NCSTA 2024: Grid

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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Early Career Science Teachers: Double Session! 8:30am - 10:20am

Real Teaching with Real Data 2:30pm - 3:20pm

Teaching Science & Engineering Practices Through Stud... 3:30pm - 4:20pm

Lunch - Snack Bar Open in Lobby 12:00pm - 1:30pm

STEM Success for Beginning Teachers 8:30am - 9:20am

Integrating Math and Science Curriculum 9:30am - 10:20am

Inspire Success: Designing Inquiry-Based Classrooms 1:30pm - 2:20pm

Careers in STEM 2:30pm - 3:20pm

Seamless STEM: Vertical Supports for Success in K-5 3:30pm - 4:20pm

SEPs Meet DLCs 8:30am - 9:20am

One Stop Shop "Rockin' NC" Geology 9:30am - 10:20am

STEMScopes/Accelerated Learning - Lunch & Learn - Tickets at STE... 12:00pm - 1:00pm

The Power of Imagination: When learning STEM feels li... 1:30pm - 2:20pm

Support 3-Dimensional Learning with HMH Science Dimen... 2:30pm - 3:20pm

Discover BIOZONE's extensive range of engaging high s... 3:30pm - 4:20pm

Cultivating a Science Culture – Extending Science Edu... 8:30am - 9:20am

Federal Resources for Science Classrooms 9:30am - 10:20am

Reality Check - Pre-Service Teachers Pizza Party 12:00pm - 1:20pm

Incorporating microgrids into lessons on Power and El... 1:30pm - 2:20pm

NC Science Teacher Educators' Meeting - Creating a St... 2:30pm - 3:20pm

Integrating the Science of PFAS 3:30pm - 4:20pm

AI's Influence on Vocabulary and Student Engagement i... 8:30am - 9:20am

Play to Learn: Integrating Board Games in Science Edu... 9:30am - 10:20am

Does your curriculum spark joy? Exploring the Five Pu... 2:30pm - 3:20pm

Using Technology to Make North Carolina Zoo Field Tri... 3:30pm - 4:20pm

Tactile Learning with Hands, Humor and High-spirits! 8:30am - 9:20am

Native Teachings for Transformative Learning 9:30am - 10:20am

Once Upon a Science class... Stories to STEM 1:30pm - 2:20pm

STEM equity through an Ambitious Science Teaching Fra... 2:30pm - 3:20pm

Embracing the Evolution: Rocking the Science Classroo... 3:30pm - 4:20pm

Body Works 8:30am - 9:20am

Citizen Science in the Elementary Classroom: Going Be... 9:30am - 10:20am

The Science House Presents: Shifting to Modeling and... 1:30pm - 2:20pm

School Gardens: Opportunities for Students to Engage... 2:30pm - 3:20pm

Developing Models for Effective Science Instruction w... 3:30pm - 4:20pm

Exhibit Hall Open 8:00am - 5:30pm

Exhibit Hall Activities - Spin-a-Wheel Prize Give-Away 12:00pm - 1:30pm

Exhibit Hall Extravaganza - Spin-a-Wheel Prize G... 4:30pm - 5:15pm

Registration Open 7:30am - 3:30pm

Past Presidents Luncheon 12:00pm - 1:30pm

Integrating STEM Through Socioscientific Storylines 9:30am - 10:20am

Can you see me? An exploration of successful middle s... 8:30am - 9:20am

Implementing Science and Engineering Practices in Mid... 9:30am - 10:20am

Elementary Share-a-Thon (Prize tickets given) 1:30pm - 2:20pm

One Stop Shop "Deep Time & Fossils Toolbox" 2:30pm - 3:20pm

Forest fires, wildfire smoke, and health: Exploring c... 3:30pm - 4:20pm

playing god? podcast 8:30am - 9:20am

The “Great Escape” Box Challenge: Analyze Clues to So... 9:30am - 10:20am

Supporting ACTIVE Engagement in the Physics/Chemistry... 1:30pm - 2:20pm

Energy Literacy: Thinking Critically about Energy Res... 2:30pm - 3:20pm

EnviroSmart Schools: The Understory Project 3:30pm - 4:20pm

The Science House Presents: Shifting to Modeling and... 8:30am - 9:20am

The Science House Presents: Shifting to Modeling and... 9:30am - 10:20am

Igniting Curiosity: Uniting Science Practices for Tod... 1:30pm - 2:20pm

Immunity Unlocked: An Inquiry into Vaccines 2:30pm - 3:20pm

SEPs, DCIs, and the New Biology Standards...Oh My! 3:30pm - 4:20pm

Environmental Theme Park Project 8:30am - 9:20am

Adapt, Engage, Inspire: Differentiating Science for A... 9:30am - 10:20am

Unleash the Scientist Within 1:30pm - 2:20pm

Work Smarter Not Harder: Using AI tools for instructi... 2:30pm - 3:20pm

Experience Science: It's Phenomenal! 3:30pm - 4:20pm

Teaching elementary science with high school mentors... 8:30am - 9:20am

Energizing Elementary Science Exercises 9:30am - 10:20am

Let’s Figure It Out 1:30pm - 2:20pm

Exploring OpenSciEd Middle School from Carolina (6-8)... 2:30pm - 3:20pm

The Fusion of Science and Language through Smithsonia... 3:30pm - 4:20pm

Power Up the new Electricity Science and Engineering... 8:30am - 9:20am

Using Rubrics to Effectively and Efficiently Grade Pr... 9:30am - 10:20am

CERN: International Teachers Program-A Particle Physi... 1:30pm - 2:20pm

Unleaded Learning: Cross-Disciplinary Resources to En... 2:30pm - 3:20pm

Using Data Sets in Your Classroom 3:30pm - 4:20pm

New End-of-Grade, End-of-Course, and NC Check-Ins 2.0... 8:30am - 9:20am

Earth/Environmental Science Share-a-Thon (Prize ticke... 9:30am - 10:20am

General Session with Keynote Speaker 10:30am - 12:00pm

Ready...Set...Science Resources! - Biology and Earth/... 1:30pm - 2:20pm

Ready...Set...Science Resources! - Chemistry, Physica... 2:30pm - 3:20pm

Physical Science/Physics/Chemistry Share-a-Thon (Priz... 3:30pm - 4:20pm

Reception 5:30pm - 6:15pm

Awards Ceremony - Prize Giveaway, Grant-a-Wish Winners Announced 6:15pm - 7:30pm

Exploring Indigenous Science Connections through Game... 9:30am - 10:20am

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Have You Heard About the Presidential Awards (PAEMST)... 8:00am - 8:50am

Lunch - Snack Bar Open in Lobby 12:30pm - 1:30pm

Prize Giveaway Fin...

Elementary Science: What's Not Messy? 8:00am - 8:50am

Cultivating Knowledge: Integrating Ag In The Classroo... 10:40am - 11:30am

Implementing Science and Engineering Practices in Ele... 11:40am - 12:30pm

NCSLA Fellows Luncheon - by invitation only 12:30pm - 1:30pm

Taking the Plunge into the Science & Engineering Prac... 1:40pm - 2:30pm

Matter on the Menu 2:40pm - 3:30pm

Modeling Temperature Effects on the Solubility of CO2 8:00am - 8:50am

Igniting Innovation: Transforming Science Education w... 10:40am - 11:30am

Game-Based Learning for the Science Classroom 11:40am - 12:30pm

Savvas Lunch and Learn - Get Ticket at Savvas Booth 12:30pm - 1:30pm

Race Cars, Banking and Speed 1:40pm - 2:30pm

Forms of Energy & Energy Transformations Interactive... 8:00am - 8:50am

Science Teacher Leader Group: Collaborate, Create, an... 10:40am - 11:30am

Creating Professional Development for K-12 educators 11:40am - 12:30pm

Sensemaking with Concept Maps 1:40pm - 2:30pm

Do you want to build an Ecosystem? Come on, let’s go... 2:40pm - 3:30pm

Engaging All Learners: Multimodal & Multilingual Scie... 8:00am - 8:50am

Harnessing AI: Inclusive Instructional Design for Div... 10:40am - 11:30am

A Curriculum Lens - Supporting the New Standards for... 11:40am - 12:30pm

Using the Modern Classroom Project to provide a more... 2:40pm - 3:30pm

Reach for the Stars 8:00am - 8:50am

Using WIDA ELD Science Standards and the SEPs to Supp... 10:40am - 11:30am

How Can Canvas Help You? 11:40am - 12:30pm

Empowering Change: Weaving Social Justice into Scienc... 1:40pm - 2:30pm

BioNetwork In The Classroom 2:40pm - 3:30pm

Supporting the Science Standards with Gizmos 8:00am - 8:50am

Common Critters: A Unique Approach to Animal Kingdom... 10:40am - 11:30am

Break the Code of the New NC Science Standards - Esca... 11:40am - 12:30pm

Cultivating Social Responsibility through Experientia... 1:40pm - 2:30pm

A Whole Bunch of EdTech that will make you say WOW! 5... 2:40pm - 3:30pm

Exhibit Hall Open 8:00am - 2:00pm

Registration Open 7:30am - 12:00pm

Fire as Phenomena 8:00am - 8:50am

Pivotal Plates: How plate tectonics created NC landfo... 10:40am - 11:30am

In AWE with DEQ (Air, Water and Earth) 11:40am - 12:30pm

Inquiry-based Lessons for People and the Planet 1:40pm - 2:30pm

Improved -- & Improving -- Climate Modeling 2:40pm - 3:30pm

Learning from Nature: STEAM Investigations for the Cl... 8:00am - 8:50am

Cafeteria to Compost to Landfill: Student-driven rese... 10:40am - 11:30am

Teaching Science with Historical Primary Sources 11:40am - 12:30pm

Leveraging New Science Standards to Increase Environm... 1:40pm - 2:30pm

Embracing the New Standards in the Outdoors: Transfor... 2:40pm - 3:30pm

Exploring STEM - Indoor and Outdoor Adventures for Mi... 8:00am - 8:50am

Easy, Breezy, SEPeezy: A hands-on lesson plan for int... 10:40am - 11:30am

Adapt and Experiment: Teaching Biology Using the New... 11:40am - 12:30pm

PFAS in the Environment: Curriculum connections for t... 1:40pm - 2:30pm

Using Algae Models & Assays to Illuminate the Interpl... 2:40pm - 3:30pm

Making Connections between Science, Math, and the SEP... 8:00am - 8:50am

K-5 Building Engineers with the New Science Standards 10:40am - 11:30am

Using Science and Engineering Practices to Strengthen... 11:40am - 12:30pm

Utilizing a district-level PLC model to build capacit... 1:40pm - 2:30pm

AI TImesavers: Unlocking Inquiry in the New Science S... 2:40pm - 3:30pm

BrainPop and Wake share - CER and the NC Science Stan... 8:00am - 8:50am

Supporting Student Discourse in a High School Biology... 10:40am - 11:30am

Understanding Climate Change Through Data Analysis 11:40am - 12:30pm

Building STEM Leaders for the Future 1:40pm - 2:30pm

Can High School Students Really Argue? 8:00am - 8:50am

That was cool! Using sensors and probes for data coll... 10:40am - 11:30am

From Stars to Farms: Transforming Science Classes wit... 11:40am - 12:30pm

Crush Critical Thinking with AI-Infused Lessons 1:40pm - 2:30pm

Unlocking Student Potential with NC Science Olympiad 2:40pm - 3:30pm

Biology/Life Science Share-a-Thon and Unconference (P... 8:00am - 8:50am

Keynote Speaker & Breakfast 9:00am - 10:30am

Ready...Set...Science Resources! - 6-8 10:40am - 11:30am

Middle School Share-a-Thon 11:40am - 12:30pm

Ready...Set...Science Resources! - K-5 1:40pm - 2:30pm