PRELIMINARY AGENDA
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Friday,
March 27 |
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Pre-Meeting
Activities
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Location:
National Science Foundation
4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230
(Room locations to be determined) |
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8:00
a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
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Meeting
for New PIs
View Agenda |
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1:30
p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
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Graduate Student Research Posters |
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GK-12 Annual Meeting
Activities
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Location: Renaissance Hotel
999 Ninth Street, NW
Washington, DC
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4:00
p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Grand Ballroom Foyer
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Registration
for GK-12 Annual Meeting
Field Trip Sign-Up |
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4:00
p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Meeting Room 3 |
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Think-Tank Session: Creating a Community of GK-12 Evaluators
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5:00
p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Grand Ballroom South |
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Poster Set-Up: GK-12 Project Posters
Projects are asked to not set up during opening plenary.
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6:00
p.m. - 6:45 p.m.
Grand Ballroom North-Central
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Opening Plenary
Dr. Carol Van Hartesveldt, Acting Director, Division of Graduate Education, NSF; Dr. Ardent Bement, Director, NSF; Dr. Sonia Ortega and Dr. Ping Ge, GK-12 Program Directors, NSF; Dr. Rita Colwell, Chairman, Canon U.S. Life Sciences, Inc., and Distinguished Professor, University of Maryland |
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6:45
p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Grand Ballroom Foyer
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Networking Reception and Poster Preview
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Saturday, March 28 |
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7:30
a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Grand Ballroom
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Breakfast |
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8:30
a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Grand Ballroom South |
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Poster Session I:
Even-Numbered GK-12 Project Posters |
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9:45
a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
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Small Group Sessions: |
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| Meeting Room 17 |
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3D Educational Modules: Examples for the Classroom |
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| Congressional A |
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Developing Successful Models for Fellow-Teacher Partnerships |
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| Meeting Rooms 12,13,14 |
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Integrating Research into the Classroom |
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| Meeting Room 5 |
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Organizing Regional Meetings |
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| Congressional B |
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Project Building and Implementation |
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| Meeting Room 15 |
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Putting Problem-Based Learning into Your GK-12 Project |
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| Meeting Room 4 |
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Sustaining the GK-12 Culture and Practices [PPT]
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| Meeting Rooms 8, 9 |
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The Basics and Benefits of International Collaborations |
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11:15
a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
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Small Group Sessions:
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| Meeting Room 17 |
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3D Educational Modules: Examples for the Classroom |
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| Congressional A |
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Developing Successful Models for Fellow-Teacher Partnerships |
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| Meeting Room 16 |
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GK-12 Works!: Stories from Alumni |
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| Meeting Rooms 12,13,14 |
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Integrating Research into the Classroom |
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| Meeting Rooms 10, 11 |
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Macro International Annual Online Survey Presentation |
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| Meeting Room 5 |
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Making Fellows Classroom Ready |
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| Congressional B |
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Project Building and Implementation |
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| Meeting Room 4 |
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Sustaining the GK-12 Culture and Practices |
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| Meeting Rooms 8, 9 |
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The Basics and Benefits of International Collaborations |
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| Meeting Room 15 |
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Using Fellows to Integrate Science, Math, and Literacy |
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12:45
p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
Grand Ballroom North-Central |
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Luncheon and Keynote
Introduction:
Dr. Gisele Muller-Parker, GRFP Program Director, NSF
Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Edith Widder, President and Senior Scientist, Ocean Research & Conservation Association, Inc.
Award Presentations:
Mark Hannum and Kitchka Petrova, GK-12 Einstein Fellows, NSF
Alumni Experiences
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2:30
p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Grand Ballroom South |
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Poster Session II:
Odd-Numbered GK-12 Project Posters
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| 2:30
p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Meeting Room 3 |
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Evaluator Session
Discussion and Instrument Sharing: Surveys, Interviews, Focus Groups, Reflection Journals
Please bring electronic copies of instruments you would like to share. |
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3:45
p.m. - 5:45 p.m.
Grand Ballroom North-Central
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Special Events:
Graduate Students—
Life after GK-12: Networking Session |
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| Congressional A/B |
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PIs and Co-PIs—
Conversations with NSF Program Staff |
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| Washington, DC |
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K-12 Educators—
Field Trips to Area Museums |
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| Meeting Rooms 12,13,14 |
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Project Managers—
Sharing Ideas and Networking |
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6:00
p.m.
Grand Ballroom South |
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Project Posters Must Be Taken Down
Poster Set-Up: Graduate Students STEM Research Posters
(Poster boards are numbered; match the number on your abstract to the board number.)
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Evening
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Dinner on Your Own |
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Sunday,
March 29 |
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7:30
a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Grand Ballroom Foyer |
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Breakfast |
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8:30
a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Grand Ballroom South |
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Poster Session III:
Graduate Student STEM Research Posters
Match the number of the abstract to the number on the poster board to find presenters.
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10:00
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Grand Ballroom North-Central |
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Sharing Lessons
Presented by Fellows and K-12 Educators
Use the guide in registration packet to read about and locate lessons. Tables are numbered to correspond to lesson.
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10:00
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Special Interest Sessions: |
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| Auditorium |
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Abt Associates:
Preliminary Findings on the Long-Term Evaluation |
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| Meeting Room 16 |
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Applying Mechatronics to Promote Science |
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| Meeting Rooms 12, 13 |
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Creating STEM Field Experiences for Students |
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| Meeting Room 17 |
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Evaluating Our GK-12 Project: Lessons Learned |
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| Meeting Room 3 |
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Extending GK-12 into the Community |
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| Meeting Room 15 |
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Fostering STEM Professionalism |
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| Meeting Rooms 8, 9 |
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Issues and Opportunities for the GK-12 Engineering Community |
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| Meeting Room 14 |
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Organizing Family Math Events |
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| Congressional B |
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Protocol for Assessing GK-12 Fellows' Presentation Skills |
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| Meeting Room 5 |
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Supporting Teachers: Mentoring and Building Knowledge |
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| Meeting Rooms 10, 11 |
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Sustainability of the NSF-Funded GK-12 Program: A Study of Funded Projects from 1999-2008 |
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11:30
p.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Grand Ballroom North
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Final Comments
Dr. Sonia Ortega and Dr. Ping Ge, GK-12 Program Directors, NSF |
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| 12:30
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Adjourn |
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