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ATALANTA 2023
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NMLSTA Members and Friends*
Thursday, March 23, 2023
Concurrent Sessions
9:45 - 10:45 AM
1:00 - 2:00 PM
Stories from the Classroom: Supporting Sensemaking with Primary Sources--Hands-on Workshop
Georgia World Congress Center - A314
Kathy Biernat, Donna Governor, and Loris Chen
2:20 - 3:20 PM
Wind Energy STEM Unit—Hands-on Workshop
Georgia World Congress Center - A411/412b
Allison Clegg and Heidi Webster
3:40 - 4:40 PM
Trauma Informed Teaching in the Science Classroom—Presentation
Georgia World Congress Center - B403
Chelsea Robertson and Cheryl Robertson
5:00-6:00 PM
NMLSTA Board of Directors Meeting
Omni – Maple A
Invited guests and interested members may attend
Friday, March 24, 2023
Concurrent Sessions
8:00 - 9:00 AM
#ScienceSaves: Lessons on how science has benefited humankind—Presentation
Georgia World Congress Center - B301
Amanda Clapp and Alison Betz Seymour
10:40 - 11:40 AM
Science + Engineering + Math = Parachute STEM Activity—Hands-on Activity
Georgia World Congress Center - A411
Suzanne Cunningham
What is a CER and Why Do I Need One?
Georgia World Congress Center - B406a/b
Nancy Gifford
1:20 - 2:20 PM
Teaching Evolution: Free resources and Lessons—Presentation
Georgia World Congress Center - B308
Amanda Clapp and Alison Betz Seymour
2:40 - 3:40 PM
4:00 - 5:00 PM
Speed Sharing Sessions
10:40 – 11:40AM
Speed Sharing: Middle School Tools
Georgia World Congress Center - B313b
Kyla Corelli, Alison Betz Seymour, and Rebecca Garelli
Speed Sharing: Middle School STEM
Georgia World Congress Center - B407
Peter Kelly, Diane Ripollone, and Laycca Umer
Speed Sharing: Middle School
Georgia World Congress Center - B313a
Kathy Biernat, Stephanie McDonald, and Aliyah Johnson
Poster Share-a-Thon
Noon - 1:00 PM
Georgia World Congress Center - Exhibit Hall, Poster Session Aisle
NMLSTA: An Organization for Middle Level Educators
Mary Lou Lipscomb
Creating strong teacher questions to engage students in science practices and science as a practice
Liz McMillan
Exploring STEM in Germany
Loris Chen
5:00 – 6:00 PM
Meet Me in the Middle: Meet and Greet
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Join middle level educators and enthusiasts for a social hour.
Meet old friends and make new ones! NMLSTA officers and board members will be available.
Omni, South Tower—Oak Room
Saturday, March 25, 2023
8:00 - 10:00 AM
Meet Me in the Middle Share-a-Thon
Georgia World Congress Center - B206
Meet a variety of presenters and discover ideas and materials you will be able to use next week. Following are the titles of the presentations.
The National Marine Educators Association--David Christopher
Time Management Teacher Style--Allison Clegg
Sweet Math: How Much Corn Have You Drank Today?--Suzanne Cunningham
No Child Left Inside! Construct Your Own Viewers for the Upcoming U.S. Solar Eclipses--Charles Fulco
Using VR Tours and Authentic Data in the Classroom--Jonathan Griffith & Daniela Pennycook
Infiniscope: Digital Learning Experiences and Content Creation Tools--Sina Kirk
It's Lit with Circuits!--Cory Nelson
MySciLife--Jesse Nolan
Trees and the Carbon Cycle--Angela Rizzi
Updating the National Assessment of Educational Progress Framework for Science--Jennifer Self
Clustered 30 Minute Sessions
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Using Scientific Phenomena to Strengthen Student and Teacher Questioning
Georgia World Congress Center - B207
Cheryl Robertson
8:45 - 9:15 AM
Building K-12 Literacy Skills for STEM Career Success
Georgia World Congress Center - B210
Liz Martinez, Elizabeth Allan, and Loris Chen
8:45 - 9:15 AM
Teaching Students to Evaluate Data Through Real World Connections
Georgia World Congress Center - A403
Diane Ripollone and Kathy Biernat
9:30-10:00 AM
Bringing the Outside In For All Students With Hands-On Activities and Digital Slides - Hands-on Workshop
Georgia World Congress Center - B306
Becky Tonkinson, Sharyon Holness, and Karin Jakubowski
Concurrent Sessions
10:20 - 11:20 AM
Don’t Cross the Streams: Assessment Literacy in the Middle Grades NGSS Classroom--Presentation
Georgia World Congress Center - C209
John White
1:20 - 2:20 PM
Choose-Your-Own Science Adventures: A Digital Experience - Presentation
Georgia World Congress Center - C208
Kathleen Brooks, Sharyon Holness, and Rebecca Tonkinson
2:40 - 3:40 PM
Making Sense of Surface Heating in Human and Natural Systems--Hands-on Workshop
Georgia World Congress Center - B401
Loris Chen
Offshore Wind and Whales STEM—Hands-On Workshop
Georgia World Congress Center - A316
Cori Nelson
Broadening Student Engagement in Science: Using a Global Science Classroom to Promote Sensemaking--Presentation
Georgia World Congress Center - B306
Jenny Frank and Kenneth Huff
SCoPE: Solving Community Problems with Engineering | Nutrient Pollution
Georgia World Congress Center - B215
Nancy Gifford and Shawn Stevens
4:00 - 5:00 PM
Digital Energy Escape Room for Middle School - Presentation
Georgia World Congress Center Room B305
Sharyon Holness and Rebecca Tonkinson
Go Big or Go Home- with Large Scale Kinesthetic Modeling
Georgia World Congress Center Room C213
David Ebersole
Poster Share-a-Thon
Noon - 1:00 PM
Georgia World Congress Center - Exhibit Hall, Poster Session Aisle
Water Moves Our Earth; Plants Stabilize Our Earth
Suzanne Cunningham
Energize Your Climate Change Course for Middle School
Karin Jakubowski and Kathleen Brooks
Speed Sharing Sessions
1:20 - 2:20 PM
Bold Names = Members of NMLSTA
*If you are scheduled to present on a topic related to Middle Level Science at the NSTA Conference in Atlanta and would like your presentation to appear on this website, please contact Mary Lou Lipscomb, NMLSTA Program Coordinator at the email below.
QUESTIONS? lipscombml@nmlsta.org