WSST Conference 2025

WSST Conference 2025

Brad Roost

7:00am CDT

Registration Registration Desk

8:00am CDT

Workshop: Threats to Biodiversity~ Designing Solutions Using HHMI Biointeractive Resources Anna MDawn Norton • Amy Fassler • School District of Marshfield Workshop: Wisconsin High School Earth Science Storylines John LynchDennis Rohr • Jon Baker • Seymour Community High School

9:00am CDT

FT2: Alliant Energy Wind Turbine, Solar Farm Main Atrium

10:00am CDT

Exploring Phospholipids and Membrane Transport BF CarterMark Arnholt

1:00pm CDT

Monitoring Aquatic Invasive Species Using Environmental DNA (eDNA) ThistleAmy Workman • Joanna Skluzacek Skills Based Grading HutchinsonBrad Roost • Tanya Monet-Bakken • Rachel Stindt

2:00pm CDT

Culturally Relevant Pedagogy: Indigenizing your instruction Lake PoyganBev DeVore-Wedding

3:00pm CDT

Workshop: Bring Wisconsin Wildlife Into Your Classroom BF CarterMackenzie McBride • Liv Gripko • Snapshot Wisconsin-Wisconsin DNR Workshop: New Teacher Network MezzanineStephanie Ruder • Megan Sprague • New Teacher Network/ Onalaska High School Using Graphs to Read Real Weather Data Lake PoyganErik Duhn • Nathan Falkinham

4:00pm CDT

Rock Raffle John LynchShannon Previte Social: Vendor Hall Social Paul L. And Leander Choate Halls

6:30pm CDT

Social: Membership Social sponsored by the President of WSST Anthearn Ballroom

8:00am CDT

Unearthing Fossil Discoveries: Engaging Students with Interactive Science Notebooking and a Fossil Museum Project DixieSarah Ludwig

9:00am CDT

The Genetics of Sickle Cell Detection and Therapy Anna MErika Fong • MiniOne Systems

10:00am CDT

Workshop: Hands-On Environmental Spectroscopy with NASA’s STELLA Q2 John LynchCraig Kohn • Waterford Union High School Workshop: The Science Of Climate Change: Exploring Changing Wildfire Patterns with HHMI Biointeractive Resources Anna MAmy Fassler • HHMI

12:00pm CDT

Ed Mueller Luncheon Lunch Keynote: Jesse Wilcox, Ph.DJesse Wilcox

1:00pm CDT

Exploratorium Riverside AtriumRay Scolavino

2:00pm CDT

Workshop: Become a Building Energy Detective! EvelynWendy Stelzer • Wisconsin's K-12 Energy Education Program - KEEP

5:30pm CDT

Social: WSST Pre-banquet Social Hour

6:30pm CDT

Social: Milton Pella Banquet Anthearn Ballroom

8:30pm CDT

Social: WSST Post-banquet Social at EAA EAA

8:00am CDT

Freshwater Science and Connections to Higher Ed John LynchLiz Sutton

9:00am CDT

Creating welcoming and inclusive spaces (with or without community support) EvelynKelly Steiner • Claire Bernatz • Sami Palmisano School Air Quality Project: Teaching Air Pollution Through Surveying Your School Building John LynchTed Snyder

10:00am CDT

ROUND TABLE: Earth and Space Science teachers Lake PoyganChad Wilkinson • Shannon Previte Teaching Secondary Science for Social Justice - A Brainstorming Session HutchinsonLindsay Wells

11:00am CDT

Engineering Solutions for a Darker Sky: Exploring Light Pollution and Engineering Design ThistleAbigail Forst