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Recent Conference Presentations

Virginia Association for Environmental Education Annual Conference 2025

February 9-11, 2025. Roanoke, VA

Student-led Garden Design Slides

Data Cycling: Mathing out the Right Course Slides

Creating MWEE Programs Based on Virginia SOL

Self-Assessment Tools for Effective Environmental Education Programs Slides


North American Association for Environmental Education

November 6-9, 2024. Pittsburg, PA

The Many Faces of Environmental Literacy: Building Multi-Faceted Capacity

2024 Virginia Farm to School and Directors' Conference: Growing Leaders, Cultivating Innovation

National Children and Youth Garden Symposium

July 8-11, 2024 Chicago, IL

Virginia Association for Environmental Education

February 22-24, 2024. Manassas, VA


Virginia Association of Science Teachers Professional Development Institute

Roanoke, VA. November 16-18, 2023

  • Knock Down the Silos: Outdoor Science Learning & Literature
  • Environmental Awareness: Supporting a Path Towards Action

Maryland Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education

Ocean City, MD. February 3-5, 2023


Activities Shared at Presentations

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How the Forest Grows

Measure a sapling, learn about the tree species, and make mathematical projections about its growth rate, time to adult size, and mature mass

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Schoolyard Surfaces

Create an aerial map using a satellite photo, then use the map to calculate the ratios of permeable and impermeable surfaces. Connects to watershed studies, human impact, and practice with math skills such as estimation, fractions, ratios, decimals. 

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Designing Solutions: Using Roof Models to Explore Run-Off

Using everyday materials, model how roof pitch affects the speed and volume of runoff. Engineer mitigation to slow and collect rain water that can run off a roof and cause erosion. 

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Exploring Virginia's Snakes Using Non-Fiction & Mathematics

Using the non-fiction Guide to Virginia Snakes, learn about a Virginia snake, measure a length of paper to the snake's adult length, demonstrate understanding by drawing the snake, and use the paper models to create and analyze a bar graph of snake lengths. 

Presentations from past years:

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2022 Virginia Science Education Leadership Association (VSELA) Meeting Short Pump, VA. November 3rd, 2022

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2022 VAEE Annual Conference at Airfield Conference Center and 4-H Educational Center

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2022 National Children and Youth Garden Symposium at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond VA. July 13-15

From Fear to Fascination: Using Curiosity to Overcome Apprehension. Session Block E, July 14

Pollination Empowerment: Student-Led Garden Design. Session Block G, July 15

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2021 National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Regional Conference. November 11-13, National Harbor

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2020 Virginia Association of Science Teachers (VAST) November 11-13, Virtual

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2020 Virginia Association of Environmental Educators (VAEE) Annual Conference. February 26-28, Sweet Briar College

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2019 Virginia Association of Science Teachers (VAST) Annual PDI November 14-16, Roanoke, VA

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2019 Virginia Association of Environmental Educators (VAEE) Conference February 7-9 Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond Va