 228Patty Brown STEAM in your 3-5 classroom JDHS Room 100Lauren Louwagie • Susan Moore

3:00pm AKDT

ASTA Board Meeting JDHS Room 206

4:15pm AKDT

Registration and Meet Community STEAM Experts (SEE 2022) Juneau Arts & Humanities Council

6:00pm AKDT

Big Astronomy Marie Drake PlanetariumRosemary Walling

7:00pm AKDT

Big Astronomy Marie Drake PlanetariumRosemary Walling

6:45am AKDT

Presidential Awardees Breakfast (Invitation Only, PAEMST) JDHS Main Library

7:00am AKDT

Registration JDHS Commons Vendor Time JDHS Commons

8:00am AKDT

JSD, ASTA, ACTM Welcome, Message from Rep. Sara Hannan, and Keynote by Aeriale Johnson JDHS AuditoriumAeriale Johnson

9:30am AKDT

What's New in AKCIS PLCP 360? JDHS Room 230Julia Renfro Supporting Teachers with Lesson Study/Reflective Teaching Circles JDHS Room 323Mackenzie Rosenthal • Nicole Stellon-O'Donnell ANSEP Overview JDHS Room 226Megan Johnson Integrating Place-Based Weather Data to Explore Community Energy Solutions JDHS Room 227Tyler Katzmar Using Robots to Build Kids JDHS Room 121 Computer LabAlyson Cooper • Craig Fox Featured Speaker: Ed Littlefield JDHS Room 206Ed Littlefield Getting Students Outside, Guilt-free JDHS 232Geoffrey Wyatt The Magic of Dye Transfer JDHS Room 102Brita Steinberger Traditional Knowledge in the Classroom & Beyond JDHS Room 316Stori Oates • Lisa Hiruki Raring Reading Skills to Reinforce STEAM Skills JDHS Room 100Patty Brown The Art and Science of Early Literacy JDHS Room 218Julie Christensen • Jennifer Torres Number Talks JDHS Room 318Samantha Royer Alaska Standards Resources: What's New in Math and Science? JDHS Room 100AJoy Abbott Bringing the Arts to Life through Technology JDHS Room 219Janna Lelchuk Featured Speaker: Suzzuk Huntington JDHS Main LibrarySuzzuk (Mary Huntington) PBL for Students Who Hate Math JDHS Room 225Ellen Piekarski Treadwell Tour Treadwell Ditch TrailRich Mattson Add Some Steam to Your STEM Teaching with Wool Felting! JDHS Room 321Laurel Devaney Computer Science Fundamentals K-5 (Part I) JDHS Room 116 (Computer Lab)Cheryl Bobo • Tammy Morris Allen Marine Whale Watching Allen Marine ToursAllen Marine Coastal Helicopter Ice Field Tour Coastal HelicoptersCoastal Helicopters

10:30am AKDT

Lagrange Points: The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences Marie Drake PlanetariumSteve Kocsis An Introduction to Alaska’s Education Exchange: An Online Platform for Alaska’s Educators JDHS Room 127Jodi Halligan Pattern Recognition: Every Teacher is a Pattern Teacher JDHS Room 226Brenda Taylor How to Use Your Community for Math and Science JDHS Room 314Michelle Daml Featured Speaker: Renee Dinnerstein - The Powerful Connection that Exists between STEAM and an Inquiry-Based Choice Time JDHS AuditoriumRenee Dinnerstein Intertidal Habitats JDHS Room 123Steve Merli Alaska Resource Education: Educating Alaska's Greatest Resource JDHS 118 Computer LabElizabeth Freeman Outside, Just an Extension of Your Classroom Turf FieldMeredith Gutierrez Science Inquiry: Observing Climate Change in Your Own Backyard with GLOBE JDHS Room 104Christi Buffington • Dr. Elena Sparrow • Katie Spellman Engaging Young Children in the Natural World JDHS Room 224Bess Crandall

11:30am AKDT

Engineering is Elementary JDHS 232Geoffrey Wyatt Culturally-Relevant STEAM Internships for High School Students JDHS Room 228Jaylynn Bennett • Natalie Bennett • Rebecca Soza How Planetariums Can Be Used for Education Marie Drake PlanetariumRosemary Walling Coding in Minecraft – A Free Computer Science Credential and Curriculum Program JDHS Room 100AMelanie Drown • Coding in Minecraft - Prodigy Learning

12:15pm AKDT

NOAA Ocean Guardian School Program JDHS Main LibraryBarb Lake Lunch JDHS Commons

12:30pm AKDT

Setting Trail Cameras Out to Bring the Wildlife In JDHS CommonsBrenda Duty

1:15pm AKDT

Keynote: Ed Littlefield JDHS AuditoriumEd Littlefield

2:15pm AKDT

Travel to Space in Your Classroom Space JDHS Room 230Arthur Bednar • Rosemary Walling Our Class Book JDHS Room 321Marci Ward A Hands-On Approach to Effectively Teaching Anatomy Using Clay on a Skeletal Model JDHS Room 224Clelia McCrory • J.P. Theriault Pieces of the Puzzle: STEAM Career Development JDHS Room 227Julia Renfro Font Sense & Layout Savvy JDHS Room 100AAmy Rautiainen Teaching Computational Thinking to ALL Students JDHS Room 116 (Computer Lab)Tammy Morris Teaching Math & Science Through Curriculum-Based Readers Theater JDHS Room 216Amber Brewer Featured Speaker: Ed Littlefield JDHS Room 206Ed Littlefield Mountain Goats of Shaa Tlaax, Moldy Top (Mt. Juneau) JDHS Room 102Richard Carstensen Raven Writes Rubrics: Using Rubrics to Improve Students' Writing JDHS Room. 310Marnita Coenraad • Tara Kulbeth • Kelley Polasky Changing Math Mindsets Using Instructional Routines JDHS Room 318Samantha Royer Historic Downtown Juneau Walking Tour and City Museum Visit Downtown JuneauElissa Borgess Integrating place-based data visualizations across subjects, K-12 or What’s Going On in This Graph? - Alaska version JDHS Room 228Craig Fox • Brenda Taylor NOAA Live! Alaska: Streaming Placed-Based Science to your Classroom JDHS Room 316Stori Oates • Lisa Hiruki Raring Alaska Resource Education: Educating Alaska's Greatest Resource JDHS 118 Computer LabElizabeth Freeman Brainstorming for Linking Alaska Phenomena to SSAs JDHS Room 219Patty Brown • Andrea Pokrzywinski Bringing Seaweed Cultivation into the Classroom: A Case Study in Rural Alaska JDHS Room 100Alicia Bishop DataVersify: Humanizing and Diversifying Scientist Role Models in Data Literacy Instruction JDHS Room 104Melissa Kjelvik Featured Speaker: Rick Thoman - Fun with climate information: where to find it and cool things to do with it JDHS Main LibraryRick Thoman The Wolves of Pleasant Island: Using Real World Research in Your Classroom JDHS Room 218Brenda Duty • Abby McAllister Watts Up: Energy Literacy in K-12 Classrooms JDHS Room 323Colleen Fisk Digital Escape Rooms: Unlocking Student Engagement JDHS 232Michaela Moore STEM Education and Inspiration with EZ-ROBOT JDHS Room 308Faith Taylor Designing a Math Trail JDHS Room 307Pamela Garcia • Tina Pasteris

3:15pm AKDT

Creating Culturally Responsive STEM Learners JDHS Room 226Phil Nguyen The Case for STEAM; Moving Alaska From Last to Best JDHS Room 321Emily Ferry Design, Construction, and Use of Traditional Halibut Hooks JDHS Room 123Héendei (Donald Gregory) • Rebecca Soza Educators Rising Alaska JDHS Room 230Gary Cooper • Doreen Hayward Synthesize Math Practices and Science & Engineering Practices to Enhance Collaborative STEM Instruction JDHS Room 225Brett Merley

4:00pm AKDT

Vendor Reception JDHS Commons

6:00pm AKDT

Community Reception Elizabeth Peratrovich Hall

7:00am AKDT

ACTM Breakfast JDHS Room 100A ASTA Breakfast JDHS Room 100 Vendor Time JDHS Commons

8:30am AKDT

ASTA Presents 2021 Emma Walton Distinguished Service Award to Neal Brown JDHS Auditorium Keynote by Okhee Lee - STEM Education with Equity for "A New Normal" JDHS AuditoriumOkhee Lee

10:00am AKDT

Growing Organizational Leadership JDHS Room. 310Patty Brown Virtual Science Fairs JDHS Room 226Michelle Daml Teaching Middle School Evolution Virtually or In-Person JDHS Room 314Kenny Coogan The Modern Classroom Project: A Self-Paced Mastery-Based Learning Model to Support Project Based Learning in Science Classrooms JDHS Room 230Andrea Pokrzywinski Using Digital Tools to Set Traveling and Absent Students up for Success JDHS Room 116 (Computer Lab)Tammy Morris A Visit to the Soboleff Center Soboleff Building Engaging Students in STEM through Project and Place-based Learning at Anchorage STrEaM Academy JDHS Room 228Megan Gatlin • Lilly Goodman-Allwright Featured Speaker: Renee Dinnerstein - A Second-Grade Inquiry Journey JDHS Room 308Renee Dinnerstein iReady Implementation Across the State JDHS Room 102Tara DeVaughn • Mackenzie Rosenthal Number Talks JDHS Room 318Samantha Royer Discovery Walk - Intertidal Habitats Downtown Waterfront WalkBess Crandall The Giant of Trees of Lingít Aaní JDHS Room 206Richard Carstensen • Steve Merli Featured Speaker: Okhee Lee - Integrating Science Learning, Language Learning, and Computational Thinking with All Students, Including English Learners/Multilingual Learners JDHS AuditoriumOkhee Lee Science Inquiry: Observing Climate Change in Your Own Backyard with GLOBE JDHS Room 104Christi Buffington • Dr. Elena Sparrow • Katie Spellman Watts Up: Energy Literacy in K-12 Classrooms JDHS Room 323Colleen Fisk

11:00am AKDT

Our Class Book JDHS Room 321Marci Ward Educators Rising Alaska JDHS Room 226Gary Cooper • Doreen Hayward A Hands-On Approach to Effectively Teaching Anatomy Using Clay on a Skeletal Model JDHS Room 218Clelia McCrory • J.P. Theriault Coding in Minecraft – A Free Computer Science Credential and Curriculum Program JDHS Room 100AMelanie Drown • Coding in Minecraft - Prodigy Learning

11:45am AKDT

Author's Meet and Greet JDHS Main Library Lunch JDHS Commons

12:30pm AKDT

The Skinny on Skulls JDHS CommonsBrenda Duty

12:45pm AKDT

Showcase JDHS Auditorium

1:45pm AKDT

Teaching High School Evolution Virtually or In-Person JDHS Room 218Kenny Coogan Featured Speaker: Suzzuk Huntington JDHS Room 206Suzzuk (Mary Huntington) Science and Traditional Knowledge and Wisdom JDHS Room 227Ilarion (Larry) Merculieff Historic Downtown Juneau Walking Tour and City Museum Visit Downtown JuneauElissa Borgess Alaska Standards Resources: What's New in Math and Science? JDHS Room 100AJoy Abbott Outside, Just an Extension of Your Classroom Turf FieldMeredith Gutierrez Featured Speaker: Aeriale Johnson - Intersections: Leveraging Literacy and Texts to Nurture Young Children's Love of STEAM Topics and Promote Equitable Outcomes JDHS Main LibraryAeriale Johnson Coastal Helicopter Ice Field Tour Coastal HelicoptersCoastal Helicopters Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center Mendenhall Glacier Visitor's CenterAmber Debardelaben • Dave Kennedy • Julia Schostak • Amy Sherwin Add Some Steam to Your STEM Teaching with Wool Felting! JDHS Room 308Laurel Devaney Computer Science Fundamentals K-5 (Part II) JDHS Room 116 (Computer Lab)Cheryl Bobo • Tammy Morris

2:45pm AKDT

How to Use Your Community for Math and Science JDHS Room 314Michelle Daml The Magic of Dye Transfer JDHS Room 102Brita Steinberger Changing Math Mindsets Using Instructional Routines JDHS Room 318Samantha Royer Using the Marie Drake Planetarium with Your Students Marie Drake PlanetariumRosemary Walling

4:00pm AKDT

Devil's Club Brewery Tour: Science of Yeasts Downtown JuneauPeggy Cowan • Evan Wood

4:30pm AKDT

Planetarium Movie Shorts Marie Drake PlanetariumRosemary Walling

5:30pm AKDT

Juneau Pub Crawl Tour Amalga Distillery

6:00pm AKDT

Big Astronomy Marie Drake PlanetariumRosemary Walling

7:00pm AKDT

Planetarium Movie Shorts Marie Drake PlanetariumRosemary Walling

8:30am AKDT

ACTM Board Meeting JDHS Room 100A