NCSTA 2024

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NCSTA 2024

Rachel Neckermann

Moore County Schools

Digital Integration Facilitator

Sandhills Farm Life and Southern Pines Elementary

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I have been an educator for 19 years. I've taught various grades and subjects from PreK all the way up to 10th grade Biology. I love learning and sharing my knowledge and passion with students as well as other educators. I am currently working as a Digital Integration Facilitator, sharing my love of technology and STEM in instruction with other teachers in my district.

7:30am EST

Registration Open Salem Foyer

8:00am EST

Exhibit Hall Open Salem Ballroom 2

8:30am EST

SEPs Meet DLCs Salem 1BRebecca Pashnyak • Shelly Haskell

9:30am EST

Earth/Environmental Science Share-a-Thon Winston Ballroom 2Lisa Tolley Integrating STEM Through Socioscientific Storylines Twin City BoardroomKristin Salvatore • Claire Steffens

10:30am EST

General Session with Keynote Speaker Winston Ballroom 2Dr. Carol O'Donnell

12:00pm EST

Exhibit Hall Activities - Spin-a-Wheel Salem Ballroom 2 Lunch - Snack Bar Open in Lobby Lobby Reality Check - Pre-Service Teachers Pizza Party Salem 1C

1:30pm EST

Inspire Success: Designing Inquiry-Based Classrooms Salem 1AStan Hill, PhD • Wake Forest University School of Medicine - Kelsey Canovai • Leslie Russell

2:30pm EST

STEM equity through an Ambitious Science Teaching Framework Salem 3BDearing Blankmann

3:30pm EST

Physical Science/Physics/Chemistry Share-a-Thon Winston Ballroom 2Adrienne Evans Embracing the Evolution: Rocking the Science Classroom with AI Tools Salem 3BBrian Whitson • Marsha Sirkin

4:30pm EST

Exhibit Hall Extravaganza - Spin-a-Wheel Salem Ballroom 2

5:30pm EST

Reception Winston Ballroom 2

6:15pm EST

Awards Ceremony - Prize Giveaway, Grant-a-Wish Winners Announced Winston Ballroom 2

7:30am EST

Registration Open Salem Foyer

8:00am EST

Biology/Life Science Share-a-Thon Winston Ballroom 2Jill Francis Exhibit Hall Open Salem Ballroom 2 Exploring STEM - Indoor and Outdoor Adventures for Middle School Minds Winston 1CGareth Wilkinson Learning from Nature: STEAM Investigations for the Classroom Winston 1BAlyson VanAlphen

9:00am EST

Keynote Speaker Winston Ballroom 2Dr. Nehemiah Mabry, P.E.

10:10am EST

Igniting Innovation: Transforming Science Education with Science and Engineering Practices. Salem 1BRachel Hester • Cynthia Goodman Ready...Set...Science Resources! - 6-8 Winston Ballroom 2Gavin Fradel • Debra Hall • Benita Tipton • Alexis Wood

11:10am EST

Middle School Share-a-Thon Winston Ballroom 2Michelle Hafey From Stars to Farms: Transforming Science Classes with Virtual Reality Winston 3CTyler Harper-Gampp • Melissa Pearce Break the Code of the New NC Science Standards - Escape Room Salem 3CCynthia Goodman • Rachel Hester • Michael Wagner

12:00pm EST

Lunch - Snack Bar Open in Lobby Lobby

1:20pm EST

Spin-a-Wheel Lobby

1:40pm EST

Crush Critical Thinking with AI-Infused Lessons Winston 3CStacy Lovdahl Taking the Plunge into the Science & Engineering Practices Salem 1AKayla Boykin

2:40pm EST

Embracing the New Standards in the Outdoors: Transforming Teaching Beyond the Classroom Walls Winston 1BKatelyn Higgins • Amy Taylor • Dennis Kubasko • Skylar Bagley

3:30pm EST

Prize Giveaway Finale Lobby