Successful STEM Education | Identifying Effective Approaches in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

STEM Smart: Lessons Learned from Successful Schools

Georgia World Congress Center
Atlanta, Georgia
June 23, 2013

**Downloads: Atlanta STEM Smart Agenda.pdf | Atlanta STEM Smart Bios.pdf | Atlanta STEM Smart Program Descriptions.pdf**
Time	Description
10:00am - 10:30am	Registration (coffee served)
10:30am - 10:50am	Welcome and Opening Remarks Janice Earle , Program Director, National Science Foundation \| View Presentation Ashok Agrawal , Managing Director for Professional Development and Director of Outreach and Engagement, American Society for Engineering Education \| View Presentation
10:50am - 11:45am	The Role of Engineering in Successful K–12 STEM Education —Plenary Presentation Moderator: Darryl Williams, Associate Dean of Recruitment, Retention, and Community Engagement, and Director of the Center for STEM Diversity, Tufts University Panelists: Greg Pearson, Senior Program Officer, National Academy of Engineering; Cary Sneider, Associate Research Professor, Portland State University; Marion Usselman, Principal Research Scientist and Associate Director, CEISMC, Georgia Institute of Technology
11:45am - 12:00pm	Break

**Downloads: Atlanta STEM Smart Agenda.pdf | Atlanta STEM Smart Bios.pdf | Atlanta STEM Smart Program Descriptions.pdf**
Time	Description
12:00pm - 1:00pm	Focusing on the "E" in STEM—Breakout Sessions Design Squad: Inspiring a New Generation of Engineers : David Peth, WGBH \| View Presentation Engineering High School Biology into the 21st Century : Christian Schunn, University of Pittsburgh \| View Presentation Engineer Your World: Engineering Design and Problem Solving for High Schools : Cheryl Farmer, University of Texas at Austin \| View Presentation Integrating Engineering and Literacy : David Hammer and Jessica Watkins, Tufts University \| View Presentation Making a Difference in the World: Engineering in Middle School Math and Science Classrooms : Amy Wendt, University of Wisconsin–Madison; Amy Schiebel, Edgewood College \| View Presentation What Does It Mean to "Engineer” in Engineering is Elementary? : Erin Fitzgerald, Museum of Science, Boston \| View Presentation
1:00pm - 1:15pm	Break
1:15pm - 2:15pm	Networking (lunch served) The Joy of STEM: Engineering Is at the Heart of It —Plenary Presentation *Pramod Khargonekar*, Assistant Director, National Science Foundation \| View Presentation
2:15pm - 2:30pm	Break
2:30pm - 3:30pm	Focusing on the "E" in STEM—Breakout Sessions CAPSULE: How to Use Engineering-Based Learning (EBL) in High School STEM Teaching : Jessica Chin, Northeastern University \| View Presentation Elementary Engineering Teacher Professional Development: Initiation to Integration : Heidi Diefes-Dux, Purdue University \| View Presentation Engaging Youth through Engineering (EYE) Modules: Integrating and Bringing Relevance to Core Middle Grades Mathematics and Science Content : Susan Pruet, Melissa Dean, and Judy Duke, Mobile Area Education Foundation \| View Presentation Implementing K-12 Engineering Standards through STEM Integration : Tamara Moore, Aran Glancy, Forster Ntow, and Kristina Tank, University of Minnesota,Twin Cities \| View Presentation Learning Science through Engineering Design: An Effective Approach to STEM Integration at the Elementary School Level : Brenda Capobianco and Chell Nyquist, Purdue University \| View Presentation Mathematics Instruction Using Decision Science and Engineering Tools : Robert Young and Karen Keene, North Carolina State University \| View Presentation
3:30pm - 3:45pm	Break
3:45pm - 4:30pm	K–12 and Higher Education: Why Collaboration Is Vital —Plenary Presentation Joseph Cocozza, Co-Director of Education and Outreach Programs, Biomimetic MicroElectronic Systems, Engineering Research Center; Assistant Professor of Research, Ophthalmology, University of Southern California \| View Presentation Adah Leshem, Program Director of Pre-College Education, NSF Engineering Research Center for Biorenewable Chemicals \| View Presentation