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2026 LEEF Conference Wakulla Wild

8:00am EDT

Field Trip: Explore Apalachee Bay & Estuary @ FSU Marine Lab (Pre-Register) Off-Site Field Trip

10:00am EDT

Field Trip: Gulf Specimen Marine Lab (Pre-Register) Off-Site Field Trip

1:00pm EDT

Field Trip: Discover St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge with Don Morrow (Pre-Register) Off-Site Field Trip

1:30pm EDT

Field Trip: Wakulla Springs Boat Tour 2PM (Pre-Register) Off-Site Field Trip

2:30pm EDT

Field Trip: Wakulla Springs Boat Tour 3PM (Pre-Register) Off-Site Field Trip

3:00pm EDT

2 Hr Workshop: Local Waters, Global Impact: Engaging Teachers in Water Testing and Environmental Action WEI Lab

5:00pm EDT

Springs to Shore Social, Refreshments & Live Music WEI Main Classroom A&B

8:00am EDT

Conference Check-In & Coffee WEI Dogtrot

8:30am EDT

Conference Welcome & Introduction WEI Main Classroom A&B

9:30am EDT

Cultivating Connections with Florida’s Wildflowers: An Updated Curriculum for Environmental Educators WEI Lab Outdoors Are for Everyone: Supporting Guests with Disabilities in Nature WEI Main Classroom A Sustainability Fellows: Applied Research Benefitting Community Partners WEI Dogtrot 2 Hr. Workshop - AWE: A Watershed Event, a new curriculum for teaching interdependence in ecosystems WEI Main Classroom B

10:00am EDT

Silent Auction TBA

10:30am EDT

Beyond Storytime: Creating Your Own Children's Picture Book to Promote Place-Based Literacy WEI Main Classroom A Explore with the Florida Geological Survey WEI Lab From Vision to Funding: Grant Writing Through a Logic Model Approach WEI Porch

11:30am EDT

From Badges to Action: Engaging Scouts in Community Action Projects for the Environment WEI Lab Growing Up WILD: How We Are “Growing” Our Next Generation That Cares WEI Main Classroom A The Wakulla Springs Lab: Connecting University Resources and Research-Supported Storytelling for Local Environmental Education WEI Main Classroom B

12:30pm EDT

Lunch WEI Main Classroom A&B

1:30pm EDT

Birds & Binoculars WEI Porch Integrating AI into Environmental Education: Exploring New Tools and Strategies WEI Main Classroom A Marine Specimens in the Classroom WEI Lab 2 Hr. Workshop (fee-based) - Florida Project Learning Tree - Together For Birds (Pre-Register) WEI Main Classroom B

2:30pm EDT

Curating Florida’s Natural History: Educator-Centered Digital Strategies WEI Lab Engaging the Next Generation of Conservation Leaders WEI Main Classroom A Love Where You Live: Creating Lifelong Connections Between Children and Nature WEI Porch

3:30pm EDT

General Member Meeting & Installation of Officers (All Welcome) WEI Main Classroom A&B

4:30pm EDT

Leading with Nature: Youth Inclusion in Environmental Spaces WEI Main Classroom A&B

4:50pm EDT

Professional Development for Environmental Educators in Africa: A CEE-Change Project WEI Main Classroom A&B

5:10pm EDT

Why Native Plants are Important & How to Add Them to the Landscape WEI Main Classroom A&B

5:30pm EDT

AI use in environmental education: Do ecological values really matter? WEI Dogtrot Immersive Green Spaces: A 3D Virtual Tour of the USF Botanical Gardens as an Interactive Resource for Environmental Learning WEI Dogtrot Stormwater Outreach WEI Dogtrot Urban Forestry Exploration Camp: Opening Doors for Youth WEI Dogtrot Youth Development Through Immersive Conservation Research in the Tropics WEI Dogtrot

6:00pm EDT

Dinner & Keynote, Dr. Christopher Werner WEI Main Classroom A&B

8:00am EDT

Morning Coffee & Networking WEI Dogtrot

8:30am EDT

Memorial Tree Planting TBA

9:15am EDT

General Session & Welcome Back WEI Main Classroom A&B

9:30am EDT

Bugging Out WEI Main Classroom B Biocultural Education in the Amazon WEI Main Classroom A Dispersed Yet United WEI Lab 2 Hr. Workshop - Teaching with Connection: Indigenous pedagogies and Place-Based Learning (Pre-Register) WEI Main Classroom B

10:30am EDT

Nature Journaling WEI Main Classroom A Educational Farm Walk: Sustainable Growing, Animal Integration, and Orchards WEI Dogtrot

11:30am EDT

Conference Wrap-up & Announcements WEI Main Classroom A&B