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NCSTA PDI 2019

Welcome to the 2019 NCSTA PDI. We are celebrating 50 years of continued support of science educators in North Carolina. We have many great sessions and exciting activities planned.

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8:00am EST

Investigations in Nanotechnology: Integrating Nano in the Curriculum Salem 1CM. Gail Jones • Emma Refvem • Kathryn Rende • Pam Huff STEM Family Challenge Salem 3AJason Painter Using Sickle Cell Disease as a Model for Learning about DNA and RNA Salem 1BKelly Allen • Haley Wamble

9:15am EST

A Whole Bunch of Awesome Science EdTech Tools that will Make you Say, "Wow!" Salem 3APeter Panico Promoting Quality Student Research in STEM Winston 1CAlisa Wickliff • Burroughs Wellcome Fund/NC SMT Center • Chris Gordon

10:30am EST

Cheap and Easy Hands-on Chemistry Activities Salem 1CChristine Sudzina Schut Examining the Health Effects of Flavored E-Cigarettes: A Data Interpretation Activity Salem 1BDana Haine • Elise Hickman School Improvement through the Lens of NC STEM Schools of Distinction Winston 1CHoward Ginsburg • Carol Moore • Burroughs Wellcome Fund/NC SMT Center Teaching Tectonics: A Grab Bag of Hands-On Activities for Plate Tectonics Winston 3CTim Martin

12:30pm EST

Code your Way to Playful Learning for K-2 Winston 3CJennifer Cyr • Namrata Gupta Game Time! Incorporating Competition with Science Notebooks Winston 3AClaire Hoots, Exhibitor Modeling Instruction for Secondary Science Winston 1CScott Ragan Read, Think, Write and Speak like a Scientist! Winston 1BJessie Enlow The Interconnectedness of Environmental Education and Classroom Learning Salem 1BMichelle Pearce • Trudie Henninger (she/they) Using Science and Engineering Practices to Inspire Thinking, Wonder and Fun in the Science Class Salem 3CMelaine Rickard • Todd Guentensberger

3:30pm EST

Calling all Artists! How to Infuse Glass Making into Chemistry Class Salem 1CTom Savage Teaching Meteorology: A Grab Bag of Hands-On Activities for Teaching Weather Winston 3CTim Martin Using Text to Think and Communicate like Scientists Winston 1CKristana Rogers • Joshua Hunter • Katherine Nock

8:00am EST

Giving STEM Learning a Voice Salem 3CAngela Reid-Griffin • Jessica Croson Microscopy Specialist Winston 3ABelinda Reynolds, Commercial • Jeremy Leblanc, Commercial Redesigning the Science Sequence for the 21st Century Salem 1BAaron Willey • Jeffrey George • Marci Harvey Best of the Best: Hands-On Activities for each 5th Grade Essential Standard Salem 3APeter Panico How much does that cost? Strategies for teaching science on a budget Winston 1CEmily Cayton • M. Gail Jones Our Nuclear World: radioactivity, nuclear medicine and power production Salem 1CLisa Marshall • Roger Sit

8:30am EST

3, 2, 1, Liftoff! Winston 3CTom Savage Celebrating STEM: How Public Science Is Changing Classrooms Salem 3CErik MacIntosh Illuminate Life Science through Inquiry and Literacy Salem 1BValerie Sellars

9:15am EST

Rockin' NC with the Geobago Winston 3CMarta Toran Science and Literacy: Making the Connection Winston 3AValerie Sellers (STEMscopes) • Pam O'Brien • Stan Mozingo • Jessica Mayfield Student Research in My Classroom? Where Do I Start? Winston 1CJudy Day • Leah Bug

9:45am EST

Manipulating Modeling Clay Makes Muscle Models Salem 1BCheston Saunders

10:30am EST

Big Data for Little Hands: STEM for young children Winston 1BCindi Smith-Walters Detectives in the Classroom: Building Problem-Solving Skills in K-2 Salem 3AKerrie Lalli Engage the Entire Family in STEM Winston 1CMichelle Hafey Utilizing On-line Nature Cameras Salem 3CKrista Brinchek

11:00am EST

Update from the Robeson Planetarium Winston 1B

12:30pm EST

Who told the elements where to go? The Year of the Periodic Table Salem 1CDorothy Holley • Janice West Be a Science Teacher and See the World Salem 3CLindsay Smith Claim-Evidence-Reasoning: Scientific Explanations to Increase Student Voice Winston 1APam O'Brien • Jessica Mayfield Message In A Bottle: Forming International Friendships Through the Power of the Gulf Stream Winston 3CSusan Schambach No Bones About It: Learning about the Human Body is Fun! Winston 3AAmy Sparks Paideia Seminar: Connecting Fiction to Non-Fiction Winston 1CJamie Worth

1:45pm EST

Game Time! Incorporating Competition with Science Notebooks Winston 3AClaire Hoots, Exhibitor Teaching Ethics to Elementary Science Students Salem 3CWayne Shore The Poetry and (Language) Art of Science Winston 3CChristy Hinkelman • Nicolette Torres Threaded Labs: Using Authentic Experiences as Unit Backbones Salem 1CJeffrey George