GLIN==> Register Now for the 2009 Michigan Alliance for Environmental & Outdoor Education Conference in Dearborn MI

 The registration packet for the 2009 Michigan Alliance for Environmental &
Outdoor Education Conference is now posted: www.michiganenvironmentaled.org
<http://www.michiganenvironmentaled.org/> !
 

Please see the information below, register, and help spread the word!


The online registration process is working!  You can now register for the
2009 MAEOE Conference with a Credit Card!
 
  
Connecting Urban Students and Teachers to the Environment
 
Michigan Alliance for Environmental and Outdoor Education State Conference
Thursday- Saturday, October 8-10, 2009 ~ Dearborn, MI
 
Environmental and outdoor educators, classroom teachers, natural resource
professionals, university and others will share their tips and techniques
for connecting students and communities to their natural environment at the
21st annual Michigan Alliance for Environmental and Outdoor Education
(MAEOE) conference set for Thursday-Saturday, October 8-10, 2009, at the
Environmental Interpretive Center on the campus of the University of
Michigan Dearborn. Over 100 environmental education 
sessions will be offered, ranging from school gardens, Great Lakes,
children's literature, and 'No Child Left Inside,' to grant-writing, field
trips, and much more. This year's conference theme is "Urban Environmental
Education."
 
 
The conference begins on Thursday, October 8 with eight 4-hour educator
workshops offered in the morning and afternoon from 8 am-noon and 1-5 pm.
Participants will receive lesson plans and other classroom materials.
Workshop topics include new early learner (pre-K) curricula by Project WILD
and Project Learning Tree, as well as workshops for elementary, middle and
high school teachers on Ecosystems & Biodiversity, Water Quality, Leopold
Education Project, Green Schools, and Project WET 
(Water Education for Teachers).
 
 
A wide variety of presentations and field trips will be offered from am-5 pm
on Friday and Saturday, October 9-10.  There will be outdoor sessions taught
along the Rouge River and on the grounds of the Environmental Interpretive
Center and former Henry Ford estate.
 
 
Dr. Douglas Tallamy, Chair of the Dept of Entomology & Wildlife Ecology at
the University of Delaware, is the Friday evening keynote speaker. Dr.
Tallamy is the well-known author of /Bringing Nature Home:// How Native
Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens /(2007) and recipient of the 2008
Silver Medal by the Garden Writer's Association. With as many as 33,000
species imperiled in the U.S., Tallamy argues that we must change our
approach to gardening and landscaping so that we can share 
our yards with other living things. He encourages us "to bring nature home"
(and into our schools) so our kids can bond with nature at an early age.
 
 
Molly Fifield-Murray, Outreach Manager for the University of Wisconsin
Madison's Arboretum, will highlight Saturday afternoon's program.
Fifield-Murray will share the Arboretums innovative work and research with
teachers, students and community members in the establishment of natural
habitats on school grounds. More than 200 schools in Wisconsin, and recently
established Centers in 14 states, take students through a process of
understanding and establishing natural areas on school 
grounds using 200 proven activities.
 
 
Saturday will feature an "Under the Big Top" Share-a-thon with more than two
dozen make-and-takes, demonstrations, and tried-and-true activities will be
demonstrated, along with lots of "gives-aways."
 
Registration materials and the complete program booklet are posted on the
Michigan Alliance for Environmental and Outdoor Education's website at:
www.michiganenvironmentaled.org <http://www.michiganenvironmentaled.org/>
<http://www.michiganenvironmentaled.org/>. 
The full conference registration fee is $65 for MAEOE members, $120 for
non-members, and $40 for college students.  
Teacher and student scholarships are available with application forms on the
MAEOE website (application deadline Oct 2).  
Earlybird registration rates and discounted room rates at the Hyatt Regency
Hotel (call 313-982-6978) are available through October 1st  . 
Registration for college credit and SB-CEUs will be available for each day
of the conference.
  
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