Elevating Conservation: Empowering + Connecting Nebraska Nature + Science Educators | Jan 18, 2022, 9:00 AM – Jan 19, 2022, 12:00 PM Mahoney State Park, 28500 W Park Hwy, Ashland, NE 68003
Schedule
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Welcome and Opening Remarks
- 45 minutes
Keynote: Renee Sans Souci , Cultural Educator
- 50 minutes
Concurrent Session: Educational theory and practices: Understanding & Communicating Climate Change
- 50 minutes
Concurrent Session: Practical applications and success stories: Early Childhood Health Outdoor: Bringing nature and out
- 50 minutes
Concurrent Session: Educational theory and practices: Increasing Ecological Literacy through Science Communication & Edu
- 50 minutes
Concurrent Session: Practical applications and success stories: Relationships, Relationships, Relationships: Outreaching
- 1 hour
Lunch and Accessibility in the Outdoors Panel Discussion
- 50 minutes
Concurrent Session: Practical applications and success stories: Shipping Container Farming in Afterschool Programs
- 50 minutes
Concurrent Session: Educational theory & practices: Nebraska State Science Standards for formal and informal education
- 50 minutes
Concurrent Session: Educational theory and practices: The role science educators play in shaping local policy
- 50 minutes
Concurrent Session: Practical applications and success stories: Nebraska Wildlife Rehab | High School Science Academy
- 50 minutes
Concurrent Session: Educational theory and practices: Conservation Education Desires of Nebraska's Diverse Communities
- 50 minutes
Practical applications and success stories: Eight-Legged Encounters, Arachnids, Volunteers, & Art engage communities
- 1 hour
Happy Hour, hor d'oeuvres and Mentoring Time
- 3 hours
Field Trip: Exploring the Schramm Education Center and Reading the Rocks at Schramm Park
- 3 hours
Field Trip: Nature Journaling In and Out of the Classroom
- 3 hours
Field Trip: Birding WITHOUT Binoculars
- 3 hours
Field Trip: Conservation education using beneficial insect systems
- 3 hours
Field Trip: Game-based learning to support systems thinking and conservation