FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14 2011

8:00 – noon CONFERENCE REGISTRATION (State Botanical Gardens of Georgia — Welcome Center)

The Morning and Afternoon Sessions at the State Botanical Gardens of Georgia are FREE (no registration necessary, just show up!!!)

http://www.uga.edu/botgarden/

Park in the Orange Creek Trail parking lot (free) and walk down to the tropical plants observatory to register for the Southeastern Association for Science Teacher Education conference.

9:00AM – 10:20AM Gardens Interpretation and Ethnobotany Tour (9AM in the Tropical Plant Bldg)

*Debbie Mitchell, University of Georgia (FREE Program)
Meet Debbie for the Gardens Interpretation and Ethnobotany Tour of the State Botanical Gardens of Georgia.

10:30AM – 11:45AM Seed Collection and Plant Propagation: Growing Georgia’s Native Plants from Seed  (Meet at 10:25 in the Tropical Plant Bldg)

LUNCH in Athens, Georgia (Not provided)

http://www.visitathensga.com/?gclid=CKeq64_5nqsCFZQW2godMTsojw

1:00PM – 5:00PM OUTDOOR CLASSROOM AND CONSERVATION EDUCATION SPECIAL SESSIONS (Free Program, no registration required)

http://www.uga.edu/botgarden/

Park in the Orange Creek Trail parking lot (free) at the State Botanical Gardens of Georgia. Be sure to register in the Callaway Conference Center (the welcome table will move from the Tropical Plant Observatory-Visitors Center at Callaway Center at noon). We have exciting OUTDOOR CLASSROOM learning experiences and experiential sessions planned:

1:00PM – 2:20PM (Meet in the Tropical Plant Observatory -Visitors Center at 1PM to start the program)

SESSION 1

*Nancy Lowe and John Pickering (Free Program) 1:00PM – 2:20PM
Discover Life (www.discoverlife.org)
We provide free on-line tools to identify species, share ways to teach and study nature’s wonders, report findings, build maps, process images, and contribute to and learn from a growing, interactive encyclopedia of life that now has 1,148,333 species pages.
Participants are encouraged to bring a digital camera that we will use during the workshop! See: http://www.discoverlife.org/pa/camera.html

SESSION 2 (Outdoor Classroom Symposium Mini-workshops)

*Jerry Hightower (Free Program) 1:00PM – 1:20PM
Mud and Muck: Wetlands and plants

*Karen Garland (Free Program) 1:30PM – 1:50PM
Getting Outdoors

*Kris Irwin (Free Program) 2:00PM – 2:20PM
Trees and Project Learning Tree

2:30PM – 3:50PM (Meet in the Tropical Plant Observatory-Visitors Center at 2:25PM to start the program)

SESSION 1

*Mike Maudsley and Sonia Altizer (Free Program) 2:30PM – 3:50PM
Monarch Health Project, University of Georgia (http://monarchparasites.org/)
We provide a demonstration on capturing and sampling wild monarchs for parasites to send back to the scientists at the University of Georgia Altizer laboratory where they will analyze the sample. After the data are compiled, we will send you the results of your sampling contribution as well as post them on our results page for the public.

SESSION 2 (Outdoor Classroom Symposium Mini-Workshops)

*Jennifer McCoy (Free Program) 2:30PM – 2:50PM
Water Activities

*Kim Sutherland (Free Program) 3:00PM – 3:20PM
Butterflies and Pollinators

*Suki Janssen (Free Program) 3:30PM – 3:50PM
Recycling Projects for Outdoor Learning

4:00PM – 5:15PM (Meet in the Tropical Plant Observatory -Visitors Center at 3:55PM to start the program)

SESSION 1

Eloise Brown Carter and Steve Baker (Free Program) 4:00PM – 5:15PM
Oxford Institute for Environmental Education, Emory University
(http://www.emory.edu/OXFORD/OIEE/)
We provide free backyard investigation methods, strategies and ideas for engaging youth in the outdoors.

SESSION 2 (Outdoor Classroom Symposium Mini-Workshops)

*Karen Garland & Jennifer McCoy (Free Program) 4:00PM – 4:20PM
Make and Takes

*Gretchen Gigley (Free Program) 4:30PM – 4:50PM
Air Activities

*Jerry Hightower (Free Program) 4:55PM – 5:15PM
Birds

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The Friday Evening Session is for Registered SASTE members only, be sure to register by October 1 for early-bird rates. Late registration will be available at the door. See registration for more details.

5:15PM – 5:25PM (Meet in the Callaway Conference Center at 5:15PM to start the program)

Julianne Wenner and Sara Raven (Must be registered to attend this event)
University of Georgia (http://www.coe.uga.edu/saste/special-event-for-graduate-students/)
Graduate students who will be attending SASTE are invited to meet with the University of Georgia’s very own science education graduate student group, AGSSEPT, from 5:15-5:30 in the Callaway Conference Center.

5:30PM-6:15PM SPECIAL GUEST LECTURE, GEORGE GLASSON (VIRGINIA TECH UNIVERSITY)

(Must be registered to attend this event, $35 for teachers and students, $60 for faculty)
For more details, see: http://www.coe.uga.edu/saste/keynote-speaker/

6:30 – 7:45PM EVENING RECEPTION AND APPALACHIAN MUSIC BAND, HIGH STRUNG (Must be registered to attend this event, please register by October 1 for the early-bird rates)

Food catered by Piccolo’s Italian Steak House
(http://www.piccolositaliansteakhouse.com/)

HIGH STRUNG BAND
(http://www.highstrungstringband.com/)

8:30PM – (GRADUATE STUDENT EVENT DOWNTOWN ATHENS)

We provide the graduate student event which will be held in the historic downtown Athens.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15 2011

7:30AM – 9:30AM CONFERENCE REGISTRATION (2nd Floor Aderhold Hall, the University of Georgia Campus)

http://www.coe.uga.edu/

Park in the Aderhold Hall parking lot or one of many garage lots on campus (free) and walk to Aderhold Hall. There will be multiple sessions indoors and outdoors in our newly renovated Aderhold Learning Garden to keep you engaged with a participants’ luncheon planned at noon. Come explore science, science and environmental education with a focus around ecojustice, citizen science and youth activism.

8:00AM – NOON (Room 220, LIVE ANIMALS and GEORGIA NATURAL HISTORY EXHIBIT)

8:00-8:45AM

Room 206 Poster Session

1. Using Creative Dramatics to Foster Conceptual Learning In an Elementary Science Enrichment Program by Rebecca Hendrix, Auburn University
2. International Service-Learning in Costa Rica: Reflective Practice, Critical Engagement by Cori Jakubiak and Paula Mellom, Grinnell College and University of Georgia
3. A Study on Environmental Education in Teacher Training Curriculum: An Example from Turkey by Sezen Camci and Seda Usta, Istanbul University H.A.Y.E.F.
4. Pedagogical Modeling in Collectively Taught University Geoscience Courses by Lisa Martin-Hansen and Chris Atchison, Georgia State University
5. Science in the Family and Consumer Sciences Curriculum: An Examination of Nutrition and Wellness by Bettye Smith, University of Georgia
6. Teaching “Chocolate Choices”: An Interdisciplinary Role-play on Fair Trade Chocolates by Katie Brkich, Georgia Southern University

Room 215/216

1. Outdoor Classroom and Learning Garden by Larry Brumback, University of Georgia
2. Student Views about Environmental Stewardship after Visiting a R.E.A.L. Outdoor Classroom by Randall Spaid and Sumitra Himangshu, Macon State College
3. Linking Science Identity to Informal Science Learning by Katrina Roseler, Florida State University

Room 116/117

1. Citizen Science at the Great Smoky Mountain Institute at Tremont: Connecting People and Nature by Lynda Jenkins and Deborah Tippins, University of Georgia
2. Socioscientific Issues: A Path for Improving Conceptual Understanding by Dean Pinzino, University of South Florida
3. Bacteria and You: The Not-So-Dirty Truth by Joanna Green, University of Georgia

Room 114/115

1. Assessing Interdisciplinary Understanding by Shannon Sung, Ji Shen and Kathrin Stanger-Hall, University of Georgia
2. Strategies and Perceptions of Motivation in Urban High School Biology Classes by Cheryl McLaughlin and Rose Pringle, University of Florida
3. The Metaphor of Magic: Can Hat Tricks Help Young Students Construct More Authentic Views of Science? by Lissa Ledbetter, University of South Florida

Room 112

1. Science Talk: Allowing Students to Take Ownership of the Discussion Around a Big Idea of Science by Brett Criswell and Michael Dias, Kennesaw State University (experiential session)

9:00AM-9:45AM

Room 206

1. Student-Centered Instruction in College Chemistry: A Case Study by Lisa Martin-Hansen and Laura Frost, Georgia State University and Georgia Southern University
2. Interdisciplinary Marine Science Instruction through Student Centered Service Learning Projects by Timothy Goodale, College of Coastal Georgia
3. Nature as an Educator: One Example of Outdoor Learning by Stacey Britton, University of Mississippi

Garden

1. Bow Drill Friction Fire by Bendan Stephens, University of Georgia (experiential session)

Room 215/216

1. Our Shared Forest: Ecuador and the Southeastern United States’ Migratory Bird Partnership by Anne Shenk, University of Georgia
2. Coastal Georgia Adopt-A-Wetland Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Program by Shelly Krueger, University of Georgia Marine Extension Service Shellfish Research Lab
3. Discover Life and the Georgia Natural History Survey by John Pickering and Nancy Lowe, University of Georgia and Discover Life

Room 116/117

1. Middle School Teachers Enacting Reform-Based Science Curriculum by Rose Pringle and Cheryl McLaughlin, University of Florida
2. Impact of an Instructional Intervention on Elementary Preservice Teachers’ Plant Process Conceptions by Stephen Thompson, University of South Carolina
3. The Challenges of Implementing Problem Based Learning in an Urban School System by Larry Hampton and Lucy Guillory, KIPP: South Fulton Academy and Emory University

10:00AM-10:45AM

Room 206

1. Think Like a Human: Exploring Ethnographic Representations for the Roots of Scientific Thinking by Kory Bennett, University of South Florida
2. Science Teacher Educators for Multicultural Education, Equity, and Social Justice by Mary Atwater, Tonjua Freeman, Malcom Butler and Eilen Carlton Parsons, University of Georgia, University of South Florida, and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
3. Secondary Science Teachers’ Use of Socioscientific Issues in the Teaching and Learning of Chemistry by Gerri Cole, University of Georgia

Garden

1. Building Connections: Living History and Science Education by Kimberly Haverkos, Miami University
2. Are Bikes the Future? Incorporating Physics with Socioscientific Issues and EcoJustice by Clay McElheny, University of Georgia

Room 215/216

1. Fukushima Disaster: Online Debate and its Implication in Socioscientific Argumentation by Bahadir Namdar and Ji Shen, University of Georgia
2. Using the SSI-Q as a Determination of Scientific Literacy in College Biology Majors by Samantha Fowler, Clayton State University
3. Cultural Epistemological Considerations Associated with Socioscientific Issues by Michel James Ruzek, University of South Florida

Room 116/117

1. A Preliminary View of Middle Teacher Candidates’ Content Knowledge Perceptions by Nate Carnes, University of South Carolina
2. Challenges Involved in Elementary Science Teacher Preparation by Sabitra Bush, Armstrong Atlantic State University
3. Examining Successful Science Teacher Identity: Developing a Model for Teacher Recruitment and Retention by James Dennis and Anton Puvirajah, Georgia State University

11:00AM-11:45AM

Room 206

1. Rethinking School Accountability from an EcoJustice Perspective by Teresa Shume, Minnesota State University Moorhead
2. A New Generation: Introducing Generation R (for Responsibility) by Rachel Luther and Michael Mueller, University of Georgia
3. Urban Youth Activism Through Documentary Film by Stephanie Hathcock and Daniel Dickerson, Old Dominion University

Garden

1. Monarch Butterfly Release (for their Journey South) at 11:45AM

Room 215/216

1. Sustainability Capstone Course at Auburn by Charles Eick, Auburn University
2. All About Archaeology by Sara Turner, Georgia State University
3. Investigating Options for Exploring Rock Types by Edward Shaw and Rebecca Giles, University of South Alabama

Room 116/117

1. Examining Privilege in Pre-Service Science Teacher Education by Sara Raven and Melissa Jurkiewicz, University of Georgia
2. High School Students’ Ideas about Claims, Evidence, and Arguments in Biology by Beth Kostka and Victor Sampson, Florida State University
3. Gifted and Non-Gifted’s Academic Self Concept, Attitude and Academic Achievement on Science by Sezen Camci, Istanbul University, H.A.Y.E.F.

11:45AM (Meet at the Garden for a Monarch Butterfly Migration Release)

Secondary Methods of Science Teaching Beginning Teachers (University of Georgia)
We provide a special opportunity to observe the release of Monarch Butterflies that were collected in the new Aderhold Teaching and Learning Garden on milkweed, taken care of and tested for parasites by beginning teachers.

12:00NOON – 2:00PM GEORGIA CENTER LUNCHEON AND AWARDS

President’s Welcome
President’s Invitation, We welcome Kenneth Tobin, CUNY (Cultural Studies of Science Education Springer Forum)
John Shrum Award
Rod Nave Award
Faculty Position Paper Award
Eddie Griffin Memorial Award: The Graduate Student Position Paper Award
2010 SASTE President Award
Keynote Speaker, Dana Zeidler
University of South Florida (http://www.coe.uga.edu/saste/keynote-speaker/)

2:15PM-3:00PM

Room 215/216

1. SASTE Town Hall Meeting (SASTE Business Meeting)

 Room 206

1. Coastal Aquatic Invasives in Georgia by Angela Bliss, University of Georgia MAREX and COSEE SE (experiential session)

Garden

1.  The Biology and Ecology of the Monarch Butterfly by Trecia Neal, Fernbank Science Center, Part 1 (experiential session)

Room 114/115 

1. Using Socioscientific Issues to Promote Environmental Education in an Elementary Classroom by Thomas Dolan, University of South Florida
2. Turkish Prospective Science Teachers’ Perceptions of Environmental Consciousness by Seda Usta, Sibel Demir, Filiz Kabapinar and Fatma Sahin, Istanbul University H.A.Y.E.F. and Marmara University
3. Changing Perceptions of the Longleaf Pine Ecosystem by 4th Grade Students by Michael Dentzau, Florida State University

Room 116/117

1. Examining Views: Response to Ambiguity by Anna Lewis and Jeffrey Kromrey, University of South Florida
2. Collaborative Research and Video Analysis for Transforming Teaching and Learning Experiences, by Rowhea Elmesky, Washington University in St. Louis
3. Preservice Teachers’ Reflections on Questioning Practice by Stephanie Philipp and Melissa Shirley, University of Louisville

3:15PM-4:00PM

Room 206

1. Achieving EcoJustice through Informal Science Education by Laura Tidwell, Stanton Belford, David Laurencio and Melody Russell, Auburn University

Garden (continued)

1.  The Biology and Ecology of the Monarch Butterfly by Trecia Neal, Fernbank Science Center, Part 2 (experiential session)

Room 215/216

1.  Inclusive Environmental Education: A New Road to Environmental Justice by Sami Kahn, University of South Florida
2. The Impact of Socioscientific Based Curriculum on Fourth Grade Students by Karey Burek, Dana Zeidler, Bryan Nichols and Dean Pinzino, University of South Florida
3. Student Conceptual Change about Climate Change by Barry Wade Golden, University of Tennessee

Room 116/117

1.  Scams, Shams, and Junk Scientists: Utilizing Hemingway’s Crap Detector in Science Education by Norman Thomson, University of Georgia
2. How Our Elementary Education Students Literally View Their Science Class by David Rosengrant, Doug Hearrington and Kerriann Alvarado, Kennesaw Sate University
3. Teacher Education and Intercultural Competence by Debby Chessin and Virginia Moore, University of Mississippi

4:15PM-5:00PM

Room 206

1. Setting the Context for Methods in Pre-service Education through Service Learning and Youth Voice by Emily Vercoe and Alyssa Hawkins, Earth Force
2. Obstacles toward Building Self-Efficacy for In-service Elementary Science Teachers by Robert Ceglie, Mercer University
3. Connecting Field Trips with Everyday Curriculum through Sci-Casting by Jennifer Frisch, Laurie Brantley-Dias and Heather Borowski, Kennesaw State University and Georgia State University

Room 215/216

1. A Proposed Conceptual Model of Science Instructional Leadership for High School Department Chairs by Jeremy Peacock, University of Georgia
2. Increasing Students’ Understandings of the Nature of Science: Teacher’s Epistemological Barricade by Milton Huling, University of South Florida
3. Path Analysis of Factors Impacting 9th Grade Physical Science End of Course Pass Rates by Meta Van Sickle and Courtney Howard, College of Charleston

Room 116/117

1. The Academy for Future Teachers Georgia State University Model by Gilbert, Lisa Martin-Hansen, Puvirjah, Maley, Hill, Dennis and Shealey, Georgia State University
2. A Review of Recruitment of Underrepresented Groups into STEM Teaching by Maley, Hill, Puvirjah, Lisa Martin-Hansen, Gilbert, Dennis and Shealey, Georgia State University
3. Examining the Effectiveness of the Academy for Future Teachers Program by Maley, Hill, Puvirjah, Lisa Martin-Hansen, Gilbert, Dennis and Shealey, Georgia State University

5:15PM-6:00PM

Room 206

1. Towards a Comprehensive Recruitment Strategy of Science Teachers: The Five Population Pipelines by Greg Rushton, Brett Criswell, Michelle Dean and Nancy Overley, Kennesaw State University, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Georgia State University
2. Using Reflective Inquiry to Facilitate Conversations about Instructional Practice by Robbie Higdon, Clemson University
3. Project I.S.L.E.: Strengthening Teachers’ Content and Pedagogy in Hawaii by Catherine Lindsay Linsky, Leonard Bloch, and Norman Thomson, University of Georgia

Room 215/216

1. Does Professional Development Change Teachers’ Definitions of Inquiry? by Katrina Roseler and Michael Dentzau, Florida State University
2. KIPP Teacher Fellowship Program by Larry Hampton, Knowledge is Power Program
3. A Model of Contextualized High School Biology Professional Development by Marion Reeves, Georgia State University

Room 116/117

1. Outcomes Associated with Service Learning Experiences in Science for Non-Science Majors by Michelle Klosterman, Wake Forest University
2.  Science Education Graduate Students Wanted: AGSSEPTing New Members Now by Julianne Wenner and Sara Raven, University of Georgia

END OF CONFERENCE PROGRAM