CHARLOTTE, NC

NSTA AREA CONFERENCE ON SCIENCE EDUCATION

ENERGIZE SCIENCE

Educate and Engage

CHARLOTTE, NC

NOVEMBER 29?DECEMBER 1, 2018

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NSTA 2018 Area Conference on Science Education Energize Science: Educate and Engage

Charlotte, North Carolina ? November 29?December 1, 2018

Committee Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Charlotte Conference Committee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 President's Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Sponsors and Contributors to the Charlotte Conference . . . . 5 NSTA Conferences Go Green!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Registration, Travel, and Hotels Meeting Location and Times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Express Check-In. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Purchasing Ticketed Events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Ground Transportation to/from Airport. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Getting Around Town. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Parking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Airlines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Discounted Rental Cars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Charlotte Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Housing Questions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Conference Resources Exhibits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 NSTA Store. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Presenters and Presiders Check-In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 NSTA Community Hub. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 Teacher's Lounge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Meet the Presidents and Board/Council . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Wi-Fi in Convention Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Information Desk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 NCSTA Booth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 SC2 Booth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 First Aid Services/Mothers Room. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Lost and Found. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 Audiovisual Needs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Business Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 NSTA Conference App . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Conference Resources, cont. Graduate-Level Credit Opportunity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Online Session Evaluations/ Tracking Professional Development. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Special Promotion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Floor Plans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 NSTA Headquarters Staff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 NSTA Officers, Board of Directors, Council, and Alliance of Affiliates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Future NSTA Conferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Call for Sessions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 NSTA St. Louis National Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Professional Development Documentation Form. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . following p. 32

Conference Program Conference Highlights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Conference Strands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 NSTA Press? Sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Meetings and Social Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Chemistry Day at NSTA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Engineering Day at NSTA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Short Courses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Three Dimensions of the NGSS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Thursday Daily Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Friday Daily Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Saturday Daily Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Indexes Exhibitor List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105 Index of Exhibitor Workshops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Index of Participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Index of Advertisers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124

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