{"id":5990,"date":"2018-03-21T15:47:21","date_gmt":"2018-03-21T15:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.auburn.edu\/aww\/?p=2643"},"modified":"2023-05-17T14:33:26","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T14:33:26","slug":"aww-eeaa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aaes.auburn.edu\/wrc\/aww-eeaa\/","title":{"rendered":"AWW @ EEAA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AWW Program Staffers Mona and Sydney had an AWWesome few days learning and exploring at the 2018 Environmental Education Association of Alabama Conference in Dauphin Island, AL back in February.<\/p>\n<p>The EEAA Conference was a great opportunity to meet and network with amazing environmental educators across Alabama, and to learn new and exciting ways to teach kids (and adults!) about environmental stewardship. Take a look at a few of the conference highlights below!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>On the second day of the conference, we hopped on board the Dauphin Island Sea Lab&#8217;s research vessel to explore the estuary! We caught some seriously neat critters, including squids, horseshoe crabs, stingrays, and puffer fish!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2649\" style=\"width: 899px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2649\" class=\"wp-image-2649 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/aaes.auburn.edu\/wrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/02\/mona_horseshoe.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"889\" height=\"858\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2649\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mona holds a juvenile female horseshoe crab caught for observation by the Dauphin Island Sea Lab research vessel.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The EEAA conference featured several talks and breakout sessions geared towards hands-on, out-side-the-box thinking for teaching youth about environmental stewardship.<\/p>\n<p>We learned how to guide students through solving an environmental mystery with author Claire Datnow (you can purchase her environmental mystery series on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Adventures-Sizzling-Six-Stole-Cahaba\/dp\/0984277846\">Amazon<\/a>), learned about Alabama&#8217;s incredible freshwater mussel diversity, and how collaboration between organizations is key! (ex&#8230; NOAA and Dauphin Island!)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aaes.auburn.edu\/wrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/02\/spectaclecase.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2650 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/aaes.auburn.edu\/wrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/02\/spectaclecase-300x296.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"296\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Little Spectaclecase, a freshwater mussel native to Alabama (found in Chewacla State Park in Auburn) displayed during a talk, given by AUM professor Shelly Taliaferro, about the book &#8220;Immersion,&#8221; written by Abbie Gascho Landis.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2651\" src=\"https:\/\/aaes.auburn.edu\/wrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/02\/weatherstation.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"555\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dauphin Island Sea Lab partners with NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) to employ coastal weather stations that collect real-time weather data as well as several water quality parameters, including salinity and dissolved oxygen.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2652\" src=\"https:\/\/aaes.auburn.edu\/wrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/02\/booth.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"680\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A look at AWW&#8217;s sweet set up at the conference! We mainly highlighted the 4H Alabama Water Watch Program&#8217;s Exploring Our Living Streams curriculum and educator workshops.<\/p>\n<p>AWW was joined by several other organizations, including the Cahaba Environmental Center, Camp McDowell, Mobile Bay National Estuary Program, AL State Parks, and many, many others!<\/p>\n<p>Check out AWW&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/alabama_water_watch\/?hl=en\">Instagram<\/a> for more photos of the conference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AWW Program Staffers Mona and Sydney had an AWWesome few days learning and exploring at the 2018 Environmental Education Association of Alabama Conference in Dauphin Island, AL back in February. 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