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March 9, 2015

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Fred Ende

Tricia Shelton

Have you wanted to reach out to other science teachers with your questions about NGSS? Our guests this week can help. Using Twitter, Fred Ende and Tricia Shelton moderate #NGSSchat – an online forum to learn and share around the Next Generation Science Standards and great science teaching. Listen to the show to find out how you can “lurk”, learn and contribute to #NGSSchat.

NGSSchat – 1st and 3rd Thursday at 9 PM EST
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Episode 76: Not Another Lab Report

Print out #FlatFred

Print your own Flat Fred. Bring him to the conference. Tweet out what Fred is doing with the hashtag #FlatFred.

Just like Flat Stanley!

Flat Fred’s NSTA sessions:

All Students Can Be STEM Students: Opening the Doors to the Unconverted
Thursday, March 12 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
McCormick Place, W196c

Zombie Apocalypse! Scaffolding Claims, Evidence, and Reasoning
Thursday, March 12 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
McCormick Place, W187b

CESI Session: Dumbledore’s Transfiguration Class: Science and Magic from Hogwart’s Academy
Thursday, March 12 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
McCormick Place, W185 b/c

Student-created Videos as “Thinking Products”
Thursday, March 12 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
McCormick Place, W187c

Reaching More of Your Learners Where They Are at with Formative Assessment
Thursday, March 12 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
McCormick Place, S401d

“Practice” What You Teach: Having Your Activities Support the NGSS
Thursday, March 12 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
McCormick Place, S501d

Elementary Extravaganza
Friday, March 13 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
McCormick Place, Skyline W375c

Social Media for Science Teachers
Friday, March 13 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
McCormick Place, W185 b/c

Science Notebooking: The REAL Deal!
Friday, March 13 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM
McCormick Place, S504d

Engineer This! Getting Students to Design, Build, Test, and Modify
Friday, March 13 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
McCormick Place, W196c

Meet Me in the Middle Session: Middle Level Share-a-Thon
Friday, March 13 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
McCormick Place, Vista/S406a

NGSS: Developing and Implementing Vertically Aligned Curriculum, Grades 6–12
Friday, March 13 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Hyatt Regency McCormick Place, Dusable C

The Connected Educator: Joining the Global Conversation with Social Media Tools
Friday, March 13 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Hyatt Regency McCormick Place, Jackson Park D

Using an Intertextual Approach for Teaching Disciplinary Core Ideas in Science
Saturday, March 14 8:00 AM – 8:30 AM
McCormick Place, W175c

Talking Science with the Hosts of Lab Out Loud
Saturday, March 14 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
McCormick Place, W176b

Tricia’s NSTA sessions:

Student-created Videos as “Thinking Products”
Thursday, March 12 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
McCormick Place, W187c

Social Media for Science Teachers
Friday, March 13 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
McCormick Place, W185 b/c

Connecting Students and Scientists: Leveraging Technology to Extend the Classroom
Friday, March 13 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Hyatt Regency McCormick Place, Hyde Park A

NGSS@NSTA Forum
Friday March 13 3:30-5:00
TBA

Award-winning Share-a-Thon: Featuring NSTA Distinguished Teachers

Saturday, March 14 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
McCormick Place, Vista/S406a