You don't just want Pizza, you knead it! -Who wants a slice of the action. The cheesiest of sessions, Let's make some dough, and round out the day!

Are you a teacher who is thinking of beginning training a student to enter the Hairstyling Skills Alberta competition? Or are you a teacher who feels you lack confidence in training your student for successful in competitions? If so, join this session to learn tips and tricks to help you with issues like: student selection, training tips and guidelines that can elevate you and your student’s competition journey with more success. This session will be both a lecture/discussion and a hands-on experience.

What you will need to bring:

-Competition or long-haired mannequin

-Bobby pins -Hairspray

-Spray shine (aerosol)

-Basic hair ornamentation

Student's can struggle to meet the real world requirements of the jobs they wish to enter into- both the skill level required, as well as the credentials needed. The Canadian Welding Bureau's (CWB) 'S' test is an excellent blend of both, an opportunity for students to practice and test their skills with a high level of rigor and a chance to earn their first real welding certification which may help them enter into industry more easily.

In this session, we will cover what the CWB 'S' test is, how it works in industry, then how it can be taught. Once we have covered the theoretical side, we will begin with the practical side, working to weld out a full 'S' test within the Bev Facey fabrication shop. Participants will get a prepared welding coupon, the correct electrodes, and a booth to weld the test out. If participants are willing, they will then receive the full experience of removing the backing plate. I will operate our radiograph to cut the backing plate off, then those interested participants will grind the remainder off. Once prepared properly, we will bend their welds under industry conditions, and discuss what destructive testing may show us.

Participants must have pre existing welding skill with the SMAW process, wear appropriate PPE (long sleeves, full pants, safety glasses, CSA approved boots), and be comfortable working in a shop environment.

Are you up all night worrying about how you are going to create amazing instructional activities for the new Science curriculum? Are you feeling the crunch with all the curricular objectives you have to teach? Put that bothersome worry to bed for good by exploring the power of Computational Thinking and Scratch! Come see why the Scratch visual block coding language that is a PERFECT FIT for cross curricular instructional activities infused with Computational Thinking and Computer Science concepts. This session will introduce you to the Scratch programming language as we walk you through simple activities that integrate the Computer Science Science objectives with cross curricular outcomes from the NEW Alberta Programs of Study. Add a new layer of community building, engagement and fun to your instructional design with Computational Thinking and coding in Scratch!

Strengthen your students’ problem-solving skills and engage creatively with the curriculum by creating games in Microsoft MakeCode Arcade! This session will provide you with the foundational knowledge to help your students design their own video games, then bring those games to life through block-based coding. Learn how computational thinking skills such as pattern recognition, algorithm design, and debugging are necessary when coding and how to connect games to curricular concepts in any subject.