ME by the SEa - June 16, 2023
The Coastal Bend's premiere conference for STEM education: Promoting curriculum alignment and access to engaging mathematics and science for all PK-16 students. Join our 18th annual regional professional development conference of Mathematics, Science, and STEM Education in the Texas Coastal Bend.
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Registration closes at 12pm June 9.
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Cost
| Participant: | $30 through May 31; $45 beginning June 1 |
| Student: | Free with Islander email |
| Presenter: | $5 |
| Vendor: | $35 includes a 6-foot table (provided) and one lunch. |
2023 Schedule
| 8-8:40 a.m. | Check-in |
| 8:40-8:55 a.m. | Welcome with Dr. Cynthia Hopkins - CI 113 |
| 9-11:50 a.m. | Parallel sessions |
| 12-1:30 p.m. | Lunch & speaker - CI 138 |
| 1:30-3:20 p.m. | Parallel sessions |
| 3:30-4 p.m. | Business meeting: election, door prizes, CEU certificates - CI 113 |
Location: CI 102
Level: 3-5
Exploring Science Stations: Do You Know How?
Nicole Schrank & Kayla Otahal
Variety, Repetition, Differentiation and Choices- our students thrive on these three things in the classroom. Join us as we discuss our science station rotations and how easy they are to incorporate into your science class and why they’re important prior to testing grade levels.
Location: CI 106
Level: All
Open the LID
Jesus Moncada
Explore supporting students with Low Incidence Disabilities through STEM.
Location: CI 107
Level: PK-8
Imagine Learning© Developing Next Generation Problem Solvers: Integrating STEM into the Classroom (Vendor)
Karen DeSchryver & Rosy Gonzales
In this session, participants will discuss strategies to support STEM classroom experiences that position all students as thinkers and problem-solvers. Participants will also reflect on peer experiences as they consider their own implementation of ideas that ensure the inclusion of all learners in authentic STEM focused tasks. Finally, attendees will identify success criteria for appropriate task engagement.
Location: CI 108
Level: Pre-K
Experienced-Based Learning in Pre-K
Jennifer Brown
Learn how to engage early learners in hands-on activities in math, science and STEAM. We will explore the world of experienced-based learning through research and hands-on activities created and implemented by the Early Childhood Development Center teachers. Join us for new learning and ideas to celebrating the young child each and every day!
Location: CI 109
Level: All
Supporting the Development of Grit and Tenacity in the Struggling Learner
Barbara Buckley Greses
Research has proven that students stay in school due to the development of social connectedness within the classroom environment. Struggling learners are often provided “watered down” versions of curriculum versus supporting the development of grit and tenacity. Powerful impact comes from allowing the student to become leaders in their educational journey.
Location: CI 112
Level: All
Let’s Talk About Scripted Curriculum
Masomeh Mahzoon-Hagheghi
Discuss the research-based pros and cons of scripted curriculum and the importance a curriculum framework plays in providing students with the information required to increase content knowledge.
Location: CI 126
Level: 3-8
Using Classroom Animals as Positive Reinforcement for Middle School Students
Chelsea Watson
Animals are a great addition to any science classroom! Join me and my critters and let us enlighten you on how they can be used for positive reinforcement, teaching tools, and as an emotional support system for struggling students.
Location: CI 127
Level: 6-8
Incorporating the 4 C’s of STEM
Christina Campos
Learn techniques that can be incorporated into their classroom through project based learning.
Location: CI 128
Level: All
Science Festivals: From Beginning to End
Stephanie Medina
Interested in engaging your community in the good things that are going on at your campus? Consider hosting a campus science festival. From planning with district and campus administration to breakdown and cleanup, we'll discuss it all. Give your students the opportunity to shine!
Location: CI 102
Level: 3-5
Strawberries, The Moon, and Muggles
Kayla Otahal & Misti Coleman
Reading is a vital skill that a lot of students are reluctant to love. Join us as we explore simple and practical ways to incorporate reading into your math and science lessons through hands-on learning.
Location: CI 106
Level:All
First In Math© Fluency skills and the Building Thinking Classroom (Vendor)
Tony Morrow
The best way to learn math is to figure it out oneself and with others - hence the Building Thinking Classroom. Fact Fluency is not achieved through memorization but through flexible thinking and lots of practice. We’ll explore efficient strategies to have students develop these skills on their own. Free year of First in Math for attendees!
Location: CI 107
Level: 6-12
How to Confront Climate Denial
Cherie McCollough
Practicing deliberation, reflexivity, and counter-narration can help students discern corporate, and politically motivated roots of climate denial and understand efforts to misinform the American public, sow doubt and distrust of basic scientific knowledge. Through inquiry-based teaching and learning, will present a path from destructive stories to consider more just and sustainable futures.
Location: CI 108
Level: PK-5
How is an Elementary Science Program Like an Ice Cream Cone?
Andrea Foster & Lola Grundy
Come cool off and discover how a good K-5 science lesson can be strengthened by vertically aligning the learning goals to the TEKS and experience the significance of teaching science in early grades. And yes, there will be ice cream cones!
Location: CI 109
Level: All
Science Teachers and Compassion Fatigue: Yes! You Can Still Care About Yourself and Your Students
Kathryn Crysup
Exploring Compassion Fatigue through the lens of a high school science teacher in the school year following a traumatic event such as Hurricane Harvey or the COVID 19 Pandemic.
Location: CI 112
Level: All
Teaching What You Don’t Know: Why it is Better to be a Generalist and Not a Specialist
A. Anil Kumar
The changing environment of school and college education demands a changing approach to preparing teachers as generalists as opposed to specialists, since it requires a broader range of skills that an expert typically may not possess. This presentation discusses how the TEKS Standards might be used to achieve this goal.
Location: CI 126
Level: 3-8
Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program© Mysteries in Nature, Problem-Solving Challenges
Kimberly Ogden
Wondering how to bring the Science & Engineering practices of the revised TEKS into your learning environment? What if you turned a few of your lessons into mysteries to solve? In this session, we'll explore this idea together and collaborate to build students' inductive reasoning skills!
Location: CI 127
Level:6-8
Engaging STEM Challenges
Cynthia Hopkins & Christina Campos
Need STEM challenges to capture your students’ attention? Budget low? These ideas are simple to set up and affordable. The interactive challenges will engage your students in problem-solving and critical thinking. Students will need to collaborate to solve. Your students will learn about the engineering design process when they collaborate on their first solutions
Location: CI 128
Level:All
The Classcot: The Mascot for Your Classroom
Stephanie Medina
Not ready for a class pet? Want another avenue to engage your students? Consider homing a classcot. The session will cover selecting classcot(s), engagement in the classroom, engagement out of the classroom, and the potential in classcot social media for communication.
Location: CI 102
Level: 3-5
Wordwall.net - An Online Resource YOU Should Be Using in Your Classroom!
Marissa Hernandez & Isabella Zamorano
Are you looking for a new and FREE online resource to implement in your classroom next year? I have found the perfect resource called Wordwall.net. I have used it in my Math/Science class to promote vocabulary comprehension, fact fluency, and technology skills in an interactive and engaging way. This website can be used for ALL content/grade levels and it's user friendly, just let us show you how!
Location: CI 106
Level: All
GET OUTSIDE! How Nature Benefits Schools
Lari Jo Wallace Edwards & Jason Edwards
Coastal Bend Children in Nature is a nature based community sharing the many learning opportunities offered through outdoor learning facilities. We will discuss the research behind it and do many hands on activities for you to take home to your classroom.
Location: CI 107
Level: 6-12
Help Me Reach Them, So I Can Teach Them
Mary Evans
This session will provide teachers necessary tools to collect student data the first week of school to build rapport and drive student centered instruction.
Location: CI 108
Level: PK-5
Bringing Math to Life through Nonfiction Literature
Sonia Hall
Math is often seen as an abstract subject, but what if we could add story and meaning to humanize it? We will be looking at several nonfiction children's books that will help to increase math engagement among children. Math is not an abstract idea, it's a story!
Location: CI 109
Level: All
Mindfulness-based Self-care Strategies for Teachers
Dr. Richard Ricard
Stress is a major factor in our current teacher shortage. Teachers regularly face significant stressors that impact their ability to perform effectively in the classroom. These stressors often result in experiences of professional burnout, and mental exhaustion, leading many to leave the profession. This session will introduce several fun and engaging activities that teachers can incorporate into a daily routine to help support their self care.
Location: CI 112
Level: All
Are the TEKS Standards in Line with the Long Range Plan for Public Education?
A. Anil Kumar
The current TEKS were approved in 2008. The Long Range Plan for Public Education was released in 2018. This presentation proposes an open discussion on whether it is time to redo the TEKS in light of the post-pandemic environment and in an age of AI and Chat GPT.
Location: CI 126
Level: 3-8
Proportional Reasoning: What Is It and How Can I Get Some?
Debra Plowman & Kathleen Lynch Davis
Proportional Reasoning is the mainstay of the middle grades mathematics and science classroom. Students often don't understand proportions beyond applying the cross-multiply method, and even then can't reason about the solutions once they get them. Attend our sessions to learn how to develop proportional reasoning using word problems and application of strategies based on relationships rather than strict application of the cross-multiply method.
Location: CI 127
Level: All
Robotics for All Ages
Cynthia Hopkins
Kaffie Robotics will present how to integrate robotics in the classroom and afterschool. Kaffie Robotics is made up of 7th and 8th grade students. The team has taught analytical thinking to elementary school students at STEM events around the community.
Location: CI 128
Level: All
Geeks Who [Can't Legally] Drink
Stephanie Medina
Our district has regularly scheduled half days in which classes are shortened to approximately 20 minutes. I've taken my interest in pub-style trivia night to the classroom. In my biomedical science classes we play Trivia Surgery, and in my Wildlife & Fisheries class we play Trivia Fishing. This activity is highly-adaptable and great for informally assessing learning in your classroom.
Location: CI 138
Level: All
Rest, Renew, and Restore: Yoga for Teachers and Students
Yalanda Salone
Wear comfortable clothes!
Location: CI 102
Level: All
Building Vocab Skills Utilizing Teamwork
Rachel Medrano
Reviewing vocabulary with your students is a very important skill, and we will go over a fun and interactive way to do so. During this session, we will explore Flashcard Factory (free web site). Attendees will experience the web site as a student and then start developing their own to see how they can use the platform in their classroom.
Location: CI 106
Level: All
Leveraging the ESC and How We Can Support STEM
Simon Rios
STEM should be accessible to all students and all schools. With the upcoming Science and Tech App TEKS, let's look to find out what opportunities lie ahead with regional support and your school or district.
Location: CI 107
Level: 9-12
Using Limits to Understand the Extent of the Fibonacci Betting System
Lipika Mallick & Ping Charlene Tintera
The Fibonacci Betting System is a negative progression strategy in which the bettor must increase the stake with every losing bet. The increasing stakes are the Fibonacci numbers in increasing order. I will show how this system works for an infinite number of trials.
Location: CI 108
Level: PK-8
STEM Demonstration with Bilingual Picture Books
Puneet Gill & Bella Esquenazi
Come for a discrepant event demonstration and discussion about service learning from a student teacher. She will discuss her bilingual picture book that relates to her discrepant event and the method in which she created it. The session will help fellow educators understand how to integrate STEM demonstrations with picture books.
Location: CI 109
Level: All
Learning in a Virtual World
Gary Leary & Angelique Leary
Explore various educational programs in multiple subjects using virtual reality goggles.
Location: CI 112
Level: All
3-2-1 Blast Off into Math
Nancy Vera & Martha Sauceda
Use straw rocket launchers to learn how to teach angles, degrees, measurements, and Newton's Three Laws of Motion and much more!
Location: CI 126
Level: 3-5
Accelerate Learning Inc. STEMscopes© Building Mathematical Thinkers (Vendor)
Julie Merrill
If I asked you to write your mathography, what would you say? Are your mathematical memories good or bad? I would argue that many people would say their experiences as math students were less than desirable. We are going to explore ways to engage learners and build mathematical thinkers through rich tasks that involve thinking, questioning, and active involvement. These elements are essential because every student deserves to have life-changing mathematical experiences!
Location: CI 127
Level: 3-12
Nix the (Math) Tricks
Holli Horton
Based on the pdf created by teachers "Nix the Tricks," this session will highlight proper academic vocabulary that will carry our students through their math career.
Location: CI 128
Level: All
Spooky Scientists Society (6–12)
Stephanie Medina
A spooky approach to teaching contributions of scientists. Highly adaptable for other courses beyond your own class or department.
Location: CI 102
Level: All
Wildlife in Focus© Kritters 4 Kids (Vendor)
Marissa Ford & Kristen Price
Explore this online stem program that specifically deals with the Natural Sciences of Texas. We have updated all out TEKS and started to add videos the program. In the past it was just the online program and curriculum.
Location: CI 106
Level: All
ME and the ESC: How STEM Can Connect to You
Simon Rios
For professional educators in Region 2 or anywhere in Texas, we will look at how the Texas EcosySTEM and ESCs are working to bring STEM to students. Additionally, we will explore opportunities to collaborate and expand STEM in Region 2.
Location: CI 107
Level: 9-12
Collaborative Engineering Capstone Projects
Randall Stuart
A discussion of how senior STEM academy students form design teams to research a problem, research current solutions to the problem, design, build, and test an innovative solution to the problem and present it at the end of the year.
Location: CI 108
Level: 6-8
Carnegie Teacher Panel
Vanessa Ruiz & Steven Mendoza
Join us for a time of open dialogue as we reflect on our experience using the Carnegie curriculum. We'll share ideas and strategies that we found effective with the curriculum as well as ask questions and brainstorm ways we can improve our teaching methods to make this year the best yet.
Location: CI 109
Level:All
How to Build a DIY Wildlife Pond
Alissa Mejia
Creating a DIY wildlife pond with crystal clear water can be attainable and affordable for beginners. Learn steps to plan, build, and maintain a small pond or water garden that can support STEAM learning and mental health.
Location: CI 112
Level: All
The International Consortium for Research in Science & Mathematics Education - ICRSME
Mark Bloom & Sarah Quebec Fuentes
The International Consortium for Research in Science and Mathematics Education (ICRSME) promotes the advancement of science and mathematics education in participating countries in North/Central America and around the globe. This presentation will share various ways in which pre-service teachers, K-12 teachers, and teacher educators can become involved with ICRSME.
Location: CI 126
Level: 3-8
Accelerate Learning Inc. STEMscopes©# Building Mathematical Thinkers (6–8)
Julie Merrill
If I asked you to write your mathography, what would you say? Are your mathematical memories good or bad? I would argue that many people would say their experiences as math students were less than desirable. We are going to explore ways to engage learners and build mathematical thinkers through rich tasks that involve thinking, questioning, and active involvement. These elements are essential because every student deserves to have life-changing mathematical experiences!
Location: CI 127
Level: 3-12
Arc of Mathematics
Holli Horton
Experience my arc of mathematics from fourth grade mathematics to Algebra II!
Location: CI 128
Level: All
We Started a Learning Garden: Learn with Us
Stephanie Medina
My senior biomedical science students were in their environmental health unit, testing toxicity in seeds, when they fell in love with taking care of their plants. They asked one question: Can we plant more stuff? We are in the early stages of planning; but, here's what we've done so far...
Photos
- 2022 album
- Prior ME by the SEa albums: Visit the College of Education and Human Development photo site and navigate to any summer album except for summer 2021, when this conference took place virtually.
Parking and Directions
Free campus parking is reserved for ME by the SEa participants in the Curlew Lot. To access this lot, enter campus using the second university entrance at Sand Dollar Blvd., take the first right into the parking lots, then take the first left to reach the Curlew Lot.
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