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9:00am PDT

A New Approach to Humanities in the Lower and Middle Schools, Part 1: Theme & Variations, Room A-122 Nueva Hillsborough CampusMatt Berman Collaborative Assessment Modalities, Trans-Disciplinary Student Portfolios, Room 217 Nueva San Mateo CampusSamantha Huff • Ted Theodosopoulos Studying a Word: Young Students and Structured Word Inquiry, Room A-117 Nueva Hillsborough CampusDiana Friedman • Carolee Fucigna • Rebecca Loveless The Question Formulation Technique: A Structured Approach to Using Students' Questions to Guide Your Teaching, Room A-206 Nueva Hillsborough CampusSam Modest Designing Monstrosity: Utilizing Design Thinking in the English Classroom, Room 1204 Nueva San Mateo CampusAlexa Hart • Jen Neubauer Overview of Design Thinking at Nueva, Room 1105 Nueva San Mateo CampusAngi Chau • John Feland Picture a Thousand Words, Ballroom Nueva Hillsborough CampusBruce Van Patter Wonder and Awe: How Biophilic Design and Nature-Based Instruction Impact the Student Experience, Room 112 Nueva San Mateo CampusJohn Diffenderfer • Hillary Freeman • Anna Harrison • Vincent P. Lattanzio Three Proofs Every Student Should See, Room 316 Nueva San Mateo CampusJana Comstock Teaching Through Problem Solving: Three-Part Series of Live Demonstration Lessons for Deriving the Formula for Finding the Area of Quadrilaterals (PART 1), Room J-208 Nueva Hillsborough CampusAkihiko Takahashi Teach a Mindful Moment: 10 Simple Ways to Bring Mindfulness into the Classroom, Library Nueva Hillsborough CampusMelissa Beressi

10:10am PDT

How to Teach Science in the 21st Century? Trust the Students to Figure It Out!, Room 103 Nueva San Mateo CampusMichaela Danek International Cultural Exchange: Making Virtual a Reality, Room 317 Nueva San Mateo CampusJennifer Perry • Brooke Tucker Nueva Math and Science Building Blocks: Deconstructing the Standards for a Flexible Curriculum, Room 320 Nueva San Mateo CampusDanielle McReynolds-Dell • Lelia Youn Makerspaces, Innovation Labs, Idea Labs, Oh My!, Room 112 Nueva San Mateo CampusAngi Chau Building Creativity through Play and Prototyping, Room 243 Nueva San Mateo CampusMary Cantwell • Ellen Deutscher A New Approach to Humanities in the Lower and Middle Schools, Part 2: Humanities and Philosophy through Structured Word Inquiry, Room A-122 Nueva Hillsborough CampusMatt Berman • Peter Bowers Creating Positive Classroom Culture through Effective Classroom Management, Ballroom Nueva Hillsborough CampusDamon Allswang Documentation and Learning, Room F-101 Nueva Hillsborough CampusSaraleah Fordyce • Carolee Fucigna A Third Grade Interactive Spelling Lesson with Structured Word Inquiry: A Demonstration Lesson, Room A-208 Nueva Hillsborough CampusRebecca Loveless • Erin Metcalf Perfectionism in High Achieving Learners, Room A-117 Nueva Hillsborough CampusEmily Mitchell • Laraine Ray Growth Mindset and Student Empowerment via Flexible Groupings in the Math Classroom, Room J-212 Nueva Hillsborough CampusAnna Blinstein • Lissie McAlvey

11:20am PDT

Finding Your Voice: Public Speaking for All, Room 1204 Nueva San Mateo CampusGary Kaplan Using Competency-Based Learning in the Humanities: Activism, Art, and the AIDS Crisis, Room 1202 Nueva San Mateo CampusAlegria Barclay • Allen Frost Animal Centered Design: Engaging a Different Type of Student, Room 112 Nueva San Mateo CampusRob Zomber Innovation for Everyone: Why Providing Access to Tech to Everyone is a Critical Civil Rights Issue of our Era, Room 243 Nueva San Mateo CampusZanette Johnson • Olatunde Sobomehin Fostering Mathematical Communication in an Advanced Math Class: A Demonstration Lesson, Room 1102 Nueva San Mateo CampusJana Comstock Moving Maths, Room 1103 Nueva San Mateo CampusBen Sparks

11:30am PDT

A New Approach to Humanities in the Lower and Middle Schools, Part 3, Room A-122 Nueva Hillsborough CampusMatt Berman Beautiful Questions in the Classroom, Library Nueva Hillsborough CampusWarren Berger Beyond Brain Breaks-- Activating Learning through Movement, Ballroom Nueva Hillsborough CampusZubin Mobedshahi A Glimpse at Design Thinking in Nueva's Lower School: Experience how the DT Process Evolves and Changes from 1st to 5th Grade, I-Lab Nueva Hillsborough CampusMichelle Grau Depathologizing Learning Difference: A Non-threatening, Solution-oriented Way of Talking to Students and Their Parents, Room J-201 Nueva Hillsborough CampusEricka Fur Mathematical Provocations and Differentiating Math Instruction, Room A-215 Nueva Hillsborough CampusKatie Kelly • Lora Saarnio

1:20pm PDT

Building an Internship Program, Room 217 Nueva San Mateo CampusKatie Saylor Stumbling Towards Empathy; Lessons Learned in Building Cognitive Empathy in the Unmyelinated Teenage Frontal Cortex, Room 112 Nueva San Mateo CampusJohn Feland Power Literacy: Reimagining How We Think About Privilege, Room 243 Nueva San Mateo CampusAlegria Barclay • Alison Williams Social Justice and Mathematics: One Road Map to Creating a Class, Room 1204 Nueva San Mateo CampusVeena Krishnan • Danielle McReynolds-Dell StoryCorps in the Classroom: Using Digital Media to Support Social and Emotional Learning, Room 317 Nueva San Mateo CampusLisa V. Gale

1:25pm PDT

The Monomyth Module: Developing a Theme-based Integrated and Interdisciplinary Year-long Curriculum, Room A-203 Nueva Hillsborough CampusSarah Merkt • Lori Mustille Anatomy of an Innovation Lesson, ROOM CHANGE A-117 Nueva Hillsborough CampusPamela Briskman • Jamie Diy Lesson Study: Building Teacher-Led, Student-focused Professional Learning, Room J-202 Nueva Hillsborough CampusShelley Friedkin • Catherine Lewis Sense-Making: Is it at the Core of Your Math Program?, Room F-102 Nueva Hillsborough CampusAnnie Fetter Creative First Steps Into Hands-On Number Theory for the Elementary Grades 1-5 – A Pythagorean Approach, Room L-102/103 Nueva Hillsborough CampusPeter Koehler Implications of Changing Understandings of ADHD for Educators, Library Nueva Hillsborough CampusThomas E. Brown

2:40pm PDT

The Holy Grail of Science Research: A Self-Propagating and Student-Led Novel Science Research Program, Room 208 Nueva San Mateo CampusLuke De Giving Feedback on Student Work for a Growth Mindset, Room 243 Nueva San Mateo CampusLissie McAlvey Creating UDL Classroom Environments that Optimize Learning for All Students, Room 319 Nueva San Mateo CampusEricka Fur Picture a Thousand Words, Room 1102 Nueva San Mateo CampusBruce Van Patter Teaching Affirmative Consent to High School Students, Room 217 Nueva San Mateo CampusKate Bedford • Alison Williams

2:45pm PDT

Nurturing Human Experience through Violin Studies and Classical Music as Supported by the Mission Statement of The Nueva School, Ballroom Nueva Hillsborough CampusSin-Tung Chiu Big History in Kindergarten: Using a College Curriculum as Inspiration for Investigating the Big, Beautiful Questions of our Youngest Minds, Room L104 Nueva Hillsborough CampusEvan Bartz • Laraine Ray Interdisciplinary Possibilities with K-12 Computer Science, Library Nueva Hillsborough CampusSaber Khan • Michael Olaya • Lora Saarnio Crafting a Structured Word Inquiry Lesson, Room A-215 Nueva Hillsborough CampusRebecca Loveless 4th Grade Design Thinking: The LED Lamp Project, I-Lab Nueva Hillsborough CampusMichelle Grau A Visual Hands-on Approach to Building Perfect Numbers: A Perfect Theme for Gifted Students in the Elementary Grades 2-5, Room L-102/103 Nueva Hillsborough CampusPeter Koehler