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Posts tagged ‘learning’

The Garden as an Integrating Context for Learning

Building cross-curricular connections year-‘round with sustainable food production.

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What’s the Buzz: Exploring a Bee Colony’s Inner Workings

A hands-on activity exploring a bee colony and the roles of the worker bees

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A Watershed Year

Learning in an authentic, meaningful, interdisciplinary environment

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Do-it-yourself Aquaponics

How learning by doing enabled high school students to grow leafy greens, develop skills, and nurture some hope for the future

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Community Engagement for the Birds!

Local nature centers, citizen scientists, and cooperative corporations all have a role in saving migrating birds

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Water Quality Field Trips

As they watch wastewater being treated and test water quality in a stream near their school, high school and college students come to appreciate the importance of water quality

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A Reflection on Forest Experiences

Thoughts on the internal ‘tensions’ of early childhood educators in outdoor environments

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Brain-compatible learning

Neuroscientists are mapping the pathways between body and brain, providing tangible evidence of the benefits of hands-on, experiential learning.
FROM GREEN TEACHER'S SPRING 2001 ISSUE

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Step Outside For Learning

A description of how an elementary school made student-led outdoor learning part of their everyday curriculum, and how this has benefited student learning, collaboration between staff and students in different grades, overall morale in the school, and community collaborations.

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The Learning Barge

How this unique and innovative project in Virginia is teaching students about river ecology and inspiring them to clean up their river.

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