Promoting environmental literacy through education.

Past Conferences

2011 Annual Conference
Striving for Sustainability ~ October 7-9, 2011
Delta College Planetarium
Bay City, MI

Topic Strands:

Achieving Learning Standards through Environmental Education
Great Lakes & Freshwater Studies
Michigan Agriculture
Earth Science & Technology

Friday, Oct. 7th
All Day Workshops:
Forestry Field Studies for High School & College Students & Using GLOBE in an Urban Environment

Half Day Workshops:

Wildlife-Friendly Gardens for Schools & Communities, Project Wild for 3-8th Grade Educators

Become a Flying WILD Facilitator for Michigan, Project WET - New Curriculum & Statewide Facilitator Update

Polar Bears & Climate Change: Live Journey to the Arctic!

Go Solar! Teaching Circuit Basics Using Renewable Energy

Wind Power! Elementary Explorations in Wind Energy

Tall Ship Schooner APPLEDORE IV Educator Cruise

“Great Lakescapes” Artists-in-Residence

Saginaw Bay Visitor Center – MDNR Getting Your Students Outdoors

Friday Evening: Keynote Speaker: Rob Mies, Director - Organization for Bat Conservation “Biodiversity Live!”

Planetarium Show: Black Holes, a full-dome, full-length production featuring 3-D simulations of black holes and the strange physical and visual effects they can create.

Friday, Oct. 7th
All Day Workshops:
    Forestry Field Studies for High School & College Students & Using GLOBE in an Urban Environment

Half Day Workshops:
    Wildlife-Friendly Gardens for Schools & Communities
    Project Wild for 3-8th Grade Educators
    Become a Flying WILD Facilitator for Michigan, Project WET
    New Curriculum & Statewide Facilitator Update
    Polar Bears & Climate Change: Live Journey to the Arctic!
    Go Solar! Teaching Circuit Basics Using Renewable Energy
    Wind Power! Elementary Explorations in Wind Energy
    Tall Ship Schooner APPLEDORE IV Educator Cruise
    “Great Lakescapes” Artists-in-Residence
   Saginaw Bay Visitor Center
   MDNR Getting Your Students Outdoors

Friday Evening:
    Keynote Speaker: Rob Mies, Director - Organization for Bat Conservation “Biodiversity Live!”
    Planetarium Show: Black Holes, a full-dome, full-length production featuring 3-D simulations of black holesand the strange physical and visual effects they can create.

Saturday, Oct. 8th
    Participants can choose from 36 different 45-minute or 90-minute sessions
    3rd Annual Share-a-thon and Picnic Lunch featuring ready-to-go outdoor and classroom activities
    Book Fair, Silent Auction, Exhibitors & Vendors in the Space Explorer’s Hall

Saturday Evening:
    Awards Dinner at the Doubletree Hotel
    Keynote Speaker: Pat Norris, Professor of Natural Resource Economics and Conservation Michigan State University “Responding to Wicked Problems with Environmental Literacy and Civic Engagement”

Sunday, Oct. 9th Field Trips
    Discover EE at a Nature Center –Chippewa Nature Center!
    Tobico Marsh Birding Kayak Tour
    Introduction to Geocaching
    Educational Tour of Hartley Center & Murphy Farm
    Tall Ship Schooner APPLEDORE IV
    Downtown Bay City Historic Walking Tour