Science

The Kentucky Association for Environmental Education (KAEE) will hold its EE Boot Camp June 10-12 at Maywoods Environmental and Educational Laboratory near Crab Orchard.

Melanie Trowel, a 7th-grade science teacher at Leestown Middle School (Fayette County), has been named the 2020 Teacher of the Year by the Kentucky Education Association.

The Kentucky Crushed Stone Association (KyCSA) will hold its annual teachers’ workshop, “Rocks and Minerals in Modern Society,” June 18-19 at the Georgetown College Leadership and Conference Center in Georgetown.

The Kentucky Association for Environmental Education (KAEE) will host its annual Outdoor Learning Symposium June 18 at Frederick Douglass High School in Lexington.

The Kentucky Association for Environmental Education is accepting nominations for its annual Excellence in Environmental Education Awards.

The KAEE TREE has been developed as a means to connect educators with professionals who can assist with the integration of environmental concepts into all content areas.

The Eastern Kentucky University College of Science will host its Science and Math Camp June 2-7 on the EKU campus in Richmond.

The Arboretum, State Botanical Garden of Kentucky is offering a classroom experience in which students can explore connections between plants, other organisms and their environments by designing miniature ecosystems contained within terrariums.

The North American Association for Environmental Education is accepting proposals for its annual conference and research symposium Oct. 15-19 at Lexington Convention Center.

Two Fayette County teachers, Heidi Anderson of Locust Trace AgriScience Center and Ashley Rosen of the STEAM Academy, are among 28 teachers chosen for the 2019 NASA Airborne Astronomy Ambassadors program, a professional development for high school science teachers.