2022 AK STEAM Conference has ended

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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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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 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

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 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 Inquiry: Observing Climate Change in Your Own Backyard with GLOBE JDHS Room 104Christi Buffington • Dr. Elena Sparrow Digital Escape Rooms: Unlocking Student Engagement JDHS Room 323Michaela Moore

11:30am AKDT

Engineering is Elementary JDHS Room 314Geoffrey Wyatt What's New in AKCIS PLCP 360? JDHS Room 230Julia Renfro

1:15pm AKDT

STEAM Energy in Southeast JDHS Room 302Clay Good Virtual Science Fairs JDHS Room 226Michelle Daml 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 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 Designing a Math Trail JDHS Room 218Pamela Garcia • Tina Pasteris 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

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 Getting Students Outside, Guilt-free JDHS 232Geoffrey Wyatt Traditional Knowledge in the Classroom & Beyond JDHS Room 316Stori Oates • Lisa Hiruki Raring Reading Skills to Reinforce STEAM Skills JDHS Room 100Patty Brown Alaska Standards Resources: What's New in Math and Science? JDHS Room 100AJoy Abbott 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

10:30am AKDT

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 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

11:30am AKDT

Engineering is Elementary JDHS 232Geoffrey Wyatt 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

12:30pm AKDT

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

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 Mountain Goats of Shaa Tlaax, Moldy Top (Mt. Juneau) JDHS Room 102Richard Carstensen Changing Math Mindsets Using Instructional Routines JDHS Room 318Samantha Royer 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 Featured Speaker: Rick Thoman - Fun with climate information: where to find it and cool things to do with it JDHS Main LibraryRick Thoman 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

10:00am AKDT

Growing Organizational Leadership JDHS Room. 310Patty Brown Virtual Science Fairs JDHS Room 226Michelle Daml 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 iReady Implementation Across the State JDHS Room 102Tara DeVaughn • Mackenzie Rosenthal The Giant of Trees of Lingít Aaní JDHS Room 206Richard Carstensen • Steve Merli 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 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

12:30pm AKDT

The Skinny on Skulls JDHS CommonsBrenda Duty

12:45pm AKDT

Showcase JDHS Auditorium

1:45pm AKDT

Alaska Standards Resources: What's New in Math and Science? JDHS Room 100AJoy Abbott Outside, Just an Extension of Your Classroom Turf FieldMeredith Gutierrez 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 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

7:00pm AKDT

Planetarium Movie Shorts Marie Drake PlanetariumRosemary Walling