Looking for someone to speak to your school, club, business, or other community organization? Reach out to Middle Peninsula Master Naturalist volunteers to give presentations, lead nature walks, lead environmental education activities for youth, or any other program related to natural resources. See list below for topics offered and contact information.
| Speaker: Doug Dwoyer Email: doug.dwoyer@icloud.com |
| Educational Programs: lecture-style presentation |
| Formats: classroom, meeting room or auditorium, in-person; webinar, online meeting, or other virtual format |
| Audiences: youth, 9th to 12th grade; general adult audiences; other Virginia Master Naturalist volunteers |
| Engaging Diverse Audiences: I have wide experiences talking to diverse audiences from civic organizations, to garden clubs, to elected and appointed officials, to academics. |
| Topics: Impact of Climate Change on Virginia; Impact of Climate Change on Hampton Roads; The Anthropocene Naturalist; The Anthropocene Citizen |
| Anything else? I love engaging with audiences in a Q&A format, a general discussion, or a lecture followed by either of these formats. I am willing to engage with even the most skeptical audiences about my topics. |
| Speaker: Dan Schlangen Email: dan.schlangen@outlook.com |
| Educational Programs: lecture-style presentation; outdoor interpretive walk (for example, a nature walk or a tree walk); field or classroom demonstration (for example, a hands-on program on how to plant a tree) |
| Formats: classroom, meeting room or auditorium, in-person; outdoors in the field, in-person; webinar, online meeting, or other virtual format |
| Audiences: youth, 6th to 8th grade; youth, 9th to 12th grade; families (multiple ages together); general adult audiences |
| Engaging Diverse Audiences: prior youth group (teen) church leader; certified instructor with US Coast Guard |
| Topics: Native plants, animals, birds |
| Speaker: Hurricane Thompson Email: henry.thompson.glova@outlook.com |
| Educational Programs: lecture-style presentation; outdoor interpretive walk (for example, a nature walk or a tree walk); field or classroom demonstration (for example, a hands-on program on how to plant a tree); other: Native Bee Enclosures |
| Formats: classroom, meeting room or auditorium, in-person; outdoors in the field, in-person |
| Audiences: pre-school youth; youth, kindergarten to 5th grade; youth, 6th to 8th grade; youth, 9th to 12th grade; families (multiple ages together); general adult audiences; other Virginia Master Naturalist volunteers |
| Topics: Native Bees; Tree Walks; Purple Martin Houses |
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