Thank you for joining us this spring at the NSTA National Conference in Houston, TX.
At your workshop you likely received sample copy pages from the Student Book and Teacher Edition. If you need another copy of these pages (or pages from a different workshop) you can download them below. If the workshop pages are not linked please contact your curriculum specialist here.
WORKSHOPS:
Completed Workshops
THE FULL COURSE: MODELING ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE
From the Middle School Issues and Science | Evolution Unit
Date: Thursday, March 31, 2022
Time: 8:00 am - 9:00 am
Room: 351B
Students use a model to explore the cause-and-effect relationship between inappropriate use of antibiotics and the phenomenon of the evolution of antibiotic resistance. As they use the model, students use mathematical representations to support their analysis of patterns and trends in the results and to develop explanations for how and why the population of bacteria is changing. Student Pages | Teacher Pages
pH SCALE: MEASURING pH OPTICALLY USING AN RGP SPECTROPHOTOMETER
From the High School A Natural Approach to Chemistry program
Date: Thursday, March 31, 2022
Time: 9:30 am - 10:30 am
Room: 351B
What does pH actually measure? In this investigation, you will measure pH indirectly using indicators and absorption using the Lab-Master. Using their data participants generate a graph of absorbance vs. pH. This graph can be used to determine the pH of solutions, within the measured pH range. Join us for this activity from The Natural Approach to Chemistry program. Activity Pages
CHEMICAL REACTIONS: RECOVERING COPPER FROM WATER SOLUTIONS
From the Middle School Issues and Science | Chemical Reactions Unit
Date: Thursday, March 31, 2022
Time: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Room: 351B
Students investigate the use of reactions with three metals for reducing copper waste and reclaiming copper from a used copper etching solution. Students use data from their investigation and text sources to develop an evidence- based argument for which metal is the best choice for recovering copper from the waste solution. Student Pages | Teacher Pages
NOT YOUR USUAL ELEMENTARY STEM WORKSHOP:
MAKE A RIDE FOR ONE OF YOUR TOYS
From Tinkering Labs
Date: Thursday, March 31, 2022
Time: 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Room: 351B
With the Tinkering Labs Electric Motors Catalyst, your students can create their own inventions using real wood, real hardware, and real motors. They will learn STEM through project based design challenges that allow them to wonder, test, invent (and yes, play!) while learning important physical science and engineering core ideas, such as force, motion, electricity and energy. The Tinkering Labs STEM curriculum was designed for grades K-5 by a team led by Gever Tulley, founder of the award-winning, independent Brightworks School in San Francisco. This hands-on workshop challenges participants to make a vehicle to move a toy or other small object using motors, wheels, wires and other equipment. This activity is one of 10 engineering design challenges in the Electric Motors Catalyst, a STEM curriculum for grades K-5 that comes complete with equipment, lesson plans, assessments, embedded support for ELA, and is fully aligned to NGSS. The program is distributed exclusively by Lab-Aids. Lesson samples and literature will be distributed. Activity Curriculum Guide | Activity Challenge Guide
USING CLIMATE PROXIES TO LEARN ABOUT EARTH'S CLIMATE HISTORY
From the High School EDC Earth Science, Revised | Atmosphere and Climate Unit
Date: Thursday, March 31, 2022
Time: 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Room: 351B
How can scientists tell what Earth’s climate was like thousands of years before human measurements? This activity simulates the use of fossil ocean foraminifera, tiny organisms whose growth patterns are different in warm or cold water. Your students will analyze and graph samples of replicas of these organisms, and use this information to determine relative warm and cold periods in the past 200,000 years. This activity is from EDC Earth Science, a new NSF-supported high school earth science program from Lab-Aids that uses an active, data-oriented approach to the student of earth science and earth systems. Student Pages | Teacher Pages
Friday, April 1, 2022
LOOKING FOR PATTERNS IN SPECIES DIVERSITY
From the High School Science and Global Issues:Biology, Third Edition | Ecology Unit
Date: Friday, April 1, 2022
Time: 8:00 am - 9:00 am
Room: 351B
Look for patterns in species diversity in coral reef ecosystems and other animals to determine cause and effect relationships and understand how ecosystem interactions affect patterns of biological diversity.
USING A DQB WITH A MODEL NGSS ACTIVITY TO MAKE PHENOMENA MEANINGFUL AND CONNECTED TO SCIENCE CONTENT
Date: Friday, April 1, 2022
Time: 9:30 am - 10:30 am
Room: 351B
Intended Audience: Middle & High School Teachers
Pro-tips and full exemplary DQB walkthrough with our experienced classroom trainers. Several DQBs will be showcased on different platforms (Jamboard, Padlet, etc) and each participant will have access to each as a template to take back to your classrooms.
DQB Template - Padlet | DQB Jamboard | Setting up a DQB | PDSQ Document
NOT YOUR USUAL ELEMENTARY STEM WORKSHOP:
MAKE A RIDE FOR ONE OF YOUR TOYS
From Tinkering Labs
Date: Friday, April 1, 2022
Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Room: 351B
With the Tinkering Labs Electric Motors Catalyst, your students can create their own inventions using real wood, real hardware, and real motors. They will learn STEM through project based design challenges that allow them to wonder, test, invent (and yes, play!) while learning important physical science and engineering core ideas, such as force, motion, electricity and energy. The Tinkering Labs STEM curriculum was designed for grades K-5 by a team led by Gever Tulley, founder of the award-winning, independent Brightworks School in San Francisco. This hands-on workshop challenges participants to make a vehicle to move a toy or other small object using motors, wheels, wires and other equipment. This activity is one of 10 engineering design challenges in the Electric Motors Catalyst, a STEM curriculum for grades K-5 that comes complete with equipment, lesson plans, assessments, embedded support for ELA, and is fully aligned to NGSS. The program is distributed exclusively by Lab-Aids. Lesson samples and literature will be distributed.
THE POWER OF CRISPR:
A new module designed in collaboration with The Lawrence Hall of Science, Innovative Genomics Institute, and Lab-Aids
Date: Friday, April 1, 2022
Time: 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Room: 351B
This six-lesson unit provides students with the opportunity to learn about the new CRISPR gene-editing technology. Students learn how CRISPR works and how it could be used to treat sickle cell disease, a genetic blood disorder. Students discuss information they find in program videos and articles and by conducting an investigation in which they use CRISPR to edit bacterial genes to learn about the relationship between genes, proteins, and traits. Students later discuss the ethical aspects of gene edition and the risks and benefits of using CRISPR for different applications.
This CRISPR-Cas9 kit is to be used solely for educational teaching at the grades K–12 or undergraduate level and is not to be used in any research, whether academic or in collaboration with a third party.
LOOKING FOR PATTERNS IN SPECIES DIVERSITY
From the High School Science and Global Issues:Biology, Third Edition | Ecology Unit
Date: Friday, April 1, 2022
Time: 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Room: 351B
Look for patterns in species diversity in coral reef ecosystems and other animals to determine cause and effect relationships and understand how ecosystem interactions affect patterns of biological diversity.