Register! 11/20 SCBNA Conservation Education Workshop: Integrating Poetry and Conservation: A Toolkit for Educators

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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

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Thank you! Hope to see you there!

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