2017 Utah Rural Schools Conference: Full Schedule

10:10am MDT

3D Science - Finding the Scientist in your Students

3 Dimensional (3D) science is built on the idea that science should not be taught as content to memorize but as a set of practices and ideas that students must use to be able to reason through novel phenomena. It is the basis of the 6-8 SEEd standards and will be the basis of future science standards. In this session we will work together with the 3 Dimensions to reason through a scientific phenomenon.

Presenters

Ricky Scott

Curriculum Director, Tooele County School District

I was a secondary science teacher in Utah almost 10 years. Over that time I taught 7th and 8th grade Integrated Science, Earth Science, Biology, Chemistry, and Biotechnology in the Jordan School District. Also, while teaching, I was involved in several USBE projects with science assessment... Read More →

Wednesday July 12, 2017 10:10am - 11:10am MDT
Education Building 102

Two Hour Session

Learning Strands Utah Core Curriculum
Audience Curriculum District Specialist, District/School Administration, Teachers
Grade Level Middle School/Junior High Grades 6-8
Subject Area Science

1:30pm MDT

SEEd Resources & 3D Science with 8.2

Session Evaluation

I will share with teachers the SEEd resources that are available throughout the State We will look at 8.2 through the lens of the Cross Cutting Concepts and the actions of the Science & Engineering Practices. Teachers will try things out as their students would and leave with resources and experience with 8.2.

Presenters

Kelli Cheesman

Kelli has taught Science for 12 years in the district. She currently teaches 4 classes of Science on A-days at SCMS and is a teacher on special assignment over Secondary Science on B-days.

Wednesday July 12, 2017 1:30pm - 3:40pm MDT
Education Building 102

Two Hour Session

Learning Strands Utah Core Curriculum
Audience Curriculum District Specialist, Teachers
Grade Level Middle School/Junior High Grades 6-8
Subject Area Science

10:10am MDT

Three-Dimesnsional Learning: Stability and Change in Ecosystems

Session Evaluation

Teachers will engage with a phenomenon for SEEd Strand 6.4 : Stability and Change in Ecosystems. Teachers will gather evidence, use science and engineering practices and cross-cutting concepts to construct an explanation for the presented phenomenon. Three-dimensional teaching and learning will be modeled so that participants will come away with a better understanding of the new SEEd framework and how to engage in three-dimensional science in a K-12 classroom.

Presenters

April Mitchell

Elementary Science Specialist, Ogden School District

April is an elementary science specialist in Ogden, teaching students in grades K-6. She also provides professional development on three-dimensional science instruction for teachers in Ogden School District.

Candace Penrod

Hillside Middle School/Westminister College

Thursday July 13, 2017 10:10am - 12:20pm MDT
Education Building 102

Two Hour Session

Learning Strands Utah Core Curriculum
Audience All School/District Personnel, Teachers
Grade Level Elementary Grades K-6, Middle School/Junior High Grades 6-8
Subject Area Science, STEM/STEAM

1:30pm MDT

SEEd Update for Clark Planetarium Teacher Resource Kit Activities

Session Evaluation

Do you use Clark Planetarium’s Seasons and Moon Phases and/or Kinesthetic Astronomy teacher resource kit in your classroom? In this session you will experience changes to the kit activities that will better align them to the new 6th grade SEEd standards, specifically, Standard 6.1.1. These changes will help your students develop and use a model of the Sun-Earth-Moon system to describe the cyclic patterns of lunar phases, eclipses of the Sun and Moon, and seasons using the kit materials.

Presenters

Robert Bigelow

Education Program Specialist, Clark Planetarium

Robert Bigelow has been providing science education programs to Utah students and teachers for over twenty-five years with the Hansen/Clark Planetarium. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Physics and is a NASA Solar System Ambassador.

Thursday July 13, 2017 1:30pm - 3:40pm MDT
Education Building 102

Two Hour Session

Learning Strands Utah Core Curriculum
Audience Library Media Specialists, Teachers
Grade Level 5-6, Middle School/Junior High Grades 6-8
Subject Area Science

9:00am MDT

6th Grade SEEd Student Science Performances with Density

Session Evaluation

Density and the causes and consequences of changes in density are topics woven through several Strands of the new 6th grade SEEd Standards. In this session you will experience activities that show the effect of heat energy on density, convection currents that result from changes in density and model the role of density in the cycling of water through Earth’s systems. We will also provide each school that has one or more 6th grade teachers attend this session with a classroom set of density tanks that are used in some of these activities.

Presenters

Robert Bigelow

Education Program Specialist, Clark Planetarium

Friday July 14, 2017 9:00am - 11:10am MDT
Education Building 102

Two Hour Session

Learning Strands Utah Core Curriculum
Audience All School/District Personnel
Grade Level 5-6, Middle School/Junior High Grades 6-8
Subject Area Science