12th Annual SEEA Conference & Research Symposium

12th Annual SEEA Conference & Research Symposium

Misty Hertzig

Huntsville Botanical Garden

Learning Programs Manager

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I am focusing on growing my skills in working with Middle and High School students in addition to connecting with teachers. I will be assisting with a teacher professional development program at the Garden that focuses on these grades and teaching them environmental sciences with a focus on climate science.

9:30am CDT

Registration Check-In Open Foyer

10:30am CDT

Experiencing STEM Outdoors: Preparing Preservice Teachers to Use Nature as a Laboratory FoyerDrew Gossen • Kelly O. Byrd • Rebecca M. Giles G.R.I.T.S: Fostering Green and Resilient Infrastructure Technical Skills in High School Aged Youth FoyerJaden Akers

3:00pm CDT

Registration Check-In Open Foyer

3:30pm CDT

Mississippi Aquarium Mississippi Aquarium

5:15pm CDT

Opening Reception Ballroom A

8:00am CDT

Breakfast Ballroom A

8:15am CDT

Conference Welcome Ballroom ADebra Veeder • Ashley Hoffman

9:00am CDT

Invisible Stories, Visible Impact: Bridging Environmental Justice and Education in Rural Communities Ballroom FKrystal Nicole Martin • Naya Black

10:00am CDT

Instilling HOPE in EE Ballroom FKaran Wood

11:30am CDT

Lunch & Networking Ballroom A

12:00pm CDT

Keynote Address Ballroom AElizabeth Hartfield • Cathy Schropshire

1:15pm CDT

Mapping to Conserve Biodiversity in Mississippi Ballroom HJocelyn Miller

2:45pm CDT

Entertainment versus Education: Bridging the Gap with Gyotaku Ballroom FBrittany Smith

3:45pm CDT

Exploring Effective Climate Change Activities Ballroom CMeaghan Huseman

6:30pm CDT

Dinner on Your Own On your own

7:30am CDT

Breakfast & Networking Ballroom A

9:30am CDT

Building Future Advocates for Gulf Coast Environmental Justice Ballroom CRachel Gisewhite • Jennifer Walker • David Holt • Gabrielle Moore • Sandra Moss

10:30am CDT

Environmental Education through the Lens of Non-Profit Ballroom CCallie Northern • Lennon Michalski • Jeanette Tesmer

10:45am CDT

Networking Break Foyer

11:30am CDT

Lunch Ballroom A

1:30pm CDT

Native Plant Guided Trail Walk on Fountainbleu Trail Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge

4:00pm CDT

Closing Reception & Remarks Foyer