Welcome to the 2024 NCSTA Professional Development Institute. The Benton food service bar will be available in the Main Lobby during the lunch break on Thursday and Friday. Grab a quick bite and visit the Exhibit Hall. StemScopes/Accelerated Learning offers a free lunch and learn session on Thursday. Get tickets at Booth 204. Savvas offers a free lunch and learn session on Friday. Get tickets at Booth 101. NCSTA will reimburse up to $15 for parking (total, not per day). Information and form from our website. CEU forms will be emailed to you after the conference. You may earn .6 CEU per day.
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Experience how the Claim-Evidence-Reasoning (CER) framework, aligned with the revised NC Science Standards' emphasis on inquiry, empowers students to make sense of the world. Gain practical strategies for fostering critical thinking and constructing explanations and leave with ready-to-implement techniques to transform your science instruction.
This workshop will help support teachers teaching the new science standards with the implementation of Gizmos. Teachers will be a part of a modeled lesson and debrief on best practices while using Gizmos in the science classroom.
Common Critters is a modular educational animal card game introducing students to the animal kingdom systematized by Level II ecoregions. Each critter card includes a wealth of information regarding distribution, habitation, behavior, status in the food chain, and relative metric size. Accommodating 2-12 students, the game develops visual and traditional literacy by incorporating a unique right-brained approach to identification.
Over lime sodas and snacks, dive into the Science and Engineering Practices (SEPs) and learn how to effectively introduce these to your students. You’ll leave with a ready-to-go classroom activity, a plan to revisit SEPs throughout the year, and a solid background on how SEPs fit into the new science standards.
Explore Science and Engineering Practices (SEP) with practical strategies for your classroom. Discover hands-on approaches to foster critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Discover new ways to inspire your students.
Director-Curriculum and Content, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Hello! I am a Director of Curriculum and Content with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. At HMH, we are a company full of teachers! Prior to joining HMH, I was an elementary teacher for many years before serving as the Intervention Coordinator for my school district. The best part... Read More →
Friday November 8, 2024 10:40am - 11:30am EST
Salem 1B
Join us for an interactive and engaging session designed to unravel the mysteries of the new North Carolina Science Standards. In this immersive Escape Room experience, participants will dive deep into the instructional shifts and key elements of the updated standards. Through hands-on activities and collaborative problem-solving, attendees will race against the clock to decode clues, solve puzzles, and ultimately escape to the "FUNomenal" side of science education.
Director-Curriculum and Content, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Hello! I am a Director of Curriculum and Content with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. At HMH, we are a company full of teachers! Prior to joining HMH, I was an elementary teacher for many years before serving as the Intervention Coordinator for my school district. The best part... Read More →
Experience the thrill of game-based learning with Sci-Ops: Global Defense! Transform your classroom with our NSF award-winning video game that teaches 6th-12th grade chemistry and physical science standards and exposes your students to STEM career paths and real world technologies. You will engage and excite your students by incorporating our video game and curricular resources into your classroom. Leave with an all inclusive access code to our 3D game-based platform.
