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EXCELLENCE in ELEMENTARY ENGINEERING EDUCATION

WELCOMEJill Measells

CEO, The Works

THANK YOUDoug Paulson

CEO, Minnesota Department of Educa on

INSPIRING CURIOSITY IN THE WORLD AROUND USJulie Douglas and Robert Lamb

Hosts, “Stuff To Blow Your Mind”, Howstuff works.com

CHECK IN - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7:30 to 8

WELCOME & KEYNOTE - - - - - - - - - 8 to 9:15

SESSION 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9:30 to 10:45

LUNCH- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 11 to 1

SESSION 2A - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 11 to 12

SESSION 2B - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 12 to 1

SESSION 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -1:15 to 2:30

SESSION 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2:45 to 4

SCHEDULE WELCOME & KEYNOTE8 to 9:15 AM

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Bakken Museum www.thebakken.org

University of St. Thomas Center for Pre-Collegiate Engineering Education,www.s homas.edu/engineering/outreach/curricula

Kidwind www.kidwind.org

LEGO Education www.legoeduca on.us

STEM Education Center, University of Minnesota www.cehd.umn.edu/STEM

ALL DAY - 8 ȞȪ - 4 ȭȪEXHIBITORS

9740 GRAND AVE S.BLOOMINGTON, MN 55420952-888-4262www.theworks.org | facebook.com/theworks | @theworksmuseum

The Workswww.theworks.org

High Tech Kidswww.hightechkids.org

Discovery Educationwww.discoveryeduca on.com

Minnesota FutureProblem Solving Programwww.mnfpsp.org

Minnesota Science Teachers Associationwww.mnsta.org

Minitexwww.elm4you.org

Explore infoma on and ac vi es from local nonprofi ts, plus exhibitors relevant to elementary engineering.

ENGAGING STUDENTS WITHLEGO WEDOLynn MollenhauerBELLE PLAINE ELEMENTARY

Designed for the elementary learner, WeDo™ Robo cs is a cross-curricular set and series of theme-based ac vi es. Your students will build and program their robo c models to write stories, solve problems, and create innova ve projects.

ENGINEERING IN NATUREBri ForsbergBELL MUSEUM

In this workshop, par cipants will take part in engineering challenges to bring back to their classrooms. We will solve engineering problems found in nature, observe how plants and animals respond to these pressures, and see how humans use nature’s ingenuity in our own designs.

PICKING UP WITH SCIGIRLSLisa Regalla & Sarah CarterSCIGIRLS

Par cipants will engage in ac vi es from the new Season 2 of SciGirls and learn about SciGirls, the Emmy-award winning na onal PBS series. Take home a SciGirls Engineer It ac vity book & ps to engage more girls in the E of STEM. Ac vi es and ps are good for mixed gender classrooms.

FAMILY ENGINEERING NIGHTS WITH THE WORKSJessalyn Johnson & Sonia Krech-JacobsenTHE WORKS

Learn about crea ng a Family Engineering Night in your school. Try out hands-on ac vi es designed to get your students, teachers and community excited about engineering.

TEACHING HABITS OF MIND: CHARACTERISTICS OF ENGINEERING SUCCESSDr. Cathy KindemDISTRICT 196

Looking for ways to create a classroom that inspires young minds? Leave this workshop with prac cal ps for helping foster a tudes and skills for engineering using picture books and technology resources. Developing Habits of Mind will allow students to persist through confusion, be resilient to failure, and seek new challenges. ENGINEERING INTEGRATION AT THE ELEMENTARY

LEVEL THROUGH MODELING ACTIVITIESAran Glancy & Tamara MooreUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA STEM CENTER

This interac ve session will focus on integra ng engineering with math and science content through modeling ac vi es in the elementary classroom. A endees will par cipate in one modeling ac vity and be exposed to several others. A endees will also be give materials and resources necessary to implement several of these ac vi es immediately.

EiE A-ZMaija Sedzielarz & Kelly MeyerSCIENCE MUSEUM OF MINNESOTA

Engineering is Elementary® (EiE) has created a research-based, standards-driven, and classroom-tested curriculum that integrates engineering and technology concepts and skills with elementary science topics. The EiE project fosters engineering and technological literacy and introduces a variety of engineering fi elds for students in grades 1- 5, including agricultural, chemical, bio-engineering, and more. Inves gate this 20-unit curriculum and try an engineering design challenge from an EiE primary unit.

SESSION 1 - 9:30 to 10:45 AM

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INTEGRATING STEM ACROSS THE CURRICULUMGlory OljacePILLSBURY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Learn about an interdisciplinary approach that provides all students with the needed tools to lead the future, based on understanding how elementary-age learners think and learn about STEM. The SIE process requires no new materials, and is based upon the Common Core State Standards in English language arts and mathema cs, the Next Genera on Science Standards, as well as state standards in social studies. Par cipants will be introduced to the reasons STEM programming is vital at the elementary level, learn to implement STEM with ease, write an interdisciplinary, standards-based STEM scope and sequence, and experience a STEM-focused lesson.

GEODESIC DOMESAnita Hall & SWESOCIETY OF WOMEN ENGINEERS

What can you do with rolled up newspaper and LOTS of tape?Learn how to teach 4-6th graders about structural elements, compression and tension through the building of an actual Geodesic Dome. This inexpensive and fun ac vity yields a real dome that a dozen kids can sit inside of. We will also conduct strength tests and fi nally destruc on tests.

USING ENGINEERING NOTEBOOKSCharon TierneyMINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Wri ng is cri cal to documen ng and communica ng engineering ideas. Par cipants will work through ideas for wri ng engineering notebooks ed to the ELA standards

USING ENGINEERING TO TEACH SCIENCE CONCEPTSJoel Donna3RING.ORG

Par cipants in this session will explore how they can transform their current instruc on to embed engineering design and other engineering teaching strategies to teach science in new ways. They will fi rst do a helicopter ac vity ‘science style’ and then will then take the same ac vity and do it ‘engineering style’ to see the diff erences between science and engineering approaches as well as to model how science ac vi es can be transformed using engineering. The goal is to show that engineering does not have to layer on top of current instruc on, but that it can be used to engage students with science concepts in new ways

SESSION 2A - 11 AM - 12 PM

A end one of the 2A sessions listed below from 11 to 12, then eat lunch and explore exhibitors from 12 to 1 OR eat lunch and explore exhibitors from 11 to 12, then a end one of the 2B sessions (next page) from 12 to 1. The buff et lunch upstairs is included in your conference registra on fee.

LUNCH + SESSIONS 2A & 2B

ROOM 135AC

ROOM 135BD

ROOM 83ROOM 62

ENGINEERING, DESIGN & CREATIVITYRoger SkophammerEiE/MUSEUM OF SCIENCE, BOSTON

You have 50 minutes to create something fantas c! The fun is a design challenge, which will both inspire crea vity and address important learning standards. The session will include a short presenta on/discussion on the value and diff erences of a structured engineering design challenge followed by an ill-structured design challenge.

USING SKETCH-UP PRO TO ENCOURAGE STUDENTS WITH DESIGNDoug PaulsonMINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Finding opportuni es to have students explore the esthe cs and purpose of design can be challenging. In this session we will explore using Sketch Up Pro to empower students on the func onality and ar s c design of engineering. Learn the tools of the program and how to integrate it in your curriculum. Bring your laptop to engage and explore as it will be a hands-on session.

ZooMS: TEACH MATH, SCIENCE, AND ENGINEERING WITH THE MINNESOTA ZOOCarol StreckerMINNESOTA ZOO

Harness your students’ natural a rac on to animals and transform it into an enthusiasm for engineering! Discover unique and engaging engineering-themed ac vi es from exploring animals AS engineers to engineering FROM animals (biomimicry) and ul mately: engineering FOR animals (zoo and exhibit design) — through the Zoo’s new ZooMS program!

ENGAGING STUDENTS IN ENGINEERING WEEKGreg Westendorf & Amanda AndersonHERITAGE E-STEM MIDDLE SCHOOL

Na onal Engineering Week at Heritage E-STEM Middle School was an interdisciplinary aff air! Our week was fi lled with hands-on ac vi es and career explora on. This experience was engaging for students and staff . During this session hands on ac vi es we be shared as well as the planning template for Engineering Week.

SESSION 2B - 12 PM - 1 PM

IT’S NOT MAGIC, IT’S SCIENCE & ENGINEERINGJerry WenzelMNSTA

Join wacky professor Jerry Wenzel for an intensive one-hour workshop that will enhance the way you teach science and engineering. This fast-moving workshop is aimed at elementary teachers looking for crea ve ways to integrate in their already-packed curriculum. Learn new perspec ves that will help you get your students hooked.

Harness your students’ natural a rac on to animals and transform it into an enthusiasm for engineering! Discover unique and engaging engineering-themed ac vi es from exploring animals AS engineers to engineering FROM animals (biomimicry) and ul mately: engineering FOR animals (zoo and exhibit design) — through the Zoo’s new ZooMS program!

Harness your students’ natural a rac on to animals and

ZooMS: ENGINEERING WITH

THE MINNESOTA ZOO

Harness your students’ natural a rac on to animals and transform it into an enthusiasm for engineering! Discover unique and engaging engineering-themed ac vi es from exploring animals AS engineers to engineering FROM animals (biomimicry) and ul mately: engineering FOR animals (zoo and exhibit design)

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ROOM 83

ROOM 166

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ROOM 155

FLOAT YOUR BOATMartha Hotchkiss & Danny HicksTHE WORKS

Go through a kid friendly engineering design process, then try it out yourself with a fun engineering challenge called “What Floats your Boat?” Also learn about other design challenges you can do with your students.

PICTURE BOOKS & ENGINEERING: THE PERFECT FIT FOR STEM INTEGRATIONKris na Tank, Christy Pe s, & Tamara MooreUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA STEM EDUCATION CENTER

This hands-on session will introduce curricular units that use picture books to mo vate an engineering design project and integrate mathema cs and science content. A endees will par cipate in a mini-version of one of the modules and will learnabout implementa on strategies.

FROGS, VOLTS, AND VINEGAR: ELECTRICAL ENGINEERINGNathan Meyer, Anika Taylor, & Steve WalvigTHE BAKKEN MUSEUM

Hear the story and recreate key experiments involved in one of history’s most vital engineering feats—the inven on of the ba ery. You’ll develop a be er understanding of electricity, simple circuits, and how ba eries work, and learn how The Bakken uses the theme of “wonder, try, discover, share” to engage all students and teach them to be ac ve par cipants in science and engineering. You’ll leave with all the informa on you need to be able to repeat this lesson, which meets the Minnesota science standards for electricity and magne sm and the history and nature of science and engineering.

SESSION 3 - 1:15 to 2:30 PM

KIDS GOTTA BUILD!Jane Snell CopesSCIENCE OUTSIDE THE BOX

WHAT do we learn from building? WHY is it so urgent that kids physically build things in school? HOW can we modify classrooms to allow this important work? WHAT KINDS of projects really engage kids? WHY NOT this year at your school!

ADDING MULTI-MEDIA ARTS TO THE STEM EQUATIONKim Hiel & Cara RieckenbergSCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND ARTS at OLSON ELEMENTARY

The School of Engineering and Arts, a brand new K-5 elementary school within the Robbinsdale School District, operates within the STEAM philosophy. Come learn how this school integrates core curricular content into all aspects of the students’ day including specialists and recess. See and hear examples where authen c experiences provide opportuni es to prac ce founda onal skills.

AEROSPACE ENGINEERINGJames FlatenUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

Jill WallFARNSWORTH AEROSPACE ELEMENTARY

Aerospace is an excep onally engaging area from which you can address a wide variety of both STEM and non-STEM standards at all grade levels. Though not explicitly mandated in standards, it can serve as a unifying theme for exploring engineering, science, and math, plus reading, wri ng, social studies, etc!

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ROOM 135BDROOM 135AC

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SESSION 4 - 2:45 to 4:00 PM

MACGYVER WINDMILLS: WIND POWER & ENERGY TRANSFERSJames GrimmKIDWIND

We will think crea vely like “MacGyver” to build weightli ing windmills from “junk” materials. We will cover topics on simple machines, energy transforma ons, fric on, ra os, poten al & kine c energy, and the inquiry/design process of engineering.

FORM AND FUNCTION: SPOONS TO STRUCTURESAdam BeyerMAHTOMEDI

Deb BesserUNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS

Introduce engineering to your students by exploring how form and func on come together to meet our everyday needs. We will be studying the wonderful world of ... spoons. Everything that is engineered has been designed to solve a problem. Why a long handle and slo ed? Plas c vs. wood vs. stainless steel? The shape, size, and material used in each spoon’s design serves a purpose. Then we will scale to structures. How does stability, forces, shape and materials aff ect form and func on?

3, 2, 1, BLASTOFF!Ashley Cannaday & Greg ChildsSAINT PAUL SCHOOLS

Gillian Roehrig & Emily DareUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA STEM CENTER

3-2-1, blast off ! Engage students in learning physical science content and the engineering design process as they work as a toy engineer to design, create and improve a fl ying toy rocket. This fl ying toy project was adapted from the NASA Foam Rocket ac vity in Rockets, Educator’s Guide with Ac vi es in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathema cs.

LITERACY AND ENGINEERING: DEVELOPING SKILLS TOGETHERDoug Paulson & John OlsonMINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Learn strategies for strengthening science and engineering learning with and through improved literacy skills. Using the Columbia Space Disaster as context, you’ll engage in ac vi es that develop reading, wri ng and communica ons skills along with science and engineering understandings.

ROLLING INTO ENGINEERING WITH KINDERGARTENJill Jensen & Holly FournierGLACIER HILLS ELEMENTARY, EAGAN

Learn how kindergarten students become engineers through examina on of the proper es of materials and how objects move. Par cipants will try a por on of the unit fi rst hand and learn resources to support the lessons.

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ROOM 135AC

ROOM 135BD

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