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Thursday, November 9, 2023 at 8:00 AM EST
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Saturday, November 11, 2023 at 4:00 PM EST
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Eberhard Ctr | Grand Valley State University

301 Fulton St W
Grand Rapids, MI 49504

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Jan Sneddon, Conference Organizer
Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative
317-616-8721
conference@greatlakesstewardship.org
Molly Ames Baker
TOPOnexus - Center for Learn Local - Founder, Chief Innovator
Joan Chadde
Lake superior stewardship initiative - Advisory board
Carrie Crigier
Woodland School - 3-5 Teacher
Kevin Czajkowski
University of Toledo - University of Toledo
Linda Easley
self-employed - independent researcher
Joy Ellen
One Wild Life: The Learning Lab - Co-founder, Co-creator, Guide
Erin Fitzpatrick
Greenspire Middle School - Outdoor Education Teacher
Kristi Galoci
Greenspire Middle School - Greenspire Middle School
Philip Girard
Greenspire High School - Teacher
Tom Hartzell
Calvin Ecosystem Preserve and Native Gardens - Campus Sustainability Program Coordinator
Sharon Laidlaw
Teton Science Schools - Director of Place Network
Roddy MacNeil
Greenspire High School - Teacher
Margie Marks
TOPOnexus Center for Learn Local - Learning Coordinator/Educator
Scot Martin
Wayne Memorial High School - English Teacher
Heather Moody
Grand Valley State University - Professor
Ana Munro
North Hennepin Community College - Faculty
Mary Ellen Newport
Interlochen Arts Academy - Division Director and Teacher
Michelle Niedermeier
Pennsylvania Sea Grant College Program - Education Lead
Ginger Rohwer
GVSU/MiSTEM Network - Regional Director
Trisha Smrecak
Inland Seas Education Association - Inland Seas Education Association

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Molly Ames Baker
TOPOnexus - Center for Learn Local - Founder, Chief Innovator
Joan Chadde
Lake superior stewardship initiative - Advisory board
Carrie Crigier
Woodland School - 3-5 Teacher
Kevin Czajkowski
University of Toledo - University of Toledo
Linda Easley
self-employed - independent researcher
Joy Ellen
One Wild Life: The Learning Lab - Co-founder, Co-creator, Guide
Erin Fitzpatrick
Greenspire Middle School - Outdoor Education Teacher
Kristi Galoci
Greenspire Middle School - Greenspire Middle School
Philip Girard
Greenspire High School - Teacher
Tom Hartzell
Calvin Ecosystem Preserve and Native Gardens - Campus Sustainability Program Coordinator
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2023 Place-Based Education Conference

We look forward to connecting with you and other place-based education experts and practitioners from across the country and the globe in Grand Rapids in November! If using a promo code, be sure to hit the APPLY button after entering it. Note the ADDITIONAL FEE ITEMS: Printed program, Immersion Experiences.

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ADDITIONAL FEE ITEMS: Immersion Experiences | Printed Program

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Printed Conference Program

To conserve resources, we will print only the number of conference programs ordered.

 10 $7.50 each

IMMERSION EXPERIENCE - River Rewilding: Connecting Classrooms and Communities

Thursday, Nov 9 (9 a.m.–12 p.m.) Van and walking tour. Collect habitat and water quality data in streams of two different sizes and learn how research practices are developed for varying ecosystems. Engage in a design challenge to create a Hester-Dendy macroinvertebrate sampler to take home. This experience highlights hands-on, meaningful research activities and directs you to lesson plans that align with Michigan academic standards.

 1 $30.00 each

IMMERSION EXPERIENCE - Michigan’s Dunes: Like No Place on Earth!

Thursday, Nov 9 (9 a.m.–3 p.m.) Van and walking tour. Join a MiDNR interpreter at P.J. Hoffmaster State Park to experience the park's popular program, "Introduction to Michigan's Sand Dunes." Expand your awareness of Michigan's vast natural resources and your understanding of ecological processes while enjoying Lake Michigan's stunning shoreline and towering dunes. Lunch is provided.

 1 $60.00 each

IMMERSION EXPERIENCE - The Possibilities of Summer Camp Partnerships

Thursday, Nov 9 (9 a.m.–3 p.m.) Van and walking tour. Summer camps are a vital part of youth development, and Camp Newaygo has been at it for 97 years!  Visit the camp's beautiful 104-acre property to appreciate how place-based education is integrated across the camp's facilities and programs, and how staff braid content knowledge with experiential learning in their role as educators. Understand more about the camping industry and discover strategies you can use to forge new partnerships.

 1 $60.00 each

IMMERSION EXPERIENCE - Learn WILD with John Ball Zoo

Thursday, Nov 9 (12:30–3 p.m.) Van and walking tour. Visit the John Ball Zoo and learn about the Zoo Lab. Designed as a week-long immersion program for K-12 students, this experience includes animal encounters, behind-the-scenes views of some of the Zoo's habitats and operations, and observations of training or enrichment experiences offered to animals in their habitats.

 1 $30.00 each

IMMERSION EXPERIENCE - Harm/Harmony Tour of Silver Creek Drain

Thursday, Nov 9 (1–3:30 p.m.) Van and walking tour. Visit and learn about the history of Silver Creek Drain, put underground in the 1930s as southeast Grand Rapids was developed. With a focus on environmental justice, the tour highlights the impact of humans on this landscape, and also recognizes the work that is underway today to help the creek and community. Learn about how this creek inspired local middle students’ sense of this place and enjoy the poems they wrote about it.

 1 $30.00 each

IMMERSION EXPERIENCE - Lapping the Landmarks

Friday, Nov 10 (10:20 a.m.–12 p.m.) A 1.5-mile walking tour. This walking tour is a must-do for those who really want to connect with the fair city of Grand Rapids! You’ll cruise by Campau Square, named after the city’s founding father, on your way to explore some of the city’s “first and finest,” including historic sites, hotels, bridges, museums, Native American earthworks, churches, the Grand River and more…all neatly contained in a downtown loop.

 1 $30.00 each

IMMERSION EXPERIENCE - Experience the Grand Rapids Public Museum School!

Friday, Nov 10 (1:15–2:55 p.m.) Van and walking tour. This immersion experience takes you inside the Grand Rapids Public Museum High School, a recipient of an XQ Super School grant! This school’s unique learning approach focuses on community-based projects that incorporate design thinking and place-based education. Everything is geared toward empowering scholars to become leaders and change-makers. Tour the school space, engage with students, and see the Museum's archives.

 1 $30.00 each
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    Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative
    C/O Civic Research Services, Inc.
    1301 E. Dawson Rd.
    Milford, MI 48381

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