October 3, 2009
7:30 am	to	1:30 pm

A schedule and details will follow by mid-July.  Our plenary speaker will be the well-known education expert from Harvard, Tony Wagner.   His books will be on sale in the vendor’s area at the Barnes and Noble table with a signing session as well.  Mahalo, Jim Redmond-HaSTA Webmaster

Conference Sessions: Updated-09-24-09 w/Room # postings

Name of workshop: “Plastic: impacts on our health, marine life and the environment”

Session 1 and 2 - Room 101

Organization:  Beach Environmental Awareness Campaign Hawai`i (B.E.A.C.H.)
www.b-e-a-c-h.org

Name of presenter:  Suzanne Frazer

Age or grade level:  all (K-12)

Teachers will gain a broad overview of marine debris, the issue of plastics in the environment, the impacts of marine debris on marine life and steps that can be taken at school and at home to make a difference.  B.E.A.C.H. offers free presentations on marine debris in schools and the community that can be tailored to meet specific time and other requirements.  Other related offerings including beach clean-ups, marine debris sorting, art projects, DVD’s and more will be shared in this session.
Name of Workshop: UH Termite Project: Educate to Eradicate

Session 1 - (7-12) - Room 102

Session 2 - (K-6) - Room 102

Organization or sponsor: University of Hawaii

Name of presenter: Makena Mason

Age or grade level: One session for K-6 the other for 7-12 (If that is ok?)  

Two sentence summary of what teachers will learn or do:
Learn science through hands-on activities designed to introduce insect exploration, most specifically on termites, in an inquiry-based setting in the classroom. Teachers will receive an overview of the project and experience project labs including live termites!

Preference for both the first and second session.(Session 1 for K-6 and Session 2 for 7-12)

K-12 STEM Activities — The Women In Technology (WIT) project will be providing teachers the opportunity to learn about some low cost, high impact STEM hands-on activities for the use in the classroom.  Each participant will receive a detailed binder full of relevant ideas and activities for easy implementation. SESSION 1- Room 107

GIS/GPS - As geospatial tools such as GIS, GPS, and remote sensing continues to grow and provide an exciting career path, the Women In Technology will give an overview of the technologies, it’s application in the classrooms, and a fun treasure hunt utilizing GPS units. SESSION 2 - Room 107

Educating Jetson Students in Flintstone Schools. Integrating
technology into your science classroom.

Participants will be led through a series of tools that will allow
them to enhance their students experiences and engage them with
technology. The use of Blog’s, Wiki’s, Podcast’s and Probes will be
discussed and through  demonstration will be shown as to how they
raise the level of engagement in your science classroom. (Session 1 - Room 106)

1.  Project Based Inquiry Science; Sponsor: It’s About Time; Presenter: Bob Davies; Level: Middle School.  Description:  Participants will experience what students do in a Learning Set in a hands on inquiry science program.

SESSION 1 - Room 105

2. Active Chemistry and Active Physics; Sponsor: It’s About Time; Presenter: Bob Davies; Level: High School.  Description: Participants will se what inquiry based science activities look like and see their appeal to students.
SESSION 2  

Science Olympiad is an exciting hands-on, minds-on science program for grades K-12.  Events in the program cover a wide range of scientific disciplines including biology, chemistry, ecology, engineering, genetics, physics, robotics, science writing and technology.  The Science Olympiad program is open to ALL public, private, charter and home schools throughout the state of Hawai‘i.  Science Olympiad covers most of the state and national science standards and is in line with Hawai‘i’s 21st century science and technology market drivers.  Most of all, Science Olympiad is fun!
Learn more about the Science Olympiad program and what’s coming up in 2010 from the State Director for the Hawai‘i State Science Olympiad (HSSO). SESSION 2 - Room 105

Name of Workshop:  Amusement Park Physics With A NASA Twist.
Organization or sponsor:  Challenger Center Hawaii/NASA RERC
name(s) of presenter(s): Wendell Thomas
age or grade level: 5 - 8
Hands on activities introducing concepts in motion and forces.  Participants will build a mini roller coaster and have a thrill ride into the wonderful world of the Physical Sciences.  Session 2 - Room 106

Name of First Session Workshop:  (Session 1 - Room 204)
Exploring C-MORE Science Kits

Organization or sponsor:
Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education (C-MORE)

name(s) of presenter(s);
Tina Mueller, C-MORE Education Staff
Jennifer Kuwahara, Teacher, Mililani Middle School

age or grade level;
Our science kits vary from grades 3-12

2 sentence summary of what teachers will learn or do.
C-MORE has developed six exciting hands-on science kits that are available to teachers throughout Hawaii to borrow free of charge: Ocean Acidification, Marine Mystery, Nautical Knots and Maritime Careers, Plankton, Marine Debris, and Random Sampling. Come to an overview session on each of the kits’ contents and standards and on how to borrow and integrate these kits into your classroom (kits contain unique resources not always available in the typical classroom setting).

Presenters:
Tina Mueller, C-MORE Education Staff
Jennifer Kuwahara, Teacher, Mililani Middle School

Grade level:
Our science kits vary from grades 3-12

Summary of what teachers will learn or do:
C-MORE has developed six exciting hands-on science kits that are available to teachers throughout Hawaii to borrow free of charge: Ocean Acidification, Marine Mystery, Nautical Knots and Maritime Careers, Plankton, Marine Debris, and Random Sampling. Come to an overview session on each of the kits’ contents and standards and on how to borrow and integrate these kits into your classroom (kits contain unique resources not always available in the typical classroom setting).

Name of Second Workshop:
“Bubbly Seas: Climate change and ocean acidification”     ( Session 2 - Room 204)

Organization:
Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education (C-MORE)

Presenters:
Tina Mueller, C-MORE Education Staff
Jennifer Kuwahara, Teacher, Mililani Middle School

Grade level:
Grades 6-12

Summary of what teachers will learn or do:
Ocean acidification is a growing threat to the health of our marine ecosystems and is caused by the progressively increasing absorption of atmospheric CO2 by the ocean. In this session, we will do a hands on experiment with Vernier LabQuest Handlhelds and probes to illustrate the reality of this current danger to our oceans.

“Scienced, SEALed, and Delivered…It’s Yours!”  ( Session 1- Room 103)

I call my class the S.E.A.L. room.  It stands for Science Exploration And Literacy.
I would like to share hands-on, inquiry-based lessons following the Science Notebook approach.  These activities will teach scientific process skills (Observing, Classifying, Measuring, Questioning, Recording Data, Communicating) to students in grades K-3.  Hawaiian culture will also be incorporated.  My goal is to give teachers ideas that they can use immediately in their own classrooms. The presentation might be good for teachers new to the science inquiry process.  I hope the teachers will leave the presentation feeling “Scienced, SEALed, and Delivered.”  It’s theirs!!!
Thank you so much!
Michelle Buck
SESSION-1

Michelle Buck, Literacy Resource Teacher (Waimänalo Elementary)
Kamehameha Schools/ Community Education Implementation
Literacy Instruction and Support

Name of Workshop:  A Non-Circulating Hydroponic Method for Growing Lettuce

Organization:  Manoa Valley Greens

Presenters:  Ray and Janet Kosaka

Grade Level:  1 to 8

(Sessions 1 and 2 -  Room 108)
Brief Summary:  Providing teachers an opportunity to learn about a simple inexpensive method of growing leafy vegetables, specifically lettuce, through a non-circulating method for use in classroom experiments and lessons.  This method was developed by Dr. Bernard Kratky from the University of Hawaii, CTAHR.   On display will be live growing lettuce in clear containers in various stages from one week to harvest–a wonderful opportunity to see and experience the actual growth process.     We will explain the “how to’s”  in using our Hydroponic Growing Kit and will be open for questions and answers.   Lettuce samples will be available (limited supply).

National Defense Education  Program (NDEP)

(Session 2 - Room 203)

We will discuss our interaction with the schools in our state.
Additionally, if there are exhibitions, we would like to have some
space to demonstrate some of the resources our schools have available
through our program. One session would be great. We will have a few of
our engineers to attend to present to the teachers.
The intend would be to inform the teachers and administrators about
the program and our interaction with the schools, mostly within
Leeward District. We assist elementary, middle and high school teachers by providing STEM training, course material and scientists and engineers from our lab to help demonstrate how science is relevant to the student’s everyday life.
The workshops are explain the program, take teacher input on how to make it work better in their class and introduce them to the various support we offer.