2012 California Science Education Conference

Join Flinn as we present dynamic, exciting, easy-to-perform demonstrations on core chemistry and physical science. Discover new demonstrations and remember classic demonstrations, all guaranteed to make your classroom come alive!

Discover the physical and chemical properties of water using magnetic water molecules. Explore how these chemical principles of water influence protein structure using physical models.

Hands-on activities in diffusion, passive transport, simulated cell organelles, MRI, hydrophilic/hydrophobic properties, similated microbes,energy transfer, optical illusions and forensics

Attendees will see samples of effective instructional science materials, appropriate teaching strategies, and models of professional development training aimed to address the developing Next Generation Science Standards.

Would you like to teach more effectively with the help of molecular simulations that are scientifically sound? Bring your laptop (Windows or Mac OS X) and learn how to engage your students.

Digital microscopy: utilize advanced technology, hardware, and software, to enhance your stem based science inquiry. The workshop includes demonstrations and hands-on activities with the latest digital scopes and flex cameras.

Flinn presents activities for middle school – integrating life, Earth, and physical science topics. Participants perform and observe experiments designed to capture the curiosity and engage the energy of students.

Come see how the built-in wireless capabilities of our new LabQuest 2 support data collection on iPad and other mobile devices.

Project STEM provides research-based materials that integrate STEM seamlessly into existing K-8 curricula and instruction. Try out one of 18 innovative modules in this hands-on workshop.

Teachers will participate in a DNA Fingerprinting exercise. Applying skills include plotting data using logarithmic. Other STEM - related experiment that are adaptable for your classrooms will also be demonstrated.

The experiment focuses on procedures utilized in DNA fingerprinting and blood type-based screening for suspects who may have been present at crime scene. Take home a t-shirt and educational resource flashdrive.

Use inquiry to discover the concepts of heredity and adaptation by manipulating a crazy creature. Participants will leave with a CD of the activities and a few kits will be raffled off.

Teaching and learning science just got easier with the new FOSS California website! In this interactive session, we’ll unveil new resources, including electronic teacher guides and student books.

Teaching science academic vocabulary for comprehend and retention is one of the greatest challenges to teaching science. Learn how to meet this challenge by integrating multimedia content and research-based strategies.

Handouts:

• Zip File Containing PowerPoint and Handouts (.zip, 15MB)

Reveal the power of enzyme kinetics using a key enzyme in the production of cellulosic ethanol. Expand the lab with studies of mushrooms and fungi in different ecological niches.

Click here to download handouts from the presenter's Dropbox folder.

Collect data, capture and analyze images, all in one seamless and intuitive environment using PASCO's SPARKvue® application and Ken-A-Vision® Microscopes.

Experience the future of science instruction with Discovery Education's High School Science Techbook. Discovery's High School Techbook engages students through a multimedia approach to science instruction.

Bring your laptop (Windows or Mac OS X) and learn how to work effectively with "Odyssey" a molecular modeling teaching tool in the 2012 releases for High School Chemistry and AP Chemistry.

Want science fun in your primary classroom? Mary Miche will sing nature songs and share her new book, "Nature's Patchwork Quilt." Join her for nature-science learning and sing-along fun.

The pGLO lab’s inducible gene expression and robust results provides a great system for inquiry. Learn how to expand the lab for student directed experiments that develop critical thinking skills.

Click here to download handouts from the presenter's Dropbox folder.

Explore the concepts of Electricity & Magnetism and apply your knowledge to build, test and revise a wind turbine model for maximum efficiency. Take away STEM activities and an understanding of the Engineering Cycle.

Learn to integrate technology and hands-on inquiry. STEM-focused forensic activities that link the scientific method with analysis and investigative skills to solve “cases” involving fingerprint, trace, DNA, and document evidence.

Explore new instructional tools that will take your students beyond understanding DNA as a double helix – to understanding bioinformatics and its importance in genomics and personalized medicine.

Discuss the issues surrounding wet labs in school with a practicing pathologist, analyze the pros and cons and receive a free one year subscription for The Digital Frog 2.5.

This session explores PASCO's state-of-the-art science teaching solutions for new AP biology curriculum.

Discovery Education is changing K-8 science instruction with the Science Techbook, a multimedia approach to teaching science. Learn how it is being implemented in classrooms across the country.

Discover how to set the foundation of your biotechnology program with equipment, supplies, labs, textbook, supplemental materials and grants. Hear about model programs, inspiring students with real world lab experiences.

Click here to download handouts from the presenter's Dropbox folder.

Explore the concepts of Electricity & Magnetism and apply your knowledge to build, test and revise a wind turbine model for maximum efficiency. Take away STEM activities and an understanding of the Engineering Cycle.

Participants will experience firsthand how to design lessons that meet the needs of all learners and enable students to connect science concepts with inquiry-based hands on STEM activities.

Meet students exactly where they live – in the digital world – with Pearson’s cutting edge new K-8 science program, Interactive Science.

Come join us and build the human heart and some of the circulatory system!  We will discuss how teaching with this hands-on system will make both you and your students more successful.

What’s in your candy? Extract and identify food dyes from candy by separating them on a DIY electrophoresis box. Integrate STEM, biotech and chemistry!

Click here to download handouts from the presenter's Dropbox folder.

Come use interactive magnetic water molecules and NaCl ions to explore properties of water, states of matter, evaporation, condensation, erosion, and experimental design. Activities mapped to California science standards.

Making connections between macroscopic and molecular phenomena is at the core of learning chemistry. Bring your laptop (Windows or Mac OS X) and learn how to build, simulate, and analyze molecular samples of matter.

See how students learn physics at 120 mph. iFLY SF BAY Education and Flight Personnel conduct a workshop that shows you the flight operations and academics of a student visit to our 1000 horsepower 200 mph wind tunnel.

The LabQuest 2 is our most versatile interface ever and it supports data collection as a standalone device, with a computer, and now with iPad and other mobile technology.

Come explore a series of amazing cellular landscapes by David Goodsell – each representing the crowded environment of a cell – packed full of proteins, jostling around, trying to do their job.