EEinGeorgia, June 5, 2015

Environmental Education in Georgia

June 5, 2015

Upcoming Events

International Year of Soils

Now until Thursday, Dec 31, 2015

Time to Get Outdoors! June is Great Outdoors Month, which means that if there was ever a time to be encouraged to spend more time outdoors in nature, it's now. National Rivers Month, National Pollinator Week, National Trails Day, National Get Outdoors Day, International Mud Day, and the Great American Backyard Campout also all take place in June. Remember, there's a reason it's called the GREAT outdoors!

Advanced Training for Environmental Education in Georgia - Core Course 2
Friday, Jul 24, 2015 until Sunday, Jul 26, 2015 Friday, Jan 22, 2016 until Sunday, Jan 24, 2016 Friday, Jul 22, 2016 until Sunday, Jul 24, 2016

Register Now for Advanced Training for EE in Georgia (ATEEG) Summer Courses Advanced Training for Environmental Education in Georgia (ATEEG) is a professional certification program for formal and non-formal educators based on the North American Association for Environmental Education's Guidelines for Excellence. Now is the time to register for ATEEG's summer course offerings.
DOE Survey to Evaluate Science GPS is Now Open to Teachers The Georgia Board of Education is asking K-12 science teachers to help evaluate the Georgia Performance Standards in science. This survey is an opportunity to give detailed feedback on the current standards and to provide suggestions for revision. The survey closes June 15, 2015.

Projects WET, WILD and Learning Tree Educator Workshop
8 AM - 5 PM from Nov 9, 2015 until Nov 10, 2015
Journey North Begins
Now until Tuesday, Jun 30, 2015
Beekeeping 101
Saturday, Jun 6, 2015 9 AM to 11 AM Saturday, Aug 1, 2015 9 AM to 11 AM
Advanced Training for Environmental Education in Georgia - Core Course 3

Friday, Sep 11, 2015 until Sunday, Sep 13, 2015 Friday, Feb 26, 2016 until Sunday, Feb 28, 2016 Friday, Sep 9, 2016 until Sunday,

Southeastern EE Alliance Conference - Call for Abstracts and Session Proposals The Southeastern Environmental Education Alliance (SEEA) 4th annual conference, hosted by the Tennessee Environmental Education Association (TEEA), will take place September 2527, 2015 at Montgomery Bell State Park, TN (near Nashville). The deadline to submit research abstracts and session proposals HAS BEEN EXTENDED to July 1, 2015.
2015 Georgia Outdoor Learning Symposium Registration Now Open! The Council of Outdoor Learning will present the 19th annual Outdoor Learning Symposium at the Fortson 4-H Center in Hampton, GA on November 13, 2015. Check out the program and register today.
EE Webinars Check out upcoming and archived webinar series for environmental educators. Topics include school recycling programs, teaching outdoors, farm-toschool programs, and more!
Teaching Resources
Special Days for EE: 2014-2015 School Year Planner Community of Gardens: A Smithsonian Digital Archive Project 2015 Pollinator Partnership Posters: Carnivorous Plants of North America and their Pollinators Sustainable Food Systems Education Guide Smithsonian Shout Webinars Science for Citizens Project Finder School Garden Wizard One Species at a Time Podcast Series S'cool Cloud Observation Project
Contests & Awards
Nsedu Obot Witherspoon Youth Leadership Award Golden Radish Awards Afterschool Awards for Students in Grades 1-9 Entomological Society President's Education Awards Mangrove Calendar Art Contest Golden Carrot Awards

Sep 11, 2016
Educator Expedition: Be a Wildlife Biologist in Costa Rica!
Now until Sunday, Jun 7, 2015 Saturday, Jun 20, 2015 10 AM to 2 PM
Great Outdoors Month
Now until Tuesday, Jun 30, 2015
National Rivers Month
Now until Tuesday, Jun 30, 2015
Junior TreeKeepers Summer Camp
Weekdays 8:30 AM - 4 PM until Jun 5, 2015 Weekdays8:30 AM - 4 PM from Jun 15, 2015 until Jun 19, 2015 Weekdays8:30 AM - 4 PM from Jul 6, 2015 until Jul 10, 2015 Weekdays8:30 AM - 4 PM from Jul 20, 2015 until Jul 24, 2015
Yellowstone Teacher Project
Monday, Jun 22, 2015 until Wednesday, Jul 1, 2015
Certificate in Native Plants For Teachers
Wednesday, Jun 17, 2015 9 AM to 4 PM Thursday, Jun 18, 2015 9 AM to 4 PM
World Environment Day
Friday, Jun 5, 2015
National Trails Day
Saturday, Jun 6, 2015

Grants
Champion Creatively Alive Children Grant Mazda Foundation Grants Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance Program Core Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program Summer of Creativity Grants
Jobs & Internships

Butterfly Festival
Saturday & Sunday10 AM - 3 PM from Jun 6, 2015 until Jun 7, 2015
Oxford Institute for EE - Improving Science Education through

Assistant or Associate Professor, Natural Resources Recreation and Tourism, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia
Education Program Manager, The Wylde Center, Decatur, GA Naturalist, Len Foote Hike Inn, Dawsonville, GA Preschool and Toddler Teachers, Inman Park Cooperative Preschool, Atlanta, GA Program Manager, Dunwoody Nature Center, Dunwoody, GA Seasonal Environmental Educator, Fortson 4-H Center, Hampton, GA Environmental Educator, Wahsega 4-H Center, Dahlonega, GA

Schoolyard Ecology - Grant Funded!
Sunday, Jun 7, 2015 until Friday, Jun 12, 2015
World Oceans Day
Monday, Jun 8, 2015
Garden Earth Naturalist Teacher Workshop: Investigating Ecology on Your School Site - Grant Funded!
Weekdays Jun 8, 2015 until Jun 12, 2015

Butterfly Encounter
Monday, Jun 8, 2015 until Saturday, Aug 1, 2015
Cool Waters Workshop
Tuesday, Jun 9, 2015 until Thursday, Jun 11, 20158 AM to 4 PM

Monarch Larva Monitoring Project Workshop
Tuesday, Jun 9, 2015 9 AM to 12 PM
Trees and Construction: Building for Long Term Survivability
Wednesday, Jun 10, 2015 9 AM to 12 PM

A Night of Froggery Friday, Jun 12, 2015 8:30 PM to 10 PM
National Get Outdoors Day Saturday, Jun 13, 2015

Rivers to Reef Teacher Workshop Grant Funded!
Sunday, Jun 14, 2015 until Friday, Jun 19, 2015
Pollinator Week
Monday, Jun 15, 2015 until Sunday, Jun 21, 2015

Global Wind Day
Monday, Jun 15, 2015
2015 Sea Turtle Conservation Teacher Workshop
Monday, Jun 15, 2015 until Wednesday, Jun 17, 2015
Monarchs Across Georgia Educator Workshop
Monday, Jun 15, 2015 until Tuesday, Jun 16, 2015
Eco-Adventures Summer Camp
Weekdays9 AM - 4 PM from Jun 15, 2015 until Jun 19, 2015 Weekdays9 AM - 4 AM from Jun 29, 2015 until Jul 4, 2015
Webinar: Vermicomposting
Tuesday, Jun 16, 2015 1:30 PM to 2:45 PM
World Day to Combat Desertification
Wednesday, Jun 17, 2015
Steve Spangler's Science at Sea Alaska Cruise
Friday, Jun 19, 2015 until Saturday, Jun 27, 2015
Georgia Educators Paddle Georgia Scholarships Available
Saturday, Jun 20, 2015 until Friday, Jun 26, 2015
Paddle Georgia 2015 - Ogeechee River
Saturday, Jun 20, 2015 until Friday, Jun 26, 2015
2015 Coastal Ecology Teacher Workshop
Saturday, Jun 20, 2015 until Monday, Jun 22, 20159 AM to 4:30 PM

Monarch Larva Monitoring Project Workshop
Saturday, Jun 20, 2015 9 AM to 12 PM
Saturday @the Rock Backyard Beekeeping
Saturday, Jun 20, 2015 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Georgia Teacher Conservation Workshop
Weekdays1 PM - 1 PM from Jun 22, 2015 until Jun 26, 2015
School Garden Teacher Training
Tuesday, Jun 23, 2015 8 AM to 1:30 PM
STEM Goes Wild
Wednesday, Jun 24, 2015 until Friday, Jun 26, 20159 AM to 4 PM
School Garden Teacher Training
Thursday, Jun 25, 2015 8 AM to 1:30 PM
Project Learning Tree Teacher Workshop
Thursday, Jun 25, 2015 until Friday, Jun 26, 20159 AM to 11:30 AM
Advanced Training for Environmental Education in Georgia - Core Course 1
Friday, Jun 26, 2015 until Sunday, Jun 28, 2015 Friday, Nov 20, 2015 until Sunday, Nov 22, 2015 Friday, Jun 17, 2016 until Sunday, Jun 19, 2016 Friday, Nov 18, 2016 until Sunday, Nov 20, 2016
Great American Backyard Campout
Saturday, Jun 27, 2015
Monarch Larva Monitoring Project

Workshop
Saturday, Jun 27, 2015 1 PM to 4 PM
International Mud Day
Monday, Jun 29, 2015
School Garden Teacher Training
Tuesday, Jun 30, 2015 8 AM to 1:30 PM
Lakes Appreciation Month
Wednesday, Jul 1, 2015 until Friday, Jul 31, 2015
Park and Recreation Month
Wednesday, Jul 1, 2015 until Friday, Jul 31, 2015
Smart Irrigation Month
Wednesday, Jul 1, 2015 until Friday, Jul 31, 2015
Clean Beaches Week
Wednesday, Jul 1, 2015 until Tuesday, Jul 7, 2015
2015 Educator Academy in the Amazon
Wednesday, Jul 1, 2015 until Saturday, Jul 11, 2015
UV Safety Month
Wednesday, Jul 1, 2015 until Friday, Jul 31, 2015
Clemson University Summer Scholars: Environmental Sustainability through Parks and Recreation Camp
Sunday, Jul 5, 2015 until Saturday, Jul 11, 2015
Redesigning Our Future: National Environmental Summit for High School Students
Tuesday, Jul 7, 2015 until Saturday,

Jul 11, 2015
Creeks to Coast Educator Workshop - Grant Funded!
Tuesday, Jul 7, 2015 until Wednesday, Jul 15, 2015
National Children & Youth Garden Symposium
Thursday, Jul 9, 2015 until Saturday, Jul 11, 2015
World Population Day
Saturday, Jul 11, 2015
Costa Rica Tropical Ecology & Sea Turtle EcoAdventure with Mike Tally
Saturday, Jul 11, 2015 until Monday, Jul 20, 20157 AM to 7 AM
Outdoor Wildlife Leadership School
Weekdays Jul 13, 2015 until Jul 17, 2015
Projects WET, WILD and Learning Tree Educator Workshop
Tuesday, Jul 14, 2015 until Wednesday, Jul 15, 20159 AM to 4 PM
Cullowhee Native Plant Conference Sponsorships Available
Wednesday, Jul 15, 2015 until Saturday, Jul 18, 2015
Saving Species Teacher Workshop
Wednesday, Jul 15, 2015 until Friday, Jul 17, 20159 AM to 4 PM
Project Learning Tree Educator Training
Friday, Jul 17, 2015 9 AM to 4 PM
National Moth Week
Saturday, Jul 18, 2015 until Sunday, Jul 26, 2015

Professional Development for Educators in Belize & Guatemala with Al Stenstrup
Tuesday, Jul 21, 2015 until Tuesday, Jul 28, 2015
Galpagos Islands with Texas Association of Biology Teachers
Friday, Jul 24, 2015 until Monday, Aug 3, 2015
Galpagos Islands - Professional Development for Science Teachers with Sehoya Cotner
Tuesday, Jul 28, 2015 until Friday, Aug 7, 2015
Global Tiger Day
Wednesday, Jul 29, 2015
Urban Outdoor Summit
Friday, Jul 31, 2015 until Saturday, Aug 1, 2015
International Youth Day
Wednesday, Aug 12, 2015
Turtle Talk
Saturday, Aug 15, 2015 10 AM to 12 PM
ANCA Annual Summit & NatureBased Preschool Conference
Wednesday, Aug 19, 2015 until Saturday, Aug 22, 2015
World Kitchen Garden Day
Sunday, Aug 30, 2015
Organic Harvest Month
Tuesday, Sep 1, 2015 until Wednesday, Sep 30, 2015
Serve Outside September (S.O.S.)
Tuesday, Sep 1, 2015 until Wednesday, Sep 30, 2015

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