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Thurs, Feb 19, 2015

5:00 – 8:00 PM  

Registration Open
Exhibitor Check in and set up
Verizon Center Lobby

Fri, Feb 20, 2015

7:15 – 8:00 AM  

Registration Continues
Continental Breakfast Available
Verizon Center Arena

7:30 AM  

Exhibits Open
Verizon Center Arena

8:00 – 8:45 AM  

Presentation Session 1

9:00 – 9:45 AM  

Presentation Session 2

10:00 – 10:45 AM  

Presentation Session 3

11:00 – 11:45 AM  

Welcome and Greeting!
MnSTA Science Teaching Award
Verizon Banquet Hall

11:45 AM – 12:30 PM  

Keynote Speaker: RT Rybak
“Minnesota’s Achievement Gap and What We Can Do About It”
Verizon Banquet Hall

12:30 - 1:30 PM  

Lunch Available/Exhibit Time
Verizon Arena

1:30 – 2:15 PM  

Presentation Session 4

2:30 – 3:15 PM  

Presentation Session 5

3:30 - 4:15 PM  

Presentation Session 6

4:15 – 5:00 PM  

Social Event
Door Prize Give Away • Meet the Vendors

Verizon Arena
Exhibits remain open until 5 PM

5:30 - 7:30 PM  

Museum open until 8:30 PM  

MnCOSE Gathering and 50th Anniversary Reception

• Dinner (included with registration), cash bar
• MnSTA Annual Meeting
• Back to the '60s Theme!
• Twitter Photo Booth with props!
• 50th Anniversary Celebration and Cake

Children’s Museum of Southern Minnesota

MnCOSE Twitter Guided Traveling Social

Network with Twitter until 11PM while you explore Mankato’s Front Street Establishments.  Use #MnCOSE50 to connect!

Sat, Feb 21, 2015

6:45 – 9:00 AM  
Verizon Banquet Hall  

Continental Breakfast Available
Saturday Only Registration Available

8:30 – 12:30 PM  
CMSM Maker Space  

Phenomenon Based Learning - Fun, Hands On, Cooperative Learning, Matt Bobrowsky, Delaware State University

7:00 - 8:00 AM  
and/or  
9:00 - 10:00 AM  

Verizon Center 

Understanding Mental Health in Children & Adolescents
7:00 - Early Bird Session               9:00 - Second Session


Ginny Nimmo, Mankato Public Schools

8:30 - 12:30 AM  
Verizon Banquet Hall  

Engineering a Better Science Classroom,
Paul Anderson, Bozeman Science