CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Registration/Check-In : 8:00 am—8:45 am
Welcome, Annual Meeting: 8:45 am—9:00 am
Keynote Presentation: 9:00 am—9:30 am
Morning Session A: 9:45 am—11:100 am
Morning Session B: 11:15 am—12:30pm am
Lunch, Networking & Exhibits: 12:30 pm—1:45 pm
Afternoon Session C: 1:45 pm—3:00 pm
Afternoon Session D: 3:15 pm—4:30 pm
THANK YOU TO OUR AWESOME PRESENTERS. . .
WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE MEES COMMUNITY. . .
WE HOPE YOU ENJOY THE CONFERENCE!
A1 Lessons Learned: Year 1 of Arboretum Young Scientists
A2 “Risky” Play or Adventure Play? The Influence of Bias on Empowered vs. Fear-Based Language
A3 Wellness Walks: A partnership approach to facilitating mental health programming
A4 Connecting Classroom Learning to Climate Solutions in Your Community
A5 If you plant it they will come! – Designing a pollinator garden in one hour
A6 Environmental Justice Education: Linking Curriculum, Climate Change, and Community
A7 Civic Engagement in Environmental Education: Healing Our Planet and Our Democracy
A8 Schoolyard Ecology: The intersection of community science and SEL
B1 Environmental Justice, Civics, and Community Engagement: Exploring the Latest NAAEE Guidelines for Excellence
B2 Girls in Science (GIS): The Power of Community Science
B3 Environmental Education and Outreach Best Practices – A Community Collaboration
B4 Infusing Climate Change Across All Subjects with SubjectToClimate and MIT
B5 Training Volunteers as Educators and Ambassadors
B6 Using Music to Communicate Scientific Concepts the Visually-impaired
B7 BioMap: Bringing Conservation to Communities and the Classroom
B8 Mining for Chocolate
C1 Sensory Friendly Programming: Making programs accessible to neurodiverse audiences
C2 Green Infrastructure Ambassadors in the Charles River Watershed
C3 Teaching Environmental Education Through Food: Alignment with school gardens, climate change, and civic engagement
C4 Teaching Orienteering in the City
C5 Systems Thinking for Sustainability Education in the Classroom
C6 Solving Community Problems with Engineering (SCoPE)
C7 eeSurvey Sensemaking Session: Who is doing EE in MA?
C8 Hiring Through a Lens of Equity and Inclusion
D1 Incorporating Nature-based STEAM Activities into Environmental Education
D2 The Power of Student Voice in Food Waste Reduction: Sharing Best Practices for Supporting K-12 Programs in Environmental Justice Communities
D3 Teaching About the Climate Crisis: What teachers should know from students’ perspective
D4 Everyday Wild: How Connecting with Everyday Wildlife Helps People Develop Environmental Identity
D5 Engineering for the Climate Crisis
D6 Blending Plant Science and Computer Science: The Smart Greenhouse Project
D7 Working Toward Resilient Communities Through Outdoor Play
D8 Leveraging your Classroom as Living Lab for Sustainability and Green Infrastructure