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Check out these upcoming presentations at NSTA, AERA, ASEE and ISTE. Click on the PDFs for more details about each in the handouts.

AERA

Technology-Enhanced Agency for Community Engagement ● Presenter: Bob Coulter (Missouri Botanical Garden)

Elements of design-based science teaching that affect middle school students’ motivation ● Presenter: Brett D. Jones (Virginia Tech)

Examining the Relationship Between Educational Goals, Self-Efficacy, and Science Academic Achievement in High School Students: A Latent Moderated Structural Model ● Presenters: Yueming Jia (Education Development Center, Inc.), Youn Joo Oh (Education Development Center, Inc.)

Extending Learning in the CryptoClub with Student-Generated Online Tutorials ● Presenter: Janet Beissinger (University of Illinois at Chicago)

A New STEM Education Model for a New Era: Integrating Social Justice, Urban Ecology, and Career Development ● Session Organizer: Dennis J DeBay (Boston College) ● Chair: Michael Barnett (Boston College) ● Discussant: Caroline E. Parker (Education Development Center, Inc.)

Sharing Place:  the Virtual Watershed ● Presenter: Anne L. Kern (University of Idaho)

NSTA

Workshop: Using Web-based GIS to Investigate Rain Forest Conservation Issues in the Brazilian Amazon ● Presenters: Jim MaKinster (Hobart and William Smith Colleges: Geneva, NY); Carol Burch (Hannibal High School: Hannibal, NY); Nancy Trautmann (Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Ithaca, NY)

Workshop: Solar One Clean Tech ● Presenters: Sarah Pidgeon (Solar One: New York, NY); Alex Smith (Solar One: New York, NY)

Workshop: Forensic Entomology: A Unique Way to Study Insects ● Presenters: Carol Ann Ross (Arkansas State University: State University, AR); Karen Yanowitz (Arkansas State University: State University, AR); Tanja McKay (Arkansas State University: State University, AR); Deborah K. Teems (Mountain Home High School: Mountain Home, AR)

Exhibitor: ASPB Plant Biology Outreach Booth -  “Backyard Mystery” ● Presenter:  Peggy Lemaux (University of California - Berkeley)

Connecting Physical Science and Engineering Through the Design of an Underwater Robot ● Presenter: Jason C. Sayres (Stevens Institute of Technology: Hoboken, NJ)

Do's and Don'ts for Having a Successful Family Science Night in Secondary Schools ● Presenters: Carol Ann Ross (Arkansas State University: State University, AR); Tanja McKay (Arkansas State University: State University, AR); Jacquie Dubrava (Harrisburg Middle School: Harrisburg, AR); Karen Yanowitz (Arkansas State University: State University, AR); Michelle Dunham (Marion Middle School: Marion, AR); Shelley Ledbetter (Gainesville Junior/Senior High School: Gainesville, MO)

Addressing the NGSS Nature of Science Standards in Real-World Conservation Biology Contexts ● Presenters: Carol Burch (Hannibal High School: Hannibal, NY); Nancy Trautmann (Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Ithaca, NY); Jim MaKinster (Hobart and William Smith Colleges: Geneva, NY)

ASEE

Studio STEM: Engineering After School ● Presenter: Christine Schnittka

ISTE

STEM IDEA: Inquire, design, engineer, articulate ● Presenter: Mano Talaiver