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Thursday
, September 10
Thomas G. Crowder Woodland Center, Lake Johnson Park
6:00pm •
Networking Social - EENC Celebrates 35 Conferences!
Friday
, September 11
Lobby
8:30am •
Registration Desk Open
McKimmon - 2A
8:30am •
Coffee and Networking
10:30am •
Silent Auction
McKimmon - 2C
9:15am •
Welcome and Opening Remarks
11:00am •
To Move Like a Mushroom: The Naturalist In An Apocalypse
12:15pm •
Lunch and EENC Annual Meeting
1:30pm •
Professional Group: EE Program Leaders and Veterans
Room 10
9:45am •
More Walk, Less Talk: How a Japanese Immigrant Helped Create the Appalachian Trail and Great Smoky Mountains National Park
1:30pm •
Affinity Group: BIPOC in EE
2:30pm •
Bugs, Buckets, and Bioindicators: Creating Hands-On Macroinvertebrate Exploration Kits
4:15pm •
Niñitos de la Naturaleza: Empowering early childhood learning through nature and community
Room 14
9:45am •
Immunoassay Investigations: What's Lurking In The Lake?
1:30pm •
Professional Group: Classroom Teachers in EE
2:30pm •
Wild Words, Living Landscapes: Creative Writing Pathways for Environmental Learning with Older Students Aged 12-101
4:15pm •
A Journey Through the Phosphorus Cycle: A Game-Based Investigation
Room 7B
9:45am •
Big Learning, Little Boots: Successful Outdoor Education for Pre-K-2
1:30pm •
Affinity Group: LGBTQIA2S+ in EE
2:30pm •
ᏙᎩᎷᏫᏍᏓᏁᎰ We Are Working Together
4:15pm •
Join Science Across NC: Year-round Statewide Collaborative Science Events
Room 8B
9:45am •
Mapping Environmental Stories: Using GIS to Build Immersive Virtual Field Trips for Environmental Education
1:30pm •
Affinity Group: Neurodivergent in EE
2:30pm •
EENC Evaluation Clinic: Building Capacity & Relationships
4:15pm •
Enriched From Jump!: Centering Black Cultural Knowledge in EE
Room 9
9:45am •
How to Make a Custom Printable Field Guide for Your Programs
1:30pm •
Professional Group: Young Professionals Under 30 in EE
2:30pm •
Wake Green Schools Partnership: how formal and nonformal educators collectively advance environmental literacy and sustainability across the school district
4:15pm •
Spencer Mountain History Hike: A Trail with a Story to Tell
Saturday
, September 12
Lobby
8:30am •
Registration Desk
McKimmon - 2A
8:30am •
Coffee and Networking
McKimmon - 2C
9:00am •
Welcome Remarks and Updates
10:45am •
Strange Bait: Teaching Through the Weird and Spooky
12:00pm •
Lunch and Awards Panel
McKimmon - Courtyard
11:45am •
Full Conference Photo
Room 10
9:30am •
Connecting your Existing Adult Volunteers with Meaningful Community Science Projects for Real Data Collection at your Site
1:15pm •
Section Meeting: Eastern Section
2:15pm •
New Lessons from Don't Waste It!
4:00pm •
Puppets with a Purpose
Room 14
9:30am •
When Classrooms and Campuses Collide: Building Bridges Through Environmental Education
2:15pm •
Community-Engaged Resilience Education: Early Findings from Translating Classroom Lessons to Informal EE Contexts
4:00pm •
The OCEAN FOR ALL Alliance: Building Capacity Through Global Collaboration and Evaluation
Room 7B
9:30am •
Not Their Burden: Rebalancing Responsibility & Wonder
1:15pm •
Section Meeting: Central Section
2:15pm •
Mindful and Playful. Collaborating with Mother Nature to create meaningful experiences of Environmental Education
4:00pm •
Matters of Life, Death, & Earth: Lessons from a Course about Death, Dying, & Climate Justice
Room 8B
9:30am •
From Programs to Leadership: The Business of EE
1:15pm •
Section Meeting: Piedmont Section
2:15pm •
Nature as Design Mentor: A Biomimicry Field Workshop
4:00pm •
Investigating the Needs and Barriers to Collaborative Environmental Education and School–Community Partnerships in Middle Grades: A Case Study Across Southeastern North Carolina
Room 9
9:30am •
Beyond Tips & Tricks: How Gamification Supports Kids Time Spent Outside
1:15pm •
Section Meeting: Western Section
2:15pm •
Local Libraries, Live Animals, and Lessons Learned: A Case Study of the North Carolina Zoo's Summer Outreach Program and Evaluation
4:00pm •
Exploring Black Leadership in Outdoor Learning
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