Join Lab-Aids at the Conference for the Advancement of Science Teaching (CAST) held by the Science Teachers Association of Texas (STAT) this November in Dallas, TX.
Make sure to mark your calendars to attend our workshops and stop by our booth to talk us.
WORKSHOPS:
Cutting Canyons and Building Deltas
From Middle School Issues and Science, Redesigned for the NGSS
Students take on the roles of civil engineers as they use a river model to investigate how flowing water erodes and deposits sediments to create common landforms. They then design erosion-control structures and use the river model to test them. Based on the results of their initial testing, students redesign and retest their structures.
Date: 11/12 Time: 8:00-9:00 am Location: Madrid Room
Not Your Usual Elementary STEM Workshop: Make a Ride For One of Your Toys
From Tinkering Labs, Presented by Lab-Aids for K-5
This hands-on workshop challenges participants to make a vehicle to move a toy or other small object using motors, wheels, wires, and other equipment. This activity is one of 10 engineering design challenges in the Electric Motors Catalyst, a STEM curriculum for grades K-5 that comes complete with equipment, lesson plans, assessments, embedded support for ELA, and is NGSS focused. The program is distributed by Lab-Aids. Lesson samples and literature will be distributed.
Date: 11/12 Time: 12:30-1:30 Location: Rosetta Room