Midwest Environmental Education Conference

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Midwest Environmental Education Conference

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10:45am CDT

Everything is Connected: Hands-on Human Ecology for Young Learners Rowe (Capacity 72)Heidi Masters Food Frolic Academy Pines (Capacity 35)Tamra Dickinson • Vicki Lopez-Kaley Ojibwe & Dakota PLT lessons Timberlands (Capacity 50)Laura Duffey Stories of Activism, Empowerment, & Change: Exploring PBS Wisconsin's Wisconsin Biographies & More Badger's Den (Capacity 45)Michael Hartwell Taking Learning Outdoors in the K/1 Classroom Eagle's Lookout (Capacity 45)Karen Anderson • Wendy Fechner • Deb Ofte We're All in this Together- How the EPA Collaborative Problem Solving Model Can Support Environmental Justice Hearth (Capacity 20)Emma Buzecky • Megan Gavin • Nathan Melia

1:00pm CDT

Collective Leadership: Supporting Personal Power to Sustain Community Thriving Pines (Capacity 35)Emma Koeppel • Betty Ballweg • Lynn Parkhurst Nature Explorers: Effects of an interpretive day camp on attitudes Salon B (Capacity 117)Griffin Bray • Becca Franzen

2:00pm CDT

Environmental Education with EPA! Pines (Capacity 35)Nathan Melia • Megan Gavin • Emma Buzecky Students Connecting through Manoominikwin (Wild Ricing) and Iskigamizige (Maple Sugar Camp) Salon A (Capacity 108)Brian Olson • Anna DeMers

3:00pm CDT

iPlan: Creating Localized Land-Use Simulations for Place-Based Learning Hearth (Capacity 20)Andrew Ruis

4:00pm CDT

Farm to Classroom: Embedded Agriculture in Culinary Arts Eagle's Lookout (Capacity 45)Mollie Haubenschild • Erica Yoss Growing Native Plants and Creating Pollinator Habitat with Students; a place-based experiential learning opportunity. Badger's Den (Capacity 45)Haley Diem Growing Where You Are Planted: Place-Based Learning with Trees Salon C (Capacity 117)Olivia Witthun • Jonathan Ismail Interpreting Northeast Iowa's Neutral Ground Salon A (Capacity 108)Lilly Jensen • Josh Dansdill • Jared Nielsen The Journey of Restoring and Revitalizing an Environmental Education Program Post-Covid. Hearth (Capacity 20)Oscar 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 Rowe (Capacity 72)Jade Ratliff Cashman

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

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

3:10pm CDT

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