Wednesday


 * Schedule For Wednesday August 1**




 * 08:30 AM - 9:00 AM Breakfast**


 * 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM Introduction of a day filled with learning and new possiblities**


 * 9:15 AM - 12:15 AM Hands on Workshops (Look for Workshop facilitator and descriptions at bottom of page)**

09:15 - 10:45 Group A : "E" in STEM- SparkFun........... Group B : "M in STEM OR The "S" in STEM 10:55 - 12:15 Group A : "E" in STEM- SparkFun........... Group B : "A in STEM OR The "T" in STEM


 * 12:15 PM - 12:45 PM Lunch**

Acting Assistant Administrator for the EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD) Lek Kadeli will speak about the ongoing scientific research at the agency. Science at EPA provides the foundation for credible decision-making to safeguard human health and ecosystems from environmental pollutants. ORD is the scientific research arm of EPA, whose leading-edge research helps provide the solid underpinning of science and technology for the Agency EPA Educational Resources and Programs, Guest Speaker: Carly Carroll, Environmental Education Specialist, U.S. EPA EPA's Office of Environmental Education (OEE) helps its programs translate science based content into educational resources and to share existing resources. Additionally, EPA offers Presidential award programs for both students and teachers that encourage environmental stewardship. http://www.epa.gov/education/
 * 12:45 PM - 01:30 PM EPA Presentation - Lek Kadeli and Carly Carroll**

01:30 - 3:00 Group B : "E" in STEM- SparkFun........... Group A : "M in STEM OR The "S" in STEM 03:00 - 04:30 Group B : "E" in STEM- SparkFun........... Group A : "A in STEM OR The "T" in STEM
 * 01:30 PM - 04:30 PM Hands on Workshops**

Balloon Phase2 and 3
 * 4:45 PM - 5:15 PM Team Meetings**


 * 6:00 - 6:45 Dinner**

What does it take to draw a student into the STEM field? Hear the story of STEM from a student's perspective and who she thinks is the liaison of STEM. **7:30 - 8:30 - Ameri-STEM-Idol**
 * 6:45 - 7:30 Keynote Speaker - The Dots between S.T.E.M - Yangzi Tia**

__**Hand on Workshops**__

**Putting The M in STEM: Utilizing Technology as Formative Assessment- Let’s Play Plinko! - Bob** In this session, a simulation experiment from probability class, the game of Plinko, will be enhanced though various technologies. Google Docs, YouTube, PollEverywhere and PhotoPeach will all be utilized to bring new life, and new assessment strategies, to an old classroom favorite. Plinko results submission form Bob's YouTube Channel: //fuo7jaqpkqr9@m.youtube.com// photopeach.com, polleverywhere.com Bob's Blog: [|mathcoachblog]Bob's Twitter: @bobloch  media type="custom" key="20516496" Putting The "S" In STEM!:Forensic Science - Donna Using 21st century technology and hands-on science, you will solve a crime and present conclusions in this mini CSI workshop lesson. We will use prezi, edmodo, Discovery Streaming, Google Docs as well as working the scientific evidence--fingerprints, footprints and white powders! Who can solve the crime??!

**<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Putting The A in STEM (STEAM): Finding Stories to Tell - Hall ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Students engage when they tell stories –and the digital transition has given STEM students and teachers story-telling tools undreamed of ten years ago. Molecules, landforms, architecture, and mathematics can finally tell their story with animations, game-based videos, and the wild web. There are apps that make it simple. New tools allow students to synthesize and demonstrate knowledge in ways that teachers can assess for understanding with great efficiency. Yes, an old cog can learn new tricks.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif; text-align: left;">**Putting the "T" in STEM: DigiSTEMtech 101 - Mike** Welcome to a fast paced interactive 90 minute session that is bound to put you on the STEM Digital Super Highway of student engagement. You will be immersed in seven amazing labs designed to help you transform learning while promoting and assessing the essential 21st century skills. You will walk away with resources and practical ideas that will STEMergize your classroom as you synthesize new ways curate your digital curriculum. Labs will include: Lab 1: Making sure that STEM content is not in the question, Lab 2: Balancing 21st century skills and with STEM stuff, Lab 3: Going beyond theory… planting and planning for real STEM growth, Lab 4: STEM is formative… don’t summative it up to fast, Lab 5: The STEM 2.0 connection… Bloomin from root to leaf on the WWW, Lab 6: Managing the xylem and phloem of STEM, Lab 7: Summing up STEM success. It really is time for you to attend DigiSTEMtech!

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif; text-align: left;">**<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif;">Putting the E in STEM - SparkFun ** SparkFun's mission statement is “Sharing Ingenuity”. We believe everyone should have the tools, hardware, and resources to play with cool electronic gadgets. SparkFun's goal is to get our hands on current technology and information and pass it on - we want to share it all! Today we'll be working with microcontrollers, tiny computers that are cutting edge technology. Learning how to start using them is easy. We'll learn the basic microcontroller programing skills necessary to begin teaching or creating with microcontrollers, then see how they can be applied to game-design, C-based programming, electrical engineering and more!