FRIDAY FIELDTRIPS
Details including directions to the field trips will be sent upon confirmation of your registration. Canoeing Scarborough Marsh and the Ferry Beach field trips can easily be combined, as they are just 15 minutes apart.
Friday 9:00am-12noon & 1:00-4:00pm, $55, Limit 20
Based on Aldo Leopold's writings, this is an ethics curriculum and 6 hour training workshop designed to teach about humanity's ties to the natural world. Meaningful, hands-on activities expand observation skills and encourage personal stewardship. The workshop fee includes: the Curriculum Guide, A Sand County Almanac, task cards and the "Environmental Heroes and Heroines instructional" unit and lunch. Workshop facilitated by Mary Moulton, Connecticut State Coordinator, The Leopold Education Project. (Thursday night overnight lodging possible)
Friday 10:00 am - 12:00 pm, $15, Limit 20
Join a Maine Audubon naturalist and discover the wonders of Maine's largest salt marsh first hand from a canoe. You will also visit Maine Audubon's Nature Center and learn of our programs for thousands of school children. Canoes provided.
Friday 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 pm, $10, No Limit
This field trip will allow participants to explore the beautiful dunes, beach, salt marsh, forest and ponds located on Saco Bay, Maine. Find out all about the exciting field ecology education programs at Ferry Beach Ecology School. Learn how to "Read the Landscape" using the "ABCs of Ecology."
Friday 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm, $25, Limit 12
The Chewonki Center for Environmental Education staff will lead an amazing coastal exploration of Montsweag Bay in single and double sea kayaks. No experience necessary.
Friday 1:00-3:00pm, $5, No limit
This field trip is an easy hike through the trails of China School's 10-acre demonstration forest. Participants will get to visit the 15 learning stations, learn the history of the development of the outdoor classrooms and all about its many visitors. You'll also learn about the many educational uses and maintenance of this wonderful location. The China School's Forest is less than an hour from Camp Matoaka and this makes it a great stop along the way to the NEEEA Conference!
FUN RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AT THE CONFERENCE: Lake & Pool Swimming, Canoeing & Kayaking, Biking & Hiking, Tennis. Check out a virtual tour of the facility at: www.matoaka.com/facilities/map.shtml
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WEEKEND ENTERTAINMENT
Bring your own instruments, poems, and stories to the NEEEA Friday Night Coffee House which will include a jam session late into the evening! A fun, mellow atmosphere to ease on into the conference. The Coffee House MC, John Stuart of Houndog Recording in Gorham, Maine, has 30 years of experience wearing the hats of producer, sound engineer, musician and songwriter. His work includes music written for clients as diverse as Sesame Street and David Copperfield. As a music producer and engineer, his projects have appeared on many of the world's best known labels and have been nominated for a Grammy and awarded the prestigious Parent's Choice Gold award. His songwriting, singing, and playing has appeared on numerous albums and he continues to perform live in several bands. www.stuartaudio.com/jstuart.shtml
Think "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" with each of the 6 New England state EE organizations fielding a team of acting enthusiasts to perform random and hilarious improvisational skits. We've all had to wear a tree costume or talk like a cowboy sometime in our career so that makes you, the audience, the perfect judges to decide which state will take home the coveted "Zany Zoetrope Award for Best Improv Presentation!" Hosted by Drew Dumsch, Conference Co-Chair and infamous for past EE Improv performances including Lucien the Voyageur, Mr. Pouty Frog, and Coach Crab.
The Sea Slugs are a small dance orchestra that specializes in playing for group dances and led by an expert caller. The music performed on fiddles, accordions, flute, guitar, mandolin, and string bass is deeply rooted in styles popular in southern Maine for generations: Franco-American, reels, Irish jigs, and early Anglo-American dance music. Learn contra dances, waltzes, polkas, and maybe even a tango! The Slugs have been performing for twenty years, several Slugs are teachers, and the entire group is skilled at conducting workshops in folk dancing and music performance.http://www.seaslugs.s5.com/main2.htm
Enjoy a Maine Nature at Night Walk in our lakeside area and wind down from a busy day. Participants will be encouraged to use all of their senses to reconnect to the environment during the special transition from diurnal to nocturnal. Also demonstrated will be how to use night hike experiences to break down barriers no matter what type of group you're working with. Night Walk led by Rick Glatz - UNH Camp Program Specialist (Bear Hill & Barry 4H Camps) and Enrichment Teacher, Merrimack Middle School.
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