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ATASC2024

Are YOU Ready For Door Prizes! Many chances to win some fantastic prizes from our Exhibitors and we will have the Science Themed books that have been review this past year by your fellow teachers. You may even win one of the two custom curated boxes for Indigenous Box in Edmonton.

Draws will happen: Friday Breakfast (7:30AM - 8:45AM), Friday Lunch (11:30AM - 1:00PM), Friday Reception (4:00PM - 6:00PM), Saturday Breakfast (7:30AM - 9:00AM), Conference Wrap-up (2:00PM - 2:15PM)

Elections!!!
Have you ever considered being a part of the Science Council Executive?
AGM & Elections: Friday, November 3rd from 12:15PM - 1:00PM in the Orchid Ballroom

The following positions are up for election:
- Vice President
- Treasurer
So many more draw prizes and we will also draw for a free conference registration at the end of the meeting for our next conference!

Quiz Night!
Join your ATASC Executive Team at our reception for QUIZ NIGHT!!! Come and test your science and indigenous knowledge for great prizes.

Friday, November 8th from 4:00PM - 6:00PM in the Orchid Ballroom
Prizes!
Snacks will be provided
Cash/Debit bar

ATASC Awards presentation during Lunch

Saturday, November 9th from 11:30AM - 1:00PM in the Orchid Ballroom

Science Shirt Saturday!

Wear your best Science shirt for a chance to win a prize!

PD Needs Survey HERE!!!

6:00pm MST

Conference Welcome and Games! Caribou Room Conference Registration Hotel Concourse - Registration Table

7:30am MST

Breakfast & Door Prizes Hotel Concourse Conference Registration Hotel Concourse - Registration Table

9:00am MST

KISKINITAMOWIN (Coming to know/understanding) Orchid BallroomWilfred Buck

10:00am MST

AM Break Hotel Concourse

10:30am MST

The Anti-worksheet Workshop - Back again! Caribou RoomSusie Sirman • Helen Grijo AI Tools to Amplify Your Professionalism and Save Time Orchid BallroomDan Grassick Hands-on Minds On: The Intersection of Trades and STEM in Education Squirrel RoomWarren Anderson Weaving Métis Ways of Knowing into Land-Based Learning: Wolverine RoomHolly Brandsma • Kimmy Fraser-Airhart Rethinking The STEAM Classroom Experience Grizzly RoomChristina Dafoe • Konnor Wood Embracing Indigenous Wisdom: Classroom Integration Cougar RoomElisabeth McLaughlin • Barbara Crossan-Parker

11:30am MST

Lunch & Door Prizes Hotel Concourse

12:15pm MST

AGM Orchid Ballroom

1:00pm MST

Growing Native PLANTs?! in your garden! Cougar RoomNathan Bell Communicating Environmental Change: Western Science and Ind Ways of Knowing Squirrel RoomJennifer Janzen Oreo Cookies and Scientific Method Caribou RoomMichelle Savoie Use a Graphic Calculator to Code a Martian Rover Grizzly RoomMatt Gunderson ININIW ACAKOSUK (Cree Stars) Crocus RoomWilfred Buck Science on a Budget: Bringing the New K-6 Science Curriculum to Life! Wolverine RoomInside Education

2:00pm MST

PM Snack Break Hotel Concourse

2:15pm MST

Collaborative Space - Discuss your take-aways from the day. Grizzly RoomBernice Pui Weaving Meaningful Curriculum Connections Across Grade 7-9 Science Orchid BallroomDan Grassick Dual-Credit Land Camp Models for Two-Eyed Seeing in STEM Squirrel RoomPamela Neumann • Tracy Meneen Skinner • Jonathan Mauro Allyship in Reconciliation through STEM Wolverine RoomJulie Arsenault • Amanda Green STEAM Playground - Coding, Robotics, 3D Printing and more! Caribou RoomChristina Dafoe • Konnor Wood Stay Calm! Be Brave! Wait for the Signs! Cougar RoomJenna Willman Community Science: Turning your students into real scientists. CANCELLED! Squirrel Room

4:30pm MST

Conference Reception - Science & Indigenous Knowledge QUIZ NIGHT! Orchid Ballroom

7:30am MST

Breakfast & Door Prizes (Ballroom) Hotel Concourse

8:00am MST

Conference Registration Hotel Concourse - Registration Table

9:15am MST

Outcomes, Triangulation and Gradebooks - OH MY! Cougar RoomJulie Arsenault A Gamut of Games for Science in Div III & IV Science to Teach Induction and Deduction Grizzly RoomNate Siler Computational Thinking for Everyone Wolverine RoomMichelle Savoie The Power of Scientific Modeling in Elementary Science Education Squirrel RoomLindsay Beaulieu Tree Teachings: Combining Indigenous Earth Science & Western Science Orchid BallroomValerie Miller ININIW ACAKOSUK (Cree Stars) - Repeat Session Crocus RoomWilfred Buck From Fake News to Fact Finders: Empowering Student Decision Making. CANCELLED! Wolverine Room Bringing STEM to Life in the Classroom Caribou RoomSteph Elder • Pamela Neumann • Abbey Ramdeo

10:15am MST

AM Break Hotel Concourse

10:45am MST

Teaching New Computer Science - Platforms Options and Strategies Cougar RoomLIam McCashin Paper Car Contest: Teaching the Science of Car Safety Orchid BallroomBrad Langdale ININIW ACAKOSUK (Cree Stars) - Repeat Session Crocus RoomWilfred Buck STEAM Read Alouds - Weaving Literacy Into Your STEAM Lessons Wolverine RoomJulie Arsenault • Amanda Green Future Stewards: Building Critical Thinkers for a Sustainable World Grizzly RoomInside Education The journey towards two-eyed seeing – being a student to get it. Squirrel RoomSabina Bauer Lewis Should I stay or should I go? Creating belonging in a STEM classroom. CANCELLED! Wolverine Room

12:00pm MST

Lunch and ATASC Awards Orchid Ballroom

1:00pm MST

The Decolonial Roadmap: Bringing Theory to Actuality in Education Orchid BallroomNikki Sanchez

2:00pm MST

Conference Final Notes & Door Prizes Orchid Ballroom