2008 Missouri Environmental Education Conference

Educating for Sustainability

December 5-7, 2008

Commerce Bank Education Center - Missouri Botanical Garden

St. Louis, Missouri

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Formal Educators: Teaching Reading, Writing or Math with EE; Teaching Science or Social Studies with EE; Creating and Supporting EE Teams in a School; Building Administrative Support for EE; Grantsmanship for Teachers (finding, applying for and implementing); Assessing EE Impacts on School Learning Objectives; EE Research for Formal Programs

Non Formal Educators: Developing a Business Plan; Building Support (Members and Donors); Reaching Diverse Audiences; Aligning Programs With Missouri Standards; Assessing EE Impacts on Behavior or Learning; EE Research for Non-Formal programs

Content (these are subject matter presentations, not demonstrations of curricula): Climate Change, Weather Patterns; Population Growth; Energy - Traditional, Alternatives, Conservation; Water - Cycle, Pollution, Quantity; Air Pollution; Sprawl; Endangered Species; Environmental Law; Other

Envirothon and Stewardship (coach the Envirothon Coaches): Soils/Land Use; Aquatic Ecology; Forestry; Wildlife; Recreational Impacts on Natural Resources;

 

 

Conference Theme: Educating for Sustainability

Keynote Address

Lessons Learned: How Students Can Transform a School. Sustain Mizzou

Plus!

Environmental Literacy Working Group: If you represent an Educational Institution, Organization, Agency or Business interested in EE, come share what you are doing - Friday 3:00-5:00 pm, Commerce Bank Education Center Lobby

Friday Night Social Time:

Exhibitors: Connect with the Educational Institutions, Organizations, Agencies and Businesses that can help you succeed with Environmental Education.

Share Fair: Connect with other educators and find out from a practioner what really works in the classroom or in the field.

Certification: The Conference qualifies as a Category III requirement! Look for information on Professional Certification at the MEEA table.

Conference Location:

http://www.mobot.org/education/strc/faq.asp (for a map)

Conference Hotel:

Registration:

Scholarship Information

Exhibitor Registration:

 

Share Fair

The Share Fair is free to all individuals registered fro the conference to share information about a project, program or curriculum they use to teach (no home-based businesses please.) Share Fair participants will have 1/2 a banquet table to display information. The Share Fair will be open from 12:00 - 1:30.

DIGS: Drop-in Interest Groups

During the lunch break we invite you to participate in our "Drop-in Interest Groups" or DIGs. These are informal get togethers among individuals with a common issue, interest or problem. You can participate by joining a group that has been set up, or by setting up your own group. To set up a group, email Jan Weaver (weaverjc@missouri.edu) with a brief description of the topic your group will cover, your contact information and a name for your group. We'll find you some space and post your DIG description and meeting place in the Discovery Center.

Currently Scheduled DIGs

  • Pre-Service Environmental Education
  • Environmental Educator Certification

Scholarships

A limited number of scholarships are available for attendees. To apply, please send a one page, double-spaced essay explaining how you plan to use the conference experience to enhance your ability to provide environmental education in a formal or nonformal setting.

  • 1. Include your name, e-mail and home phone number
  • 2. Indicate if you are applying for a $40 or $25 scholarship.
  • 3. If you are a student, list your school, class year (Freshman, Sophmore, Jr, Sr) and the name and email of
  • a professor or advisor who can vouch for you.
  • 4. Include a copy of your completed Conference Registration Form
  • 5. Email, fax or mail to an address below (postmarked by Oct 15)

Attn: Nadine Ball - EMAIL: nball@maryville.edu; FAX: (314) 529-9921; MAIL: School of Education, Maryville University, 1350 Conway Rd., St. Louis MO 63141

Winners will be notified Oct. 21, and will be reimbursed at the conference.

Sponsor and CoSponsors

Sponsor: Missouri Environmental Education Association

CoSponsors:

Tentative Conference Schedule - all events in the Commerce Bank Education Center unless otherwise indicated
Friday

Lobby

Formal

Nonformal

Content

Envirothon/Stewardship

2:00 - 2:50

Exhibits and Working Group

Beyond Project WET: Implementing EE Back Into Your Curriculum

Leave No Trace PEAK Education: Kids and Teenagers

Taking a Likin' to Lichens

3:00 - 3:50

Exhibits and Working Group

Math and Science Save the Football Field

4:00 - 4:50

Exhibits and Working Group

Caves, Karst, State Standards and EE

Service Learning in the Environmental Studies Curriculum

Endangered Species, So Many Species, So Little Time

2009 Envirothon Topic

5:00 - 7:00

Dinner on own

7:00 - 9:00

Evening Event

9:00

Green Drinks in the Hotel Lounge - an opportunity for informal socializing with other environmental educators

Saturday

Formal

Formal/Nonformal

Contetn

Envirothon/Stewardship

8:00 - 8:50

Exhibits

History Comes Alive... In Your Own Backyard

Using Grant Money to Foster Environmental Education and Stewardship with Your Students

BRRRR! How Plants and Animals Deal with Winter

Environmental Issues Related to Medications in the Water Cycle

9:00 - 9:50

Exhibits

Worms in the Classroom: Bringing Environmental Education to Early Classrooms

Your Front Country "Leave No Trace" Field Trip (formal and nonf)

Sustainable Agriculture - An Archaeologists View of Ancient Farming Techniques

Starting an Envirothon Team at Your School

10:00 - 10:50

Exhibits

How to Teach About Global Climate Change by Accessing and Analysing On-line Climate Data

The Affective Transformation Model Through the Programming Lens

Missouri's Vanishing Treasures: Rare, Threatened and Endangered Species of Missouri

Soils Training for the Envirothon

11 - 12:15

Buffet Lunch, Sharefair, and Drop In Interest Groups

12:15 - 1:20

Awards and Keynote - Lessons Learned: How Students Can Transform a School, Sustain Mizzou

1:30 - 2:20

Exhibits

Starting a Successful Recycling Program in your School

Project WET Facilitator Reunion

Climate Change: Past, Present and Future

An Introduction to Stream Teams

2:30 - 3:20

Exhibits

Where Nature and Nurture Blend Seamlessly into Science Education

Edu-taining Diverse Audiences

Caves

3:30 - 4:00

Conference debriefing - bring your ideas, issues and concerns for the 2009 meeting

4:10 - 4:40

MEEA Annual Members Meeting - introduction of officers, review of 2009 priorities

Sunday

8:00 - 8:50

Faith, Stewardship and the Environment

9:00 - 2:00

MEEA Board Meeting - Introductions and Orientation

www.meea.org