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2007 Fall Conference Schedule, Oct. 20
W. R. Farrington High School
1564 N. King St.
(enter from Kalihi St. going mauka just before getting on H-1 east)
Updated 9/2/07

7:30 a.m. – 815 a.m. Exhibitors, vendors, volunteers check-in at cafeteria

8:15 a.m. – 8:50 a.m. Participant Registration in cafeteria
Morning Refreshments using eco-friendly plates

8:50 a.m. Introductions and acknowledgments

9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Keynote Speaker: Ramsay Taum

10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Break

10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Session 1 Workshop

11:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Break

11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. Session 2 Workshop

12:45 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. Light Lunch buffet in the cafeteria
Address by Mr. Al Byers on the NSTA Learning Center and e-PD
Door Prize drawings

2:00 p.m. Everyone is outta there!

Special features:
Recycle! Swap Meet: bring and pick up used/unwanted educational materials.
Learn about the various agencies that enhance our awareness and how to maximize your contribution to “mãlama o ka ‘ãina”: join a conservation organization.
Door prizes!

Workshops will be in classrooms of I-Building next to the cafeteria. All other events, vendors, and informational booths will be in the cafeteria. Dress for very warm conditions.

Keynote Speaker: Mr. Ramsay Taum
Mr. Taum has been the Director of Oahu Operations for the Hawai’i Nature Center since 2004. Prior to that, he served as the Project Manager for the Ala Wai Watershed Improvement Project, Associate Director of the Ala Wai Watershed Association, and Coordinator of the Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Program for the Kailua Bay AdvisoryCouncil. Mr. Taum will speak about incorporating place based and host cultural values and principles into environmental science education.

Generously sponsored by:

Schnitzer Steel Hawaii Corp. Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.
Dowling Company, Inc.

The Hawaii Academy of Science

Vedors:
Delta Education/FOSS School and Technology Resources It’s About Time Publishing

Exhibitors:
Coordinating Group on Alien Species (CGAPS)
Hoyike l Haleakala Outreach, Maui Invasive Species Committee
Conservation Council for Hawaii
Malama Maunalua
The Nature Conservancy, Malama Hawaii
National Tropical Botanical Garden
Hawaii Academy of Science
Waterman Academy/Rapture Marine
Hawaii State Science Olympiad
The Green House
NSTA Learning Center and e-PD
Kokua Hawaii Foundation

Door Prizes include a rain catchment barrel (courtesy of the Green House) and
A 3-4 day Marine Science trip for two people ( courtesy of Waterman Academy/Rapture Marine)