Speaking and Teaching

Mary Van Dyke is interested to present for you on topics ranging from community and networks, communication, programs, plants, and tools.

Please contact me to discuss workshops, presentations and training opportunities. What would your audience like to discuss in the EE field?

Please contact me at mary@greenstem.us

Topics include:

Community and Networks

• Growing Outdoor Learning and Sustainability, 2014, for Jamestown ES PTA
• Outdoor Learning: What Clicks with Kids, 2012 for Jamestown ES PTA
• Environmental Literacy for VA Governor, Terry McAuliffe, 2015
• Flowers, Food and Community Gardening in Residential Complexes in NOVA, 2012
• Aachen and Arlington, Dialog on Environmental Education, 2011
• Growing Connections Through Outdoor Education, 2011
• Grow Eat Learn - Workshop and Discussion, 2011

Communication

• Talk to Me: Signs and Labels, 2016, at National Arboretum
• Learning in the Landscape, Signs Labels and Links, 2015 for State Arboretum of Virginia, and VAEE conference
• Growing Awareness, Appreciation and Stewardship, 2012 for Arlington Traditional School
• Volunteering… 2013 for teens and teachers at Gunston Middle School
• ELCs Building Success, 2012, VA Cooperative Extension Leadership Councils (ELCs)

Programs and Curriculum

• The Food Project, 2016,weekly fall and spring teen 6-8 grade program
• Take One! Action, 2015, weekly fall, winter, spring teen 6-8 grade program
• Nature Rangers, 2012 - 2016, weekly fall and spring 2 - 5 grade programs
• Tips for Success to Grow a 4-H Junior Master Gardener Club, 2016
• Garden Adventures - Grow Your Food Gardening and Health Program, 2014
• Garden Adventures - Grow Eat and Learn in Your Schoolyard, 2013
• Birds, Bees and Butterflies, Wings Over the Curriculum, 2016 with Christine Payack, VAST and Green Schools Conference and Expo,
• Seeing Math Patterns in Nature, 2014, for NSTA conference
• Use All the Senses: Gardening with and for Kids, 2014, at Arlington Central Library

Plants

• My French Marigold Story and Seed Saving (1 grade), 2016
• Run a Journey North Tulip Program for K-5, 2016
• Learning from Pinecones (pre-K and up), 2016
• Bulb Biology, The Paperwhite Narcissus Project and Hyacinth Hydroponics (5 grade), 2016
• Weed Identification for Schools, 2014
• Gourd Math, 2013
• Sweet! Sweet Potatoes Grow and Taste, 2016
• Managing for Milkweed and Monarchs, 2016
• The Sensory Garden, 2016

Cool Tools

• Be App Savvy Outdoors - fun educational outdoor apps on phones and tablets
• Intro to i-Tree Tools, 2014 (note i-Tree updates)
• Technology and Trees, 2011 (note i-Tree updates)
• Watershed Education Trees and MWEES (Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences), 2014 (note i-Tree updates)
• How Much is That Tree?, 2013, poster (note i-Tree updates)
• Tree Study: A Catalyst for Stewardship, 2013, with Luzdary Chamorro (note i-Tree updates)
• QR Codes in the Garden, 2013, poster
• QR Codes in the Garden, with Henry Staples and Judy Funderburk, 2013
• Cool Tools? What works to stock a shed for a schoolyard garden program

“As a fellow presenter, your style is much appreciated

for being open, flexible and stimulating!”

Emily Ford, State Arboretum of Virginia

January 2016