We are looking for educators (K-12, informal, higher ed, and env ed/community science ed) to share engaging and effective conservation educational and restoration modules. 🌎

The Forum will take place on July 13 from 4 to 6 PM CDT.

The deadline to submit a proposal is February 15, 2026. Members of the SCBNA Education Committee will review submissions and confirm the status of your proposal (accepted or not) by April 1, 2026.

Learn more about the requirements and submit: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdAWygSdT_Fz4Gvz9Ed0iFT_xvw-lgJu1d0cQEJUG3Hj55dLg/viewform

How can poetry engage and inspire you and your conservation biology students? Find out in this interactive workshop co-facilitated by a biologist/educator and an artist/poet. We believe that poetry (and the arts more broadly) complement conservation science. To be able to work with a species or habitat requires spending time in careful and curious observation. When statistical intricacies, policy machinations, or syllabus minutiae muddle our brains, a moment of poetry reconnects us with our ecosystems, our more-than-human kin, and ourselves. Poetry invites us to re-find beauty, rekindle awe, redirect fear and dismay, and re-connect to place. This workshop uses close observation – of sources, species, and places – as a science-friendly gateway to foster wonder and build relationships through creating and sharing poems.

In this science- and poetry-friendly workshop, you will:

1. Discover why and how adding poetry to your pedagogy can engage and inspire you and your learners.
2. Contribute to a poetry myth-busting activity you can use with your learners.
3. Test out three easy-access and surprisingly rich poetry prompts, share the results, and adapt the prompts for your learners.
4. Receive well-tested pdf and online resources for integrating poetry and biology at the lesson, course, and curriculum scales.

Facilitators:

1. Dr. Marjorie Wonham | Associate Teaching Professor, University of Washington
2. Joelle Cook | Artist and Writer

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Date/Time: Thursday, November 20, 2025, from 2-2:30 PM CDT

Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/BJ82v-p9RGyQCP8gcWFD-g

Learn about upcoming events with SCBNA here: https://scbnorthamerica.org/index.php/events/

Learn more about SCBNA: https://scbnorthamerica.org/

Thank you! Hope to see you there!

SCBNA

As August comes to an end, let’s recap on all the amazing webinars SCBNA’s student affairs committee has organized this summer!

In June, we learned how to integrate multi-source and variable-scale remote sensing data into conservation.

In July, we tried some new tools for project management and Excel, and saw how art and illustration can be used to communicate science to the public.

In August, we heard about a case of nature-based solutions in action in the Lake Erie Watershed.

Browse recordings of all 5 webinars (and many more!) on our YouTube site: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpzzRMixGJwRJRSiccJzJXAof