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WSST Conference 2024

WSST 2024 Conference

7:00am CDT

Registration Registration Desk

8:00am CDT

Newcomers Meeting Meeting D Working Together to Strengthen Your OpenSciEd Classroom Riverside Ball C Teaching ocean conservation efforts with a salt water tank. Riverside Ball B Social Sciences & Critical Thinking: Making Informed Sense of How People Interact with PBS’s Above The Noise North Hall C Building Future Scientists: Fostering Science Identity in Students for Lifelong Learning Meeting B Engineering Tomorrow: Students Today, Engineers Tomorrow >> Science focused STEM labs that provide hands-on lessons at NO COST. Meeting C The Role of Professional Learning to Support OpenSciEd Implementation Meeting A Workshop: Incorporating Soil Health Assessments in Environmental Education North Hall A Movie Screening: Picture a Scientist Riverside Ball A Workshop: Storylining in Biology for Coherent Instruction Meeting E Workshop: Fishing in the Schools Meeting G Workshop: Science in the Trees: K-2 Lessons from Project Learning Tree’s New Activity Guide Meeting F

9:00am CDT

Retirees Meeting Meeting D Books to Builds: STEM Activities to Compliment Your Favorite Read-Alouds Riverside Ball C AI Prompt Engineering to Support Inquiry and Phenomena-Based Science Meeting A Chemistry Roundtable North Hall D Classrooms and Invasive Species Riverside Ball B Transforming Teaching with Curriculum-Based Professional Learning North Hall A Rocketry + Avionics: Taking Data to New Heights Meeting C The Power of Student Consensus Models North Hall B

9:30am CDT

FT1: La Crosse Exploratorium (Planetarium) FT2: Genoa Fish Hatchery

10:00am CDT

Unleashing Innovation: Exploring Computational Thinking Embedded in Elementary Science Instruction North Hall B Science Essentials: 6 Skills Scientist Value Most (And How to Teach Them!) Riverside Ball C Teacher Observations Don't Have to Suck -Lets Fix This Process With a New Tool Meeting A Anchoring phenomena and photoelectron spectroscopy (PES) to aid student sensemaking in atomic structure North Hall C Transitioning to a Phenomenon-based Learning Space with OpenSciEd Meeting B Middle School Roundtable North Hall D Teaching Science with Soil: Ecosystem Services Riverside Ball B What's that smell? The Science of Wastewater Meeting C Workshop: Focusing Figuring Out on Phenomena to Promote Student Agency Meeting D Workshop: Logs to Lumber Meeting G Workshop: Relevant, Real-World Issues: Engage High School Students with PLT Resources Meeting F Workshop: Wisconsin Geology Storylines Meeting E

11:00am CDT

ACS Sponsored Panel Discussion between Secondary and Post-Secondary Instructors North Hall A Geology Rocks! North Hall B Data Nuggets: Bringing authentic science stories and data to students Riverside Ball C Education DemoCamps: Bridging the Gap Between Classrooms and Natural History Riverside Ball B Workshop: 15 Questions To Ask Before You Adopt Meeting C Climate Change Mitigation and Hope North Hall C Physics Roundtable North Hall D Hydroponics from classroom to lunch room Meeting B Workshop: Unmasking Superheroes: The Science Behind the Legends Meeting A

12:00pm CDT

Lunch Keynote: GROW La Crosse Riverside Ball A

12:15pm CDT

Thursday Lunch Keynote Riverside Ball A

1:00pm CDT

District 1 Roundtable North Hall D Keynote Follow up Meeting A Using Wicked Problems in Agriculture to Engage Students in Plant Science and Biotechnology North Hall A Effective Literacy and Writing Strategies in the Science Classroom Meeting B Workshop: Bring Wisconsin Wildlife Into Your Classroom Meeting F Fermenters of WSST Unite Meeting D Get Real Science! North Hall C Technical Writing: Why lab reports are more important than you think North Hall B Our Journey with OpenSciEd Riverside Ball C DNA Discovery Using 3DMD models Riverside Ball B Cancelled: Workshop: Living in a Material World! How Materials Science Shapes the Future. Meeting G Workshop: Bridging Literacy and Science: Enhancing Reading and Writing through Science of Reading and Science Education Meeting C Workshop: Determining the Genetics of a Cash Cow Meeting E

1:30pm CDT

FT4: La Crosse Exploratorium (Planetarium) FT5: La Crosse Distilling Co. FT6: The Nature Place

2:00pm CDT

Attraction and Repulsion-It’s Magnetic North Hall A Let's Engage Students through Phenomena-based Science Instruction Meeting B After School Science Riverside Ball C Recharge your science instruction at WINGS! North Hall C Rethinking Tracking in Introductory High School Science Courses Meeting A Using Primary Literature to Teach Science North Hall D We can Reverse Antibiotic Resistance! North Hall B Inquiry-based Lessons for People and the Planet Riverside Ball B Workshop: How to Be a Badge-R - Utilizing the conext of Agriculture to Teach Science Meeting D Workshop: The Art & Science of Nature Journaling Meeting G Workshop: The Watershed Game: Connecting Land Use and Water Quality for Inspiring Learning Meeting F Workshop: Water Quality and Remote Sensing: How Can Images be Used to Quantify Lake Health? Meeting C

3:00pm CDT

Elementary Roundtable North Hall D (Un)paving a path towards improving climate health and health equity Meeting A Workshop: Writing Dialogues for YOUR Classes Meeting D Streamlining Science Instruction: Harnessing AI to Save Time and Enhance Learning Meeting B Costa Rica Tropical Research Experience North Hall B Forestry Workforce Curriculum in Action Riverside Ball C From Atoms to Oceans: Modeling the Properties of Water Riverside Ball B Bring Wood Ducks Into Your Classroom with the WWA North Hall A Cancelled: Workshop: Improv to Improve (Science) Communication in your Classroom Meeting G Workshop: Supporting ALL students: making sense of phenomena through shared experiences. Meeting E

4:00pm CDT

WESTA Rock Raffle Vendor Hall Vendor Social Vendor Hall

6:15pm CDT

Membership Social Sponsored by the President of WSST Riverside Ball A

7:00am CDT

Registration Registration Desk

8:00am CDT

FOSS Introduction to Thinklink North Hall A From Vision to Victory: How to Write a Successful WSST Grant Meeting D There's No Shame in Asking for Help! Meeting C Biology Roundtable Share session Mezzanine The Graphs We've Known and Loved Meeting B Inclusive Grading Meeting E Bringing Water Research into Your Classroom Riverside Ball C Using New Tools for Old Challenges -- Science Teacher Education Meeting A Workshop: Use molecular tools to find antibiotic resistance genes in environmental DNA Meeting F Cancelled: From Sparks to Solutions: Brainstorming the Engineering Way North Hall C Accessible & Engaging Science for Middle Schoolers w/ PBS Wisconsin’s Meet The Lab Collection North Hall D Farm to Classroom: Embedded Agriculture in Urban Schools Riverside Ball B How to teach a FOSS lesson Grades K-2 North Hall B Workshop: A Revolution in Resource Partitioning: Using authentic field data and DNA metabarcoding to reveal previously hidden dimensions to niche partitioning. Meeting G

9:00am CDT

New FOSS assessment and reporting system: FOSSmap Grades 3-8 North Hall A Finding Equity in Catholic Schools Meeting D Science Memes: the Good, the Bad, the Ugly Meeting A Formative FUN-damentals: Engage Students, Empower Teachers! Meeting C Makerspace Partners - Librarians and Science Teachers Riverside Ball C The Graphs We've Known and Loved Meeting B Equitable Discussions of Nature-Culture Relationships: OpenSciEd Biology Meeting E Schoolyard Trail of Trees Riverside Ball B Earth Science share / round table discussion - WESTA Mezzanine How we teach climate change wrong North Hall C Impact At Home: Helping Young People Explore the Local Effects of Global Warming w/ PBS’s Climate Wisconsin: Stories From A State Of Change North Hall D Workshop: Design an Experiment for the International Space Station! Meeting F Coffee and Cookie Bar, sponsored by ECA Science Kit Vendor Hall Movie Screening: Decoding the Driftless Riverside Ball A Vendor Hall Vendor Hall

9:30am CDT

Closed FT9: Kwik Trip Distribution Center and Food Protection Lab FT7: Summit Elementary School Forest FT8: USGS Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center

10:00am CDT

Place-Based Learning for Very Young Scientists Riverside Ball B Empathy for Wildlife: Incorporating SEL in Science Riverside Ball C Incorporating the PLC Process in the Classroom Meeting C Modifying Existing Science Units to Align to NGSS North Hall C Unboxing your FOSS kit North Hall A Wild Wisconsin Weather Meeting D Biotech Breakthrough! Biotechnology Accessibility Through 3D Models and Design Challenges Meeting B Making Project-Based Learning Work Meeting E How Wetlands Play a Role in Preserving Habitat North Hall D Scaffolding Science Practices in Grades 5-10 Meeting A Workshop: Beginner Biotech: Micropipetting Art and Gel Electrophoresis for Middle and High Schools Meeting F How to teach a FOSS lesson Grades 3-5 North Hall B Workshop: Changing Planet: Using Biointeractive to Teach the Causes and Impacts of Climate Change Meeting G

10:30am CDT

Snack tables, sponsored by Activate Learning, UW-Extension and WI Science Festival Vendor Hall

11:00am CDT

Higher Education Roundtable Mezzanine Science Pawsibilities: Unleashing Learning with Classroom Pets Meeting C STEM Learning Beyond the School Day Riverside Ball C Adding Local Phenomena to Existing Science Units (such as Storylines) North Hall C Empowering Young Explorers: Fostering Equitable Outdoor Learning Through a Statewide Resource Lending Program Meeting D FOSS Introduction to Thinklink North Hall A Students with IEPs in the Science Classroom Meeting B A Journey Through Two Years of Implementing the Illinois Storylines Phenomenon-Based Curriculum North Hall D Co-Serving to Support Inclusion of Students with Disabilities in High School Science Riverside Ball B Concurrent enrollment as an alternative route to earn college credits Meeting A Make Learning (And Teaching!) Evolution Relevant and Fun Meeting E Workshop: New Teacher Network Workshop Meeting F

12:30pm CDT

Friday Lunch Keynote Riverside Ball A

1:00pm CDT

1:30pm CDT

Closed FT12: La Crosse Distilling Co. FT10: Grow La Crosse FT11: Mississippi Valley Archeology Center

2:00pm CDT

Friday Lunch Keynote Follow up Riverside Ball B Integrating Engineering Design Activities into the Elementary Science Curriculum Riverside Ball C After School Network Roundtable Mezzanine FOSS Introduction to Thinklink North Hall A Meet your District 2 Director North Hall D Storylines Round Table North Hall C Energy Education is for Everyone...and it Starts Now! Meeting D Journey from Sequence to Structure with Amino Acids Unveiled! Meeting C Integrating the Learning For Justice Standards Meeting E Maximizing Classroom Resources through the Civil Air Patrol Aerospace Education Membership Program Meeting A Introduction to Energy Storage: Batteries in Series and Parallel Meeting F Leveling Up Assessments (HS/MS) Meeting B How to teach a FOSS lesson Grades 6-8 North Hall B Workshop: Standards-based grading in a points and percentage world! Meeting G

3:00pm CDT

Strengthening Opportunities for Science Teacher Learning Meeting C Building agency, values and community through consensus and student discourse Meeting A Energy Conservation: Using your School Building as an Energy Education Tool Meeting D The Devil's Element: Phosphorus and a World Out of Balance - Book Study North Hall C Unboxing your FOSS kit North Hall A WSST District 5 Round Table Mezzanine "The OpenSciEd Instructional Model: Routines for Advancing Students Through a Storyline" Meeting B Improving Science Literacy Through Portfolios Meeting E Open Sci Ed Workgroup North Hall D

4:00pm CDT

Town Hall Meeting Riverside Ball B

5:30pm CDT

Pre-banquet Social Riverside Ball A

6:30pm CDT

The Milton Pella Banquet Riverside Ball A

8:30pm CDT

After Banquet Social Freight House

7:30am CDT

Registration Registration Desk

8:00am CDT

Cancelled: Developing and Using Scientific Models in the Science Classroom Meeting C Help students "hack" the Science ACT Meeting B Increase Student Agency with Driving Question Boards Meeting A Workshop: Why We Teach Science: A Micro-Retreat to Reconnect to Our Deeper Purposes for Teaching Meeting E Workshop: Introduction to Chemistry Learning Environments Anchored in Phenomena (ChemLEAP) Meeting D

9:00am CDT

Educational Equity Meeting C Investigating properties of materials using light-matter interactions along the electromagnetic spectrum Meeting B Monitoring COVID-19 in Schools Meeting A

10:00am CDT

Harnessing the Power of Simulations in Science Education Meeting B Exploring Materials Science at all grade levels! Meeting C Motivational Interviewing Meeting A Workshop: Unmasking Superheroes: The Science Behind the Legends Meeting D Workshop: Using Noticing, Wondering, and Connection Routines to Get Engagement and Discourse Meeting E

11:00am CDT

Stimulating Student's Interests in Science Using Citizen Science Projects Meeting A Supporting English Learners to Access Disciplinary Literacy in a Chemistry Lesson through the Mode Continuum Meeting C

12:00pm CDT

WSST Spring Board Meeting Meeting B