Education Today, Conservation Tomorrow.
Nebraska Master Naturalist and Nebraska Alliance for Conservation and Environment Education Joint Co
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Time:
All Day
Lied Lodge and Conference Center
2700 Sylvan Road
Nebraska City NE
Nebraska City NE
Contact:
Annabel Lee Major, (402) 472-8689, naturalist@unl.edu
November 8-9, 2013
Lied Lodge & Conference Center
Nebraska City, Nebraska
Why Come to the Nebraska Master Naturalist and Nebraska Alliance for Conservation and Environment Education Joint Conference?
Meet other educators, Master Naturalist volunteers, and resource professionals. Gain new knowledge and skills. Share what you have been doing, your ideas, and your goals. This is your opportunity to learn, network, and share! Register Today at http:/nacee.org.
Workshops
We All Teach: Share Your Best Active Learning Lesson
Designing an Outdoor Classroom & Using it for Learning!
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Robert Brooke, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Dr. Robert Brooke is a professor of English and the Director of the Nebraska Writing Project at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln. He has been working with place-conscious writing education for over two decades, in rural, urban, and suburban contexts. His 2003 book Rural Voices: Place Conscious Education and the Teaching of Writing has been used extensively in teacher institutes across the country. His current work explores the crucial problems of place conscious education in suburban settings, as described in his forthcoming collection Writing Suburban Citizenship: Place Conscious Education and the Conundrum of Suburbia.
Topics Include
· Plants 101 and Using Plants to Teach
· Nature Inspired Literature and Using Nature to Inspire Your Writing
· Carbon: Sources, Uses, Effects and Carbon Footprint Activities
· Amphibian Decline and Citizen Science
· Little Learners Outside and Winter Time Nature Activities
· No Props, No Problem: Nature Activities without Supplies
· Creative Fund Raising
Awards Banquet and Silent & Live Auction
Celebrate the successes of Master Naturalist volunteers and partners, and help propel conservation and environment education into the future by participating in the silent and live auction to be held Friday night. All proceeds go to conference scholarships and program development.
Conference Hotel Reservations
The 2013 Conference is at the fantastic Lied Lodge & Conference Center. Boasting beautiful surroundings, eco-friendly accommodations, and fantastic locally grown food. Through this conference, you will receive a special group rate when you stay at the Lied Lodge. To receive this discounted rate, simply visit https://reservations.liedlodge.org/ll/, in the drop down special rate box select Group/Block and use 1311NACEE_001 as the block code.
Lied Lodge & Conference Center
Nebraska City, Nebraska
Why Come to the Nebraska Master Naturalist and Nebraska Alliance for Conservation and Environment Education Joint Conference?
Meet other educators, Master Naturalist volunteers, and resource professionals. Gain new knowledge and skills. Share what you have been doing, your ideas, and your goals. This is your opportunity to learn, network, and share! Register Today at http:/nacee.org.
Workshops
We All Teach: Share Your Best Active Learning Lesson
Designing an Outdoor Classroom & Using it for Learning!
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Robert Brooke, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Dr. Robert Brooke is a professor of English and the Director of the Nebraska Writing Project at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln. He has been working with place-conscious writing education for over two decades, in rural, urban, and suburban contexts. His 2003 book Rural Voices: Place Conscious Education and the Teaching of Writing has been used extensively in teacher institutes across the country. His current work explores the crucial problems of place conscious education in suburban settings, as described in his forthcoming collection Writing Suburban Citizenship: Place Conscious Education and the Conundrum of Suburbia.
Topics Include
· Plants 101 and Using Plants to Teach
· Nature Inspired Literature and Using Nature to Inspire Your Writing
· Carbon: Sources, Uses, Effects and Carbon Footprint Activities
· Amphibian Decline and Citizen Science
· Little Learners Outside and Winter Time Nature Activities
· No Props, No Problem: Nature Activities without Supplies
· Creative Fund Raising
Awards Banquet and Silent & Live Auction
Celebrate the successes of Master Naturalist volunteers and partners, and help propel conservation and environment education into the future by participating in the silent and live auction to be held Friday night. All proceeds go to conference scholarships and program development.
Conference Hotel Reservations
The 2013 Conference is at the fantastic Lied Lodge & Conference Center. Boasting beautiful surroundings, eco-friendly accommodations, and fantastic locally grown food. Through this conference, you will receive a special group rate when you stay at the Lied Lodge. To receive this discounted rate, simply visit https://reservations.liedlodge.org/ll/, in the drop down special rate box select Group/Block and use 1311NACEE_001 as the block code.