NSTA 2019 Seattle Washington
NSTA 2019 Area Conference on Science Education
Seattle, Washington
How do you Activate Learning?
Visit us in Booth #518 and discover new ways to engage students in K-12 STEM education.
Tell us how you Activate Learning in your classroom and receive a FREE Claim, Evidence & Reasoning poster.
Participate in an in-booth program presentation and walk away with one of our cool What’s Your Evidence? t-shirts!
We are excited to introduce Activate Learning PRIME™, our NEW K-5 Elementary program to complete our
100% NGSS-aligned Activate Learning K-8 Science program.
Developed by UChicago STEM Education, Activate Learning PRIME™ is the product of a rigorous iterative development process by an author team comprised of both content and classroom specialists and is designed to be educative for elementary school teachers, as well as for students. The program engages children in learning science by doing science, with a focus on developing discourse and critical thinking skills alongside disciplinary content knowledge and science and engineering practices to help students make sense of engaging hands-on explorations.
To learn even more, attend a workshop on Thursday, December 12 in Room 608.
| Thursday, December 12 |
| IQWST: Literacy Strategies for the Middle School Classroom (Activate Learning) 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Room: 608, Washington State Convention Center Explore the role literacy plays in the IQWST classroom. Take part in a science lesson that demonstrates the integration of literacy strategies in the context of science, including 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. Speaker: Ellen Mintz, PD Facilitator, Activate Learning Session Topic: Physical Science Session Type: Exhibitor Workshop |
| Project-Based Inquiry Science™ (PBIScience): Creating “Coherence and Science Storylines” for Middle School (Activate Learning) 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM Room: 608, Washington State Convention Center STEM learning requires integration! Powerful questions and coherent storylines help solve the integration challenge. PBIScience is built around interesting and meaningful Big Questions and Big Challenges, supporting the integration of science and engineering, engaging ALL students in high-quality STEM learning, and embracing the vision of the Framework and NGSS. Speaker: Dr. Kristina Mitchell, Activate Learning Session Topic: General Science Education Session Type: Exhibitor Workshop |
| Reading, Writing, Talking, and DOING Science: Literacy Strategies in the Elementary Classroom (Activate Learning) 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Room: 608, Washington State Convention Center Explore the role literacy plays in the Science Companion Prime classroom. Participate in a 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. Speaker: Ellen Mintz, PD Facilitator, Activate Learning Session Topic: Physical Science Session Type: Exhibitor Workshop |
| Systems Thinking Applied to Planet Earth’s Greatest Challenges (Activate Learning) 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM Room: 608, Washington State Convention Center Experience a novel approach to Earth science. This new pedagogy uses a “systems” approach for plate tectonics, astronomy, natural resources, geology, and paleoclimatology. There will be several take-home activities and ideas to implement or augment your existing Earth science curricula. This curricula is put together by AGI (American Geoscience Institute) out of Washington, DC. Speaker: Gary Curts, STEM Implementation Specialist/Retired Educator, Activate Learning Session Topic: Earth and Space Science Session Type: Exhibitor Workshop |
| IQWST: Using Anchoring Phenomena and Driving Question Boards to Spark Student Questioning (Activate Learning) 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Room: 608, Washington State Convention Center As one of the science practices embedded in the NGSS, asking questions and defining problems provides students with an authentic and meaningful entry point into science and engineering. Taken from “Investigating and Questioning our World through Science and Technology” (IQWST), participants will experience a puzzling chemistry phenomenon and learn how to elicit, organize, and revisit students questions so that students feel ownership over their own learning. Speaker: Ellen Mintz, PD Facilitator, Activate Learning Session Topic: Life Science, Physical Science Session Type: Exhibitor Workshop |
| Active Physics: Project-Based Learning for Content and Creativity (Activate Learning) 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM Room: 608, Washington State Convention Center Develop a sport for the Moon; create a light and sound show to entertain your friends; design and build an improved safety device for a car. Project-based learning motivates students and challenges them to apply their physics knowledge, as well as reflect the three dimensions of NGSS . Active Physics has been incredibly successful in schools. Join the fun and find out how to make your curriculum even better. Speaker: Arthur Eisenkraft, Distinguished Professor of Science Education,UMass Boston Session Topic: Physical Science Session Type: Exhibitor Workshop |