NIH SciEd 2024: Annual Conference for NIH Science Education Projects
Annual Conference for NIH SEPA, NCI YES R25, Interactive Digital Media STEM SBIR/STTR, and other NIH science education projects
Hello SEPA PIs,
We’re excited to announce that the SciEd 2024 Conference will be held outside of Washington, DC for the first time since 2013!
- Dates: Tuesday, May 28 (evening reception) to Friday, May 31 (ending before lunch).
- Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Both the conference registration fee and the lodging room rate will be considerably lower than they have been in DC. To help us plan this exciting conference, we’re looking for volunteers for the 2024 SciEd Organizing Committee who:
- Have attended at least one previous SciEd Conference
- Have significant experience with a SEPA project, such as PI/MPI/co-PI, key personnel, project manager, post-doc, evaluator, etc.
We especially encourage individuals from underrepresented populations in STEM (see NIH’s definition here) to be part of the committee.
Participating on the Organizing Committee gives you a voice in:
- Identifying speakers, panelists and formats for plenary sessions
- Planning breakout and other types of sessions that meet you and your colleagues’ interests
Interested individuals are requested to contact us by Wednesday, December 6.
- Email: kristin@rockman.com; stark@utah.edu
- Include the strand you’re most interested in co-leading, or a 1st and 2nd choice of strand
SciEd Strands:
- Broadening Participation
- Curriculum Development
- Informal Science Education
- Interactive Multimedia
- Project Administration
- Research and Evaluation
- Research Experiences for Students and Teachers
- Science Teaching and Learning (student programs)
- Teacher Professional Development
Serving on the Organizing Committee involves:
- Serving as a Strand Leader for one of the above strands – at least two people co-lead each Strand
- Identify topics related to your Strand that are of interest to the SciEd community
- Identify appropriate presenters for these topics and invite them to submit a breakout or short session proposal; this could include yourself and/or your co-strand leader
- Review session proposals related to your Strand
- Participate in 1-2 Organizing Committee phone calls as well as email discussions to discuss the conference organization, potential plenary speakers/sessions, etc.
- Write a report on one of the plenary sessions that will be included in the Conference Report
Please feel free to share this announcement with anyone on your team who might be interested.
We look forward to a stimulating and fruitful SciEd 2024 conference!
Louisa Stark & Kristin Bass
SciEd 2024 Conference Co-Chairs
NIH SciEd Conference Schedule, Session Information and Downloads
Download Conference ScheduleWednesday, May 29th, 2024
Breakfast
6:30 AM
Meeting for New SEPA PIs
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Breakfast
Meeting for New SEPA PIs
May 29, 2024 6:30 am
Breakfast
Breakfast is available to conference attendees 6:30am – 8:00amMeeting for New SEPA PIs
Tony Beck, PhD, Program Director, Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA), Division for Research Capacity Building, National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), NIH
Room: Wyoming
Kelleher, Travis A
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SEPA Pre-Application WebinarHow a Microtubule Builds and Deconstructs
Conference Check-in
7:00 AM
Conference Registration Desk
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Conference Check-in
Conference Registration Desk
May 29, 2024 7:00 am
Conference Check-in
Conference Registration Desk 7:00-8:00 AM
Thomas, Jimmie W – MEd
* Welcome and Conference Overview
8:00 AM
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* Welcome and Conference Overview
May 29, 2024 8:00 am
8:00-8:20
Louisa A. Stark, PhD, Professor of Human Genetics, and Director, Genetic Science Learning Center, University of Utah – conference co-chair
Kristin Bass, PhD, Director of Research Development, Rockman et al Cooperative, Inc – conference co-chair
Neli Ulrich, PhD, Executive Director, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah Health
8:00-8:20 AM
Stark, Louisa A. – PhD
Bass, Kristin M – PhD
Networking Activity
8:20 AM
Begin making connections!
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Networking Activity
Begin making connections!
May 29, 2024 8:20 am
8:20-8:50
PI Networking
* Keynote Address: Opening Doors: Increasing Access and Success in K-12 STEM
8:50 AM
Opening Doors: Increasing Access and Success in K-12 STEM
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* Keynote Address: Opening Doors: Increasing Access and Success in K-12 STEM
Opening Doors: Increasing Access and Success in K-12 STEM
May 29, 2024 8:50 am
8:50-10:00
Kristen Hengtgen, PhD, Senior Analyst P-12 Policy, The Education Trust
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Day 1, Morning Session
Break
10:00 AM
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Break
May 29, 2024 10:00 am
Break 10:00-10:15 AM
Concurrent Breakout Sessions 1
10:15 AM
* Meet the Trans-NIH SEPA Program Officers
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Concurrent Breakout Sessions 1
* Meet the Trans-NIH SEPA Program Officers
May 29, 2024 10:15 am
10:15-11:30 AM
Short Talks: Informal Science Education, and Research Experiences for Students & Teachers Strands
Interactivity Level = Low
Room: ArizonaSTEM+M CONNECT: A Multi-Tiered Mentoring Program that Combines the Residential Experiences of Tufts Mini-Med School
Elizabeth Gene-Bacon, Revati Masilamani, Berri Jacque
Research Experiences for Students & Teachers; Broadening ParticipationResearch Experience for High School Students: Using a Cohort Model to Scaffold Scientific Content, Skills, and Confidence
Cathleen Drilling, Rosalind Palma Martins
Research Experiences for Students & Teachers; Broadening ParticipationThe Appalachian Career Training in ONcology (ACTION) Program: Students’ Perspective on Experiences and Outcomes (30 minutes)
Nathan L. Vanderford, Holly Burke, and undergraduate student participants: Nolan Marcum, Olivia Thornsbury, Matthew Sanders
Informal Science Education; Research Experiences for Students & TeachersWriting Text for Informal Science Learning
Victoria Coats
Informal Science EducationMotivating Extended Engagement and STEM Learning in a Free-Choice Environment: Immersive Games Offer Playful Challenge
Teresa MacDonald, Anastasia Thanukos, Lisa White
Interactivity Level = High
Informal Science Education; Science Teaching & Learning
Room: OlympusAligning Multimedia to NGSS
Brinley Kantorski, Georgia Hodges, Kelly Bruzdewicz, Kristin Fenker
Interactivity Level = High
Instructional Multimedia; Curriculum Development
Room: Idaho* Meet the Trans-NIH SEPA Program Officers
Katherine Neilsen, facilitator
Tony Beck, PhD, National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
Neeraj Agarwal, National Eye Institute (NEI)
Anissa F Brown, PhD, National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
Maria Carranza, PhD, National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Dorothy (Dottie) M. Castille, PhD, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
(Jay) James Churchill, PhD, National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Bryan Kim, Office of Data Science Strategy (ODSS)
Kathy Mann Koepke, PhD, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Marguerite Matthews, PhD, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Interactivity Level = Low
Program Administration
Room: Grand BallroomShort Talks: Research & Evaluation Strand
Interactivity Level = Low
Room: WyomingCausal Analysis of the Impact of the Hillman Academy on Student Postsecondary Outcomes
Alberto Guzman-Alvarez, Danielle Lowry, David N. Boone
Research & Evaluation; Research Experiences for Students & TeachersImpact of Career Videos on Career Aspirations, Possible Selves, and Interest in Science of High School Students
Harini Kirshnan, Rebecca J. Peterson, Rochelle Cassells, Arthur Veneema, Louisa A. Stark
Research & Evaluation; Research Experiences for Students & TeachersThe Impact of the Metagenomics Education Partnership Project on Students: Self-Efficacy, Science-Identity, and Sense of Belonging
Sunha Kim, Weiyi Ding, Steve Koury, Sandra Small
Research & Evaluation; Broadening ParticipationUtilizing Small Group Cognitive Labs for Effective Assessment Item Validation
Rebecca J. Peterson, Harini Krishnan, Dina Drits-Esser, Louisa A. Stark
Research & EvaluationExploring Issues of Power, Agency, and Justice in K-12 Science Classrooms Through 3 Cases of NGSS Curriculum Design and Enactment
Barbara Hug, Kristen Bergsman, Jeanne Chowning, Regina Wu, Irene S. Bayer, Consuelo Morales, Mon-Lin Monica Ko
Interactivity Level = High
Science Teaching & Learning; Curriculum Development
Room: Teton
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- Short Talks Abstracts - doc
- Building a Strong and Diverse Data Science Community - pdf
- NICHD Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) Priorities - pdf
- NINDS Priorities for the SEPA R25 & Related Resources - pdf
- NIMHD Science Education Partnership Award - pdf
- Utilizing Small Group Cognitive Labs for Assessment Item Validation - pdf
Lunch
11:30 AM
PBS Student Reporting Labs Working Group meeting
Room: Wyoming
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Lunch
PBS Student Reporting Labs Working Group meeting Room: Wyoming
May 29, 2024 11:30 am
11:30-12:45 PM
PBS Student Reporting Labs Working Group meeting
This is an opportunity for participants in the PBS NewsHour’s STEM StoryMaker project and those interested in learning about it to meet and share their work.
Room: WyomingEvaluator’s Lunch Conversation
This is an opportunity for internal and external evaluators to get to know each other and share their work.
Room: Arizona
* NIH Updates
12:45 PM
Update on the NIH Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) Program
Tony Beck, PhD, Program Director, Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA), Division for Research Capacity Building, National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), NIH
Update on the NCI Youth Enjoy Science Research Education Program
Sangeeta Ghosh, PhD, Program Director, Diversity Training Branch, Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities, National Cancer Institute (NCI), NIH [virtual]
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* NIH Updates
Update on the NIH Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) Program Tony Beck, PhD, Program Director, Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA), Division for Research Capacity Building, National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), NIH Update on the NCI Youth Enjoy Science Research Education Program Sangeeta Ghosh, PhD, Program Director, Diversity Training Branch, Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities, National Cancer Institute (NCI), NIH [virtual]
May 29, 2024 12:45 pm
12:45-1:15 PM
Update on the NIH Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) Program
Tony Beck, PhD, Program Director, Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA), Division for Research Capacity Building, National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), NIHUpdate on the NCI Youth Enjoy Science Research Education Program
Sangeeta Ghosh, PhD, Program Director, Diversity Training Branch, Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities, National Cancer Institute (NCI), NIH [virtual]
Break
1:15 PM
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Break
May 29, 2024 1:15 pm
Break 1:15-1:30 PM
Poster Roundtables Session 1
1:30 PM
See Poster Roundtable sessions and rooms at end of schedule
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Poster Roundtables Session 1
See Poster Roundtable sessions and rooms at end of schedule
May 29, 2024 1:30 pm
1:30-2:15 PM
See Poster Roundtable sessions and rooms at the link.
Break
2:15 PM
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Break
May 29, 2024 2:15 pm
Break 2:15-2:30 PM
Concurrent Breakout Sessions 2
2:30 PM
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Concurrent Breakout Sessions 2
May 29, 2024 2:30 pm
2:30-3:45 PM
Engaging Families in STEM Education Programs
Holly Burke, Michelle Johnson, Megan Mekinda, Regina Idoate, Aislinn Rookwood
Interactivity Level = High
Broadening Participation; Informal Science Education
Room: WyomingIncorporating Cutting-Edge Research into Curriculum and Instruction: Opportunities and Challenges
Dana Brown Haine, Lynn C. Chesnut, Kathleen M. Gray
Interactivity Level = High
Curriculum Development; Teacher Professional Development
Room: Olympus* Video Showcase
Interactive Multimedia Strand
See list of titles and presenters at end of schedule
Interactivity Level = Low
Room: Grand BallroomShort Talks: Research & Evaluation Strand
Interactivity Level = Low
Room: ArizonaDiversity with Dignity: Re-examining Approaches of Diversity Initiatives
Paul Cotter, Ellen Chenoweth, Arleigh Reynolds
Research & Evaluation; Broadening ParticipationThe Impact of Hands-on Research Experience to URM Trainees
Valoree Solis
Research & Evaluation; Research Experiences for Students & TeachersSupporting the Personal and Academic Wellbeing of Our Student Volunteers by Building Intra- and Inter-personal Assets
Lindley McDavid, Sandra San Miguel, Loran Carleton Parker, Ann Bessenbacher
Research & EvaluationHigh School Students’ Scientific Identity Improves After Participating in a One-Week SEPA STEM Summer Immersion Program
Michelle Borrero, Edjean Calderón
Research & EvaluationEngaging Teachers and Students with Big Data Through the NIH All of Us Research Hub
Mathew Blank, Molly Malone, Alexa Wnorowski
Interactivity Level = Moderate
Research Experiences for Students and Teachers; Science Teaching & Learning
Room: TetonBridge Builders: Fostering Teamwork and a Sense of Belonging in STEM
Rachel Harris, Ren Rountree
Interactivity Level = High
Science Teaching and Learning; Curriculum Development
Room: Idaho
Break
3:45 PM
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Break
May 29, 2024 3:45 pm
Break 3:45-4:00 PM
Poster Roundtables Session 2
4:00 PM
See Poster Roundtable sessions and rooms at end of schedule
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Poster Roundtables Session 2
See Poster Roundtable sessions and rooms at end of schedule
May 29, 2024 4:00 pm
4:00-4:45 PM
See Poster Roundtable sessions and rooms at the link.
Exploring intersections between informal and formal science education
Natural History Museum of Utah https://nhmu.utah.edu/
5:00 PM
Shuttles to the Museum at 5:00, 5:30, 6:00, 6:30, 7:00, 7:30
Dinner and time to explore A Climate of Hope and Native Voices exhibits
Shuttles back to Little America Hotel at ~5:15, 5:45, 6:15, 6:45, 7:15, 7:45, 8:15, 8:45
(Shuttle trips are 15 minutes each way)
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Exploring intersections between informal and formal science education
Natural History Museum of Utah https://nhmu.utah.edu/
Shuttles to the Museum at 5:00, 5:30, 6:00, 6:30, 7:00, 7:30 Dinner and time to explore A Climate of Hope and Native Voices exhibits Shuttles back to Little America Hotel at ~5:15, 5:45, 6:15, 6:45, 7:15, 7:45, 8:15, 8:45 (Shuttle trips are 15 minutes each way)
May 29, 2024 5:00 pm
5:00-9:00 PM
Exploring intersections between informal and formal science education
Natural History Museum of Utah
Shuttles to the Museum at 5:00, 5:30, 6:00, 6:30, 7:00, 7:30
Dinner and time to explore A Climate of Hope and Native Voices exhibits
Shuttles back to Little America Hotel at ~5:15, 5:45, 6:15, 6:45, 7:15, 7:45, 8:15, 8:45
(Shuttle trips are 15 minutes each way)
Thursday, May 30th, 2024
Breakfast
6:30 AM
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Breakfast
May 30, 2024 6:30 am
Breakfast 6:30-8:00 AM
Introduction to Day 2 & Networking Activity
8:00 AM
Introduction to Day 2 & Networking Activity
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Introduction to Day 2 & Networking Activity
Introduction to Day 2 & Networking Activity
May 30, 2024 8:00 am
8:00-8:30 AM
* Keynote Address: AI Goes to School: The Future of Learning Technologies in the Age of AI
8:30 AM
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* Keynote Address: AI Goes to School: The Future of Learning Technologies in the Age of AI
May 30, 2024 8:30 am
8:30-9:30 AM
* Keynote Address: AI Goes to School: The Future of Learning Technologies in the Age of AI
James Lester, PhD, Goodnight Distinguished University Professor in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning; Director of the National Science Foundation AI Institute for Engaged Learning; and Director of the Center for Educational Informatics, North Carolina State University; Dr. Lester is a former SEPA PI.
Break
9:30 AM
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Break
May 30, 2024 9:30 am
Break 9:45-10:00 AM
* Short Talk: Integrating AI into a Data Science Focused, Informal Science Education Curriculum
9:45 AM
Theresa W. Gillespie, PhD, MA, BSN, FAAN, and Adam Marcus, PhD, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University
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* Short Talk: Integrating AI into a Data Science Focused, Informal Science Education Curriculum
Theresa W. Gillespie, PhD, MA, BSN, FAAN, and Adam Marcus, PhD, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University
May 30, 2024 9:45 am
9:45-10:00 AM
* Short Talk: Integrating AI into a Data Science Focused, Informal Science Education Curriculum
Theresa W. Gillespie, PhD, MA, BSN, FAAN, and Adam Marcus, PhD, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University
AI Data Activity and Table Discussions
10:00 AM
AI Data Activity and Table Discussions
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AI Data Activity and Table Discussions
AI Data Activity and Table Discussions
May 30, 2024 10:00 am
10:00 – 10:45 AM
Break
10:45 AM
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Break
May 30, 2024 10:45 am
Break 10:45-11:00 AM
Poster Roundtables Session 3
11:00 AM
See Poster Roundtable sessions and rooms at end of schedule
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Poster Roundtables Session 3
See Poster Roundtable sessions and rooms at end of schedule
May 30, 2024 11:00 am
11:00-11:45 AM
Poster Roundtables Session 3
See Poster Roundtable sessions and rooms at the link.
Lunch
11:45 AM
Closed meeting for NCI Youth Enjoy Science R25 grantees
Room: Wyoming
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Lunch
Closed meeting for NCI Youth Enjoy Science R25 grantees Room: Wyoming
May 30, 2024 11:45 am
11:45-1:00 PM
Closed meeting for NCI Youth Enjoy Science R25 grantees
Room: Wyoming
Concurrent Breakout Sessions 3
1:00 PM
Concurrent Breakout Sessions 3
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Concurrent Breakout Sessions 3
Concurrent Breakout Sessions 3
May 30, 2024 1:00 pm
1:00-2:15 PM
Building Bridges: Engaging in Strategic Partnerships for Advancing Cancer Research and Education
Emily McLaughlin
Interactivity Level = High
Broadening Participation
Room: ArizonaCurriculum and Multimedia Showcase
Curriculum Development; Interactive Multimedia
See list of titles and presenters at end of schedule
Room: Grand BallroomMore Than Surveys: Strategies to Increase Student Engagement in Evaluation Through Participatory Methods
Rachel Scott, Sarah Mason, Marie Barnard, Tess Johnson, Sondra LoRe
Interactivity Level = High
Research & Evaluation Strand; Informal Science Education
Room: IdahoData Science Empowerment for SEPA Students: Engaging Students Through a Collaborative Portal of Big Data Applications Using Student Generated Experimental Results
Jake Luo, Mohammad Assadi Shalmani, Craig Berg, Michael Carvan, Renee Hesselbach, David Petering
Interactivity Level = High
Research Experiences for Students & Teachers; Science Teaching & Learning
Room: OlympusClassroom-Based Communities of Practice to Promote Science Learning and Science Specific Disciplinary Literacy in Elementary School
Alana Newell, Misty Sailors, Jimmie Thomas, Molly Marek, Dolores Garay, Nancy Moreno
Interactivity Level = High
Science Teaching & Learning; Curriculum Development
Room: WyomingIndependent High School Research: HRI Challenges Texas Schools to Try It Out
Gwen Stovall, Deanna Buckley, Bailey Williams
Interactivity Level = High
Teacher Professional Development; Curriculum Development
Room: Teton
Break
2:15 PM
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Break
May 30, 2024 2:15 pm
Break 2:15-2:30 PM
Concurrent Breakout Sessions 4
2:30 PM
Concurrent Breakout Sessions 4
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Concurrent Breakout Sessions 4
Concurrent Breakout Sessions 4
May 30, 2024 2:30 pm
2:30-3:45 PM
Thursday, Concurrent Breakout Sessions 4 – 2:30-3:45pm – The rooms for 2 sessions have been switched:Persistence in STEM: Sharing Strategies and Resources
Katherine Nielsen, Jeanne Chowning, Dave Vannier
Interactivity Level = High
Broadening Participation; Research Experiences for Students & Teachers
Room: Snowbasin“What I’ve Learned Along the Way”: Reflections from SEPA/YES Program Leaders on Proposals to Publications and Everything in Between
Maurice Godfrey, Pamela Koch, Alana Newell, Nathan Vanderford; moderator: Jocelyn Dixon
Interactivity Level = Moderate
Project Administration
Room: TetonIntegrating Career Awareness and Exploration Into K-12 Classrooms
Erin E. Hardin, Melinda M. Gibbons
Interactivity Level = High
Curriculum Development
Room: IdahoGame Design in the Classroom
Vanya Manthena, Jessica Henry, Yul A. Stites
Interactivity Level = High
Interactive Multimedia; Curriculum Development
Room: Wyoming* Demographics in a Changing Landscape: Applied Contextual Considerations for Recruitment, Engagement, and Evaluation of Underrepresented Populations in STEM and Biomedical Research Training Programs
Stephanie Paris, Shanthia Espinosa, Amanda Braley, David Boone, Kate Ayers, Alberto Guzman-Alvarez, Lisa Marriott
Interactivity Level = High
Research & Evaluation; Broadening Participation
Room: Grand BallroomShort Talks: Science Teaching & Learning, and Interactive Multimedia Strands
Interactivity Level = Low
Room: ArizonaEvolvingSTEM: A Three-Dimensional Evolution Curriculum that Uses Authentic Research to Improve Student Learning and Engagement
Abigail Matela, Vaughn Cooper
Science Teaching & Learning; Broadening ParticipationSCI PALS: A Structured Approach to Incorporating Socioscientific Reasoning in Pre-Collage STEM
Don DeRosa, Carla Romney, Carl Franzblau, Stuart Beard
Science Teaching & Learning; Curriculum DevelopmentClimate Change, Air Quality, and Human Health
Amir Attia, Asa Bradman, Brenda Eskenazi, Eros Gonzalez-Lopez, Enid Ryce, Juliana Schuster, Corin Slown, Kenneth Tran
Science Teaching & Learning; Curriculum Developmentwëlamàlsëwakàn “good health”: Creating Health Education Materials in Native American Languages
Amy Lyons Ketchum
Interactive Multimedia; Broadening ParticipationTranslating Ideas into Instructional Materials
Mark Hoelzer, Heather Ryan
Interactive MultimediaShort Talks: Teacher Professional Development, and Program Administration Strands
Interactivity Level = Low
Room: OlympusRedefining Professional Development: A Teacher Perspective of the PHAGES SEPA Project
Sarah Urban, Jean Placko
Teacher Professional Development; Science Teaching & LearningBroadening Participation of SEPA Programs Through Expanded Partnerships and Mentoring Relationships
Charlie Wray, Sarah Wojiski
Broadening Participation; Teacher Professional DevelopmentIntegrating Preservice Teachers into Instructional Time for HSTA-AL Students: A Valuable Learning Experience in STEM Education
Paige Johnson, Robin Bartlett, Michele Montgomery, Leahrose Mami, Jerodine Guyton
Teacher Professional Development; Project AdministrationBroadening Participation in STEM + Health for Rural Spanish-English Bilingual Communities
Jafeth E. Sanchez, Ruben K. Dagda
Broadening Participation; Project AdministrationEngineering a Regenerative Medicine & Biofabrication “Ecosystem” in New Hampshire
Carmela Amato-Wierda, Eleanor M. Jaffee, Alison Allen, Amy Booth
Science Teaching & Learning; Broadening Participation; Project Administration
Break
3:45 PM
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Break
May 30, 2024 3:45 pm
Break 3:45-4:00 PM
Concurrent Breakout Sessions 5
4:00 PM
Concurrent Breakout Sessions 5
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Concurrent Breakout Sessions 5
Concurrent Breakout Sessions 5
May 30, 2024 4:00 pm
4:00-5:15 PM
Partnering with Teachers of Middle School Science, Mathematics, English Language Arts and Special Education to Support Their Diverse Learners by Use of a STEM Multimodal Text Set Targeting NGSS Engineering Standards
William Folk, Delinda Van Garderen
Interactivity Level = High
Curriculum Development; Broadening Participation; Research & Evaluation; Science Teaching & Learning; Teacher Professional Development
Room: ArizonaCitizen DNA Barcode Network: Applying Hands-on DNA Barcoding Techniques with Citizen Scientists in Informal Settings
Jeffry Petracca, Chris Fernandez-Marco, David Micklos
Interactivity Level = High
Informal Science Education; Science Teaching & Learning
Room: IdahoCrafting Robust Curriculum Assessments: Using Backwards Design to Develop Instruments that Enhance the Publishability of Research and Evaluation Findings
Rebecca J. Peterson, Harini Krishnan, Molly Malone, Louisa A. Stark
Interactivity Level = High
Research & Evaluation; Curriculum Development
Room: Teton* Optimizing Teacher Immersive Research Experience
M. Eileen Dolan, Megan Mekinda, Anna Marsden, Liz Morales, Hari Nakshatri, Jasmine McDonald, Mary Beth Terry, Marian LaForest, and teacher panelists: Deb Smith, Mi Pohahau
Interactivity Level = Moderate
Research Experiences for Students & Teachers; Curriculum Development
Room: Grand BallroomNear-Peer Mentor Training Compilation: SciEd Community Collaboration
Debra Yourick, Kathleen Umayam, Adaeze Egwuatu, Holly Brown, Emily Kuehn
Interactivity Level = Moderate
Science Teaching & Learning Strand
Room: OlympusShort Talks: Teacher Professional Development Strand
Interactivity Level = Low
Room: WyomingObserving Pill Bugs to Develop Phenomena-Based Professional Development for Preschool Teachers
Tammy Lee, Virginia C. Stage
Teacher Professional Development; Science Teaching & LearningPEAS Learning Community: How Does It Work in Early Education Classrooms?
Archana V. Hegde, Virginia C. Stage, Jocelyn Dixon
Teacher Professional Development; Research & EvaluationSTEAM Teacher Professional Development in an Underserved Elementary School
Michael Daugherty, Marcia Shobe, Yvette Murphy-Erby, Leah Cheek
Teacher Professional Development; Curriculum DevelopmentFrom Recruitment to Retention: Building Relationships, Community & Models
Karen Avery
Teacher Professional Development
Friday, May 31st, 2024
Breakfast
6:30 AM
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Breakfast
May 31, 2024 6:30 am
6:30-8:00 AM
Town Hall Discussion
7:00 AM
Tony Beck, PhD, Program Director, Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA), Division for Research Capacity Building, National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), NIH
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Town Hall Discussion
Tony Beck, PhD, Program Director, Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA), Division for Research Capacity Building, National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), NIH
May 31, 2024 7:00 am
7:00-7:45 AM
Town Hall Discussion
Tony Beck, PhD, Program Director, Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA), Division for Research Capacity Building, National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), NIH
VENOMventure / aVENENOtura
8:15 AM
VENOMventure / aVENENOtura is a bilingual English/Spanish, educational, escape-style game designed to introduce players to basic concepts about evolutionary trees and relatedness in the context of a narrative-embedded immersive game.
Developed and hosted by the SEPA-funded project: STEM Escape: Immersing Urban and Rural Families in a Biomedical Mystery, University of California Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley
• Teams of 2-5 players; takes 20-40 minutes for the full experience
• Sign up via their online registration system at www.bookeo.com/venomventure
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VENOMventure / aVENENOtura
VENOMventure / aVENENOtura is a bilingual English/Spanish, educational, escape-style game designed to introduce players to basic concepts about evolutionary trees and relatedness in the context of a narrative-embedded immersive game. Developed and hosted by the SEPA-funded project: STEM Escape: Immersing Urban and Rural Families in a Biomedical Mystery, University of California Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley • Teams of 2-5 players; takes 20-40 minutes for the full experience • Sign up via their online registration system at www.bookeo.com/venomventure
May 31, 2024 8:15 am
8:15-11:15 AM
VENOMventure / aVENENOtura is a bilingual English/Spanish, educational, escape-style game designed to introduce players to basic concepts about evolutionary trees and relatedness in the context of a narrative-embedded immersive game.
Developed and hosted by the SEPA-funded project: STEM Escape: Immersing Urban and Rural Families in a Biomedical Mystery, University of California Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley
• Teams of 2-5 players; takes 20-40 minutes for the full experience
• Sign up via their online registration system at www.bookeo.com/venomventure
NIH SciEd Conference posters
Upload SciEd Confrence Poster
Teen Wellness Connection
University of California San Francisco
University of California San Francisco
The Teen Wellness Connection (TWC) annually supports 25 public high school students as they work together to plan and lead the Teen Wellness Summit on Mental Health. Working with local university researchers and health professionals as well as other community-based health organizations, TWC students learn about teen mental health in a 3 week-long summer intensive on the UCSF campus, then use their new knowledge and expertise during the next 5 months to inform the design of a daylong Summit for their peers.
Contacts: Nielsen, Katherine M – MA, MS
Adventures in Drug Discovery: Integrating Data Science into the Science Curriculum
Institute for Future Intelligence, Inc.
Institute for Future Intelligence, Inc.
In this project, the Institute for Future Intelligence (IFI) and the University of Florida (UF) will collaborate with diverse high schools in several states to develop innovative educational technologies and curriculum materials to help teachers and students teach and learn data science as a method for accelerating scientific inquiry and engineering design in the field of drug discovery.
Contacts: Xie, Charles – PhD
Mapping your success - Program Evaluation Design
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Program evaluation is critical to project success as it offers feedback for making iterative changes to improve impact and sustainability. This poster handout displays methods for Culturally Responsive Evaluation (CRE) and data visualization and metrics from the NIH SEPA, Memphis STEM-M Ecosystem Scientists Communicate Research to Students (MemSCoReS) Program, demonstrating the importance of a mixed-methods and culturally responsive evaluation approach.
Contacts: Ayers, Katherine
Project SCORE - the Near Peer Mentor Experience
The University of Mississippi (Ole Miss)
The University of Mississippi (Ole Miss)
Project SCORE an informal after-school program that seeks to increase awareness of and interest in public health, science engagement and STEM careers, as well as increase matriculation into higher education STEM programs to enhance and diversify the future biomedical workforce. SCORE develops a student-centered research agenda and uses near-peer mentors to guide students in conducting research projects. The near peer mentor experience is explored in this poster.
Contacts: Barnard, Marie – PhD
STEAM in Action: Co-created environmental health science for Learning, Justice and Action
University of Arizona
University of Arizona
The Integrated Environmental Science and Human Risk Laboratory at the University of Arizona is working alongside communities that neighbor resource extraction activities to create an educational model that addresses community-identified environmental justice and public health issues. Through the collaborative engagement of scientists and local community members, this project includes informal science learning activities, community and youth advisory boards, co-created community science, and youth/adult trainings.
A STEM Professional Development Program for Teachers within the Context of Asthma: Successes, Challenges, and Opportunities.
University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus
University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus
The UPR SEPA: Asthma Awareness Program offers a two-year professional development program for STEM secondary teachers from public and private schools in the north-east region of Puerto Rico. Thus far, two cohorts of teachers (n = 30) have benefited from SEPA’s professional development (PD) program. Invited schools can select two to three teachers to participate in the program. PD activities target the development of knowledge and competencies in asthma identification and management, STEM education, and research skills. We measured the program’s impact on teachers’ knowledge and practice through self-administered questionnaires that gather quantitative and qualitative information. Preliminary results suggest that SEPA’s PD program is statistically effective in increasing teachers' knowledge of health and asthma issues and robotics (p<0.05). Likewise, 91% of participants indicated acquiring new scientific knowledge. We have evidence of teachers’ classroom transfer as they develop asthma awareness activities with their students. However, consistent teacher attendance and the development and implementation of classroom projects has been challenging. As we prepare to recruit a new group of teachers, we are committed to enhancing their participation and dedication to the program. We will carefully consider teachers' feedback and suggestions, striving to create a more engaging and supportive environment for all participants.
Contacts: Quesada, Orestes – PhD Borrero, Michelle
Seeds to STEM
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
Seeds to STEM is an innovative, research-based, bilingual program in both Philadelphia and Los Angeles that works with educators, families and children ages 3-5 to promote STEM skills, literacy and nutrition and to help prepare children for kindergarten.
Contacts: Genovesi, Jacqueline DelDuca, Kaitlyn R
Teaching the Genome Generation
The Jackson Laboratory
The Jackson Laboratory
Teaching the Genome Generation (TtGG) provides pre-service and current high school teachers with the content knowledge, teaching strategies, and resources needed to enhance student learning in genetics and genomics, with an emphasis on math skills and data literacy. Our approach weaves together three learning strands—molecular genetics, bioinformatics, and bioethics—within the context of Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).
Contacts: Wojiski, Sarah – PhD Wray, Charles – PhD
Learning and Discovery in Experimental Environmental Health Science: On the Path from Data to Knowledge
University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
The UW-Milwaukee SEPA program offers diverse middle and high school students opportunities to conduct a full range of scientific activities from research to scientific communication in relation to environmental chemical safety. We deliver the program in collaboration with in-service and early career teachers graduating from our pre-service teacher program, and experienced mentor teachers. The novel theme running through our program is data, through the lens of introductory data science and a fully developed “big” data portal.
Contacts: Petering, David H – PhD Berg, Craig A. – PhD
Authentic Literacy and Language (ALL) for Science
Baylor College of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
The ALL for Science project expands an instructional framework developed by the K-3 Stem Foundations: Life Science project. With the ALL for Science framework, students engage in two related forms of inquiry: 1) firsthand scientific inquiry based on a model organism or system following a learning cycle approach and 2) related text-based inquiry using existing real-world informational resources (reviewed for appropriateness prior to use).
Contacts: Moreno, Nancy P. – PhD Newell, Alana D – PhD
NeuroLab 2.0 (Adapting an authentic ISE experience for high school course integration and positive STEM outcomes)
Coastal Marine Biolabs
Coastal Marine Biolabs
NeuroLab is a multi-lesson, storyline-based instructional unit that is organized around a heritable movement disorder (congenital mirror movement disorder) with behavioral, neuroanatomical, developmental, cellular, and molecular developmental components. During this integrative classroom experience, students build – in stepwise fashion – an explanatory model of the movement disorder as they pursue their questions in a collaborative learning environment. To develop their models, students analyze, interpret, discuss, and connect real data obtained from human subjects and model organisms over the last several decades.The discoveries made by students through the analysis and interpretation of scientific data are gradually assimilated into working models that form a major focus of classroom discourse. Models undergo periodic revision and gradually increase in explanatory and predictive power as students progress through the NeuroLab sense-making trajectory (select examples of student work will be available for review during roundtable discussion).
Contacts: Imondi, Ralph – PhD
See Us-Be Us: Inspiring Future Veterinarians Using a Veterinary STEM Ecosystem
Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine
Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine
The League of VetaHumanz is an alliance of veterinary superheroes in academia, practice, research, government, and industry who are committed to engaging with under-resourced communities across the globe to provide access and support for youth who aspire to careers in the veterinary profession.
Contacts: San Miguel, Sandra F – DVM, PhD
UMB RAMP: UMB Research And Mentoring Program to develop skills and promote interest in STEM fields through hands-on exposure to academic research among West Baltimore Youth
University of Maryland, Baltimore
University of Maryland, Baltimore
This poster describes the implementation of a pilot curriculum introducing basic, clinical and translational research and hands on training for rising 11th- and 12th-graders in Baltimore City.
Contacts: Parker, Elizabeth – PhD, RD
Learning and Discovery in Experimental Environmental Health Science: On the Path from Data to Knowledge
University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
The UW-Milwaukee SEPA program offers diverse middle and high school students opportunities to conduct a full range of scientific activities from research to scientific communication in relation to environmental chemical safety. We deliver the program in collaboration with in-service and early career teachers graduating from our pre-service teacher program, and experienced mentor teachers. The novel theme running through our program is data, through the lens of introductory data science and a fully developed “big” data portal.
Contacts: Petering, David H – PhD Berg, Craig A. – PhD
Creating Resources Uplifting Nutrition, Culture and Health at Lunch (CRUNCH Lunch)
Columbia University Teachers College
Columbia University Teachers College
CRUNCH Lunch uses engaging teacher professional development and robust online resources including lessons, books, and other activities to connect STEM and school lunch, integrating lunch with students’ learning experiences. CRUNCH Lunch can be expanded to all schools that serve school meals.
Contacts: Koch, Pamela A
