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STEMS² Symposium 2023 June 27–29, 2023

STEMS^2 Symposium 2023
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June 27, 2023

Session 1 (In-Person Opening Experience) 11:30am–3:30pm HST

STEMS² Symposium Opening Experience

Plenary Session
Herb Lee, Bella Finau Faumina, Tara O’Neill

Session 2 (Strike Up the Fun!) - In Person 5:00pm–7:00pm HST

Sustaining Community: Networking, Food, Games & More

Plenary Session

June 28, 2023

Session 3 (Online Opening Experience) 9:00am–9:45am HST

Oh the Web We Weave! Diving into STEMS²

Plenary Session

Session 4 (Poster Session) - Online 9:50am–10:50am HST

Poster Presentations

Poster Session

Session 5 (Talk Story & Workshops) - Online 11:00am–12:00pm HST

Eating Our Way to A Sustainable Future-Intro to the ʻIke ʻAi Food Literacy Education Toolkit

Workshop
Jess Sobocinski, Alana Kaopuiki-Pellegrino, Maile Garrett
Thematic Session

Culturally Relevant STEM Education in Early Childhood classrooms

Talk Story / Paper
Shin Ae Han, Tugba Boz

Museums as Classrooms Without Walls and Learning Labs: Community Resource and STEM Education Case Study Utilizing Social Media Creator Content Rules for Public Engagement and Identifying External, Collaborative Opportunities at the Grassroots Level

Talk Story / Paper
Susan Kang Kam
Thematic Session

Lucky We Stay Hawai’i? – Experiences of Educators New to Hawai’i

Talk Story / Paper
Lori Furoyama, PhD

Aʻo in the East: The STEMS² Journey of a Kanaka Maoli in Maryland

Talk Story / Paper
Melonie Leihua Stewart
Thematic Session

Social Capital and Online Identity

Talk Story / Paper
Joseph Peters

STEMulating Conversations: Culture and Classroom Climate

Talk Story / Paper
Charles Ramey II
Thematic Session

STEAM Dreams: Just and Sustainable futures through STEAM Education

Talk Story / Paper
Sheliza Ibrahim Khan, Dave Del Gobbo, Sarah El Halwany, MajdZouda, Minja Milanovic, Nurul Hassan, Mirjan Krstovic, Gonzalo Guerrero Hernandez, Nicole Kofman, Larry Bencze

A math intervention with promise: Insights and findings from a practitioner-researcher partnership

Talk Story / Paper
Seanyelle Yagi, Linda Venenciano

Web Weaving & Announcements - Online 12:00pm–12:15pm HST

Session 6 (Service Learning Experiences & Workshops) - In Person 1:30pm–4:30pm HST

Meeting science standards in the wild

Service-Learning Experience
Dr. Lisa Marten

ʻĀina-Informatics: Place-based Genome Science for the Hawaiʻi High School Classroom

Workshop
Eric Tong, Ethan Hill, Joanna Kobayashi, Yvonne Chan

Paʻēpaʻē o Waikolu: Place-based Watershed Education and Caring for our Stream Ecosystems

Service-Learning Experience
Andi Charuk, Cory Yap

June 29, 2023

Session 7 (Workshops) - Hybrid 9:00am–11:45am HST

Computer Science Starts Early with Robotics (In-person Only)

Workshop
Adria Fung

Embracing Aʻo: Designing, Teaching, and Learning through Place-based Critical Case Studies (HOT)

Workshop
Lenora Crabtree, Daniel M. Alston, Ph.D

Uplifting African American Students’ Voices: Developing Solutions for Digital Equity in Communities (Online)

Workshop
Michele R. Williams, Nicole D. Williams, Frank S. Carr Jr.

Is STEM a Right or Privilege: A Closer Look into Justice-Centered Pedagogy in STEM

Workshop
Dr. Leena Bakshi McLean, Marie Gorman

Session 8 (Day 3 Plenary) - Hybrid 12:00pm–12:30pm HST

Sustaining Our Webs: Meaning Making & Moving Forward

Plenary Session

Session 9 (STEMS² Enter the Matrix Film Festival) - In Person 5:00pm–7:00pm HST

Film Screening & Awards Featuring the Work of Cohorts 8 & 9

Plenary Session