Midwest Environmental Education Conference

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Midwest Environmental Education Conference

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7:00am CDT

Breakfast on your own

8:00am CDT

Coffee & Exhibits! Watering Hole

9:00am CDT

Iowa's School of the Wild Effort Eagle's Lookout (Capacity 45)Jay Gorsh What's new in the world of EE research? Badger's Den (Capacity 45)Becca Franzen • Yue Li • Kendra Liddicoat Changing Climate, Changing Cultures: Integrating TEK into Climate Education Hearth (Capacity 20)Victoria Rydberg-Nania • Cathy Techtmann Connecting Digital Students to the Land through Game Design Salon A (Capacity 108)Peg Steffen Decolonization: What is it? Pines (Capacity 35)Tommy Mackey Playgrounds not Battlegrounds: Using playfulness to engage in Serious Business Salon C (Capacity 117)Casey Meehan Sign, Song, Story: Keeping things lively. Rowe (Capacity 72)David Stokes (he/him) Tree Inventories to Connect with Community Forests Timberlands (Capacity 50)Jonathan Ismail • Dan Buckler

10:00am CDT

A day in the life: what do Gen Z-ers need and look for? Eagle's Lookout (Capacity 45)EENA • Becca Franzen The Stories We Tell Badger's Den (Capacity 45)Jane Weber

11:00am CDT

State Group Meetings (WAEE Annual Meeting in WI Room) TBA Exhibitor Time Watering Hole

12:00pm CDT

Lunch & End of Silent Auction Salon A/B

1:30pm CDT

EE in Action: Voices for Environmental Justice Salon A/B/CTommy Mackey • Dr. Lemir Teron • Robert Peterson

3:10pm CDT

Close Encounters with Small Wonders Badger's Den (Capacity 45)Jill Brigham • Kendra Liddicoat Diversity in Conservation: Creating More Diverse Career Pathways and a DEIJ Community of Practice Pines (Capacity 35)Lindsey Taylor • Cait Williamson Engaging Students in Lifelong Outdoor Adventure Activities in Physical Education Program Salon A (Capacity 108)Nick Okeefe • Oscar UrIbe Green House: Play a game about climate change Timberlands (Capacity 50)Casey Meehan Innovative Approaches to Great Lakes Literacy and Marine Debris Prevention Salon C (Capacity 117)Ginny Carlton Nature-Based Early Childhood Education: Using Seasons as a Navigation Tool for Open-Ended Learning Hearth (Capacity 20)Matt Flower • Alex LaBonte Noticing Nature: Connecting educators with their green spaces Rowe (Capacity 72)Megan Kuhl-Horbin (she/her) Resilience and Retribution: Key Components of Buffalo Nations Landmarks Eagle's Lookout (Capacity 45)Stacey Snyder

3:30pm CDT

Using photography to enhance nature connectedness Badger's Den (Capacity 45)Yue Li • Kendra Liddicoat • Becca Franzen

4:10pm CDT

Wrap Up & Closing Speaker Salon A (Capacity 108)Tommy Mackey • Deanna Erickson