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2024 NSTA Conference - Presentation by Doug Morris & Rebecca Sansom

Saturday, November 09
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
New Orleans, LA

Spandex vs Cotton
Participants will experience a lesson designed to use argument from evidence to learn about how the structure and function of natural and designed macromolecules differs. Briefly learn how technology-mediated lesson study has helped rural science teachers collaborate to design 3 dimensional lessons.

Event Details:
Date: Saturday, November 9, 2024 - 1:00 PM
Location: Ernst Morial Convention Center, Rm 389

Takeaways:
In one class period, students will make a claim from initial evidence and then revise that claim as they gather evidence through five different tests used to teach them about the structure and function of cotton and spandex.

Speakers:
Rebecca Sansom (Texas A&M University: College Station, TX), Douglas Morris (Carbon High School: Price, UT)