Midwest Environmental Education Conference

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Midwest Environmental Education Conference

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TBA

8:15am CDT

Coffee & Exhibits! Watering Hole

9:00am CDT

Opening Remarks Salon A/B/C

9:30am CDT

Keynote Session: Ho-Chunk History: Traditional Cultural Resilience Through Climate Change Salon A/B/CBill Quackenbush

10:45am CDT

Everything is Connected: Hands-on Human Ecology for Young Learners RoweHeidi Masters Food Frolic Academy PinesTamra Dickinson • Vicki Lopez-Kaley Ojibwe & Dakota PLT lessons TimberlandLaura Duffey Stories of Activism, Empowerment, & Change: Exploring PBS Wisconsin's Wisconsin Biographies & More Badger's DenMichael Hartwell Taking Learning Outdoors in the K/1 Classroom Eagle's LookoutKaren Anderson • Wendy Fechner • Deb Ofte We're All in this Together- How the EPA Collaborative Problem Solving Model Can Support Environmental Justice HearthEmma Buzecky • Megan Gavin • Nathan Melia Climate Change - Development of a Statewide Infrastructure Salon A/CSamara Hamzé • Gina Smith • Victoria Rydberg-Nania Disentangling Environmental Education from Colonization Salon A/CDeanna Erickson • Hannah Smith Finding the Stories in Nature Salon A/CEmily Stone Letting the Land heal and connect: an urban mutual aid story Salon A/CZaynab Baalbaki Starts with us. Relationships, unlearning and learning together Salon A/CBeth Piggush Strengthening Connections to Place Salon A/CEmily Jones The Journey of Restoring and Revitalizing an Environmental Education Program Post-Covid. Salon A/COscar UrIbe

11:45am CDT

Affinity Groups! TBA

1:00pm CDT

Collective Leadership: Supporting Personal Power to Sustain Community Thriving PinesEmma Koeppel • Betty Ballweg • Lynn Parkhurst Creative Caring for Nature Through Art Badger's DenKristin Gjerdset Increasing Accessibility through Transformational Thinking Salon CKasi Greenwood • Rachael Lewandowski Sarette • Monica Spaeni Monarchs and Milkweed: An Essential Relationship Eagle's LookoutJessica Miller Tracking: an introduction to math and physics HearthClayton Sattler Trees Tie Us to the Land: Using PLT to Foster Connections RoweNicole Filizetti • Michelle Ramos • Chip Murrow Using local phenomena to engage students in robust Environmental Education TimberlandChristopher Like • Kean Roberts

2:00pm CDT

Environmental Education with EPA! PinesNathan Melia • Megan Gavin • Emma Buzecky Students Connecting through Manoominikwin (Wild Ricing) and Iskigamizige (Maple Sugar Camp) Salon ABrian Olson • Anna DeMers

3:00pm CDT

Building Nature Connections & Community Salon AEmily Brown City of Superior Environmental Services Division Water Quality Programming Salon CMegan Högfeldt • Lisa DeGuire • Ida Sampson Nature Poetry Is For Everyone! TimberlandNicole Filizetti Student Led Environmental Action Civics RoweMichelle Ramos iPlan: Creating Localized Land-Use Simulations for Place-Based Learning HearthAndrew Ruis Exhibitor Time Watering Hole Guidelines for Excellence PinesBecca Franzen

3:30pm CDT

Circular Intergenerational Connections RoweBeth Piggush Food Sovereignty & Indigenous Wisdom Salon AHeather Gayton How to be a Badge-r TimberlandBeth Schaefer Using Treasure Finders with All Ages Badger's DenEmily Stone

4:00pm CDT

Farm to Classroom: Embedded Agriculture in Culinary Arts Eagle's LookoutMollie Haubenschild • Erica Yoss Growing Native Plants and Creating Pollinator Habitat with Students; a place-based experiential learning opportunity. Badger's DenHaley Diem Growing Where You Are Planted: Place-Based Learning with Trees Salon COlivia Witthun • Jonathan Ismail Interpreting Northeast Iowa's Neutral Ground Salon ALilly Jensen • Josh Dansdill • Jared Nielsen Nature Explorers: Effects of an interpretive day camp on attitudes TimberlandGriffin Bray • Becca Franzen The Journey of Restoring and Revitalizing an Environmental Education Program Post-Covid. HearthOscar UrIbe What do you Notice? How Phenology Based Poetry Nurtures Nature-based, Inquiry-based Early Childhood Literacy Experiences While Expanding Children's Sense of Place RoweJade Ratliff Cashman

5:00pm CDT

Teacher Powered Schools Exhibit Happy Hour (with snacks!) Watering Hole

7:30pm CDT

Movie Night: Breaking Trail @ The Rivoli Theatre The Rivoli Theatre