STEM Learning in Your Own Backyard
Originally appears in the Winter 2016 issue
Our students are connected to a global feast of knowledge through daily consumption of social media, but know very little about local ecosystems or science processes happening in their own communities. The philosopher Comenius once said, “Knowledge of the nearest things should be acquired first, then that of those farther and farther off.”[i] How can we engage students in their local culture, help them understand the environment they live in, and make science relevant to their everyday lives? One approach to making science relevant and relatable for students is to provide opportunities for place-based education.
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