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2008 AEOE Statewide Spring Conference:UNLESSApril 25 - 27, 2008 At Camp Hess Kramer in Malibu Conference Proceedings |
Note: This page will grow as more workshop presenters, speakers, vendors, and conference attendees share resources - check back!
INDEX: Workshops | Speakers | Entertainment | Howard Bell Award | Closing | Vendors | Other
Hand-outs and other resources from conference workshops. Workshops listed in Alphabetical order by title. All materials were sent by the workshop presenter for online posting and sharing.
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See ALL Workshop Descriptions for those not included here. Watch this page for updates as presenters send in handouts and other resources from their workshops.
Beyond Edibles: Exploring Uses for Fungi - Dani Mazzotta - Sierra Outdoor School. The aim of this workshop is to offer alternative practices that can help us to reach a common goal of creating a simpler and healthier life. We will discuss topics pertaining to Mycroremediation (using fungi to remove toxins from the environment), Mycrogardening (incorporation of fungi to aid in plant growth) and Mycrofiltration (using fungi to filter water.) Together we will even make our own dye and learn how mushrooms can be used to color fabrics. This workshop will make think about mushrooms a whole new way!
Beyond Dirt Made My Lunch: Integrating Music in Environmental Education - Miriam Ban - San Mateo County Office of Education. At San Mateo Outdoor Education the music of Steve Van Zandt and the Banana Slug String Band is an integral part of our environmental education lessons. In this workshop we will share some of our best techniques for incorporating music into lessons including: using songs to introduce concepts and set up lessons and using music to tie lessons together. We will talk about various methods for teaching songs. At the end we will facilitate an open sharing of songs that are education oriented and inspirational for students. Pescadero Valley songbook
Dive Into Diversity - Kim Swan-Sosky - Monterey Bay Aquarium. Teaching environmental sciences is teaching interconnectedness. Join us in a workshop focused on making connections between nature and audiences of diverse religious, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds. During this workshop, come learn more about the Monterey Bay Aquarium's education programs while learning fun, hands-on activities that incorporate strategies and methodologies for working with a variety of diverse audiences. Be ready to get outside, play, share and discuss ways in which all of us can deliver inclusive environmental programming to inspire the next generation of conservationists.
Eco-Phobia - Coleen Ryan - Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Garden. This workshop will introduce the theory of Eco-Phobia highlighted in the book "Beyond Eco-Phobia" by David Sobel. It will be discussion based with some activities focusing how to approach big ideas like endangered animals, climate change and de-forestation with young people. Bingo Board
Effective Teaching Strategies to Improve Learning - Laura Vandezande - Hi Hill Outdoor School, Long Beach Unified School District. In this workshop we will cover many techniques of effective teachers, including inquiry-based learning, questioning strategies, assessment techniques, and fun back-pocket tricks. We will learn how to apply the findings of important pedagogical researchers including Benjamin Bloom, Howard Gardner, and Abraham Maslow. Participants will gain useful teaching strategies to engage their students and increase student learning.
GoPopsi Helping Hand - Geraldine B. Leiwis - GBL&CLjr Publishing. Popsi, The Daughter of Mother Nature is the title of a story book with a free educational teacher's program guide that teaches, environmental lesson using Reading, Writing, Science, Art, Math and Critical Thinking. A recycled plush toy name Popsi reinforces the lesson within the book. In addition the workshop will introduce a free Eco-Pen Pals Program titled GoPopsi Helping Hand. The greatest thing about GoPopsi is that she can visit her eco-friends by traveling in an envelope. Children write how they helped Popsi and Mother Nature clean up our Earth and these stories are sent all over the globe by conventional mail and e-mail.
Ideas for Providing Outdoor Experience to Underserved Students – Tim Ward -Vida Verde Nature Education. This workshop is a strategy session for providing outdoor education to low-income and under-served students. Participants will learn some basic ideas for fundraising for programs that aid low-income populations. Also included is a preview of other programs that provide different sorts of opportunities to similar populations.
Keeping the Magic Alive - Steve Van Zandt - San Mateo Outdoor Education. From stories of inspiration and magic to teaching ideas that you can use tomorrow, this workshop is designed to renew your love for the art of teaching. We will look at outdoor ed. guiding principles each with hands on examples to explain, planning a flow using “Into, Through and Beyond”, ways to infuse a theme, “Framing” ,“Kinesthetic Focusers” and an understanding of the classics. Join Steve Van Zandt, Principal of San Mateo Outdoor Ed. (& member of the Banana Slug String Band) for a thought provoking and active session. Handouts Provided. (This workshop includes past workshops but always with new ideas)
Mosquito Madness - Kim Taylor - Yosemite Institute. Have your ecology lessons stagnated this season? Are you itching to try something new and bug out of the complacency pool? Now’s your chance….Mosquito Madness is Back! Find out what the buzz was all about last spring and join Kim Taylor for a highly interactive, multi-modal workshop designed to enhance your understanding of “our most persistent and deadly foe” and get your creative juices flowing. Chances are you might never fully appreciate mosquitoes unless…
Natural Hysteria: Humor for the Doom and Gloomer - Tom O'Dowd - Adelante Spanish Immersion School. Sometimes environmental educators can come off rather...unhappy. Endangered this, polluted that, invasive whatever, you know what I mean (I sound like the Once-ler!). This workshop is all about enjoying our dirty little planet while the sky is still blue. Come learn how to teach The Four F's of Mother Nature, share a joke, join the OTHER air cycle club, and take a load off Frann.
Science in the Schoolyard and the Backyard: Observing Nature in Any Setting - David Edwards - Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Think you need to take a field trip to introduce children to nature? Think again! In this workshop, we'll learn fun hands-on activities that will help your students enhance their observational skills and appreciation for local wildlife without leaving the schoolyard.
Unless We Experience, Learn About and Love the Ocean, We Cannot Protect the Earth! - Jesse "Jellyfish" Wernick - YMCA Point Bonita. This workshop is for anyone interested in Oceanography and Marine Biology in general, AND specifically of Northern California. We will learn about waves, tides, currents, upwelling, primary productivity, trophic levels and intertidal zonation. If you want a better understanding of the Oceans, from the waves we ride to the critters we explore and admire come to this workshop!
Working with English Language Learners – Emily Wang – Headlands Institute. This workshop addresses working with the diverse student population of California. Participants will examine myths about ELL students and indicators of language proficiency. They will also learn and practice techniques to help ELL students understand and communicate content taught in outdoor schools.
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| Jacque Nuñez, gave an informative and entertaining opening ceremony talk about her Acjachemen heritage. |
AEOE is pleased to honor Zayanne Thompson of YMCA Camp Surf with the 2008 Howard Bell Award. Read about the Howard Bell award and its history HERE.
Acorn Naturalists is the premier provider of teaching materials and books to the environmental education community. Acorn Naturalists has donated many items to AEOE for prizes, awards, and auctions to raise money for scholarships, and they have generously donated space for meetings as well. They are our preferred vendor for books and other materials. Acorn Naturalists is an AEOE Institutional Member, and in 2005, AEOE honored the work of Acorn Naturalists' owners/founders Jenny and Marty Rigby with the Howard Bell Award!
Thank you to our wonderful sponsors for their generous donations to the auctions!
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