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**Times, Events, and Presenters are all subject to change without prior notice**

Saturday Session Schedule

The 2022 Annual MEEA Conference will revolve around our theme, Playing Well With Others: The Power of Partnerships in Environmental Education. The conference will be held at various locations on September 16th – 18th, 2022 in Missoula, Montana. The three-day event will host field trips, professional development opportunities, and concurrent sessions led by some of the most innovative and engaging presenters Montana has to offer.

Conference Structure

  • Date: September 16th – 18th, 2022
  • Format:
    • Friday: Professional Development Field Trips & Evening Keynote Speaker, Emily Graslie
    • Saturday: Sessions and early evening social
    • Sunday: Morning Send off Yoga, Birding, and Pastries
  • Location: The University of Montana in beautiful Missoula, MT
  • Theme: The Power of Partnerships in Environmental Education

Friday Field Trips

All field trips will take place in the Missoula area between 9am and 3pm. Register for these Professional Development Field Trips on the main conference registration page as you register for the conference as a whole. Already registered for the conference? Never fear, you can add on Friday’s PD Field Trip by editing your registration. Still not sure how to make that happen? Drop Naomi an email at mtmeeatreasurer@gmail.com.

Option 1: Out on a Ledge with Big Horn Sheep
Visit the Petty Creek area outside Alberton with veteran educator, and Director of Project Based Learning for the Alberton School District, Nick Ehlers. This spring Nick and his 7th and 8th-grade STEM students worked created a 14-minute-long documentary in partnership with MT FWP’s Region 2 Manager Liz Bradley to chronicle the resident Big Horn Sheep population at Petty Creek. Learn more about the project and the partnerships that made it possible while looking for these majestic mammals.

Option 2: Greenough Park Groundwater Explorations
Come along on a walk through the Park with Watershed Education Network (WEN)’s team to learn about groundwater and measure well elevations in the beautiful Greenough Park. The Montana Groundwater Academy (MGA) was developed in collaboration with UM, SpectrUM, and WEN for high school students to learn key groundwater concepts in an outdoor groundwater lab in Greenough Park (lower Rattlesnake valley). MGA includes physical models and field investigations to develop knowledge of groundwater system structure and processes. The MGA program exemplifies how science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education can help prepare individuals to participate in citizen and professional activities related to managing our water resources.

Friday Keynote Speaker

We are excited to be partnering with the Philip L Wright Zoological Museum at the University of Montana to create an exciting, educational, and inspiring evening at the UC Theater on the University of Montana Campus. Will there be specimens from the museum’s collection on hand? You bet! Will there be an amazing keynote speaker? Oh yes! Will you get to network with rock star educators and organizers within the MEEA network? Absolutely!

5:00 – 6:30 pm - Registration, Networking, Specimens from the UMZM, Appetizers, Cash Bar, Social Hour
6:30 pm - Presentation kicks off with a welcome from your conference hosts & Emily Graslie

Interested in attending just the keynote address? RSVP here!

Saturday

Todd Center at the University of Montana
8:00 – 9:00: Breakfast
9:00 – 9:50: Session #1
10:00 – 10:50: Session #2
11:00 – 11:50: Session #3
12:00 – 1:00: Lunch
1:00 – 2:30: Session #4

Missoula Public Library
4:00 – 4:30: Short presentation about the Missoula Public Library and Educator Award Recognition
4:30 – 6:00: Social time at the library with snacks and beverages.

Cranky Sam’s
6:00 – Into the Evening: Join the MEEA board as they hang out and celebrate the conference at Cranky Sam’s, just a short walk down the street from the library. Great spots for dinner surround the brewery. We hope you join us!

Office of Public Instruction (OPI) Renewal Units will be available for attending the full conference.

 Sunday Funday

Sunday Morning Birding with MEEA 
Join MEEA as we go birding through the park looking for Montana birds. Meet at Pineview Park, details will be provided at the conference. Don't forget your binoculars.

Sunday Morning Yoga with Kelsey Whittaker
Join Mandela Van Eeden as she guides us through some morning yoga. Meet at Pineview Park, details will be provided at the conference. Don't forget your yoga mat!