2016 ESATYCB Annual Conference
| THEME: | Making Biology Relevant to Our Students: Strategies for Engagement |
| HOST: | SUNY Orange |
| WHERE: | Middletown, New York |
| WHEN: | April 15 – 17, 2016 |
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| Friday, April 15th | |
| 5:00-7:00 pm | Registration and Welcome Reception |
| 7:00-8:00 pm | Featured Speaker: The New Communication Environment Andrew C. Revkin, Pace University’s Senior Fellow for Environmental Understanding Sponsored by SUNY Orange Global Initiative: Water |
| Saturday, April 16th | |
| 7:30-8:45 am | Breakfast/Registration |
| 8:45-9:00 am | Welcome and Opening Remarks |
| 9:00-9:45 am | Evidence-Based Teaching: Just the Facts or Thinking Like Scientists? Dr. Diane Ebert-May, Michigan State University |
| 9:45-10:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:00-12:00 am | Workshop: Transforming Science Instruction Through the Use of Student-Centered Strategies: A Discussion of Novel Curricular Approaches Dr. Murray Jensen, University of Minnesota Workshop: Helping Faculty Put Case-Based Learning Into Practice in Their Biology Classrooms Dr. William Cliff, Niagara University |
| 12:00-1:30 pm | Lunch, Vendors (Pearson Publishing, MiniPCR, and others) and Campus Tour |
| 1:00-1:30 pm | NobleStream demo on Labster (virtual lab) and LRNR (adaptive courseware) |
| 1:30-2:15 pm | Building Bridges in STEM: Expanding SUNY’s Collaborations Among Community Colleges and Four-Year Institutions Dr. Joseph Skrivanek, Purchase College, SUNY Ecological Literacy: Getting Diverse Students Involved Dr. Alan R. Berkowitz, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies |
| 2:30-5:00 pm | Workshop/Laboratory: DNA Barcoding: Independent Research in the Classroom Dr. Bruce Nash, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory |
| 2:30-3:45 pm | Workshop: Biology and Social Justice Case Studies: Scaffolding Learning for Authentic Assessment Dr. Katayoun Chamany, Eugene Lang College, The New School, NY |
| 4:00-5:30 pm | Workshop: Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities (SENCER) Dr. Monica Devanas, Rutgers University |
| 6:00-7:30 pm | Buffet Dinner and Full Bar |
| 7:30-8:30 pm | Featured Speaker: Environmental Health Sciences/Toxicology as a Gateway to STEM Dr. Toby Rossman, Langone School of Medicine, NYU |
| Sunday, April 17th | |
| 6:00-8:00 am | Traditional Bird Walk Dr. Martin Borko, SUNY Orange |
| 8:30-9:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:30-11:45 am | Strategies for Accurate Assessment of Student Learning Dr. Victoria Ferrara, Director of Educational Assessment, Mercy College, NY |
| 12:00 pm | Closing Remarks and Lunch |
