Sunday,
February 21, 2010
Pre-Conference
Field Trips & Activities
9:00 am Depart
from Hotel Lobby
When Life Gives You a Bushel of Lemons…Bake a Cherry Pie.
9:30 am Depart
from Hotel Lobby
Missouri Botanical Garden
10:00 am Depart
from Hotel Lobby
Backpacking at Hawn State Park
11:00 am Meet
at Powder Valley Nature Center
Outdoor Photography
4:30 pm in the Kirkwood Room at the Hotel
NAI Region 6 Board Meeting
6:30 pm Depart from
Hotel Lobby
Ice Skating at Steinberg Rink
6:45 pm Depart
from Hotel Lobby
Owl Prowl at Powder Valley
Monday,
February 22, 2010
Pre-Conference
Field Trips & Activities
8:00 am Concourse Exhibit Area Opens & Registration
Opens
8:15 am Depart from North end
of Concourse
Behind the Scenes at Busch Stadium
8:15 am Depart from North end
of Concourse
Mystery Trip Extravaganza --
On your own
8:30 am Salon A
Painless PowerPoints
Noon Lunch on your
Own
1:00 pm Workshop Begins
1:00 pm Salon A Brian Barnette All-American Interpreters’ Quiz
1:00 pm Concourse Trading
Post Opens
2:30 pm Sessions
Track(s): Cultural Room: Kirkwood
The Virtual Hampson Archeological
Museum: Enhancing On-Site Interpretation Through a
Digital Environment
Track(s): Natural & Academic Room: Salon A
A Taste of Growing Up Wild,
"Exploring Nature with Young Children."
Track(s): Cultural Room: Sunset
Experiencing First-Person Interpretation, A
Student’s Perspective
Track(s): Natural Room: Webster
I’m No Little Miss Muffet
3:15 pm Concourse Break
3:30 pm Sessions
Track(s): Cultural Room: Kirkwood
Historical Trekking: an Alternative to Rendezvous
Track(s): Natural & Cultural Room: Salon A
Beyond the Hokey Pokey: Using Dance as an interpretive Tool
Track(s): Cultural Room: Sunset
Following the fiddler home; some thoughts
on using historically accurate and regionally correct music for your site.
Track(s): Natural Room: Webster
Wildflowers Inside Your Tent
4:15 pm Sessions End
5:00 pm Concourse Registration
Closes & Trading Post Closes
6:30 pm Keynote
Address St. Louis Zoo – McDonnell Center at River
Camp
Andrew E. Jefferson Sr., “Using Your Available
Resources”
Tuesday,
February 23, 2010
Conference
Field Trips
7:00 am Salon
B Breakfast
7:00 am Concourse
Exhibits
7:45 am Depart from North end
of Concourse
Bluffs, Bear, Bricks – How Geology Built St. Louis
This field trip is full!
8:00 am Depart
from North end of Concourse
Henry Shaw Ozark Corridor
8:00 am Depart
from North end of Concourse
St. Louis Zoo and Forest Park
This field trip is full!
8:00 am Depart
from North end of Concourse
“Cache in” at Forest Park
8:00 am Depart
from North end of Concourse
Joie de Vivre in Ste. Genevieve
This field trip has been cancelled!
8:00 am Depart
from North end of Concourse
Civil War in St. Louis
8:30 am Depart from North end
of Concourse
Winter Birding at the Confluence
This field trip is full!
9:00 am Depart
from North end of Concourse
Boone Home and Historic St. Charles
6:30 pm Scholarship
Auction, The Lindenwood Club, Lindenwood University
Wednesday,
February 24, 2010
7:00 am Salon
B Breakfast
7:00 am Concourse
Registration Opens & Exhibits, Vendors
8:30 am
Sessions
Track(s): Academic Room: Kirkwood
How to Write Tight Workshop
Track(s): Cultural Room: Salon A
Corps of Discovery:
The School of Natural Resources, Frederick Douglass High School, and the
Big
Muddy National Wildlife Refuge
Track(s): Academic & Administrative Room: Sunset
Fostering Opportunities for Interpretation Near the Confluence of the Big Rivers
Track(s): Natural Room: Webster
Astronomy From the Ground Up
9:00 am Concourse
Registration Closes
9:15 am Concourse Break
9:30 am Sessions
Track(s): Academic Room: Kirkwood
www.themaingate.org -- an Education Portal into the World of
Museums
Track(s): Room: Salon A
Spruced Up Storytelling workshop
Track(s): Administrative
& Academic Room: Sunset
A Simple Visitor Survey For Just About Anywhere
Track(s): Natural Room: Webster
ExplorOlogy: Adventures in Science Discovery
10:15 am Concourse Break
10:30 am Sessions
Track(s): Academic Room: Kirkwood
Providing Blended Experiences to
Underserved Audiences in the Outdoor Setting.
Track(s): Cultural Room: Salon A
How Can I Interpret the Civil War When I'm Not A Civil War Site?
Track(s): Natural & Administrative Room: Sunset
The Ins and Outs of Camping Programs at Your Site
Track(s): Natural Room: Webster
Leaving Footprints
11:15 am Concourse Break
11:30 am Sessions
Track(s): Academic Room: Kirkwood
The Future of Natural History at American Universities and The Nature Study Movement or, The
Forgotten Popularizer of America’s
Conservation Ethic ie, “What It Means To Be A Naturalist”.
Track(s): Cultural Room: Salon A
Creating Cultural Connections
Track(s): Administrative Room: Sunset
The Interpreter’s Field Guide to the Recruiting and Hiring
the Seasonal Species
Track(s): Natural Room: Webster
Black-footed Ferret Reintroduction in Kansas
Noon Concourse Trading
Post Opens
12:15 pm Salon B Lunch & Business Meeting
2:15 pm Sessions
Track(s): Academic Room: Kirkwood
Navigating the Confluence of Interpretation
Track(s): Cultural Room: Salon A
Trackin` Them Pioneers!!
Track(s): Administrative Room: Sunset
Interpretation By Design: Graphic
Design Basics for Heritage Interpreters
Track(s): Natural Room: Webster
It's Getting HOT, HOT , HOT: How to
Include Climate Change In Your Interpretive Programs
3:00 pm Concourse Break
3:15 pm Sessions
Track(s): Cultural Room: Salon A
Getting into character … What the ____ does that mean?
Track(s): All Room: Sunset
Using Service Learning Projects to Partner With Higher
Education
Track(s): Natural Room: Webster
Taking Tilden to Timbuktu: Merging cultural and natural
history in the heartland of West Africa
4:00 pm Concourse Break
4:15 pm Sessions
Track(s): Natural
& Cultural Room: Salon A
The Natural Aspects of Culture
Track(s): Natural
& Cultural Room: Webster
Saving an Ozark Treasure, The Ozark
Chinquapin
6:30 pm Salon B Awards Banquet , Angela
daSilva , ”The Story of Lila”
Music Michael & Tenley
7:00
pm Concourse Trading Post Closes