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Virginia Crisp
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Connie Bacon
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Suzanne Wilkison
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Bridging the Gap 2025

The 2025 Bridging the Gap conference will be held October 28-29 at the North Carolina Biotechnology Center in Research Triangle Park.

Bridging the Gap is an annual conference whose goal is to strengthen K-16 STEM education throughout North Carolina.

Bridging the Gap brings together educators, business leaders, government officials and others who play a role in STEM education to share ideas and resources to ultimately fortify and diversify our state and nation’s STEM workforce pipelines. Since 2012, more than 4,180 STEM stakeholders from North Carolina and beyond have attended.

 
  • Date:  October 28-29, 2025
  • Conference Location:
      North Carolina Biotechnology Center  Research Triangle Park, N.C.
  • Who is it for?  
    • K-12
    • Higher Education
    • Industry
    • Government
    • Other STEM Groups


Let’s Get Started
PRICE PER ATTENDEE
Before September 2:

K-12 Education – $225

Higher Education : Members – $225; Non-members – $365

Industry: Members – $225; Non-members – $365

Government:  $225

Other STEM Groups: $225

 
After September 2:

K-12 Education: $390

Higher Education: Members – $390; Non-members – $520

Industry: Members – $390; Non-members – $520

Government: $390

Other STEM Groups: $390

IMPORTANT DATES

September 3: 
Registration prices increase

October 20:

  • Last day to receive payments by check
  • Last day to cancel registrations
  • Last day to register

October 28: 
First day of conference (on-site registration is not available)

PAYMENTS BY CHECK

NCABR

Attn: Bridging the Gap Conference

P.O. Box 19469

Raleigh, NC 27619-9469

CANCELLATION POLICY

If you wish to cancel your registration, you must notify us on or before October 20, 2025, to receive a refund. You will be refunded in the manner of your original payment.  

To cancel your registration, please contact Virginia Crisp.

The following is a national call for speakers, open to all STEM stakeholders, including K-12 educators and administrators, higher education faculty and students, and those representing nonprofit organizations, government agencies and other STEM groups.

Presenters are asked to share resources and best practices in STEM education. Presentations should be engaging and should foster collaboration between K-16 STEM education communities.

Each session will be 50 minutes in length.

PRESENTATION CATEGORIES


50-minute presentation

Provides instruction and ideas for implementing Citizen Science with K-12 students. Citizen Science is the collection and analysis of data relating to the natural world by members of the general public, typically as part of a collaborative project with professional scientists. Sessions may address:

  • Implementing Citizen Science in the classroom
  • Working with research partners
  • Web-based tools and resources
  • Co-creating new Citizen Science topics with researchers
  • Data matters: Going from raw data to impact and classroom connections

50-minute presentation

Provides teachers with inquiry-based, hands-on activities and practical guidance for incorporating STEM in the classroom using cross-content integration. Sessions may address:

  • STEM to STEAM, STREAM or STEMM: Strategies for building bridges across contexts and disciplines
  • STEM in elementary education: Bringing science back into the curriculum
  • Mathematical connections to the real world
  • Integrating creativity in the hard sciences with STEAM
  • Design thinking in the classroom
  • Problem- and project-based learning (PBL)
  • Instructional design innovations
  • Vertical alignment
  • The student-centered classroom
  • Teaching tools for differentiated instruction
  • STEM strategies and implementation
  • Grand challenges and critical thinking in the classroom
  • Online crowdfunding for classroom needs

50-minute presentation

Links educators to industry leaders in the exploration of specific workforce needs both now and in the future. This track focuses on the connections between education and the world of work through industry insight. Sessions may include:

  • Future workforce needs
  • Specific STEM industry needs
  • Diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that address STEM industry employment needs
  • Middle-skill STEM jobs
  • Career readiness and employability
  • Extreme vertical alignment
  • Connecting education and employment
  • Career and Technical Education (CTE)
  • The 2+2 pathway
  • Industry involvement in the classroom
  • Digital disruption
  • Entrepreneurial design for teaching
  • Automation and artificial intelligence

5 to 10-minute presentation repeated for 50 minutes
Attendees move around the room to different tables

Provides attendees from higher education and informal/other STEM groups who are looking to share research outcomes and finished products with an opportunity to:

  • Disseminate deliverables from grant-funded research activities
  • Disseminate STEM education resources
  • Disseminate STEM curricula
  • Promote museum and other informal STEM outreach opportunities
  • Promote STEM programs for K-12 teachers and students
  • Promote products in the final stages of development
  • Promote offerings from university centers and institutes
  • Promote partnerships for ongoing and future programs with K-12 teachers and students

50-minute presentation

Explores learning from a whole child development perspective, which recognizes the complex environments in which educators must work while empowering students with the latest STEM learning. This track also explores how to prepare students for today’s information environment and it addresses practical applications and knowledge related to critical thinking, training and development for students and educators. Sessions may address:

  • How to support learning, informed instruction and intrinsic motivation
  • How to communicate high expectations in the classroom
  • How to develop student motivation, efficacy and perseverance
  • STEM assessment: Formative and summative
  • Social-emotional learning (SEL) and whole child development
  • Connections between student wellness and academic success
  • Deeper learning: 22nd century skills, including soft skills
  • Communication, critical thinking, collaboration and creativity
  • What we believe about critical thinking skills and why
  • Media and digital literacy

50-minute presentation

Connects higher education researchers with K-12 educators to explore the practical application of learning theory and current research in classroom instruction. Sessions may include:

  • The science of learning in the real world
  • Applying research to personalized learning
  • Free and open resources, textbooks, materials and courses
  • Curriculum mapping and authentic higher education experiences
  • Contextualized instruction
  • Higher education collaboration opportunities
  • Blended environments and classroom community connections
  • Higher education and community collaborations to foster diversity, equity and inclusion in STEM
Provides K-12 teachers with practical strategies to meet STEM classroom needs (time management, space, integration, differentiation, funding, etc.). This track is geared for educators and partners who are new to STEM.

Explores ways to design a STEM learning experience that meets the unique and differentiated needs of all children in the classroom. Leveraging the latest research in universal lesson plan design, educators will learn how to develop lessons and activities that work for all students. Sessions may address:

  • Serving K-12 gifted students
  • Serving K-12 students with disabilities
  • Diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in K-12 STEM education
  • Pedagogies for mentoring underrepresented students in higher education
  • Reaching low SES (socioeconomic status), rural, urban and minority students

50-minute presentation

Explores the recipe for redefining the teacher role in the classroom and ways teachers can feel supported and empowered in their work. Sessions may address:

  • Redefining the teacher role: Moving from lecturer to facilitator
  • Communication and partnering with parents
  • Professional development and capacity building
  • STEM discoveries: Fascinating new findings

50-minute presentation

Proposes alternative classroom designs that encourage active learning and development. This track focuses on emerging pedagogies and technologies designed to activate learning in new and meaningful ways. Sessions may include:

  • Artificial intelligence
  • Augmented reality
  • Alternative classroom design
  • Gamification of learning
  • The future of coding in the classroom
  • The tools, mindset and materials of makers
  • Makerspaces and virtual labs
  • Augmented reality
  • STEM video games
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Family Code Nights

IMPORTANT DATES

  • June 18 – Deadline to submit application to present
  • July 15 – Deadline for presenters to be notified
  • August 20 – Deadline for presenters to register for the conference or presentation will be cancelled
  • October 8 – Deadline to upload slides and/or other materials to be made available after the conference
  • October 20 – Deadline for outstanding invoices or presentation will be cancelled

REGISTRATION PRICING FOR PRESENTERS

If your presentation is approved, each person who will be physically present in your presentation must purchase a conference registration. Up to three presenters for each approved presentation will receive a 25% registration discount. (This is in addition to any “early bird” rates that may be in effect for all conference registrants.) A special code to receive this discount will be included in each presenter acceptance email. Please note that the additional 25% discount is limited to individuals listed on the presentation application. Presenter registration discounts cannot be combined with any other registration discounts.

PRESENTER UPLOADS

Presenters who would like to make their slides and/or other materials available on the conference website should upload their slides using the button below no later than October 8. We will post them after the conference ends.

What to Expect as an Exhibitor 
at Bridging the Gap 2025

The Bridging the Gap 2025 exhibit space will be integrated into the heart of the action in the conference’s main thoroughfare – all on the first floor in the North Carolina Biotechnology Center’s main lobby. Conference attendees will not need to search for you because they will mix and mingle and enjoy snacks, meals and refreshments where you are. Exhibitors will enjoy connecting with potential customers and they will enjoy Bridging the Gap’s fresh hot meals and all-day beverage service in a beautiful space known for its soaring 40-foot ceilings and gleaming hardwood floors – all awash in natural sunlight.

$395 FOR NONPROFITS/ $525 FOR OTHERS

What’s Included?

  • Logo included in conference program
  • 6-foot exhibit table and a chair
  • WiFi and electricity included – most conferences charge you extra!  (deadline to request electricity is September 11)
  • 1 representative permitted to staff table (a value of $225)
  • Delicious hot buffet lunches and all-day beverages on-site – right there in the exhibit area so you never need to leave the conference venue – for both days of the conference.

 

IMPORTANT DATES

September 10

  • Last day to register as an exhibitor

September 11

  • Last day to upload logofor conference program
  • Last day to submit request for electricity at booth
  • Last day to cancel registration

October 27

  • Exhibit setup from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

October 28

  • Exhibit setup from 7:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.
  • Exhibits open 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

October 29

  • Exhibits open 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
  • Exhibit breakdown starts at 3:00 p.m.

NCABR reserves the right to refuse to admit or to eject from the exhibit hall or any other area leased by NCABR for Bridging the Gap any person, exhibit or thing, at the sole discretion of NCABR, in its opinion, that is not in keeping with the character and purpose of the Bridging the Gap conference.

 

Conference Location

North Carolina Biotechnology Center

15 TW Alexander Drive Research Triangle Park, NC 27709

Preferred Hotel

Homewood Suites by Hilton Raleigh-Durham AP/Research Triangle

  • 4603 Central Park Drive
    Durham, NC 27703 |
    919-474-9900

Special Group Rate= $139/night plus taxes

Click HERE to make your reservation.

Area Hotels

Delta Hotels by Marriott Raleigh-Durham at Research Triangle Park

  • 151 Tatum Drive  Durham, NC 27703 | 919-474-3000

Doubletree Suites Raleigh-Durham

  • 2515 Meridian Parkway  Durham, NC 27713 | 919-361-4660

Hilton Garden Inn

  • 4620 S. Miami Blvd.  Durham, NC 27703 | 919-941-6066

Holiday Inn Express

  • 4912 S. Miami Blvd.  Durham, NC 27703 | 919-474-9800
Check-In/Breakfast
 

for All Audiences
Auditorium
Welcome & Introduction
Suzanne Wilkison – NCABR

 
Opening Keynote

for All Audiences
Auditorium
Sowing Seeds of Trust and Truth Through Teachers
Carla Rodriguez-Watson
Director of Research
Reagan-Udall Foundation for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

 

Concurrent Sessions

for High School Audiences
Dogwood Room
Hands-On, Minds-On Instructional Practices
Using the Engineering Design Process and Hands-on Projects to Teach Teamwork and Resilience
Allison Lee – Campbell University

 

for Middle School Audiences 
Congressional Room
Hands-On, Minds-On Instructional Practices
Do NOT Sit Down and Be Quiet!
Carol Moore – STEM West

 

for Elementary School Audiences 
Board Room
Hands-On, Minds-On Instructional Practices
Using the SEPs to Teach Sound, Plants and Soil, and Changing Habitats in the Elementary Classroom
Rachael Polmanteer – The Center for Inquiry Based Learning (CIBL)
Melaine Rickard – The Center for Inquiry Based Learning (CIBL)
Todd Guentensberger – The Center for Inquiry Based Learning (CIBL)

 

for Middle School Audiences
Auditorium
TechSpace
Operation Outbreak
Todd Brown – The Broad Institute

 

Concurrent Sessions

for High School Audiences
Dogwood Room
STEM for All
From Zero to AP: Expanding Access to Advanced Science Courses for All
Shannon Willaert – Lee County Schools
Amanda Penwell – Lee County Schools

 

for Middle School Audiences 
Congressional Room
Hands-On, Minds-On Instructional Practices
The Science of Immunity
Carla Rodriguez – Reagan-Udall Foundation for the FDA
Joy Eckert – Reagan-Udall Foundation for the FDA

 

for Elementary School Audiences 
Board Room
Hands-On, Minds-On Instructional Practices
From Problems to Prototypes: Student-Led Environmental Design for Greener Campuses
Megan Burkoski – Wake County Public School System

 

for All Audiences
Auditorium
STEM for All
STEM School Improvement Through the Lens of NC STEM Schools of Distinction
Howard Ginsburg – N.C. Department of Public Instruction

 

Concurrent Sessions

for High School Audiences
Dogwood Room
STEM for All
From Barriers to Breakthroughs: Building STEM Pathways in Underserved Communities
Charles Carter – Campbell University

 

for Middle School Audiences 
Congressional Room
STEM for All
Gizmos and Gadgets
Amy Fraboni – Greene County Schools
Hannah Moody – Greene County Schools

 

for Elementary School Audiences 
Board Room
Hands-On, Minds-On Instructional Practices
Incorporating Creativity and Art into Engineering Activities
Amy Isvik – North Carolina State University

 

for Elementary School Audiences 
Auditorium
Hands-On, Minds-On Instructional Practices
In Our #STEMera: Our Journey Through the STEM School of Distinction Process
Christine Mitchell – Wilson County Schools
Casey Wester Wooten – Wilson County Schools
Emily Vicidomini – Wilson County Schools

 

for High School Audiences
Jordan Room
Hands-On, Minds-On Instructional Practices
Energy as Project Based Learning in Science
Paige Jackson – Alexander County Schools

 

Lunch & Exhibitor Showcase
Concurrent Sessions

for High School Audiences
Dogwood Room
TechSpace
AI-Powered Curriculum Design: Strategies for Impactful Teaching and Learning
Reeshemah Johnson – Fayetteville State University
Claudette Fuller – Fayetteville State University
Kimberly Smith-Burton – Fayetteville State University

 

for Middle School Audiences 
Congressional Room
Hands-On, Minds-On Instructional Practices
Igniting Inquiry: Student-Led STEAM in AVID
Christine Sudzina Schut – Culbreth Middle School
AVID Middle School Students

 

for Elementary School Audiences 
Board Room
Hands-On, Minds-On Instructional Practices
From Planning to Practice: Elevating STEM PD
Christine Mitchell – Wilson County Schools
Jenny Combs – Wilson County Schools

 

for All Audiences 
Auditorium
Industry Connections
Bridging Classrooms to Careers: How SummerSTEM Transforms Teaching Through Industry Immersion
Joshua Hunter – Wake County Public School System
Paul Domenico – Wake County Public School System
Douglas Price – WakeEd Partnership

 

for High School Audiences
Jordan Room
Hands-On, Minds_On Instructional Practices
Transforming Math Education with PBL
Jessica Miller – Wake STEM Early College High School
Kathleen Grismer – Vernon Malone College and Career Academy

 

Concurrent Sessions

for High School Audiences
Dogwood Room
Hands-On, Minds-On Instructional Practices
The Maker Mindset: Transforming Secondary Learning with PBL and Makerspaces
Angelica Smith – North Wake College & Career Academy
Cherilyn Murray – North Wake College & Career Academy

 

for Elementary School Audiences  for Middle School Audiences 
Congressional Room
Preparing and Teaching the Whole Child
The Zones of Regulation: A Framework to Foster Self-Regulation and Emotional Control
Ashley Blackmer – The Oakwood School

 

for Elementary School Audiences 
Board Room
Hands-On, Minds-On Instructional Practices
The Superpowers of Succulents
Stephanie Musante – Chiesi USA, Inc.
Sunny Grothaus – Chiesi USA, Inc.
Vikas Narula – Neighborhood Forest

 

for Middle School Audiences 
Auditorium
TechSpace
The Science House Presents: Printing Possibilities: A Middle Grades Exploration of Biophysics With 3D Materials
Alonzo Alexander – The Science House
Jason Painter – The Science House

 

for High School Audiences
Jordan Room
Industry Connections
Flight Forward: Connecting High School Students to Aviation Careers
John Bartlett – Sullenberger Aviation Museum

 

Break & Exhibitor Showcase
Concurrent Sessions

for High School Audiences
Dogwood Room
Hands-On, Minds-On Instructional Practices
All About DNA
Patricia Velasco – Wayne County Public Schools

 

for Middle School Audiences 
Congressional Room
Hands-On, Minds-On Instructional Practices
The Science House Presents: Using Phenomenal Phenomena
Michelle Taylor – The Science House
Lenora Crabtree – University of North Carolina at Charlotte

 

for Elementary School Audiences 
Board Room
STEM for All
All Learners Have All Access
Daniel Gridley – Conn Magnet Elementary School of Entrepreneurial Design
Caryll Orejola – Conn Magnet Elementary School of Entrepreneurial Design

 

for High School Audiences
Auditorium
Preparing and Teaching the Whole Child
Finding Awe, Biodiversity and Belonging on N.C.’s Mountains to Sea Trail
Shannon Hardy – Wake Young Men’s Leadership Academy
Betsy Brown – Friends of the Mountains to Sea Trail

 

Adjourn
Check-In/Breakfast
 
Outreach Expo
Dogwood Room

for High School Audiences
NIIMBL bioLOGIC: Project-Based Learning to Inspire Life Sciences Careers
Chase Barnhill – North Carolina Biotechnology Center

 

for All Audiences
Mathematics and Science Education Center (MSEC) – More Than a STEM Resource Library
Chrystal Dean – Appalachian State University

 

for All Audiences
Wake Forest University School of Medicine Clarkson Campus Tours
Beth Uberseder – Wake Forest University School of Medicine

 

for All Audiences
Operation Outbreak
Todd Brown – The Broad Institute

 

for All Audiences
Coastal Eco Explorer Mobile Application
Dennis Kubasko, Jr. – University of North Carolina at Wilmington

 

for All Audiences
STEM West
Carol Moore – STEM West

 

for All Audiences
Research Triangle Branch-American Association for Laboratory Animal Science
Emily Weston – RTB AALAS
Amy McArdle – RTB AALAS

 

for All Audiences
North Carolina Central University
Undi Hoffler – North Carolina Central University

 

for All Audiences
North Carolina State College of Veterinary Medicine Tours & Events
Marnie Metzler – North Carolina State University

 

for All Audiences
Speakers Bureau at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Ericka Reid – National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

 

Congressional Room

for Elementary School Audiences
Sturgeon City Environmental Education Center
Jamie McIntire – Sturgeon City Environmental Education Center

 

for All Audiences
Explore Engineering with The Engineering Place at N.C. State University
Amy Isvik – North Carolina State University

 

for Middle School Audiences
Reagan-Udall Foundation for the FDA
Carla Rodriguez – Reagan-Udall Foundation for the FDA
Joy Eckert – Reagan-Udall Foundation for the FDA

 

for All Audiences
Empowering Science Educators: Building Leadership Through the North Carolina Science Leadership Association Fellows Program
Brad Rhew – Guilford County Schools
Alisa Wickliff – University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Pat Shane – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

 

for All Audiences
Aurora Fossil Museum
Cynthia Crane – Aurora Fossil Museum Foundation

 

for All Audiences
BASF
Beth Earnst – BASF Corporation

 

Boardroom

for All Audiences
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Samantha Beck – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Pria Bose – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chelsea Li – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Trinity Moore – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

 

for All Audiences
Winston-Salem State University
Shawn Holt – Winston-Salem State University

 

Break & Exhibitor Showcase
Concurrent Sessions

for High School Audiences
Dogwood Room
Hands-On, Minds-On Instructional Practices
Students as Innovator Advocates: Embedding Innovation Design in a High School Research Seminar
Kate Wernersbach – Wake Early College of Health and Sciences
Nicole Hill – Wake Early College of Health and Sciences

 

for Middle School Audiences 
Congressional Room
Hands-On, Minds-On Instructional Practices
Teaching Change Through Time and Evolution Through the Use of Models, Data Analysis and Argument
Melaine Rickard – The Center for Inquiry Based Learning (CIBL)
Rachael Polmanteer – The Center for Inquiry Based Learning (CIBL)
Todd Guentensberger – The Center for Inquiry Based Learning (CIBL)

 

for Elementary School Audiences for Middle School Audiences 
Board Room
Spanning Silos
Evolution of a Mathematics Clinic
Chrystal Dean – Appalachian State University

 

for High School Audiences
Auditorium
TechSpace
Operation Outbreak
Todd Brown – The Broad Institute

 

for Middle School Audiences 
Jordan Room
Preparing and Teaching the Whole Child
Engaging Rural Middle School Students in Authentic STEM Learning Experiences through Innovative Course Design
Tameshia Baldwin – North Carolina State University
LaTricia Townsend – North Carolina State University

 

Concurrent Sessions

for High School Audiences
Dogwood Room
Hands-On, Minds-On Instructional Practices
Real Learning in Real Places
Danielle McCaslin – Wake County Public School System
Holly Whittington – Wake County Public School System

 

for High School Audiences
Congressional Room
Spanning Silos
STEAgM: Promoting Synergy Between Agriculture and STEM
Robert Cobb Jr. – North Carolina A&T State University
Paula  Faulkner – North Carolina A&T State University

 

for Elementary School Audiences
Board Room
Hands-On, Minds-On Instructional Practices
Ignite STEM: Connecting Classrooms to N.C. Olympiad Events
Jayne Carlisle – N.C. Science Olympiad
Jason Painter – The Science House
Valerie Bass – The Science House

 

for Middle School Audiences
Auditorium
Tech Space
The Science House Presents: Everyday AI in K-12 Science Classrooms: What to Try, Teach and Tweak
Marsha Sirkin – The Science House

 

for All Audiences
Jordan Room
Spanning Silos
Supporting the N.C. Science Festival at Community Colleges
Courtney Behrle – BioNetwork
Khylah Still – BioNetwork

 

Concurrent Sessions

for High School Audiences
Dogwood Room
Hands-On, Minds-On Instructional Practices
Splice, Splice Baby: Integrating Art and Science
MK Baker – Wake STEM Early College High School
Cassandra McClellan – Wake STEM Early College High School

 

for Middle School Audiences
Congressional Room
Hands-On, Minds-On Instructional Practices
Wearable Paper Circuits
Lily Dancy-Jones – BioNetwork

 

for Elementary School Audiences
Board Room
TechSpace
Smart Starts: Integrating AI into the Elementary Classroom for Deeper Learning
Natalie Hulbert – N.C. Department of Public Instruction

 

for High School Audiences
Auditorium
Spanning Silos
Real Teaching with Real Data
Taryn Shelton – The Science House

 

for Middle School Audiences
Jordan Room
STEM for All
Having Fun with the M in STEM
Donna Heavner – STEM West

 

Lunch & Exhibitor Showcase
Concurrent Sessions

for High School Audiences
Dogwood Room
STEM for All
Full STEAM Ahead: Transforming Learning for All
Karla Miner – Davie County High School
Tani Caudle – Davie County High School
Matthew Barker – Davie County High School

 

for Middle School Audiences
Congressional Room
Hands-On, Minds-On Instructional Practices
Ignite STEM: Connecting Classrooms to N.C. Science Olympiad Events
Jayne Carlisle – N.C. Science Olympiad
Jason Painter – The Science House
Valerie Bass – The Science House

 

for Elementary School Audiences
Board Room
Hands-On, Minds-On Instructional Practices
Yeehaw! Resource Roundup with N.C. Ag in the Classroom
Heather Morton – N.C. Farm Bureau Federation

 

for All Audiences
Auditorium
Teacher Delight
Ag and STEM Connect: Strengthening the STEAgM Pipeline through Professional Development for Middle and High School Educators
Jennifer Beasley – North Carolina A&T State University
Paula Faulkner – North Carolina A&T State University

 

for Middle School Audiences
Jordan Room
Preparing and Teaching the Whole Child
Growing Minds: Using N.C. Check-In Data to Cultivate Student Motivation and STEM Thinking
Valerie Sellars – Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools

 

Concurrent Sessions

for Middle School Audiences for High School Audiences
Dogwood Room
STEM for All
Breaking Barriers: Inclusive Approaches to STEM Education for Underrepresented Groups
Michelle Shomo Pierce – Mallard Creek STEM Academy

 

for Middle School Audiences
Congressional Room
TechSpace
SceneCraft: Designing AI-Generated Narrative Games for Middle & High School Classrooms
Jacyln Stevens – The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation

 

for Elementary School Audiences
Board Room
STEM for All
See the Unseen: Hidden STEM Heroes and Filters to See Hidden Messages
Rhea Miles – East Carolina University

 

for All Audiences
Auditorium
Teacher Delight
Leadership: Tools Needed for STEM Leaders in NC Today
Alisa Wickliff – University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Brad Rhew – Guilford County School
Pat Shane – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

 

for High School Audiences
Jordan Room
Industry Connections
A Critical Need for Geologists in the Job Market
Amy Pitts – North Carolina Geological Survey

 

Concurrent Sessions

for High School Audiences
Dogwood Room
Hands-On, Minds-On Instructional Practices
Robot Revolution: Supercharge High-School STEM Education
Julia Wagner – FIRST North Carolina
Anna Cloud – FIRST North Carolina

 

for Middle School Audiences
Congressional Room
Hands-On, Minds-On Instructional Practices
Build Your Enhancing Engagement Toolkit: 20+ Strategies to Maximize Engagement
Courtney Hicks – Stile Education
Jason Painter – The Science House

 

for Middle School Audiences
Board Room
Hands-On, Minds-On Instructional Practices
Modeling Energy in K-12 Science
Noa Stuchiner – Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools
Valerie Sellars – Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools

 

for Middle School Audiences
Auditorium
Spanning Silos
Exploring AI in Advanced Manufacturing through Hands-on Problem-based Learning: A Summer Residential Program for Rural Middle School Students
Donald McCoy – North Carolina State University
Anthony Bowser – North Carolina State University
Tameshia Baldwin – North Carolina State University

 

for High School Audiences
Jordan Room
Preparing and Teaching the Whole Child
Sparking Curiosity with Investigative Phenomena
Lily Dancy-Jones – BioNetwork

 

Adjourn
 
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