Buzzing with Knowledge: Supercharging K-12 Outreach by Empowering Educators

Organizer(s)

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  Anupreksha Jain

  Graduate Student Researcher
  University of Wisconsin
  Madison, Wisconsin

Empowering K-12 educators to use entomology lessons in their classrooms and afterschool programs can be a powerful outreach strategy. Join us to learn from outreach practitioners who will share ideas, funding sources, takeaways, and impacts from developing teacher engagement programs and resources, as well as teachers who have utilized them.

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM - 8:05 AM Pacific

  Introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Anupreksha Jain – University of Wisconsin
• 8:05 AM - 8:20 AM Pacific

  Ewww! Engaging with entomology for educators
  

  Presenting Author: Kelly Carruthers – University of Georgia
• 8:20 AM - 8:35 AM Pacific

  Engaging K-12 teachers as partners in STEAM curriculum development and education research
  

  Presenting Author: Kaitlin U. Campbell (she/her/hers) – University of North Carolina

  Co-Author: Kathy Trundle – University of Utah

  Co-Author: Rita Hagevik – University of North Carolina

  Co-Author: Katherine Vela – Utah Valley University

  Co-Author: Aurora Villa – University of Utah

  Co-Author: William Boone – Miami University
• 8:35 AM - 8:50 AM Pacific

  Monarchs and more - A kaleidoscope of connections in the classroom
  

  Presenting Author: Katie-Lyn Puffer – Monarch Joint Venture
• 8:50 AM - 9:00 AM Pacific

  Break
• 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM Pacific

  Lessons learned partnering with PK-12 educators to incorporate arthropod science into their classrooms
  

  Presenting Author: Doug Alan Golick – University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• 9:15 AM - 9:30 AM Pacific

  Pollinators in the science classroom: Inquiry and conservation with high school science teachers
  

  Presenting Author: Elaine Evans (she/they) – University of Minnesota

  Co-Author: Rob Blair – University of Minnesota

  Co-Author: Jen Schultz – University of Minnesota

  Co-Author: Lisa Curtis – University of Minnesota

  Co-Author: Katie-Lyn Puffer – Monarch Joint Venture
• 9:30 AM - 9:45 AM Pacific

  Museums in miniature: From clutter to curiosity
  

  Presenting Author: Caitlin Silva – Dallas Zoo

  Co-Author: Patricia Louise Wooden (she/her/hers) – Mississippi State University

  Co-Author: Niko Artley – Clemson University

  Co-Author: Michael L. Ferro – Clemson University Arthropod Collection
• 9:45 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific

  Beyond taxonomy and morphology: Deep incorporation of entomology into the high school classroom
  

  Presenting Author: Ted Snyder, BCE – Kradwell School
• 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Pacific

  Poster session
• 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Pacific

  Equipping educators: Using pollinator education toolkits and training to reach broad audiences
  

  Presenting Author: Elise Bernstein – University of Minnesota

  Co-Author: Elaine Evans (she/they) – University of Minnesota

  Co-Author: Anne Turnham – University of Minnesota

  Co-Author: Katie-Lyn Puffer – Monarch Joint Venture
• 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Pacific

  From needs to knowledge: Using a needs analysis to improve STEM outreach
  

  Presenting Author: Emily Justus – Purdue University
• 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Pacific

  Insects in the classroom: Developing a workshop series for elementary teachers
  

  Presenting Author: Amanda Lorenz – Michigan State University
• 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Pacific

  Meeting teachers where they are: Piloting an entomology workshop at a State Science Teachers' Conference
  

  Presenting Author: Anupreksha Jain – University of Wisconsin

  Co-Author: Emilie Parkanzky – University of Wisconsin

  Co-Author: Patrick (PJ) Liesch – University of Wisconsin-Madison
• 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific

  Panel discussion