Community Calendar

Have you ever wondered about the biodiversity that can be found around your school, neighborhood, or community? Join AEEA and the National Geographic Society to learn how to conduct a BioBlitz in your community with your students. A BioBlitz is an event that focuses on finding and identifying as many species as possible in a specific area over a short period of time. A BioBlitz can happen in most any geography—urban, rural, or suburban—in as large an area as a national park or small as a schoolyard. It can even focus on plants growing in the cracks in sidewalks and athletic courts.

This workshop will teach you how to organize and conduct a BioBlitz with your students including how to locate, identify, and record organisms using the free iNaturalist.org website and app, or using offline tools and techniques. We will spend time discussing innovative ways to remove or reduce barriers to participation in BioBlitz events, and share success stories from throughout the National Geographic educator network and beyond. 

A BioBlitz can be conducted with students in elementary and up, and they are a great opportunity for participants to become explorers, storytellers, and citizen scientists of the natural world around them.

This virtual workshop will occur over two days to allow for investigation between sessions.
Tuesday, August 3, 9:30-11:00 am
Thursday, August 5, 9:30-11:00 am

Registration is required.   A recording of the workshop will be shared with registrants.

AEEA member registration fee – $10
Non-member registration fee – $20

Register here.

Join Project Learning Tree for this fun, interactive and educational 2-day workshop focusing on the Benefits of Prescribed Fire.

With recent wildfires ravaging portions of the West and the debate on forest management to control fuel loads – now is an opportune time to learn more about the benefits and uses of prescribed fire in Arkansas.

Participants will learn about forest management, fire weather, habitat restoration, creating a burn plan, tools of the trade, and – if conditions allow – observe a controlled burn demonstration.  

Registration is limited to 20 and overnight lodging will be provided. Social distancing and State and CDC guidelines will be followed.

The $25 registration fee covers workshop materials, curriculum, resources, meals, and overnight lodging.

Workshops are open to all formal and non-formal educators. Participants should be aware that these workshops will involve outdoor activities requiring walking in rough, uneven terrain and sometimes in adverse weather conditions.

For more information and an application form, visit: www.arkforests.org/page/TCT

Approved for 12 hours of ADE PD.

Join Project Learning Tree for this fun, interactive and educational 2-day workshop focusing on growing pine trees to support the pulp and paper industries in Arkansas.

Besides having such a large economic impact on the state; pulp and paper is one of the most widely used materials in the world. From copy paper to toilet paper to cardboard boxes and disposable diapers – wood pulp is everywhere!  

Participants will learn about the pulp and paper industry, make their own paper, and learn how trees are sustainably grown to support the demand. Participants will visit an active harvesting site, tour a Kraft paper mill, and a corrugated box plant.  

Registration is limited to 20. Social distancing and State and CDC guidelines will be followed.  $25 per person. Overnight lodging is NOT provided.

Workshops are open to all formal and non-formal educators. Participants should be aware that these workshops will involve outdoor activities requiring walking in rough, uneven terrain and sometimes in adverse weather conditions.

For more information, visit: www.arkforests.org/page/TCT

Approved for 12 hours of ADE PD.