This fall, as we settle in to the new school year, it is important to take
some time to foster beauty in what our teaching creates and to find peace in
nature, ourselves, and in our interactions with those around us. The fall southern
AEOE conference is a perfect place to relax, gain practical teaching ideas,
and find motivation for the new school year. We are offering many excellent
workshops designed to improve our teaching, enhance content knowledge, and
find inspiration for the year.
The site of the fall conference is Starr Ranch Audubon Sanctuary, a 4,000
acre preserve in the Santa Ana Mountains of southeast Orange County. Not open
to the general public, the amazingly diverse and beautiful sanctuary hosts
numerous wildlife conservation and native plant restoration projects. For more
information about Starr Ranch, please visit www.starrranch.org.
Date and Place: October
22-24 at Starr Ranch Audubon Sanctuary (www.starrranch.org)
Cost: $20, including workshops, entertainment, camping,
Saturday dinner, snacks, if registered by 10/12/04, $30 walk-in rate (but
we need to know you are coming so we can plan for food!) Family rates: $10
for kids ages 6-12, $20 for kids over 12
Registration Deadline: Wednesday, October 12, 2004. Registration
form coming soon in Fall AEOE newsletter.
Registration Form (PDF file,
116K) Print out, fill out, and mail the form postmarked by 10/12/2004
for the early registration rate of $20, otherwise, pay $30 on site. Here
is a webpage with the registration form
that you can print out if you can't download the pdf file for some reason
(Try upgrading your free Acrobat Reader)
Workshop presenters get in free, contact Laura Leaf Vandezande,
, (909) 633-9079
Theme: "Fostering Beauty, Finding Peace"
Bring: Camping gear, plate, cup and silverware for Saturday
dinner, naturalist gear (binoculars and bird books!), notebook and pencil
for workshops, instruments, journals to share, songs to share, your enthusiasm
for a new year of teaching!
Watch for more info on this website and in the AEOE newsletters
Workshops so far: Frank Padilla will be back with us to
present his very popular Magic workshop! See his website
at Yaquimagic.com;
Tom Drake will present a successful outdoor science lesson on Color
and Light; Sarah Lemley, from Yosemite Institute, will present a
workshop on Creative
and Reflective Journaling with Students, and we
will have workshops on Geology,
an Astronomy
Roundtable,
lessons in Seed Beading, Digital Camera 101,
and more. Get involved, share a lesson that
you teach or a skill you
have, and get into the conference free! Contact Laura Leaf Vandezande,
, (909) 633-9079, if you are interested in presenting a workshop.
Starr Ranch research and field workshops - there will be a few of these, likely to include Starr Ranch tour/intro,
restoration, mountain lion tracking
and research, owls, and more.
Workshop presenters get in free! Contact Laura Leaf Vandezande,
, (909) 633-9079, if you are interested in presenting a workshop. Share
what you've learned!
5-10pm check-in
8-9pm – astronomy round table - bring
a write-up of activities & share
9-10pm – astronomy with Dean Arvidson, LACC Professor; telescopes available 9 pm quiet hour, campfire
Saturday
7am – bird watching, yoga
9am – welcome & intro with Sandy DeSimone of Starr Ranch
9:30-10:45am – Workshop Session 1
11:00am-12:15pm – Workshop Session 2
12:15-2pm – lunch
2-3:30pm – Workshop Session 3
3:30-5pm – free time
5:15pm – dinner
7:00pm – entertainment & campfire
Open mic entertainment – songs,
stories, skits, improv, etc. Sign-up list at registration 9 pm quiet hour
Sunday
7am – bird watching & yoga
8am – breakfast board meeting
9:15-10:45am – Workshop Session 4
11:00am – closing
Southern California Environmental Educator of the Year award presented
Raffle prizes for turning in evaluations
file,
116K) Print out, fill out, and mail the form postmarked by 10/12/2004
for the early registration rate of $20, otherwise, pay $30 on site. Here
is a webpage with the registration form
that you can print out if you can't download the pdf file for some reason
(Try upgrading your free Acrobat Reader)
, (909) 633-9079