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8:00am PDT

Dive in with Physical Models: Impact of Water on Protein StructureLIMITED Ballroom F (Pasadena Convention Center) Introduction to Wisconsin Fast Plants®LIMITED Room 209/210, (Pasadena Convention Center) Investigating Alternative Energy: Hydrogen and Fuel CellsLIMITED Ballroom C (Pasadena Convention Center) Molecular Modeling in Middle and High School Science Classrooms: Engage Your Students!LIMITED Room 214 (Pasadena Convention Center) Differentiating Instruction in the General Ed. Science ClassroomLIMITED Room 105 (Pasadena Convention Center) Genetics with Flies Is Easy. Really!LIMITED Room 208 (Pasadena Convention Center) Let's Build a St. Louis MotorLIMITED Room 211 (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

Fantastic Physical Science Demonstrations from Flinn ScientificLIMITED Room 209/210, (Pasadena Convention Center) Learn Various Implementation Methods When Using 21st Century Technology to Teach K-12 ScienceLIMITED Ballroom C (Pasadena Convention Center) Light and Color with OpticsLIMITED Ballroom H (Pasadena Convention Center) Teaching Chemistry with Molecular-Level Visualization and Simulation ToolsLIMITED Room 214 (Pasadena Convention Center) To Capture or Not to Capture...That Is the QuestionLIMITED Ballroom F (Pasadena Convention Center) 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) Common Core State Standards UpdateLIMITED Room 104 (Pasadena Convention Center) Subduction Zone Conditions - School of RockLIMITED Room 207 (Pasadena Convention Center) UCLA CNSI High School Nanoscience - Superhydrophobic SurfacesLIMITED Room 102 (Pasadena Convention Center) Whoosh! The 120 MPH Rocket LabLIMITED Room 107 (Pasadena Convention Center)

1:00pm PDT

Dealing with Density 1.0: Activities to Support STEM in the ClassroomLIMITED Ballroom F (Pasadena Convention Center) Lost in Translation: Exploring Protein Synthesis with Interactive Physical ModelLIMITED Room 209/210, (Pasadena Convention Center) Molecular Modeling in the Classroom: Effective Demonstrations and Labs for EveryoneLIMITED Room 214 (Pasadena Convention Center) STEM-Focused Forensics Activities Using Inquiry Investigations™LIMITED Ballroom H (Pasadena Convention Center) 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) Learn to Imagine Using NASA Education Resources Available Through NASA Dryden Flight Research Center's Office of EducationLIMITED Ballroom B (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) Understanding Atmospheric CirculationLIMITED Room 103 (Pasadena Convention Center) Youth Science Education Through RoboticsLIMITED Room 107 (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)

2:30pm PDT

Bio-Rad - Starting a Biotech Program with Biotechnology: A Laboratory Skills Course and Author Kirk BrownLIMITED Ballroom F (Pasadena Convention Center) Collision Physics: A Smashing Good TimeLIMITED Ballroom H (Pasadena Convention Center) Hands-On Chemistry DemonstrationsLIMITED Ballroom G (Pasadena Convention Center) Real Time Data Collection with Vernier LabQuestLIMITED Ballroom C (Pasadena Convention Center) 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) 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) 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

Chemistry In-the-Bag Inquiry WorkshopLIMITED Ballroom G (Pasadena Convention Center) Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy with Carolina's Perfect Solution®LIMITED Room 209/210, (Pasadena Convention Center) Easy Enzyme Hands-On ActivityLIMITED Ballroom C (Pasadena Convention Center) Exciting Science with Inquiry (E.S.I.)LIMITED Room 214 (Pasadena Convention Center) Incorporating Online Virtual Lab Solutions Using the Web-Based STEM-Focused Tools and Curriculum Content of iNeoSCI.™LIMITED Ballroom H (Pasadena Convention Center) Science for English Language Learners: Using Inquiry Science to Build Language SkillsLIMITED Ballroom A (Pasadena Convention Center) A Rapid and Efficient Method for Generating Video Podcasts and ScreencastsLIMITED Room 211 (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) Skywatching Activities for 2011-2012LIMITED Room 107 (Pasadena Convention Center) Strange BiologyLIMITED Room 212 (Pasadena Convention Center) Using Online Testing in a High School Science ClassLIMITED Room 208 (Pasadena Convention Center) Bio-Rad - Genes in a Bottle KitLIMITED Ballroom F (Pasadena Convention Center)

6:00pm PDT

Issues of Science OrganizationsLIMITED Room 205 (Pasadena Convention Center)

8:00am PDT

Chemistry and the AtomLIMITED Ballroom H (Pasadena Convention Center) Engage Student Inquiry with Carolina's Environmental Science LabsLIMITED Room 209/210, (Pasadena Convention Center) FUNdamentals of PhysicsLIMITED Ballroom G (Pasadena Convention Center) Genetically Modified Organisms and the Regulation of Gene ExpressionLIMITED Ballroom C (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) Designing Inquiry Science Lessons for English Learners: A Blended Lesson DesignLIMITED Room 101 (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) Bio-Rad - Light Up Your Classroom with pGLO TransformationLIMITED Ballroom F (Pasadena Convention Center)

9:00am PDT

SC12: Water Quality Assessments cancelled by presenter 10/9/11.LIMITED Santa Clara (Hilton Hotel) SC13: Teaching Evolution: Successful Strategies for Challenges in the ClassroomLIMITED Pasadena I (Hilton Hotel) SC14: Create Your Own $55 Interactive WhiteboardLIMITED Room 207 (Pasadena Convention Center)

9:30am PDT

Bio-Rad - Enzymes and Biofuels – Go From Grass to Gas!LIMITED Ballroom F (Pasadena Convention Center) Integrating Math and Science Using Blood SpatterLIMITED Ballroom G (Pasadena Convention Center) Ocean Restoration Projects in the Classroom: Exploring Science in the Real WorldLIMITED Room 209/210, (Pasadena Convention Center) Rise Above the Storm: Introducing STEM in High SchoolLIMITED Ballroom C (Pasadena Convention Center) Bucks for Biotech and Other Issues in Starting a Biotech ProgramLIMITED Room 107 (Pasadena Convention Center) The Energy of Moving WaterLIMITED Room 211 (Pasadena Convention Center) The Forgotten Cure: A Case Study in the History of ScienceLIMITED Room 208 (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

AP Environmental Science: Modeling an EcosystemLIMITED Ballroom C (Pasadena Convention Center) Introduction to ElectrophoresisLIMITED Room 209/210, (Pasadena Convention Center) The Science of Wine: Hands-On WorkshopLIMITED Ballroom G (Pasadena Convention Center) The Future of Solar PowerLIMITED Ballroom A (Pasadena Convention Center) Accessing Secondary Science TextLIMITED Room 103 (Pasadena Convention Center) Enhancing Environmental Literacy in the Science Classroom, the EEI CurriculumLIMITED Cypress (Sheraton Hotel) Fossil Fuels to ProductsLIMITED Room 211 (Pasadena Convention Center) Glad to Do CladisticsLIMITED Room 107 (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) The True Nature of ScienceLIMITED Colorado (Sheraton Hotel) What's in Your Water?LIMITED Ballroom B (Pasadena Convention Center)

12:30pm PDT

Let's Get Helical: Exploring DNA Structure/Function with Interactive Physical ModelsLIMITED Ballroom F (Pasadena Convention Center) Middle and High School Science with Vernier LabQuestLIMITED Ballroom G (Pasadena Convention Center) New Approaches to Basic ElectrophoresisLIMITED Ballroom H (Pasadena Convention Center) 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) Ditching Lecture for LabLIMITED Room 103 (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) Integrating the California Education and the Environment Initiative (EEI): Making It Work for YouLIMITED Cypress (Sheraton Hotel) Stoichiometry: A Stumbling Block for Chemistry StudentsLIMITED Room 211 (Pasadena Convention Center) 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) SC18: From Everyday to Gourmet: Enhancing Students' Science ExperiencesLIMITED Room 212 (Pasadena Convention Center) SC19: Standards-Based Nanotechnology Lessons for Secondary Science TeachersLIMITED Maple (Sheraton Hotel) SC22: Exploring HydrogenLIMITED Santa Clara (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) Bringing Language and Science TogetherLIMITED Room 101 (Pasadena Convention Center) California Science SafetyLIMITED Room 104 (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) 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) 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) Biotechnology 101LIMITED Room 214 (Pasadena Convention Center) Mapping Science KnowledgeLIMITED Room 106 (Pasadena Convention Center) Our Amazing Immune SystemLIMITED Ballroom G (Pasadena Convention Center) Planning Smart: Improving Student AchievementLIMITED Room 104 (Pasadena Convention Center) The Kinetics Connection: Demonstrations with a ThemeLIMITED Room 211 (Pasadena Convention Center)

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) 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) 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) 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) Developing Inquiry-Based Lessons Using Water MagicLIMITED Room 104 (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) 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)