Montana Environmental Education Association (MEEA)

Uniting voices, providing support and connecting environmental educators across Montana.

 

2012 MEEA CONFERENCE INFORMATION NOW AVAILABLE!

MEEA 2012: Mountains to Prairies--Connecting Across Montana
Thursday, March 22 and Friday, March 23, 2012
Montana State University--Billings, Downtown - Billings, Montana

Click HERE to go to our conference page for full information

2012 Conference Highlights:

  • All-day intensive workshop on Place-Based Education from one of the best-known voices in the field, Dr. Clifford E. Knapp.
  • Field Institutes to Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument and the Audubon Conservation Education Center
  • Keynote Speech from 24-year Environmental Educator John Miller
  • Resource Expo
  • Sectional workshops on a variety of EE-related topics
  • Evening social, awards luncheon, and a chance to connect with educators across the state!

Note: The Student Panel during session A on Friday has been replaced by a visit to Billings' own Dinosaur Lab. Check out the description on the conference website!

 

WHAT'S GOING ON IN MONTANA EE?

A Forest for Every Classroom
Missoula and Lower Clark Fork Region, MT • Spring 2012

The successful Forest for Every Classroom program is coming to Missoula and the Lower Clark Fork Region of Western Montana this spring. This dynamic professional development program for teachers works to get classrooms outdoors for learning. Find out more about how you can get involved here.

 

Everest Education Expedition

Montana State University and the Montana NSF EPSCoR are providing 10 Montana teachers with a classroom kit full of scientific equipment that correlates to an actual Spring 2012 Everest Expedition. Kits will allow classrooms to mirror the research of the expedition team, whose field geologist is MSU professor Dave Lageson. Teachers in grades 4-8 are eligible to apply for a kit. Additional Everest Education Expedition resources, including lesson plans and live updates from Everest, are also available. Deadline February 6, 2012. Apply online at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/EverestEducationExpedition. See press release here.

 

More Professional Development Opportunities Here

 

 

 

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