NGSS: Engineering Our Future
11th Annual GCSN Conference
for STEM Education
February 27th, 2016 at Oxnard College
Presented by Gold Coast Science Network in partnership with Oxnard College, 
California Science Teachers Association, and the Ventura County Office of Education.

THANK YOU to everyone who joined us for the ​
​​2016 GCSN Conference for STEM Education!​
(scroll to bottom of page for conference photos)

Thank you to our conference Co-Sponsors Oxnard College, 
California Science Teachers Association, and the 
​Ventura County Office of Education.
Special Thanks to Delta Education (FOSS) for sponsoring
​breakfast,​and STEMscopes for sponsoring lunch. 
​The food was delicious and plentiful!

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Conference Workshops: Click on a workshop to access any presentation slides and resources posted by the presenter. If there is information missing, please email us and we will contact the presenter to try to get it. 

• NGSS 101: An Introduction for those with little or no NGSS experience
• Easy Engineering Challenges: inquiry based lessons for Elementary Grades (K-5)
• Building an Electronic NGSS Instructional Unit (K-12)
• Origami Math Genius (OMG) (K-5)
• Engineering Solutions in the STEM Classroom (K-12)
• Evolution in Action: Graphing and Statistics (9-12)
• Earthquakes, Landslides, and volcanoes... Oh My!: Using the 5E's to teach HS NGSS for Earth Science (9-12)
• Motivate Kids with Science: How Rio School District's Science Camp Does Just That! (K-8)
• Keeping it Safe and Sane: Tips for Effectively and Efficiently Managing Science Labs (K-12)
• Phenomena & Anticipatory Sets: Applications for the NGSS & Common Core (3-12) 
• Make Your Own Website (K-12)
• Technology for Teaching Common Core Math (K-8)  
• STEM as Seen Through Green Screen (K-8)
• Converging on NGSS Opportunities for Student Engagement & Learning (6-12) 
• Making It Happen: Using Everyday Objects to Learn to Code (K-8)
• Coding, Robots and Makers - Oh My! (K-8)
• Understanding El Nino (6-12)
• 10 Steps for NGSS and STEM Lesson Planning (K-5)
• Use the Ocean to Teach Density! (6-12)
• Using El Niño to Teach Life Science! (7-12)
• Exciting Water Purification Innovation Curriculum for High School Chemistry (9-12)
• Air! Engineering a Study (K-2)
• Grade 3 Science Enrichment: CondorKids (3-5)
• Notebooks! Write it! Draw it! Remember it! (K-5)
• Pathways for Students in Biotechnology Research (9-12)
• Physics is Phun! (9-12)
• Intro to Arduino and ArduSensors - SHORT COURSE (K-12) ​​

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1 Unit of Professional Development Credit:
Conference participants are eligible to receive up to one semester unit of credit from CSU Chico. Cost is $60 and a reflection paper is due by March 11 to Brad Swopes. Click HERE for course and transcript details. Click HERE to download the application for course credit. Please contact Brad if you have any further questions.

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Keynote Speakers:
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Quin Etnyre
​"Kids + Making = A New Kind of Education"

• Bringing "making" into schools is a worthy challenge that will transform K-12 education.  Fifteen year old Quin Etnyre believes that making teaches kids thinking skills, teamwork, independence, creativity, resilience, and tools for the future.  When Quin was in fifth grade, he started learning how to program electronics. By the time he was 13 he had created his own company (Qtechknow) designing and selling electronic ArduSensors and kits that enable beginners, intermediate and advanced users to start making and programming with the open-source computing platform Arduino. Now this 15 year old whizz kid has plans to revolutionize the education system, integrating electronics into everyday classes and he believes his journey over the last several years is one that is accessible to anyone - kids and adults, no matter what you are interested in making. In his keynote presentation, Quin will discuss how his success came about, including how he started his own programs in "making" in the Lucia Mar School District a few years ago, and some of the successes and challenges he faced in doing so.

                         Click HERE to watch Quin's Keynote Presentation!

Dr. Sean Anderson
New Tools For Exploring Our Coast and Ocean Are Within Your Reach

• Only in the last few years have we been able to take advantage of affordable, miniaturized electronics ushered in by the smart phone revolution.  Cheap, power sipping computer chips are melding with ever smaller, lighter batteries, 3D printing, and the open source movement to put the ability to explore our marine environment into nearly everyone’s hands. CSU Channel Islands is fast becoming the go-to location for such innovation.  Dr. Sean Anderson is an associate professor of environmental science and resource management at CSU Channel Islands. He and his colleagues are training everyone from undergrads to local middle schoolers to design, build, service, operate, and collect robust data with these tools.  He will discuss their efforts and some of the new insights they are gaining by having these new capabilities. The presentation will include a demo of some of the team's platforms and a discussion of ideas for how you and your students might get going with your own projects. Click HERE to view more info about this presentation.

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It’s About Time
http://www.iat.com
Sita Beasley,
​Gary Curts
dheyd@iat.com
Phone: (914) 273-2233 ext. 592

Amplify
www.amplify.com
Brendan Keeney
bkeeney@amplify.com
818-480-2098

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A Wonderful Day to Learn and Network!