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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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Thursday, November 7
 

8:30am EST

Body Works
Thursday November 7, 2024 8:30am - 9:20am EST
Salem 3C
Discover fun ways to help your students understand how structures and systems of the
human body perform functions necessary for life. Explore major systems of the human body, examine anatomical models, experiment with genetic traits, and discover how you are uniquely YOU!
Lead Presenter
avatar for Pepper Hill

Pepper Hill

Executive Director and Educator, Science Alliance of Eastern NC
Thursday November 7, 2024 8:30am - 9:20am EST
Salem 3C
  Strategies for engaging learners to meet the new science standards

9:30am EST

Citizen Science in the Elementary Classroom: Going Beyond Data Collection
Thursday November 7, 2024 9:30am - 10:20am EST
Salem 3C
Participants will access a suite of resources from “Teacher Learning for Effective School-Based Citizen Science” (TL4CS; https://horizon-research.com/tl4cs/) and engage in select lessons from this yearlong progression of support materials for a citizen science project. These materials align with 5th grade NC science standards, and have already been implemented by more than 50 teachers statewide. Participants will explore how collecting, analyzing, and interpreting authentic data can lead to deepened student content knowledge. 
Lead Presenter
avatar for Jill McGowan

Jill McGowan

Adjunct Lecturer, Science Education, NCSU
I'm a former elementary science teacher and recent PhD graduate in Elementary Science Education. I am currently an adjunct lecturer of science methods courses at NCSU.
Presenters
avatar for Christine Goforth

Christine Goforth

Head, Citizen Science, NC Museum of Natural Sciences
I am an entomologist who works as the head of citizen science for a large natural history museum. I love environmental education, nature journaling, and teaching people how to become a part of science without any formal training.  
Thursday November 7, 2024 9:30am - 10:20am EST
Salem 3C
  Strategies for engaging learners to meet the new science standards

1:30pm EST

The Science House Presents: Shifting to Modeling and the SEPs in High School
Thursday November 7, 2024 1:30pm - 2:20pm EST
Salem 3C
So you are already doing great science/ STEM teaching in your high school classes, now what? How can we shift to incorporating more Science and Engineering Practices? Join us for a guided self-reflection time where we work on shifting lessons toward SEP implementation. Participants will experience a traditional lesson and then work through a guided reflection process that demonstrates how to identify areas that can be enhanced to become more student-centered and minds-on.

Lead Presenter
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Michelle Taylor (Benigno)

The Science House of NCSU
Presenters
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Jason Carter

Assistant Director - Mountain Satellite Office, The Science House of NCSU
Jason Carter, Assistant Director of the Mountain Office for the Science House at NC State University,  has over  20 years as an educator in science and math. Along with this experience, Jason is a Fulbright Teacher for Global Classrooms honoree and a Science Ambassador for the National... Read More →
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Marsha Sirkin

The Science House
Thursday November 7, 2024 1:30pm - 2:20pm EST
Salem 3C
  Strategies for engaging learners to meet the new science standards

2:30pm EST

School Gardens: Opportunities for Students to Engage in Science
Thursday November 7, 2024 2:30pm - 3:20pm EST
Salem 3C
Learn how school gardens can help students gain better understanding and appreciation of the natural world, using the hands-on practices to support the new science standards, while also supporting their social and emotional needs. Knowledge shared about accessing resources to implement and support gardens, and lesson ideas.
Lead Presenter
avatar for Carie Fugle

Carie Fugle

Science Teacher, West Cabarrus High School
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Ashely Honbarrier

Happy Roots NC (non-profit)
Thursday November 7, 2024 2:30pm - 3:20pm EST
Salem 3C
  Strategies for engaging learners to meet the new science standards

3:30pm EST

Developing Models for Effective Science Instruction w/ Discovery Education
Thursday November 7, 2024 3:30pm - 4:20pm EST
Salem 3C
Attendees will experience and explore how Discovery Education incorporates the Science and Engineering Practices that are part of the new North Carolina Science Standards with a specific focus on developing and using models for students to demonstrate their understanding of concepts.  This will be an interactive session for attendees with lots of groups projects and hands-on experiences.
Lead Presenter
avatar for Brad Fountain

Brad Fountain

Senior Director Teaching and Learning
Brad is a passionate educator with over 20 years of educational experience. He began his career teaching in a 3-5 multi-age classroom in rural North Carolina where he utilized some of the earliest educational internet based web resources. He launched one of the first technology based... Read More →
Thursday November 7, 2024 3:30pm - 4:20pm EST
Salem 3C
  Strategies for engaging learners to meet the new science standards
 
Friday, November 8
 

8:00am EST

Supporting the Science Standards with Gizmos
Friday November 8, 2024 8:00am - 8:50am EST
Salem 3C
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.
Lead Presenter
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Dustin Lackey

Senior Implementation Coordinator, ExploreLearning
Friday November 8, 2024 8:00am - 8:50am EST
Salem 3C
  Commercial

10:40am EST

Common Critters: A Unique Approach to Animal Kingdom Instruction
Friday November 8, 2024 10:40am - 11:30am EST
Salem 3C
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.  
Lead Presenter
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Erik Day

Common Critters, LLC
Friday November 8, 2024 10:40am - 11:30am EST
Salem 3C
  Commercial

11:40am EST

Break the Code of the New NC Science Standards - Escape Room
Friday November 8, 2024 11:40am - 12:30pm EST
Salem 3C
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.
Lead Presenter
avatar for Cynthia Goodman

Cynthia Goodman

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 →
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Rachel Hester

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Michael Wagner

National Content Specialist, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Friday November 8, 2024 11:40am - 12:30pm EST
Salem 3C
  Commercial

1:40pm EST

Cultivating Social Responsibility through Experiential Learning in Nature
Friday November 8, 2024 1:40pm - 2:30pm EST
Salem 3C
Learn about the planning and execution of a cross-curricular, experiential learning opportunity aimed to cultivate understanding and desire to protect the interconnectedness of nature, humans, and humans to nature. See how high-school students from the flatlands of Eastern North Carolina revel in the Blue Ridge Mountains, shaping their own sense of social responsibility.
Lead Presenter
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Klara Higgins

Innovation Early College High School
Friday November 8, 2024 1:40pm - 2:30pm EST
Salem 3C
  As the world turns: bringing the spheres together

2:40pm EST

A Whole Bunch of EdTech that will make you say WOW! 5.0
Friday November 8, 2024 2:40pm - 3:30pm EST
Salem 3C
Presentation
Back again for even more tools to increase student engagement, productivity and creativity. There are new standards, new methods of instruction, and we need new tools or new ideas to meet the needs of our students. In this session, we will delve into many EdTech tools and ideas to support the NGSS standards and 3d learning. We will explore, play and share tools and how they can make your classroom more awesome and for you to say WOW!
Lead Presenter
avatar for Peter Panico

Peter Panico

Teacher, Steele Creek Elementary
Peter Panico, is a masterful and enthusiastic lead teacher from Charlotte, NC. He specializes in making experiences meaningful for every student. He is a Discovery Star Educator and Leadership Council member. Peter is an expert in the art of technology, maker spaces, and breakout... Read More →
Friday November 8, 2024 2:40pm - 3:30pm EST
Salem 3C
  Strategies for engaging learners to meet the new science standards
 
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