The Outers Club
Over its 40-year history, this extracurricular program of outdoor experiential education and community service has become a rite of passage for senior high school students in Atikokan, Ontario.
Posts from the ‘High School (ages 14-19)’ Category
Mar 31
Mar 31
Singapore Sensory Trail
In this inter-cultural and inter-generational community project, expatriate students designed an interpretive trail to provide access to nature for visually impaired citizens of Singapore.
Mar 31
Climate Change and Regional Geography
Climate change can bring an immediate and pressing relevance to the study of geography, coaxing new ideas out of worn textbooks.
Mar 30
Planet Transit: Profit or Survival?
A game of economic development choices and consequences for Grades 9 and up (ages 14+).
Mar 30
Pedal-Power Outreach
How to organize bicycle expeditions from residential centers to the schools they serve, to promote environmental awareness.
Mar 30
EE Collaboration in the US-Mexico Border Region the environment of the US-Mexico border region
A spotlight on international collaboration to promote environmental education as a tool to improve the environment of the US-Mexico border region.
Acting Out Energy Forms
A very active activity for grades K-8 which teaches about different forms of kinetic, potential, and renewable energy. Helps provide a context for teaching scientific principles related to energy transformations, chemical transformations, electricity and light, which are central to many clean energy technologies.
Mar 27
Key Terms in Environmental Fields: Establishing a Foundation
An activity that helps high school students correct the misconceptions associated with key terms from environmental science and related fields. The activity engages, identifies and clarifies students’ understanding of basic definitions of these terms.
Apr 1
Learning with Lichen: Using Epiphytic Lichens as Bio-indicators of Air Pollution
Using lichens as bio-indicators to monitor air quality provides students with a concrete and engaging introduction to the abstract concept of air pollution. The article offers step-by-step guidelines for middle and high school educators.
Apr 1
The Dinner Game
A fun and enlightening game for high school (and older) students that demonstrates the true costs of dinner when the environmental costs of producing various food items are considered. This activity introduces the concepts of environmental tax reform and “life-cycle assessment”.
