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USTA Conference 2016

Science in 3D

50th Annual Mid-Winter Conference

7:30am MST

RegistrationLIMITED Grand Ballroom Lobby (Marriott Hotel)

8:00am MST

BreakfastLIMITED Grand Ballroom Lobby (Marriott Hotel) Vendors Room 8

9:00am MST

Keynote - Adam Johnston, Weber StateLIMITED Grand Ballroom (Marriott Hotel)

10:00am MST

Memory, Attention and DistractionLIMITED Birch Room (Marriott Hotel) Hands-on ChemistryLIMITED Maple Room (Marriott Hotel) Climate DynamicsLIMITED Juniper Room (Marriott Hotel) Peas in a Pod: The Story of HeredityLIMITED Cascade A-B (Conference Center) Utah Fossil SafariLIMITED Zions Room (Marriott Hotel) Creating Background Knowledge through ExplorationLIMITED Elm Room (Marriott Hotel) UEN Presents: Genius HourLIMITED Cedar Room (Marriott Hotel) Flipping the Physics ClassroomLIMITED Timpanogos Room (Marriott Hotel) Introduction to new 6th Grade SEEd Standards--Shifts, Strands, and StandardsLIMITED Cascade C (Conference Center) Introduction to new 7th Grade SEEd Standards--Shifts, Strands, and StandardsLIMITED Cascade D (Conference Center) Introduction to new 8th Grade SEEd Standards--Shifts, Strands, and StandardsLIMITED Cascade E (Conference Center) Too Quick to Flip? Experience using a flipped classroomLIMITED Amphitheatre (Marriott Hotel)

11:00am MST

The Food is RightLIMITED Birch Room (Marriott Hotel) Using mathematical models and class data to investigate intermolecular forcesLIMITED Maple Room (Marriott Hotel) Getting Students to Remember RedshiftLIMITED Juniper Room (Marriott Hotel) Forces, Gravity and Copters, Oh My!LIMITED Cascade A-B (Conference Center) SOAR--Science Online Activities and ResourcesLIMITED Zions Room (Marriott Hotel) Got Behaviors?LIMITED Cedar Room (Marriott Hotel) Observations and InferencesLIMITED Elm Room (Marriott Hotel) Making Learning Visible: The Power of Standards-Based Learning OutcomesLIMITED Timpanogos Room (Marriott Hotel) 3D Science with the Current Core Standards - How does SEEd help my current 6th grade classroom?LIMITED Cascade C (Conference Center) 3D Science with the Current Core Standards - How does SEEd help my current 7th grade classroom?LIMITED Cascade D (Conference Center) 3D Science with the Current Core Standards - How does SEEd help my current 8th grade classroom?LIMITED Cascade E (Conference Center) Interactive Worksheets Using Google Docs and Other Tec Tools That You Can UseLIMITED Amphitheatre (Marriott Hotel)

11:50am MST

LunchLIMITED South Lobby and North Lobby

12:40pm MST

The Snails TrailsLIMITED Birch Room (Marriott Hotel) Using BioEnergy to Teach Energy Flows in NatureLIMITED Maple Room (Marriott Hotel) Modeling--An Important Tool for Scientists, Teachers and StudentsLIMITED Juniper Room (Marriott Hotel) Rockin' Rocks Across the CurriculumLIMITED Cascade A-B (Conference Center) STEM Teaching – Changing Lessons You Have into STEM lessonsLIMITED Aspen Room (Marriott Hotel) An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Black DeathLIMITED Elm Room (Marriott Hotel) Layered CurriculumLIMITED Cedar Room (Marriott Hotel) Rotational Dynamics LaboratoryLIMITED Timpanogos Room (Marriott Hotel) Museum Performace Tasks--Where do I get resources for the 6th Grade SEEd Standards?LIMITED Cascade C (Conference Center) Museum Performace Tasks--Research Quest: Critical Thinking. Serious Fun.LIMITED Cascade D (Conference Center) Museum Performace Tasks--Where do I get resources for the 8th Grade SEEd Standards?LIMITED Cascade E (Conference Center) Science and Film: Integrating Filmmaking Into Science and STEM ClassroomsLIMITED Amphitheatre (Marriott Hotel)

1:40pm MST

If You Give a Teacher a PotatoLIMITED Birch Room (Marriott Hotel) Helping Students Think For Themselves: Inquiry-Based LabsLIMITED Maple Room (Marriott Hotel) Mars' Next Top Model: Modeling in the SciencesLIMITED Juniper Room (Marriott Hotel) Green STEM: Teaching the Engineering Design Process in an Elementary SettingLIMITED Cascade A-B (Conference Center) Modeling the Cycling of Matter and the Flow of Energy through EcosystemsLIMITED Aspen Room (Marriott Hotel) Science RealityLIMITED Elm Room (Marriott Hotel) Small Changes that Produce Big Results: Helping students to hit the TargetLIMITED Cedar Room (Marriott Hotel) Single Pringle ChallengeLIMITED Timpanogos Room (Marriott Hotel) Engineering: The application of ScienceLIMITED Cascade C (Conference Center) Engineering: The application of ScienceLIMITED Cascade D (Conference Center) Engineering: The application of ScienceLIMITED Cascade E (Conference Center) 3D Printing to Teach 3D ScienceLIMITED Amphitheatre (Marriott Hotel)

2:40pm MST

Creative Assessments: Using The Lord of the Rings to Engage Reluctant LearnersLIMITED Birch Room (Marriott Hotel) Limiting Reactants ActivitiesLIMITED Maple Room (Marriott Hotel) El NiñoLIMITED Juniper Room (Marriott Hotel) Making STEM Blossom in Utah Soil!LIMITED Aspen Room (Marriott Hotel) Motion Mania MissionLIMITED Cascade A-B (Conference Center) Antarctic Ecology and Evolution: Skepticism, Denialism and Science EducationLIMITED Elm Room (Marriott Hotel) NSTA Learning Center – Teacher Learning Journeys – Learn Today!LIMITED Cedar Room (Marriott Hotel) Good VibrationsLIMITED Timpanogos Room (Marriott Hotel) Movement with Meaning in Science (Any Grade 6-8)LIMITED Cascade C (Conference Center) No Notes, No Lecture, No Problem (Any Grade 6-8)LIMITED Cascade D (Conference Center) Practicing The NGSS Science Practices (Any Grade 6-8)LIMITED Cascade E (Conference Center) The Dangers of Sleeping in Science: Teaching the Scientific Through GamesLIMITED Amphitheatre (Marriott Hotel)

3:30pm MST

Ice-cream Social and RaffleLIMITED South Lobby (Marriott Hotel)

6:00pm MST

Awards Banquet--Dr. John 'Keoni' KauweLIMITED Aspen Room (Marriott Hotel)