ATASC2024: Full Schedule

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!!!

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10:30am MST

Hands-on Minds On: The Intersection of Trades and STEM in Education

Friday November 8, 2024 10:30am - 11:30am MST

Squirrel Room

Dive into an Alberta-based STEM initiative in partnership with Lethbridge Polytechnic that enriches K-12 science education with practical trades experience. The session features an interactive opportunity to explore and engage with our free digital and hands-on resources. You will spend the majority of the session interacting with the activities and resources that can be immediately implemented into your practice. You’ll leave better equipped to answer the question “Why do I need to learn this?” by connecting mathematics and science concepts to students’ everyday lives.

Speakers

Warren Anderson

Warren is a STEM Consultant at Lethbridge Polytechnic. He is passionate about providing authentic learning experiences to youth that help them see the connections between what they are learning and the real world. This is rooted in his 12 years of experience with inquiry and project-based... Read More →

Friday November 8, 2024 10:30am - 11:30am MST
Squirrel Room

General

Knowledge & Experience Level All
Grade Level All Divisions

1:00pm MST

Communicating Environmental Change: Western Science and Ind Ways of Knowing

Friday November 8, 2024 1:00pm - 2:00pm MST

Squirrel Room

Explore Indigenous Map Overlays for AB, time travel back to 1910 and to 2050 to see what the landscape looked like in the past and may look like in the future. Use either watersheds or Traditional Territories, Western Science or Indigenous Indicators. View “Stoney Stories” in both Stoney and English of Elders talking about the land past, present and future. Also Included in this FREE ONLINE platform: climate change scenarios, water field trips, videos, 360 VR Tours and more. Works on tablets or computers (phones work but are a bit small). Check it out at www.albertatomorrow.ca

Speakers

Jennifer Janzen

Executive Director, Alberta Tomorrow

With > 30 years experience as a teacher, plant ecologist, and environmental educator, Jennifer is ED of Alberta Tomorrow and is dedicated to providing a platform that empowers youth to design and live sustainable futures.

Friday November 8, 2024 1:00pm - 2:00pm MST
Squirrel Room

General

Knowledge & Experience Level All
Grade Level Div II, Div III

2:15pm MST

Dual-Credit Land Camp Models for Two-Eyed Seeing in STEM

Friday November 8, 2024 2:15pm - 3:15pm MST

Squirrel Room

Join us as we share two locally developed dual-credit high school land camp models as ways of connecting Indigenous and Western perspectives in STEM. Learn about building relationships between local Indigenous communities, school divisions and post-secondaries to serve Indigenous high school students. Red Deer Polytechnic and Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools will discuss their partnership and the joys and challenges in their 'Four-Seasons' and 'Aunties in Training' land camps for Indigenous high school youth in Central Alberta.

Speakers

Pamela Neumann

Red Hot Science Outreach Coordinator, Red Deer Polytechnic

Pamela Neumann is the Red Hot Science outreach coordinator and a faculty member in science at Red Deer Polytechnic.

Tracy Meneen Skinner

Tracy Meneen-Skinner is an Indigenous Education Consultant with the Indigenous Education Services Team at Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools.

Jonathan Mauro

Indigenous Education Services Coordinator, Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools

Jonathan Mauro is the Indigenous Education Services Coordinator at Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools.

Friday November 8, 2024 2:15pm - 3:15pm MST
Squirrel Room

Indigenous Education

Knowledge & Experience Level All
Grade Level Div IV

2:15pm MST

Community Science: Turning your students into real scientists. CANCELLED!

Friday November 8, 2024 2:15pm - 3:15pm MST

Squirrel Room

A community scientist is anyone in the community who is interested in contributing data to real scientific research projects. Community science fosters scientific literacy by engaging students in meaningful science research that addresses real-world issues and leads to scientific advancement. Incorporating community science in your classrooms can be a tool to help address barriers that girls and gender diverse students face in STEM spaces. Teachers will get an intro to community science and some ideas for how to integrate community science into their curricula.

Friday November 8, 2024 2:15pm - 3:15pm MST
Squirrel Room

THIS SESSION HAS BEEN CANCELLED!

Knowledge & Experience Level All
Grade Level Div II, Div III, Div IV