The conference is over, but the learning and networking is not - I will be adding to this page as conference presenters, speakers, entertainers and attendees send in resources or comments to share. Thanks to everyone involved for a great conference!

Workshops | Speakers | Displays | Howard Bell Award

Workshops

Specific descriptions of all workshops offered are HERE. More links to resources, organizations, etc can be found there.

Below are materials, hand-outs, power-point presentations, and links to resources from the workshops sent to the AEOE Webmaster by the presenters. More are coming in all the time, so keep checking back! If there is a specific workshop you are interested in getting resources from that is not represented here yet,

Workshops listed in alphabetical order by title:

• Advocacy or Education? Presenter Cherylin Leong, TreePeople
  Even though this workshop was cancelled, Cherylin thought that the CREEC filter for choosing materials that teaches students how to think, not what to think.would be useful to environmental educators: Go to CREEC's Filter Page

• Beyond the Classroom: Essential Learning in the Natural World, presenter Kym McCulley, Education Analyst
  • Contact Information
    City of Calgary Parks #59
    P.O. Box 2100 Stn "M"
    Calgary, AB Canada T2P 2M5
    Public Education & Programs
    (403) 221-4516
    

• Bird Language, presenters Katy Schutz and Rachel Harris, San Mateo Outdoor Education
  • The presenters didn't send this in, but I found this article on Bird Language: Creating the Need to Pay Attention by Chris Laliberte, Clearing Magazine, issue 114, Winter 2004
  • Also see the Wilderness Awareness School website for information on further training.
  • Order Advanced Bird Language: reading the concentric rings of nature from Acorn Naturalists
    
• California Forests: Facts vs. Emotions, presenter Jay Lopez, LA County Fire Department, Forestry Division.
  • California Forest Products Commission - downloadable curriculum ("Forests Forever" is very classroom-oriented with worksheets)
  • Flyer for Free Materials from the Forest Foundation (pdf - 322K)

• Changing Behavior and Creating Real Environmental Stewards: Theory and Practice that has changed Headland Institute Forever (Responsible Environmental Behavior (REB) Theory and Practice), presenter Duffy Ross, Headlands Institute. Five handouts:
  • Tips for Building Responsible Environmental Behavior,
  • Values on a Line, Vignette,
  • Action Strategies for Younger Folks,
  • Terms - Building Blocks for REB
  • See also Walden West's resources for Eco-Action, mentioned in the workshop by attendee Robb Stolberg: Walden West's Eco-Action Kids Club uses this Eco-Action Contest Application (pdf-34K/Word doc) and also Kids Making a Difference (pdf-27K/Word doc)

• Curriculum Design in Adventure Education, presenter: Jeff Baierlein, Boojum Institute director. Workshop handout/outline (pdf-56K)

• Diversity Wrap-Up Forum, presenters/facilitators: Jack Shu, Armando Nieto. Reflections and action items from the AEOE Diversity Strand - a vision for the future.
  • Diversity Strand Comments I will add to this as folks make comments about the diversity strand of workshops.

• Embark, Enlighten, and Educate through Poetry, presenter Nicole Cheslock, Program Consultant.
  • Handouts and notes (pdf 112K)
  • Links to poems and resources for poetry given in the workshop

• Keeping the Magic Alive - presenter Steve van Zandt, San Mateo Outdoor Education / Banana Slug String Band. Link to Steve's hand-out from last year's conference, same workshop.

• Ingredients for Authentic Collaboration and Partnership, presenters David Romain, Iron Triangle Community Collaborative GSEEC and Jeff Hohensee TreePeople Paper: Four Models of Community Collaborative Efforts: Experiments in open engagement among people of different backgrounds, by David L. Romain

• Nose Flutes and Slide Whistles - Random Musical Instruments, presenter Robb "Big Brown Bat" Stolberg, Walden West. Here are some resources that Rob mentioned - not about instruments, but about Walden West's Eco-Action Kids Club: Eco-Action Contest Application (pdf-34K/Word doc) | Kids Making a Difference (pdf-27K/Word doc)

• School Yard Habitats, presenter: Nicole Fernandes, NWF.
  • The National Wildlife Federation Schoolyard Habitats webpage is an excellent resource full of information, links to other resources, lesson plans and more. It includes lots of info about how to create schoolyard habitats, inspirational stories, project ideas, etc.
  • In addition, here are PDF documents showing how the NWF's "Discovering Habitats" Curriculum (which has lots of overlap with the Schoolyard Habitats curriculum) correlates with the California Science Standards by grade level: K | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
  • NEW! Schoolyard Habitats Powerpoint presentation from this workshop - works best in Internet Explorer

• Service Learning at Outdoor School, presenter: Pete Devine, Yosemite Institute. Links to various resources on service learning:
  • California Department of Education Service Learning Links
  • CDE Service Learning - Standards, Curricula, etc including Five Key Elements of Service Learning
  • National Service Learning Partnership
  • Learning In Deed: Making a Difference through Service-Learning
  • Kidsgardening theme: Service Learning: helping kids and communities grow
  • "Learning In Deed" - the National Commission on Service Learning
  • Article hand-out at workshop: "Service Learning Puts Academics into Action" by Scott Willis, from the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
  • Inspirational Quotes related to service learning (from hand-out in workshop)

• So You Want to Change Individuals' Behavior, presenter Nicole Cheslock, Program Consultant. PowerPoint presentation used in the workshop (this works best in Internet Explorer).

• String Figures, presenter Beth Nordeen, LA Natural History Museum.
  • World Wide Webs
  • String Figures by difficulty level
  • Cat's Cradle
  • Links to other string figure websites
  • NEW! Here's another one I found: The Survival, Origin, and Mathematics of String Figures!

• Tidepool Cruiser, presenter Gary Poe. Windows on Our Waters website

• The Totally Awesome Teacher Trainer, presenter Terry McLaughlin, Yosemite Institute. 18 hand-outs for this great workshop!

• What is Living? (Astrobiology) Presenter Beth Nordeen, LA Natural History Museum.
  • Astrobiology Magazine
  • Ideas about defining life- http://www.lifeinuniverse.org/noflash/Lifedefinition-04-01.html
    Hmmm, lifeinuniverse.org seems to be lifeless...
  • Entropy and biology
  • Natural History Museum's Skymobile Program

Speakers

• David Abram, our amazing keynote speaker, sent in the following article (for posting on this website only - please do not reprint without permission from him)
  • Depth Ecology, by David Abram
  • For more information on David Abram, including links to online articles, Click Here

• Bill Andrews, California Department of Education, Office of Environmental Education. Here is an outline of his talk, with resources, or you can download it in print-friendly pdf format (pdf-44K) You may also find information about Legislation affecting Environmental and Outdoor Educators on the AEOE Legislation page

• Closing Talk with Laura "Leaf" Vandezande: Branching Roads. Here is the Gary Snyder poem she mentioned: "The Trail Is Not a Trail"

Displays

• AEOE History Display

• Acorn Naturalists booth

• City Safari Animals - contact Gail Nelson; Phone: 310-676-5516;

• Auctions, raffles and prizes - see the list of sponsors - we raised over $3000 for Joie's Daisies Scholarships through these items!

Howard Bell Award

AEOE was honored to present the Howard Bell Award to Stephen "Hoppy" Hopkins from the Sly Park EE Center (Sacramento County Office of Education) Hoppy has been a tireless, passionate and enthusiastic supporter of outdoor/environmental education and AEOE for many years - in fact, at the conference, he was the only one who stood up when Janice Smith, AEOE State Historian, asked who had been involved since the 1970's! We managed to keep the award a surprise till the end of the conference, where Dan Allison and Savannah Brown tricked Hoppy into thinking he was only getting the home-made "Golden Megaphone Award" Savvy had put together for him! His surprise and delight were a joy to watch, and truly gave the conference "a Hoppy ending"!

If a workshop/talk you attended is not on here, it is because the presenters/speakers have not sent me their materials, not because they were left out - I'd love to have resources from ALL the workshops and talks. Maybe next year!

Spring 2004 Conference General Information Scholarships Sponsors/Donors Donating to Auctions Call for Presenters Schedule Workshops Keynote: David Abram Abel Silvas Sharon Fuller Entertainment Rhymin' Reason Cubensis Casey Neill Diversity Strand Conference Committee Registration Packet Registration Info Getting There Registration Form COSA registration

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