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Marin Center • San RafaelJanuary 21, 2012 10:00 – 4:30

Bay Area Environmental Education Resource Fair

www.baeerfair.org

Important InformationBAEER Fair websitewww.baeerfair.org

Connect with the BAEER Fair Website anytime you need information about a BAEER Fair exhibitor. Web addresses for most of the participating groups, businesses, and agencies are available online.

Questions, Messages, Lost & Found?BAEER Information Center —10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Come to the BAEER Information Center located in the Main Exhibit Hall Show Office (to your right as you face the Snack Bar) for directions, exhibitor location maps, messages, lost & found, and program changes.

Workshops For workshop locations, see map on page 3 of Program.

Workshops are from 10:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (no pre-sign up required).Be sure to get to the workshop before starting time.For workshop times, locations, and descriptions see Workshops At-A-Glance on pages 8–9, and workshop descriptions on pages 10–13 of this program.

First AidMain entry way —10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

First aid supplies are in the Main Exhibit Hall Show Office.

Food and WaterSnack Bar—10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

The food service is provided by the Epicurean Group, dedicated to using locally sourced and organic foods. Water fountains in the lobby and exhibit hall are available to refill your water bottles.

Jobs BoardIf you have a job to list or are looking for a job, ask us to post your notice on the Jobs Board located in the workshop hallway.

Recycling at the Fair—A Zero Waste EventConservation Corps North Bay crews will be on hand in an effort to make the BAEER Fair a zero waste event! CCNB corpsmembers will staff several zero waste eco-stations consisting of composting and recycling receptacles. Funding for this effort has been made possible through a County of Marin, Joint Powers Authority Zero Waste Grant and CalRecycle. For more information, go to www.zerowastemarin.org

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Don’t Miss TheseCheck out these BAEER Fair exhibitsAmeriCorps Watershed Stewards Project—Booth 1Forestry Institute for Teachers—Booth 5Heyday Books—Booth 16Oakland Zoo—Booth 30LEAF Presidio Hill High School—Booth 33Planet Drum—Booth 66Conservation Corps North Bay, BAEER Fair Greening Partner —Booth 64

Golden Gate Bridge Highway & Transportation District “Bridge Bus”—outside west side of exhibit hall Celebrating the “75th Anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge” May 2012 Mixed media by George Sumner and Donnalei Sumner, “Bridge Bus” Environmental Educator

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01 AmeriCorps Watershed Stewards Project

49 Angel Island State Park

25 Audubon Canyon Rancy

02 Barefoot Books

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26 Blue Water Ventures

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NOTE: For more information about the BAEER Fair exhibitors, visit www.baeerfair.org for links to the exhibitors’ websites.

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Exhibitors (2 of 3)

54 Earth Cards (and 55)

39 Earth Team

07 East Bay Regional Park District

03 Environmental Traveling Companions

22 Farallones Marine Sanctuary Association

43 Farm Fresh to You

08 Felidae Conservation Fund

05 Forestry Institute for Teachers

09 Gardens of California

00 Golden Gate Bridge Highway & Transportation District, “Bridge Bus” (outside west side Exhibit hall)

16 Heyday Books

34 Insect Sciences Museum of California

11 La Vita Wellness Center

56 Lawrence Hall of Science, University of Cal Berkeley

33 LEAF Presidio Hill High School

17 Marin Clean Energy

46 Marin Municipal Water District (and 47)

12 Marin Parks and Open Space District (and 13)

28 Marin Sanitary Services

71 Marine Mammal Center

21 Marine Science Institute

42 Muir Woods National Monument

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63 North Bay Trout Unlimited/NorCal Fed of Fly Fishers

30 Oakland Zoo

50 Ocean Voyages Institute

51 PacificGasandElectricEnergeniousProgram

35 PEAK Student Energy Coalition

66 Planet Drum Foundation

52 Play Well Teknologies

14 Point Bonita YMCA

04 Reach and Teach

37 Sage Center

70 Save Nature.Org

42 Save the Redwoods League

53 SF Environment (City and County of San Francisco)

18 Slide Ranch

20 Student Conservation Association

27 Sustainable World Coalition

45 TrackersBAY

69 US Fish and Wildlife Service (SF Bay Wildlife Refuge)

29 Water Education Foundation

40 Westminster Woods EE Program

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Population Connection

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Karen Mendelow Nelson and Kimi Hosoume

Lawrence Hall of Science

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Angelina Vergara, Maricelle Cardenas, David Griswold, Grace Lee,

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Linda MyersSherman Elementary

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Roberta Ayres and Anna Barr California Academy of Science

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Tor Allen The Rahus InstituteSolar Schoolhouse

MEET ThE BEETLEs: BETTER ENvIRONMENTAL EducATION

TEAchINg, LEARNINg, EXPERTIsE ANd shARINgKevin Beals, Lynn Barakos, and

Craig Strang Lawrence Hall of Science

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Sarah PedemonteBASP/BAMP and MARE Lawrence Hall of Science

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Alex Godbe and Maggie RufoHungry Owl Project

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Annie Kohut FrankelCalifornia Coastal Commission

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John Muir LawsCalifornia Native Plant Society

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Laura Powell and Laura HondaBay Area CREEC

usINg ENvIRONMENTAL IssuEs TO TEAch EcOLOgy

Maia Willcox, SEPUP/BASP Lawrence Hall of Science

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10:30–11:30 WorkshopsEducation and Environment Initiative (EEI) Model Curriculum Teacher Orientation (K–12)Buckeye RoomLaura Powell and Laura Honda, Bay Area CREEC, bacreec@comcast.net

Learn about the California State Education and Environment Initiative (EEI) curriculum that addresses over 100 selected content standards. One unit will be demonstrated and each teacher will receive a DVD and an opportunity to order a sample unit.

OBIS in the Schoolyard—Outdoor Biology Instructional Strategies (Grades K–6)Laurel RoomKaren Mendelow Nelson and Kimi Hosoume, Lawrence Hall of Sciencekarenmn@berkeley.edu

Investigate your schoolyard or garden with activities from OBIS, developed at the Lawrence Hall of Science. Participate in a sampling of outdoor activities designed to engage students in the natural world, increase their environmental awareness, and extend their classroom science experiences. OBIS activities are available online at outdoorbiology.com.

WSI: Wildlife Scene Investigation (General)Maple RoomRoberta Ayres and Anna Barr, CA Academy of Sciences, naturalist@calacademy.org

Investigate a series of animal tracks and other clues to solve four wildlife “crime scenes.” Make your own tracking guide and learn how to read nature’s signs, including bones, tracks and scat. This workshop will inspire you to explore the outdoors or create your own scenarios.

Take Your Math Lessons Outside (Grades 3–8)Friends RoomRisa Wolfson, Bay Area Math Project, Lawrence Hall of Science rwolfson@berkeley.edu

This interactive session supplements your classroom math lessons with math lessons for the outdoors. Explore activities using estimation, measurement, similar triangles, and scale drawing. Math in the Garden outdoor lessons are used to complement your in-class curriculum.

12:00–1:00 WorkshopsMeet the BEETLES: Better Environmental Education Teaching, Learning, Expertise & Sharing (General)Buckeye RoomKevin Beals, Lynn Barakos, and Craig Strang, Lawrence Hall of Science kbeals@berkeley.edu

Experience new professional development modules from BEETLES, a program at the Lawrence Hall of science for residential outdoor environmental education programs statewide. In this interactive workshop we’ll explore the question “What is Science?” BEETLES provides model camp activities and other research-based resources.

Opening the World Through Nature Journaling (General)Laurel RoomJohn Muir Laws, California Native Plant Society, johnmuirlaws@gmail.com

Integrating fine arts, science, and language arts, Nature Journaling teaches children to become keen observers of the natural world by drawing and writing about plants and animals to record information. In a set of nested exercises, students use games, put together a field guide, make treasure maps, and write short stories and poems. Bring a notebook, journal, or drawing paper and a pencil.

Hungry Owl Project (Grades 3–12)Maple RoomAlex Godbe and Maggie Rufo, Hungry Owl Project, info@hungryowl.org

What is a beneficial predator? This workshop will introduce you to nature’s non-toxic rodent control: the Barn Owl. These prolific and common predators are extremely beneficial to human kind and can be enticed to help us protect landscapes from destructive rodents. Includes a live owl, owl pellets & a visit to Marin County’s Civic Center’s owl boxes.

GuidingScientificObservationswithEarlyElementaryStudents (Grades K–6)Friends Room, Sarah Pedemonte, Bay Area Science Project / BAMP and MARE (Marine Activities, Resources, and Education), Lawrence Hall of Science spedemonte@berkeley.edu

Build a model pond with live organisms. Discover teaching techniques for early elementary grades. See how to direct students to make careful observations of the habitat, individual organisms, and their interactions. Participants will practice strategies such as evidence-based talk, notebooking, and drawing.

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1:30–2:30 Workshops

Waves, Wetlands, and Watersheds (General)Buckeye RoomAnnie Kohut Frankel, California Coastal Commission, afrankel@coastal.ca.gov

Turn a beach cleanup project into a learning opportunity and explore issues of marine pollution with your students. Take part in Coastal Cleanup Day, the largest volunteer event in California, or do a cleanup on your own. Receive a copy of Waves, Wetlands, and Watersheds, from the California Coastal Commission.

Wildscaping in the Schoolyard (Grades K–8)Laurel RoomShauna Lavi, Oakland Zoo, slavi@oaklandzoo.org

Would you like to propagate habitat in your own schoolyard and backyard to increase biodiversity? In this wildscaping-meets-green-building workshop, we’ll explore how to create wildlife habitat layers with native plants and recycled materials, from habitat surveys to ongoing citizen science.

The Truth About Climate Change—An Inconvenient Truth (General)Maple RoomDiane Demee-Benoit, Climate Reality Project, dianedb83@comcast.net

Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth spurred an outpouring of interest in global climate change. The climate crisis is real and we know how to solve it. This presentation will provide an overview of climate change science and fact, the meaningful steps needed to bring about change, and ideas for teaching students about the most important environmental challenge of our time.

More Than Sorting Bottles and Cans: The 4Rs Student Action Project (General)Friends RoomAngelina Vergara, Maricelle Cardenas, David Griswold, Grace Lee, and Jeannie Pham, avergara@stopwaste.org

The 4Rs (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and Rot) Student Action Project serves 5th grade teachers and their classrooms. Learn how to integrate the 4Rs and their Watershed, Foodshed, and Wasteshed themes into your curriculum. Sorting waste conserves natural resources, our ocean, and mitigates climate change. In the 4R program students experience fun hands-on activities to guide them on how to take action in their own community.

3:00–4:00 Workshops

Population Activities for a Crowded Planet (Grades 5_12) Buckeye RoomElaine Gorman, Population Connection, vevado@yahoo.com

World human population has surpassed 7 billion people. Our increasing population impacts all other inhabitants and the natural systems of Earth. Engage in hands-on activities that address population issues. Participants leave with a CD that contains over 50 activities that can be used in the classroom or with any group of students.

Garden Speak: K–5 Science and Language Arts Lessons in the Garden (Grades K–5)Laurel RoomLinda Myers, Sherman Elementary, greenlindamyers@yahoo.com

Open a window onto the world of garden education, its ever-increasing role in the fabric of experiential education and its challenge to the world’s urban kids to care for, learn from, and respect their natural environment. Bringing CA curriculum standards in through the garden gate, we will engage in role-play activities, nature poetry, writing, and observation.

Solar Schoolhouse—Sustainable Energy Starts with the Sun (Grades–12)Maple RoomTor Allen, The Rahus Institute—Solar Schoolhouse, tor@rahus.org

Experience hands-on classroom activities to ignite your students’ interest & imagination in exploring solar energy. Discover the many ways we can capture and utilize this clean, powerful, and reliable source of energy. Your Solar Home Educational Supplement will be provided.

Using Environmental Issues to Teach Ecology (Grades 7–10)Friends RoomMaia Willcox, SEPUP/Bay Area Science Project, Lawrence Hall of Science, mwillcox@berkeley.edu

Learn about current environmental issues, such as fisheries management and pesticide use, to teach about ecosystem and population dynamics, through hands-on activities and data analysis.

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Thirty-five and a half years ago, in the summer of 1976, the U.S. Forest Service sponsored a two-day environmental- education conference at Squaw Valley. The usual representatives from the same familiar organizations engaged in EE at that time were there, and for the umteenth time they regaled each other with their

educational materials. During an evening jaw session, Gary Heath and Linda De Lucchi from the OBIS Project, Dick Reid from the Western Timber Association, and a few others got to grousing about the fact that the EE community was only talking to itself; the larger education community — particularly classroom teachers — were not being exposed to the wealth of EE sites, curriculum materials, and human resources. When the question, “What should we do about it?” came up, spines stiffened and someone suggested, “Let’s put on a show!” There was general agreement and, more importantly, a date was set for a planning meeting at the Lawrence Hall of Science.

At that first meeting it was decided to put on a one-day event — a resource fair —and to invite all the teachers in the San Francisco Bay Area. During the ensuing weeks and months, the planning committee increased in number, potential institutional sponsors were identified, and the list of environmental organizations steadily grew. Esther Railton, EE professor at Hayward State University, arranged for the fair to be hosted on her campus. And through some mysterious process, the fair acquired a name, the Bay Area Environmental Education Resource Fair, soon to be known simply as The BAEER Fair.

On Saturday, March 5, 1977, 425 people paid $2.00 to attend the BAEER Fair. An additional 150 people staffed 70 exhibit booths and conducted 65 workshops. The Fair was so successful and profitable (we cleared $350) that we decided to do it again the next year. The money was donated to Bill Leland of the Harbinger File to modernize his fledgling resource database, and the event was officially referred to as the First Annual BAEER Fair.

BAEER Fair 2 was at Merritt College, Oakland, followed by Fair 3 at Fort Mason in San Francisco, and Fair 4 at the Santa Clara County Fair Grounds. Fairs 5 –8 were held on Treasure Island. Then we moved to our present location of choice, Marin Center, and the once-itinerant BAEER settled down and became institutionalized as a mid-winter event. BAEER Fair 35 is the twenty-seventh “running of the BAEERs” in Marin.

Thirty-five Years with the BAEER Fair

BAEER Fair is primarily a volunteer operation. Over the years the composition of the planning committee has changed a bit, but the mission has remained the same —to expose Bay Area teachers to the rich variety of environmental-education resources available in the Bay Area and beyond. There was talk from time to time on the subject of incorporating and becoming a separate fiscal entity, but we always decided to remain associated with an established environmental organization. For many years that support came from the Environmental Forum, an EE networking organization operated by Bill Hammerman, a professor of EE at San Francisco State. From 1992 to 2006 the books were kept by the Greenbelt Alliance in San Francisco. In 2007 the BAEER migrated to the East Bay where it is a special project of the Lawrence Hall of Science.

A major turning point in the growth of the BAEER Fair came in 1985 when the planning committee decided to hire a permanent coordinator for future fairs. Ken Hanley answered the call and has guided the BAEER from that time on. By having a person to manage the multitudes of details, keep the planning on schedule, and communicate with the presenters, the volunteer planners could focus on improving the details of BAEER Fair mission.

We’d like to acknowledge and thank the several BAEER Fair coordinators who have kept the BAEER moving forward. Linda De Lucchi and Donn Davy guided the most important first Fair, Larry Malone coordinated BAEER Fairs 2 and 3, Juliana Ver Steeg headed Fair 4 through 7, Judy Adler coordinated Fair 8, and then Ken Hanley took over the controls for Fairs 9 –35, and it looks like he may have the energy for another few decades of Fairs. Over the course of the 35 years, 77 different people have served on the planning committees, but only Linda De Lucchi and Larry Malone are veterans of all 35 campaigns.

Many agencies and organizations have supported the BAEER with dollars and in-kind services, and we thank every one of them. Special thanks go to those sponsors who stayed with us for a decade or longer: Lawrence Hall of Science, East Bay Regional Parks, PG&E, and East Bay MUD.

And finally, the success of the BAEER over the past 35 years is attributable to the hundreds of agency representatives, workshop presenters, and educators who brought excitement and imagination to each BAEER Fair. From the BAEER Fair planning committee, present and past, we extend a warm thank you.

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BAEER Fair 35 Planning CommitteeKen Hanley, CoordinatorKaren Mendelow Nelson, Workshop CoordinatorAnne AndersonDon BielefieldAlondra BlandonLinda De LucchiPaul FerreiraBob FlasherMichele KorbLarry MaloneCraig StrangJuliana Ver Steeg

Special thanks toDeSondra Ward, Lawrence Hall of ScienceNicole Medina, Lawrence Hall of Science

Cover Illustration Art: Frog In the Rainforest by Michael Hu, age 11Lilburn, GeorgiaRiver of Words www.riverofwords.org

The BAEER Fair is a networking event, promoting environmental education and the varied resources available to teachers and the general public. The Fair is currently a special project of the Lawrence Hall of Science.

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