CALIFORNIA
SCIENCE
EDUCATION CONFERENCE
OCTOBER 21-23, 2011• PASADENA, CA
SHORT COURSES
Short Courses are three-hour programs that are California
standards-aligned and include a considerable amount
of hands-on activity, interactive instruction, group
work, and discussion. They are optional, additional-fee
events that are open to registered conference participants
on a first-come, first-served basis. Unsold Short Course
tickets may be available on-site at the conference,
but as many Short Courses sell out early, CSTA highly
encourages advance ticket purchase. Short Courses will
be held at Pasadena Convention Center and Hilton Hotel.
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FRIDAY,
OCTOBER 21, 2011 ~ 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM |
SC01: Modeling Plate Tectonics:
California-Style
Join us as we share a dozen of our favorite tried and
true plate tectonics models. Each participant receives
models, handouts, instructions, and posters ready to
use Monday morning.
Fee: $15
Earth/Space Science, Pedagogy/I&E
Grades 6; 9-12
Presenter: Cheryl Ann Park, Science
Teacher, Century High School
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SC02: Ready to Roll! The Education
and the Environment Initiative (EEI)
Experience California's first, (very cool!), standards-based,
State Board of Education-approved 85-unit, K-12 curriculum
that aligns environmental content to California's academic
content standards–to rave reviews by educators throughout
California.
Fee: $10
Environmental Science, Science Leadership
Grades: K-12
Presenter: Bryan Ehlers, California Environmental
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SC03: Place-Based Fisheries
Ecology–How to Get Your Students Diving for Paperclips
Cancelled by presenter 10/18/2011.
Presenter: Lisa Uttal, Education
Specialist, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
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SC04: Knowing What Students
Know: Probing for Understanding
Wondering what your students understand? Explore assessment
probes to elicit student thinking. Probes help you analyze
student learning, misconceptions, and interventions.
Receive sample probes and a process for developing probes.
Fee: $30
Multidisciplinary Science, Assessment
Grades 4-12
Presenter: Karen Cerwin, Regional
Director, K-12 Alliance/WestEd
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SC05: Interactive Notebook–A
Way to Access Science Content When Coupled with Effective
Strategies
The interactive notebook along with other effective
strategies is a tool used to deepen students' understanding
of academic content through active participation in
the learning process.
Fee: $45
Multidisciplinary Science, Literacy/EL
Grades: 5-13+
Presenter:
Mark McKay, Science Teacher, Venture Academy
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| SC06: Forensic Science in
Your Classroom
Building on Forensic Science in Your Classroom! this
short course will provide participants with the opportunity
to get their hands on real forensic science techniques
by solving a simulated crime.
Fee: $25
Multidisciplinary Science, Pedadogy/I&E
Grades: 6-12
Presenter: Karalyn Ramon, Science Teacher,
Loyola High School
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SC07: Podcasting in the Science
Classroom
Looking for innovative ways to teach science? Do methods
that encourage students as producers to “show what they
know” sound intriguing? This hands-on session is for
you!
Fee: $10
Multidisciplinary Science, Technology
Grades: K-12
Presenter:
Julie Drake, Consultant-in-Charge, Los Angeles COE
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SC08: Hands-On Performance
Assessment for K-6 Students: One Impetus for Inquiry
in Our Classrooms
Assessing inquiry is essential to instruction. Participants
will engage in two hands-on performance tasks, explore
the uses and advantages of this form of assessment,
and take home sample student set-ups.
Fee: $40
Physical Science, Assessment
Grades: K-5
Presenter: Deborah Tucker, Science
Education Consultant
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER
22, 2011 ~ 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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SC09: Teaching Inquiry Through
5E Earth Science Investigations
Cancelled due to low enrollment. |
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SC10: Modeling Cutting-Edge,
Hands-On, High-Tech Experiences to Improve Earthquake
Monitoring
Motivate your students to achieve in STEM through NASA’s
Flight Mission Challenge: Improving Earthquake Monitoring
unit. NASA master educators will lead you in a cutting-edge,
hands-on, multimedia-rich experience.
Fee: $10
Earth/Space Science, Pedagogy/I&E
Grades: 5-9
Presenter: Shaun Smith, NASA |
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SC11: Developing a Sense of
Wonder–New Early Childhood Environmental Experiences
Cancelled due to low enrollment.
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SC12: Water Quality Assessments
Cancelled by presenter 10/19/11.
Presenter: Julia Rankin Morandi, The Science
Collaborative, Inc.
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SC13: Teaching Evolution:
Successful Strategies for Challenges in the Classroom
Evolution is fundamental to biology. Resources and
strategies will enable teaching the Nature of Science,
and the examination of evidence supporting evolution.
Receive “Teaching Evolution & the Nature of Science.”
Fee: $30
Life Science, Pedagogy/I&E
Grades: 7-12
Presenter: Pamela Harman, Education and
Outreach Manager, SETI Institute
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SC14: Create Your Own $55
Interactive Whiteboard
Receive a Wiimote and infrared pen! Used with free
software and Bluetooth, these tools become an interactive
whiteboard. Set up the systems and discuss best practices
for using them.
Fee: $65
Multidisciplinary Science, Technology
Grades: 6-12
Presenter: Kathy McElroy, Monterey Bay
Aquarium |
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SC15: College Science Methods
Course: Model Lessons and Assignments, Overarching Goals,
and Sample Syllabi
CANCELLED - Due to low enrollment. |
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER
22, 2011 ~ 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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SC16: Build a Telescope: Explore
the EM Spectrum and the Universe
Astronomers observe the universe with telescopes across
the EM Spectrum. Build a Galileoscope, and learn how
astronomers use telescopes to explore the universe.
Free telescope, tripod, lessons, and observing guide.
Fee: $35
Earth/Space Science, Pedagogy/I&E
Grades: 6-12
Presenter: Edna DeVore, Deputy
CEO and Director of Education, SETI Institute
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SC17: Hands-On to ELA: Using
Science to Support the New California Common Core Content
Standards for English Language Arts
Learn how to integrate hands-on science instruction
with the California common core content standards for
English language arts. Participants will investigate
using science notebook entries as resources for expository
writing. Grades 2-5.
Fee: $20
Multidisciplinary Science, Literacy/EL
Grades: 2-5
Presenter: Carol Sackett, Elementary Curriculum
Specialist, San Francisco USD |
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SC18: From Everyday to Gourmet:
Enhancing Students' Science Experiences
Spice up your labs with the real process of science!
Learn how you can transform everyday cookbook labs and
activities into robust and rigorous experiences for
your students.
Fee: $25
Multidisciplinary Science, Pedagogy/I&E
Grades: 6-12
Presenter: Deb Farkas, Middle School Science
Content Specialist, San Francisco USD |
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SC19: Standards-Based Nanotechnology
Lessons for Secondary Science Teachers
Learn how to incorporate into your current teaching
topics standards-based science lessons that include
nanoscale science and engineering. Lessons will cover
secondary science–chemistry, physics, and biology.
Fee: $25
Multidisciplinary Science, STEM
Grades: 9-12
Presenter: Nancy Healy, NNIN Education
Coordinator, Georgia Institute of Technology |
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SC20: What’s in That Boiling
Water? Using Inquiry to Reveal Student Misconceptions
CANCELLED |
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SC21: NASA's Swift Satellite
Presents Newton's Laws
NASA’s Swift mission presents hands-on inquiry-based
activities exploring Newton’s laws. Participants progress
through 25 stations, each presenting a problem that
can be solved through application of Newton’s laws.
Grade 8.
Fee: $20
Physical Science, Pedagogy/I&E
Grades: 8
Presenter: Kevin McLin, GTN Director, Sonoma
State University |
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SC22: Exploring Hydrogen
This session contains hands-on activities that teach
students about hydrogen as an energy source. Activities
will include: element modeling, electrolysis, fuel cell
simulation, and a fuel cell vehicle demonstration.
Fee: $10
Physics, STEM
Grades: 5-12
Presenter: Rebecca Lamb, Program Director,
National Energy Education Development |
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*NEW* SC23: The Arts of the Future with Jim Brazell
Only available to the first 70 participants to RSVP
(tickets are only $5), Jim will model “guide on the
side” teaching techniques while facilitating a design
workshop based on the outcomes and interactions in the
keynote address: What’s Next for Science Education in
America? Become a part of this Short Course and help
shape our understanding and concept of education for
the next generation of California science teachers,
2011-2031.
Fee: $5
Multidisciplinary Science, Science Leadership
Grades: K-13+
Presenter: Jim Brazell |