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KAEE 2024 Conference

KAEE’s 48th Annual Conference | Forging Paths for Environmental Education: Community, Conversations, and Creativity

Title Sponsor: Morehead State University | Drs. Ernst and Sara Lane Volgenau College of Education

Land Acknowledgement
Morehead State University and the surrounding area are located on the traditional lands of the Yuchee, Shawnee, and Eastern Band of Cherokee. Indigenous peoples have lived on the land we now call Kentucky for over 12,000 years. We want to acknowledge the deep history of this land and the people who still live here today. To learn more about this land and the land you call home, visit native-land.ca.

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9:00am EST

Don't Waste It! Educator Workshop Room 311 (Terrace Access)Jennifer Beach • Milan Bush • Kentucky Environmental Education Council

1:00pm EST

Upper Ordovician fossil collecting at “Slate Valley”, Kentucky Off-SiteJen O'Keefe eeHEN Summit Room 325Brittany Wray • Meg Gravil • Tracy Knowles Birding with Fishes Off-SiteRonan O'Carra Walk through the Arts with Basket-Making Off-SiteDebbie Howes • Ashley Gilliam

4:30pm EST

Facilitator Happy Hour Sawstone Brewery

6:00pm EST

Pre-Conference Social & Dinner Rowan County Arts Center

7:30am EST

Registration Open 3rd Floor Lobby

8:00am EST

Narrative 4: A Narrative for the Environment Room 321Evan Barker Winter Tree ID Hike MoreheadMelinda Wilder Early Childhood Enviromental Education Room 322Rachel Patton • Meg Gravil • Kentucky Environmental Education Council Foundations in Water and Climate Education Room 311 (Terrace Access)Nathan Alexander • Perry Thomas

8:30am EST

Flood Mitigation & Creek Restoration Walking Tour MoreheadApril Reefer • Brian Storz

11:00am EST

Affinity Groups TBD

11:15am EST

Exhibitor Welcome 3rd Floor Lobby

12:00pm EST

Opening Luncheon | Keynote Address Ballroom A/B

1:15pm EST

Book Signing 3rd Floor Lobby Exhibitor Spotlight 3rd Floor Lobby

1:45pm EST

Identifying Barriers to Program Participation and Cultivating Partnerships Room 311 (Terrace Access)Curtis Carman • Erin Kinnetz Acoustic Bat Monitoring: A Citizen Science Project Room 325Susan Brown Communicating About Climate Change: Listening, Learning, Building Resiliency Room 322Lauren Cagle • Katherine Bullock • Lee Moser • Amanda Gumbert Innovative Nature-Immersive Programming Through Community Partnership Room 310Tina Brouwer-Kraska More Than Science: Creating Interdisciplinary EE Content Room 321Andrew Lewis

2:45pm EST

Acoustic Bat Monitoring: A Citizen Science Project Ballroom A/BSusan Brown An Analysis of Litter, Urbanization, and the Emerging Role of Citizen Science in Beargrass Creek, Louisville, KY Ballroom A/BElla Swigler Collaborating with KY Green Schools Ballroom A/BPerry Thomas Empowering Tomorrow's Stewards: The Role of Indigenous Knowledge in Environmental Education Ballroom A/BAidan Wells Environmental Days at Maywoods: A Students-Teaching-Students Initiative in Environmental Education Ballroom A/BKelly Watson • Starla Benge Every park in a classroom Ballroom A/BChris Anderson Improving Environmental Stewardship through Effective Community Engagement Ballroom A/BJody Thompson • Liz Mortenson Winlock Kentucky's Envirothon Competition Ballroom A/BJohnna McHugh Kentucky's Professional Environmental Educator Certification Course Ballroom A/BWesley Bullock • Risa Yost Nature Explorer Program: Creating Nature-Based Learning Experiences for Homeschoolers Ballroom A/BKaitlynn Gootee • Ian Ries Through the Trees: Exploring Student Perceptions of Forest School Education Ballroom A/BBrook Crenshaw Understanding Misconceptions about Caves: Improving the Learning Ballroom A/BJeanine Huss Using the EE21 Survey for Program Evaluations of Nonformal EE Providers: Program Impact on Visiting Students Ballroom A/BNicholas Bourke • Traci Kell • Abbigail Murphy • Emily Daniel • Joi'a Austin

4:00pm EST

Engaging Kentucky Communities to Embrace Their Local Waterways Room 310Brian Storz Empowering Students to Lead Sustainable Practices Room 311 (Terrace Access)Jillian Booth • Alyssa Brown Environmental Days at Maywoods Room 325Starla Benge • Kelly Watson Nature Explorer Program: Creating Nature-Based Learning Experiences for Homeschoolers Room 321Kaitlynn Gootee • Ian Ries

5:00pm EST

PEEC Reunion Room 325Kentucky Environmental Education Council

6:15pm EST

Dinner, Music, Auctions Ballroom A/BFar Off Cows Dental Ceramics

7:30am EST

Registration Open 3rd Floor Lobby

8:15am EST

Affinity Groups TBD Poster Session Pre-Fab Area An Analysis of Litter, Urbanization, and the Emerging Role of Citizen Science in Beargrass Creek, Louisville, KY Pre-Fab AreaElla Swigler Assessing environmental education: evaluating the impacts on student knowledge and attitudes about Ohio River conservation Pre-Fab AreaLillie Daniel Branching Out: Cultivating Social Skills Through Play and Forest Schooling Pre-Fab AreaBrook Crenshaw Children's Access to Nature: A Comparison Study Pre-Fab AreaBecky Johnson Children’s Access to Nature: Central Kentucky Pre-Fab AreaBrook Crenshaw Comparing Accuracies of LiDAR and Multi-spectral Equipped Drones to Traditional Field Assessment for Determining the Spatial Extent of Amur honeysuckle in Central KY Forests Pre-Fab AreaKasia Bradley Restoring Ecological Function Through Pollinator Habitat Establishment: The Relative Efficacies of Several Pollinator Habitat Establishment Systems Pre-Fab AreaJody Thompson • Kasia Bradley • Kristin Conrad • Renata Rodriguez • Jeremy Sandifer Understanding Misconceptions about Caves: Improving the Learning Pre-Fab AreaJeanine Huss

9:30am EST

Improving Environmental Stewardship through Effective Community Engagement Room 321Jody Thompson • Liz Mortenson Winlock Inspiring Change Through "This is the Ohio: Life, Death, and Rebirth of our Beautiful River" Room 325David Wicks • Ella Swigler STEM-based Activities for Young Ecologists Room 322Scott Townsend Make Your Info ACCESSIBLE! Room 310Roberta Burnes

11:00am EST

Using the EE21 Survey for Program Evaluations of Nonformal EE Providers: Program Impact on Visiting Students Room 325Joi'a Austin • Nicholas Bourke • Traci Kell • Abbigail Murphy • Emily Daniel Growing Gorillas: Building Capacity for Conservation in Community Room 310Katy Morrison • Jessie Grizzle • McKenzie Gollar • Eric Ronay Things are only impossible until they’re not: strategies for positive action Room 322Wesley Bullock • Ashley Mike • Willa Dawn Bayne • Risa Yost Adventure Awaits: Exploring the Great Outdoors! Room 311 (Terrace Access)Beverly McDavid Early Childhood Education for Sustainability (ECEfS) in Practice Room 321Meg Gravil • Rachel Patton

12:00pm EST

Excellence in EE Awards Luncheon & Panel Ballroom A/B

1:30pm EST

Regional Networking Ballroom A/B

2:30pm EST

Ripple Effects Room 322Perry Thomas • Mary Brydon-Miller Every Park in a Classroom Room 325Chris Anderson The FUNdamentals of EE Room 321Dan Pascucci What Teachers Want Room 311 (Terrace Access)Vivian Bowles The Landscape of EE in Kentucky and the Southeast Room 310

4:00pm EST

Conference Closing Ballroom A/B