You must be registered for the conference to attend a field trip or movie venue.
Registration for the field trips and movie venue is required so we can better communicate with each venue. Every movie venue will have heavy appetizers or dinner provided at their site. You must register two weeks prior to the conference, September 10, if you plan to attend the dinner. If you register after this date, you may be asked to contribute to dinner costs. Review the field trips and movie venues below and then click on the "YES! I am Attending" button and you will be taken to the registration page.
TAEE will do our best to let you know what is happening with in-person field trips and the movie venues in the current covid climate. However, because guidelines change rapidly it is up to each individual to contact the field trip and/or movie venue to confirm their covid policy and event details as the date of event draws closer.
Friday, September 24th Field TripsGalveston Bay Foundation's Kemah Property, 1725 Highway 146, Kemah, TX
Friday, 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.; this includes the movie venueEnjoy Galveston Bay at sunset while exploring the local prairie and marsh habitats. Educators will receive nature journaling supplies to use while identifying aquatic and land flora and fauna. Activities may include seining in the bay, insect sweeps, birding, and using digital hand microscopes. A sunset happy hour will occur at the education pavilion to remind us of the beauty we live in and participants can stay to watch the TAEE movie if they like. Participants will need to wear closed-toe shoes, weather appropriate clothing, clothes that can get wet if they would like to seine in the bay (along with extra clothes to change into). For information on the field trip and movie venue, contact Cindy Wilhems at
cwilems@galvbay.org Friday Night at the Movie VenuesGalveston Bay Foundation - See information at the above field trip for details.
Houston Arboretum & Nature Center, 4501 Woodway Dr. Houston, TX 77024
For more information regarding this venue, contact Patti Bonnin,
pbonnin@houstonarboretum.org.
Schedule of Friday Night at the Movies5:30 - 6:00 Arrive at Movie Venue location
6:00 - 7:00 Network and have dinner
7:00 - 8:30 View Movie
8:30 Depart movie venue
The schedule may vary at those sites that are hosting a field trip and movie. Contact the site for any questions.
Saturday, September 25th Field TripsPocket Praires of Houston See locations below. All locations are within 30 minutes of downtown Houston, 15 minutes from each other.
Saturday, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.How can you immerse your students in an ecosystem that they design and build themselves? Plant a prairie, we'll give you the seeds. Plant a prairie; large, small, simple or complex. Plant a prairie, be amazed at what life you attract, an actual "build it and they will come" experience. Literally bring life into your curriculum with: citizen science projects; biodiversity surveys; wildflower and insect identification and more. Plant a prairie, build a place of knowledge and wonder, and help us restore the Texas Coastal Prairie, an ecosystem of which less than 1% remains.
During this field trip you can visit up to four school pocket prairies, all within 15 miles of each other. Each workshop participant receives startup resources including a wildflower seed packet compliments of Native American Seed. Each packet can cover 20 square feet of native wildflowers. Participants may also join the Pocket Prairie Teachers Facebook group, an invaluable resource for sharing ideas and solving problems. As an added bonus, each participant may receive an on-the-ground personal consultation from a Texas Master Naturalist.
Plant a prairie, amaze students, heal the land, join us.
For more information regarding this field trip, contact Alicia Mein Johnson at
aliciamein@hotmail.com or Jim Islieb at
isleibj@gmail.com. If you know which prairie you would like to visit, you can contact the location directly and let them know you are coming.
Carnegie Vanguard HS
1501 Taft
Houston, TX 77019
Contact:
Jamie Ford jamieford009@gmail.com Westchester Academy for International Studies
901 Yorkchester Dr,
Houston, TX 77079
Contact:
Jim Isleib isleibj@gmail.com Katy High School
6301 S. Stadium Lane
Katy TX 77494
Contact: Dr. Rhonda Burroughs
RhondaLBurrough@katyisd.org Westside High School
14201 Briar Forest Dr,
Houston, TX 77077
Contact: Caroly Klein
cklein@houstonisd.org