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2019 Alaska Cross Content Conference

Welcome to the 2019 Alaska Cross Content Conference at West High School in Anchorage, AK, October 25th and 26th with follow up activities at the Crowne Plaza Hotel on Sunday, October 27th.

1:00pm AKDT

Poster session--Profiles of Contemporary Mathematicians Foyer and HallwaysDeborah Narang

2:30pm AKDT

Grow New Connections for Engagement Room 22Karen Iris • McGraw Hill Energy Literacy and Application in K-12 classrooms Room 24Colleen Fisk • REAP Recognizing and Integrating Crosscutting Concepts Science Room 1Judy Sweeney Teaching Through Culture in the K-12 Classroom Room 3Janice Littlebear What can NSTA do for you? Room 1Jeanne Chowning

3:45pm AKDT

Laying the Foundation - Early College & Career Exploration Programs Room 14Shelly Morgan Mineral and Energy Resources of Alaska Science Room 4Beki Toussaint • Alaska Resource Education Mathematical Modelling In 3 Acts Room 17Andrew Byrns • Pearson You Be The Chemist Science Room 5Larry Sernyk Climate Change and My Community Room 2Katie Spellman Youth Engagement in Sustainable Communities in a Changing Environment Room W8Elizabeth Trowbridge Featured Speaker Clare Landrigan: Using Mentor Texts to Scaffold Writers West High Library Main AreaClare Landrigan Featured Speaker Katherine McKnight: Literacy Across the Curriculum: Concrete Strategies for Adolescent Student Success Room W10KATHERINE MCKNIGHT Virtual Field Trips & Learning Opportunities Science Room 2Michelle Carton

9:45am AKDT

Anchorage Museum Resources for Teachers Room W11Grace Graham • Anchorage Museum Observational drawing for all-ages and subjects Room W10Kristin Link • Kim Sweeny • Barbara Short Featured Speaker Michael DiSpezio: Learning and the Brain AuditoriumMichael DiSpezio • Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Teacher Autonomy in the Service of Learner Autonomy Room 20J. Kevin Spink What is the Alaska Education Network? Room 2Raquel Schroeder/Carey Gray • ECHO Network

11:00am AKDT

Need a booster class for Evolutionary Science? We can help Science Room 3Jamie Kupfner Energy Literacy and Application in K-12 classrooms Room 12Colleen Fisk • REAP Seminars in the Science Classroom: Social Dimensions of Argumentation Room 10Jeanne Chowning • NSTA Featured Speaker Clare Landrigan: Who’s in Your Library? Creating Classroom Libraries That Reflect the Passions, Interests, and Identities of Our Readers Room 9Clare Landrigan Featured Speaker Katherine McKnight: Affect Impacts Effective Literacy Skill Development Room 8KATHERINE MCKNIGHT

1:45pm AKDT

An introduction to the new Science Standards for Alaska Science Room 1Deborah Riddle • DEED Hands-on lessons to start teaching Evolutionary Sciences now Science Room 3Jamie Kupfner Symmetry - Geometry and Art Room 21Virgil Fredenberg Argument-Driven Inquiry in Grades 3-5: Three-Dimensional Investigations that Integrate Science, Literacy and Mathematics Science Room 2Jennifer Kaszuba Featured Speaker Katherine McKnight: Yes…and for the Classroom Library AnnexKATHERINE MCKNIGHT Featured Speaker Michael DiSpezio: Awesome STEM Activities for the 21st Century Classroom West High Library Main AreaMichael DiSpezio • Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

3:00pm AKDT

Featured Speaker Clare Landrigan: Using Poetry to Expand Content Knowledge and Structure Informational Text Library AnnexClare Landrigan Growing Teacher Leadership for School and System Transformation Through a Grass-Roots, Teacher Lead Professional Learning Network Room 6Karen Martin

4:15pm AKDT

Teach About Wildfire in Alaska's Changing Climate Science Room 1Cathy Rezabeck Inspiring kids through FIRST Robotics (it's so much more than robots!) Room W11Rebecca Soza Project Invent: Making & Coding for Social Good Room 23Leola Rutherford Braiding Indigenous and Western Science Curriculum Science Room 3Maxine Dibert