Join us at the MSTA Annual Conference March 6-7 in Lansing, MI to see how we can help activate learning, engagement and excitement in your classrooms. Attend a workshop to experience one of our K-12 programs and see a better way to engage students in STEM.

Tell us how you Activate Learning in your classroom and receive a FREE Claim, Evidence & Reasoning poster.

Can’t make it, but want to learn more? Please contact your Regional Sales Manager, Cynthia Weller at cweller@activatelearning.com.

8:00-8:45 a.m.

ONPAR Assessments for Middle School NGSS Aligned Curricula, including OpenSciEd and IQWST

Are you looking for assessments to use with your OER Middle School Curriculum? ONPAR’s Multimedia interface is designed to be accessible to all students, providing rich, formative information for both students and teachers. Join us in this session to learn more!

Presented by: Linda Malkin, ONPAR

9:00-9:45 a.m.

Using Anchoring Phenomena and Driving Question Boards to Spark Student Questioning 

Learning is a fundamentally social endeavor. This session will model the collaborative “figuring out process” of students engaging in phenomena and asking questions. Through an IQWST investigation, we will examine students’ ways of talking so they are able to articulate, make sense, and evaluate each other’s ideas with confidence.

Presented by: Diane Wright, Activate Learning

10:00-10:45 a.m.

Engineering the Future

Thinking of incorporating engineering into your school curriculum? Join us for a fun workshop that introduces you to the Boston Museum of Science engineering curricula, Engineering the Future. We will explore several projects and design adevice for a mobile apparatus. Learn about how to implement a great Engineering Design Cycle that has applications in any discipline, but especially STEM.

Presented by: Gary Curts, Activate Learning

11:00-11:45 a.m.

A Focus on Modeling in the Phenomenon- based classroom

Developing and using models allows students to imagine the unseen, make predictions, ask questions, and develop further investigations. Experience the IQWST modeling process, evaluate student models, and connect them back to the Driving Question Board.

Presented by: Diane Wright, Activate Learning

1:00-1:45 p.m.

Put On Your Engineering Glasses

This workshop will focus on how to integrate engineering concepts into your physics or physical science classroom using the acclaimed curriculum, Active Physics. We will do a fun take-home lab, and then implement strategies and directions for the students to analyze the lab with their “Engineering Glasses”. Come away completely invigorated and excited to infuse engineering concepts in your classroom.

Presented by: Gary Curts, Activate Learning

2:00-2:45 p.m.

Chemistry to make Students React

Let’s explore how to make chemistry more student-centered and fun. We will focus on labs and ideas from Active Chemistry. We will also model several different meta-cognitive strategies to implement in your classroom. Lots of take-home handouts and gain ideas into the best ways to holistically assess your chemistry students understanding of key science concepts while incorporating core Math and ELA standards.

Presented by: Gary Curts, Activate Learning

3:00-3:45 p.m.

Reading, Writing, Talking, and DOING Science: Literacy Strategies in the Elementary Classroom

Science is the gateway for real-world context for math and language skills development, resulting in greater student confidence and higher achievement. Participate in a new Activate Learning PRIME lesson that demonstrates the integration of literacy strategies in the context of science. This includes the incorporation of academic language in written responses and oral discourse in conjunction with investigations using an interactive word wall. Reading and differentiation strategies highlighted.

Presented by: Diane Wright, Activate Learning

4:00-4:45 p.m.

Exploring Earth’s Systems

This workshop will take a “Systems” approach to teaching Earth Science. Using the EarthComm curriculum, we will explore Earth Science as an interplay between the geosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, atmosphere, biosphere, and anthroposphere. Lead students to understand the relationship between the different systems and the relevance of the science they are learning.

Presented by: Gary Curts, Activate Learning

8:00-8:45 a.m.

Put On Your Engineering Glasses

This workshop will focus on how to integrate engineering concepts into your physics or physical science classroom using the acclaimed curriculum, Active Physics. We will do a fun take-home lab, and then implement strategies and directions for the students to analyze the lab with their “Engineering Glasses”. Come away completely invigorated and excited to infuse engineering concepts in your classroom.

Presented by: Gary Curts, Activate Learning

9:00-9:45 a.m.

Reading, Writing, Talking, and DOING Science: Literacy Strategies in the Elementary Classroom

Science is the gateway for real-world context for math and language skills development, resulting in greater student confidence and higher achievement. Participate in a new Activate Learning PRIME lesson that demonstrates the integration of literacy strategies in the context of science. This includes the incorporation of academic language in written responses and oral discourse in conjunction with investigations using an interactive word wall. Reading and differentiation strategies highlighted.

Presented by: Diane Wright, Activate Learning

10:00-10:45 a.m.

ONPAR Assessments for Middle School NGSS Aligned Curricula, including OpenSciEd and IQWST

Are you looking for assessments to use with your OER Middle School Curriculum? ONPAR’s Multimedia interface is designed to be accessible to all students, providing rich, formative information for both students and teachers. Join us in this session to learn more!

Presented by: Linda Malkin, ONPAR

11:00-11:45 a.m.

Using Anchoring Phenomena and Driving Question Boards to Spark Student Questioning 

Learning is a fundamentally social endeavor. This session will model the collaborative “figuring out process” of students engaging in phenomena and asking questions. Through an IQWST investigation, we will examine students’ ways of talking so they are able to articulate, make sense, and evaluate each other’s ideas with confidence.

Presented by: Diane Wright, Activate Learning