2026 EENC Annual Conference

2026 EENC Annual Conference

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8:30am EDT

Coffee and Networking McKimmon - 2A Registration Desk Open Lobby

9:15am EDT

Welcome and Opening Remarks McKimmon - 2C

9:45am EDT

Big Learning, Little Boots: Successful Outdoor Education for Pre-K-2 Room 7BLauren Michel • Elizabeth Peacock • Kelly Wilson Mapping Environmental Stories: Using GIS to Build Immersive Virtual Field Trips for Environmental Education Room 8BBeth Saile How to Make a Custom Printable Field Guide for Your Programs Room 9Christine Goforth Immunoassay Investigations: What's Lurking In The Lake? Room 14Trent Stanforth More Walk, Less Talk: How a Japanese Immigrant Helped Create the Appalachian Trail and Great Smoky Mountains National Park Room 10David Huff

10:30am EDT

Silent Auction McKimmon - 2A

11:00am EDT

To Move Like a Mushroom: The Naturalist In An Apocalypse McKimmon - 2CMaria Pinto

12:15pm EDT

Lunch and EENC Annual Meeting McKimmon - 2C

1:30pm EDT

Affinity Group: BIPOC in EE Room 10 Affinity Group: LGBTQIA2S+ in EE Room 7B Affinity Group: Neurodivergent in EE Room 8B Professional Group: Classroom Teachers in EE Room 14 Professional Group: EE Program Leaders and Veterans McKimmon - 2C Professional Group: Young Professionals Under 30 in EE Room 9

2:30pm EDT

Wake Green Schools Partnership: how formal and nonformal educators collectively advance environmental literacy and sustainability across the school district Room 9Joshua Hunter • Christy Perrin • Laura Wood ᏙᎩᎷᏫᏍᏓᏁᎰ We Are Working Together Room 7BJessica Metz Bugs, Buckets, and Bioindicators: Creating Hands-On Macroinvertebrate Exploration Kits Room 10Heather Holley Wild Words, Living Landscapes: Creative Writing Pathways for Environmental Learning with Older Students Aged 12-101 Room 14Rhonda Waterhouse EENC Evaluation Clinic: Building Capacity & Relationships Room 8BMonifa Beverly • Jen Gathings • Lydia Sellers • Kathryn Stevenson

4:15pm EDT

Join Science Across NC: Year-round Statewide Collaborative Science Events Room 7BChristine Goforth • Lauren Greene • Jonathan Marchal Spencer Mountain History Hike: A Trail with a Story to Tell Room 9Erin Hines A Journey Through the Phosphorus Cycle: A Game-Based Investigation Room 14Cameron Good • M. Gail Jones • Madeline Stallard • Amy Taylor Enriched From Jump!: Centering Black Cultural Knowledge in EE Room 8BAja Gray Niñitos de la Naturaleza: Empowering early childhood learning through nature and community Room 10Andrea • Joan Ballista • Alexander Sabala