ORAL PRESENTATIONS

• Increasing middle school inquiry through collaboration. Jessica L. Barnett, Melinda Wilder, and Tom Otieno, 53rd National Science Teachers Association National Convention, Dallas, Texas, March/April 2005. Session # 32.
• Our Feathered Friends. Darren Proppe, 53rd National Science Teachers Association National Convention, Dallas, Texas, March/April 2005. Workshop format.
• But Ms. Smith, this isn't math class? Ken Mattingly and Becky Smith, 53rd National Science Teachers Association National Convention, Dallas, Texas, March/April 2005. Session # 16.

• Computer Technology in Middle Schools. Nicholas E. Sketch, Marco Ciocca, and Troy Blankenship, 4th Annual Eastern Kentucky University Undergraduate Presentation Showcase, Richmond, Kentucky, April 2005, Abstract 38.
• Teaching Problem Solving Using LEGO Robots. Bobby Adkins, Bill Janeway, and Ken Mattingly, 4th Annual Eastern Kentucky University Undergraduate Presentation Showcase, Richmond, Kentucky, April 2005, Abstract 19.
• Enhancing science teaching in 8th grade through increased use of inquiry and technology. Jennifer Fairchild, Tom Otieno, and Tracy Powell-McCoy, 4th Annual Eastern Kentucky University Undergraduate Presentation Showcase, Richmond, Kentucky, April 2005, Abstract 15.
• Enhancing inquiry-based science and math in Appalachian middle schools: The role of university students. Tom Otieno, Sherry Harrel, J. Kenneth Mattingly, and Karen W. Carey. Annual meeting for National Science Foundation GK-12 Project Teams, Arlington, Virginia, March 2005.

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

• Nuts and bolts of Lego Robots! Debra Willard and Bill Janeway, 32nd Annual Conference of Kentucky Science Teachers Association, Lexington, Kentucky, November 2004. Session # 12.
• Inquiry-based science for middle grades. M. Wilder, S. Godbey, M. Burns, A. McIntosh, S. Dodds, K. Barnard and J. Barnett, 32nd Annual Conference of Kentucky Science Teachers Association, Lexington, Kentucky, November 2004, Session # 14.
• Our feathered friends. Darren Proppe and Tracy Powell-McCoy, 32nd Annual Conference of Kentucky Science Teachers Association, Lexington, Kentucky, November 2004. Session # 20.
• Inquiry based science and math in Appalachian middle schools. Jessica L. Barnett, Tom Otieno, and Melinda Wilder, 32nd Annual Conference of Kentucky Science Teachers Association, Lexington, Kentucky, November 2004, Session # 105.
• Introducing Middle School Student to Computer Science. Debra Willard, Association of Computing Machinery Mid-Southeast Chapter Fall Conference, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, November 2004.
• Incorporating technology into a water quality testing experiment. Tracy L. Powell-McCoy , Jennifer L. Fairchild, and Tom Otieno, 90th Annual Meeting of the Kentucky Academy of Science, Murray, Kentucky, November 2004.
• Using DigiScope 300 (Motic Instruments) in middle school science classrooms to increase student inquiry. Amy McIntosh, 90th Annual Meeting of the Kentucky Academy of Science, Murray, Kentucky, November 2004.
• Partnerships between university science and mathematics faculty, students and middle school teachers: The Eastern Kentucky University model. Tom Otieno, 90th Annual Meeting of the Kentucky Academy of Science, Murray, Kentucky, November 2004.

• Float your boat: facilitating inquiry-based instruction in the middle school classroom. Christopher Ervin, Malcolm Frisbie, and Margaret Soto, 90th Annual Meeting of the Kentucky Academy of Science, Murray, Kentucky, November 2004.
• Enhancing inquiry-based science and math in Appalachian middle schools (ISMAM). Jessica L. Barnett, James K. Mattingly, Karen W. Carey and Tom Otieno, Annual meeting for National Science Foundation GK-12 Project Teams, Arlington, Virginia, March 2004.
• Enhancing science instruction in middle schools: A collaboration between Eastern Kentucky University and Madison Middle School. Matthew Thompson, Tom Otieno, and Margaret M. Soto, 3rd Annual Eastern Kentucky University Undergraduate Presentation Showcase, Richmond, Kentucky, April 2004, Abstract 39.
• Using Lego robots to convey knowledge of computer programming, abilities of robots, and limitations of them. Richard Bunce, Chongkye Rhee, and Robby Thomas, 3rd Annual Eastern Kentucky University Undergraduate Presentation Showcase, Richmond, Kentucky, April 2004, Abstract 41.
• Understanding diffusion and selective permeability at the middle school level. Joshua Graham, Marco Ciocca, Cindy Combs, and Andrea Williams, 3rd Annual Eastern Kentucky University Undergraduate Presentation Showcase, Richmond, Kentucky, April 2004, Abstract 58.
• Differences between males and females in conceptual understanding of force and motion at the eighth grade level. Kristen Barnard, Jerry Cook, and Greg Wiseman, 3rd Annual Eastern Kentucky University Undergraduate Presentation Showcase, Richmond, Kentucky, April 2004, Abstract 59.

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

• Enhancing science instruction in middle schools: A collaboration between Eastern Kentucky University and Madison Middle School. Matthew Thompson, Tom Otieno, and Margaret M. Soto, 89th Annual Meeting of the Kentucky Academy of Science, Bowling Green, Kentucky, November 2003.