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8:00am PDT

Differentiating Instruction in the General Ed. Science ClassroomLIMITED Room 105 (Pasadena Convention Center) Force and Motion with Straws and Tape!LIMITED Room 103 (Pasadena Convention Center) Genetics with Flies Is Easy. Really!LIMITED Room 208 (Pasadena Convention Center) Get Green - Early Childhood Environmental ExperiencesLIMITED Cypress (Sheraton Hotel) Let's Build a St. Louis MotorLIMITED Room 211 (Pasadena Convention Center) Teaching the Water CycleLIMITED Room 107 (Pasadena Convention Center) The Rise of Intelligence and CultureLIMITED Room 102 (Pasadena Convention Center) Use of Concept Cartoons to Get Middle School Students Talking About Natural SelectionLIMITED Room 212 (Pasadena Convention Center) Using Moodle in a Math Science Partnership: Helping Teachers Move from Awareness to ImplementationLIMITED Room 204 (Pasadena Convention Center) Volcanic Effects from Space: 'Spurring' Your Students into Earth ScienceLIMITED Room 106 (Pasadena Convention Center)

8:30am PDT

FC05: The Jet Propulsion LaboratoryLIMITED Bus departs from Pasadena Convention Center FC04: Shaking Out in Southern CaliforniaLIMITED Bus departs from Pasadena Convention Center FC01: Science in the Stratosphere: Field Trip to NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared AstronomyLIMITED Bus departs from Pasadena Convention Center

11:00am PDT

Advancements in Prosthetic TechnologyLIMITED Ballroom A (Pasadena Convention Center) A Problem of ScaleLIMITED Room 101 (Pasadena Convention Center) Beyond Slopes and Points: Teaching Children How Graphs Can Describe the Relationships Between PhenomenaLIMITED Room 204 (Pasadena Convention Center) Channel Islands Live-No SCUBA Gear RequiredLIMITED Room 212 (Pasadena Convention Center) Climate Change ConnectionsLIMITED Room 211 (Pasadena Convention Center) Common Core State Standards UpdateLIMITED Room 104 (Pasadena Convention Center) Evolution SolutionsLIMITED Room 105 (Pasadena Convention Center) Growing Up WILD: Exploring Nature with Young ChildrenLIMITED Cypress (Sheraton Hotel) Perspectives on Transportation FuelsLIMITED Room 106 (Pasadena Convention Center) Strategic Science Teaching: Connecting Literature with California Science Standards for Grades 3-5LIMITED Colorado (Sheraton Hotel) Subduction Zone Conditions - School of RockLIMITED Room 207 (Pasadena Convention Center) UCLA CNSI High School Nanoscience - Superhydrophobic SurfacesLIMITED Room 102 (Pasadena Convention Center) Wearing Away the Earth's SurfaceLIMITED Room 208 (Pasadena Convention Center) Whoosh! The 120 MPH Rocket LabLIMITED Room 107 (Pasadena Convention Center)

1:00pm PDT

Get Ready, Get Set, Go! How to Be Successful and Ready for Science Olympiad CompetitionLIMITED Room 106 (Pasadena Convention Center) How to Start a Biotech Program - A Toolkit Approach to Grant Writing and Program DesignLIMITED Room 212 (Pasadena Convention Center) Human Pigmentation and UV IntensityLIMITED Room 208 (Pasadena Convention Center) Integrating Science and MathematicsLIMITED Room 101 (Pasadena Convention Center) On the Lighter Side of ScienceLIMITED Room 105 (Pasadena Convention Center) Project-Based Science: Strategies for SuccessLIMITED Room 207 (Pasadena Convention Center) Strategic Science Teaching: Connecting Literature with California Science Standards for Grades 9-12LIMITED Colorado (Sheraton Hotel) Supermarket Chemical Reactions in Ziptop BagsLIMITED Room 102 (Pasadena Convention Center) Systems Thinking for the Science ClassroomLIMITED Room 211 (Pasadena Convention Center) Understanding Atmospheric CirculationLIMITED Room 103 (Pasadena Convention Center) Waves, Wetlands, and Watersheds from the California Coastal CommissionLIMITED Cypress (Sheraton Hotel) What Happens If...?: Encouraging Inquiry and Student Exploration in Physical ScienceLIMITED Room 104 (Pasadena Convention Center) SC03: Place-Based Fisheries Ecology Cancelled by presenter 10/17/11.LIMITED Santa Clara (Hilton Hotel) SC01: Modeling Plate Tectonics: California-StyleLIMITED San Diego (Hilton Hotel) SC02: Ready to Roll! The Education and the Environment Initiative (EEI)LIMITED Pasadena I (Hilton Hotel) SC04: Knowing What Students Know: Probing for UnderstandingLIMITED Maple (Sheraton Hotel) SC05: Interactive Notebook: A Way to Access Science Content When Coupled with Effective StrategiesLIMITED Pacific A (Hilton Hotel) SC06: Forensic Science in Your ClassroomLIMITED Monterey (Hilton Hotel) SC07: Podcasting in the Science ClassroomLIMITED Room 204 (Pasadena Convention Center) SC08: Hands-On Performance Assessment for K-6 Students: One Impetus for Inquiry in Our ClassroomsLIMITED San Marino (Hilton Hotel)

2:30pm PDT

Water in the Solar SystemLIMITED Ballroom A (Pasadena Convention Center) A 3-week Unit of Biotech for Any Biology ClassLIMITED Room 212 (Pasadena Convention Center) Balancing ELD and the 5E'sLIMITED Room 101 (Pasadena Convention Center) Earthquakes: A Workshop for Teachers (Part I)LIMITED Room 105 (Pasadena Convention Center) Energize Your Classroom While Teaching Tough Energy ConceptsLIMITED Ballroom B (Pasadena Convention Center) Fun with Easy to Do S.T.E.M. Rocketry!LIMITED Room 107 (Pasadena Convention Center) Global Connections: Celebrate 'International Year of the Forest' with Your StudentsLIMITED Cypress (Sheraton Hotel) Gravity, Graphing, Exoplanets, and NASA's Kepler MissionLIMITED Room 106 (Pasadena Convention Center) Hands-On, Minds-On Periodic TableLIMITED Room 102 (Pasadena Convention Center) How Well Do Your Students Really Understand Natural Selection?LIMITED Room 208 (Pasadena Convention Center) Physics First and Biology Last: A Story of Adoption, Implementation, and EvaluationLIMITED Room 104 (Pasadena Convention Center) Strategic Science Teaching: Connecting Literature with California Science Standards for Grades K-2LIMITED Colorado (Sheraton Hotel) Stretch Your Digital Dollar: Affordable Strategies for Integrating Mobile Technologies into the ClassroomLIMITED Room 207 (Pasadena Convention Center) The Art and Science of QuestioningLIMITED Room 211 (Pasadena Convention Center)

4:00pm PDT

Science for English Language Learners: Using Inquiry Science to Build Language SkillsLIMITED Ballroom A (Pasadena Convention Center) Altering a Lesson to Increase Student Conceptual UnderstandingLIMITED Room 101 (Pasadena Convention Center) Connecting and Engaging: Plugging Middle School Students into Conserving Water and EnergyLIMITED Room 106 (Pasadena Convention Center) Earthquakes: A Workshop for Teachers (Part II)LIMITED Room 105 (Pasadena Convention Center) Globe, Garden, and Garbage: Bringing Life Science Standards Home to Children in a Living WorldLIMITED Ballroom B (Pasadena Convention Center) Harness the Power of Social Networking in Your Classroom Safely, and for FreeLIMITED Room 207 (Pasadena Convention Center) Physics of BaseballLIMITED Room 104 (Pasadena Convention Center) Project WILD Science and Civics: Sustaining Wildlife for Grades 9-12LIMITED Cypress (Sheraton Hotel) Science Education Series and Web Resources from PBS KIDSLIMITED Room 102 (Pasadena Convention Center) Science: The Perfect Context to Learn LanguageLIMITED Room 103 (Pasadena Convention Center) Skywatching Activities for 2011-2012LIMITED Room 107 (Pasadena Convention Center) Strange BiologyLIMITED Room 212 (Pasadena Convention Center) Strategic Science Teaching: Connecting Literature with California Science Standards for Grades 6-8LIMITED Colorado (Sheraton Hotel) Using Online Testing in a High School Science ClassLIMITED Room 208 (Pasadena Convention Center)

8:00am PDT

A Head Start on ScienceLIMITED Room 208 (Pasadena Convention Center) Achieving High Biology CST Scores and Motivation in Urban SchoolsLIMITED Room 212 (Pasadena Convention Center) Atoms, Elements, Compounds, Molecules and Mixtures - What's the Difference?LIMITED Colorado (Sheraton Hotel) Climate Change and Coastal DataLIMITED Room 214 (Pasadena Convention Center) Designing Inquiry Science Lessons for English Learners: A Blended Lesson DesignLIMITED Room 101 (Pasadena Convention Center) DNA 360: Genetics from All AnglesLIMITED Room 106 (Pasadena Convention Center) Earth Science: Teacher Led Virtual Field TripsLIMITED Ballroom B (Pasadena Convention Center) Explore the Sun and Solar Energy with Ready-to-Go Activities for the Elementary ClassroomLIMITED Room 102 (Pasadena Convention Center) Managing The Middle School Science LabLIMITED Room 107 (Pasadena Convention Center) My Top 10 Ten Labs and DemonstrationsLIMITED Room 104 (Pasadena Convention Center) NASA's Goldstone Apple Valley Radio Telescope ProjectLIMITED Room 105 (Pasadena Convention Center) Risks in Biotechnology ActivitiesLIMITED Cypress (Sheraton Hotel) Student-Authored Science BooksLIMITED Room 103 (Pasadena Convention Center) Teaching the Nature of Science with Mystery BoxesLIMITED Room 211 (Pasadena Convention Center)

9:00am PDT

SC12: Water Quality Assessments cancelled by presenter 10/9/11.LIMITED Santa Clara (Hilton Hotel) SC10: Modeling Cutting-Edge, Hands-On, High-Tech Experiences to Improve Earthquake MonitoringLIMITED Room 204 (Pasadena Convention Center) SC13: Teaching Evolution: Successful Strategies for Challenges in the ClassroomLIMITED Pasadena I (Hilton Hotel)

9:30am PDT

Balls and RampsLIMITED Room 103 (Pasadena Convention Center) Bucks for Biotech and Other Issues in Starting a Biotech ProgramLIMITED Room 107 (Pasadena Convention Center) Engaging Young Learners in Science with PBS Media-Rich Educational ResourcesLIMITED Room 212 (Pasadena Convention Center) Let's Go for a Ride! Plate Tectonics and Earthquakes: Changing Our Oceans and WorldLIMITED Room 214 (Pasadena Convention Center) Newton's First Law: Inertia ExplainedLIMITED Room 102 (Pasadena Convention Center) Potato Head GeneticsLIMITED Room 106 (Pasadena Convention Center) Rocking the Rock Cycle with... Candy?LIMITED Room 105 (Pasadena Convention Center) Science Notebooks: ELD and ELA in ContextLIMITED Room 101 (Pasadena Convention Center) Snapshot Science!LIMITED Cordova (Sheraton Hotel) Teaching the Eighth Grade Chemistry Standards, with Paper Manipulatives on a BudgetLIMITED Ballroom B (Pasadena Convention Center) The Energy of Moving WaterLIMITED Room 211 (Pasadena Convention Center) The Organized Binder: Best Practices in ActionLIMITED Room 104 (Pasadena Convention Center) FC06: Old Bones, New DiscoveriesLIMITED Bus departs from Pasadena Convention Center

11:00am PDT

The Future of Solar PowerLIMITED Ballroom A (Pasadena Convention Center) Accessing Secondary Science TextLIMITED Room 103 (Pasadena Convention Center) Fossil Fuels to ProductsLIMITED Room 211 (Pasadena Convention Center) Improve Your Teaching of Science Through Media-Based Student Assessment ToolsLIMITED Room 212 (Pasadena Convention Center) It's EvolutionaryLIMITED Room 101 (Pasadena Convention Center) Just What Exactly Is a STEM (STEAM?) Magnet?LIMITED Room 104 (Pasadena Convention Center) Live Organisms in the Classroom: Preventing Invasive Species IntroductionLIMITED Room 214 (Pasadena Convention Center) NASA: Evolution of the UniverseLIMITED Room 106 (Pasadena Convention Center) Our Solar System and the Periodic Table of ElementsLIMITED Room 208 (Pasadena Convention Center) Physics Models: A Cohesive Approach to Understanding MechanicsLIMITED Room 102 (Pasadena Convention Center) The Problems with Oil Project (POP)LIMITED Cordova (Sheraton Hotel) The True Nature of ScienceLIMITED Colorado (Sheraton Hotel) What's in Your Water?LIMITED Ballroom B (Pasadena Convention Center)

12:30pm PDT

Fuels from Sunlight, Water and Carbon Dioxide: A Thermochemical ApproachLIMITED Ballroom A (Pasadena Convention Center) A Data-Driven and Student-Centered Approach to Plate TectonicsLIMITED Room 105 (Pasadena Convention Center) CaMSP–Incubating Changes in Districts and IHEsLIMITED Room 208 (Pasadena Convention Center) Ditching Lecture for LabLIMITED Room 103 (Pasadena Convention Center) Experimental Design K-5LIMITED Room 101 (Pasadena Convention Center) Eyes on Earth 3D and Eyes on the Solar SystemLIMITED Room 104 (Pasadena Convention Center) FINDing NEMAtodes (C. Elegans an Affordable and Interesting Model Organism)LIMITED Cordova (Sheraton Hotel) Hands-On Inquiry to Determine the Epicenter of an EarthquakeLIMITED Colorado (Sheraton Hotel) Improving the Testing of Scientific Reasoning in Grade 8 ScienceLIMITED Room 106 (Pasadena Convention Center) Integrating the California Education and the Environment Initiative (EEI): Making It Work for YouLIMITED Cypress (Sheraton Hotel) Teach Marine Biology in Lieu of Biology to all California Biology CST StandardsLIMITED Room 214 (Pasadena Convention Center) The Human Population at 7 BillionLIMITED Room 107 (Pasadena Convention Center) Tsunami! New California Maps, Resources, and ActivitiesLIMITED Room 204 (Pasadena Convention Center)

1:00pm PDT

SC16: NASA: Build a Telescope: Explore the EM Spectrum and the UniverseLIMITED Monterey (Hilton Hotel) SC19: Standards-Based Nanotechnology Lessons for Secondary Science TeachersLIMITED Maple (Sheraton Hotel) SC21: NASA's Swift Satellite Presents Newton's LawsLIMITED Pacific A (Hilton Hotel)

3:15pm PDT

Mars Science Laboratory and the Search for Habitable EnvironmentsLIMITED Ballroom A (Pasadena Convention Center) CalESTA Share-a-Thon for Earth and Space SciencesLIMITED Room 102 (Pasadena Convention Center) A Comprehensive Approach to Improving Student Success in ScienceLIMITED Ballroom G (Pasadena Convention Center) Bringing Language and Science TogetherLIMITED Room 101 (Pasadena Convention Center) California Science SafetyLIMITED Room 104 (Pasadena Convention Center) Celebrating Diversity in Learning Moon and SeasonLIMITED Ballroom F (Pasadena Convention Center) Forensic Science in Your Classroom!LIMITED Room 107 (Pasadena Convention Center) Introduction to Media Making for Science LearningLIMITED Room 106 (Pasadena Convention Center) Juice from Juice: Making a Dye-Sensitized Solar CellLIMITED Ballroom H (Pasadena Convention Center) Marine Plastic Pollution: Examining Issues and Solutions in a Middle School ClassroomLIMITED Room 207 (Pasadena Convention Center) Move Over Energizer Bunny . . .LIMITED Room 105 (Pasadena Convention Center) NASA's Eyes on the Earth: Creating Buzz in the ClassroomLIMITED Room 204 (Pasadena Convention Center) Now Explain It to Me: Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning in the Special Education ClassroomLIMITED Room 103 (Pasadena Convention Center) Science Beyond the Classroom: Making the Most of What Your Community Has to OfferLIMITED Cypress (Sheraton Hotel) Teaching Density for UnderstandingLIMITED Room 208 (Pasadena Convention Center) Using Socratic Labs to Teach Atomic Structure and Periodic TrendsLIMITED Room 211 (Pasadena Convention Center) Using Vocabulary Strategies to Maximize Students' Learning in ScienceLIMITED Room 209/210, (Pasadena Convention Center)

4:35pm PDT

Activities on Waves and Wave Properties Using PhET SimulationLIMITED Room 204 (Pasadena Convention Center) An Innovative Middle School Family Science Discovery Program: What Makes Plastics So Good and So Bad?LIMITED Room 207 (Pasadena Convention Center) Arthropod Adaptations! Teaching Science to English Language Learners (ELLs)LIMITED Room 208 (Pasadena Convention Center) Biotechnology 101LIMITED Room 214 (Pasadena Convention Center) Cost Effective Chemical Compounds (CECC)LIMITED Ballroom F (Pasadena Convention Center) Journey to the Center of the EarthLIMITED Room 105 (Pasadena Convention Center) Mapping Science KnowledgeLIMITED Room 106 (Pasadena Convention Center) Mentoring Pre-Service Teachers-Do's and Don'ts of MentoringLIMITED Ballroom B (Pasadena Convention Center) Motivating Middle School Students to Monitor and Assess Their LearningLIMITED Room 107 (Pasadena Convention Center) Our Amazing Immune SystemLIMITED Ballroom G (Pasadena Convention Center) Planning Smart: Improving Student AchievementLIMITED Room 104 (Pasadena Convention Center) Ready, Set, Experiment! Activities for your K-5 ClassroomsLIMITED Ballroom H (Pasadena Convention Center) Scientific Inquiry Through Hands-on Logic ActivitiesLIMITED Room 101 (Pasadena Convention Center) The Kinetics Connection: Demonstrations with a ThemeLIMITED Room 211 (Pasadena Convention Center) Using NASA Themes to Integrate Science, Math, and Language ArtsLIMITED Room 212 (Pasadena Convention Center) Watershed WondersLIMITED Room 209/210, (Pasadena Convention Center) Weathering of RocksLIMITED Colorado (Sheraton Hotel)

8:00am PDT

A 4-Member Science Teachers' Journey to Disentangle the Implementation of Project-Based Learning in an Urban High School of LAUSDLIMITED Room 207 (Pasadena Convention Center) Advancing Science with Literacy Using Reading ApprenticeshipLIMITED Room 208 (Pasadena Convention Center) Creating 'Wows” in Biology to Increase Student EngagementLIMITED Room 106 (Pasadena Convention Center) Gelatin Waveguides: Using Inquiry and Cutting-Edge Research to Teach the Properties of LightLIMITED Room 107 (Pasadena Convention Center) NASA's Science Missions Present: More Than Your Eyes Can SeeLIMITED Room 104 (Pasadena Convention Center) Physics Demonstrations and Labs - Force and MotionLIMITED Room 214 (Pasadena Convention Center) Science Fair Success!LIMITED Room 209/210, (Pasadena Convention Center) Urban EcoLab: A Novel Inquiry-based Curricula in Urban Ecology for High School StudentsLIMITED Room 105 (Pasadena Convention Center) What a Gas! A Dozen Quick, Inexpensive Gas ExperimentsLIMITED Room 211 (Pasadena Convention Center)

9:20am PDT

Astrobiology: The Search for Life Beyond EarthLIMITED Room 105 (Pasadena Convention Center) Creating Chemistry and Physics Discovery LabsLIMITED Room 212 (Pasadena Convention Center) Gravity: The Universe's Crazy GlueLIMITED Room 103 (Pasadena Convention Center) Health Science Pathways and AcademiesLIMITED Room 106 (Pasadena Convention Center) How Do Scientists Communicate?LIMITED Room 211 (Pasadena Convention Center) NASA's WISE Mission Presents: Size and Scale of the UniverseLIMITED Room 104 (Pasadena Convention Center) Physics Teacher Education Coalition Project at CSU Long BeachLIMITED Room 208 (Pasadena Convention Center) Science Performance Assessments for K-5LIMITED Room 209/210, (Pasadena Convention Center) The Biology of BirdsLIMITED Room 207 (Pasadena Convention Center) The Sound of Music: Recording and Playback in a Digital WorldLIMITED Room 107 (Pasadena Convention Center)

10:40am PDT

Bell to Bell EngagementLIMITED Room 208 (Pasadena Convention Center) Critical Media Literacy in the Science ClassroomLIMITED Room 209/210, (Pasadena Convention Center) Density Do's and Don'ts: Activities for Teaching Density to Middle School StudentsLIMITED Room 103 (Pasadena Convention Center) In the Footsteps of Galileo: Astronomy Using Galileo's Observations and Hands-On ActivitiesLIMITED Room 106 (Pasadena Convention Center) NanoSize Me: Helping Students Understand Size Dependent PropertiesLIMITED Room 212 (Pasadena Convention Center) NASA's SDO and IRIS Missions Present: Exploring the Sun with SpectroscopyLIMITED Room 211 (Pasadena Convention Center) Reading, Writing, and Rings: Combining Science and Language ArtsLIMITED Room 107 (Pasadena Convention Center) The Chemistry and Biology of FoodLIMITED Room 105 (Pasadena Convention Center) Using the 5 E Learning Cycle to Improve Student Mastery of the State's Chemistry Content StandardsLIMITED Room 214 (Pasadena Convention Center)