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  Garrison School Environmental Education

HOW TO TEACH OUTDOORS

connecting the dots

2/25/2016

 
Learning for a Sustainable Future (LSF)  is a non-profit Canadian organization that was created to integrate sustainability education into Canada’s education system. LSF has published the 2014 publication Connecting the Dots: Key Strategies that Transform Learning for Environmental Education, Citizenship and Sustainability. This resource guide for teachers outlines learning strategies for environmental education that teachers may employ to prepare students to enter adulthood as informed, engaged citizens. The learning strategies presented are:
  1. Learning Locally
  2. Integrated Learning
  3. Acting on Learning
  4. Real-World Connections
  5. Considering Alternative Perspectives
  6. Inquiry
  7. Sharing Responsibility for Learning with Students
"We believe these strategies represent the best that environmental education has to offer to formal learning. They are the “dots” that connect to form a system approach to learning." — Stan kosak and susan elliott
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Kosak, Stan and Susan Elliott. Connecting the Dots: Key Strategies that Transform Learning for Environmental Education, Citizenship and Sustainability. North York, Ontario: Learning for a Sustainable Future, 2014. PDF.

to look closely

2/25/2016

 
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In Laurie Rubin's book To Look Closely: Science and Literacy in the Natural World, Rubin reflects on what she learned by taking her second grade students outdoors for weekly stream study excursions. Rubin taught first and second grade in Ithaca, New York for 23 years. In To Look Closely, Rubin chronicles a year of experiences at the stream. She shares strategies for teaching outdoors, and discusses how to integrate the skills students acquire through nature study into every subject.
"Today my belief in an integrated learning experience for my students remains resolute. I am confident that such an experience can be developed within the context of the ever-shifting state and federal learning standards. I am convinced that nature study is the child-centered program that can integrate critical thinking skills in science, mathematics, and language arts." - Laurie rubin


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observe, describe, wonder

2/7/2016

 
Journey North, a global study of wildlife migration and seasonal change, is a free internet-based program presented by Annenberg Learner, a division of the Annenberg Foundation. Journey North engages students and citizen scientists around the globe in tracking wildlife migration and seasonal change. Journey North offers the teacher guide Observe, Describe, Wonder: Building Inquiry Into Instruction. This resource helps teachers to:
  1. Create a climate for inquiry
  2. Support productive discussions
  3. Encourage students to ask "how do we know what we know?"
  4. Support students in generating questions
  5. Plan science investigations with students
  6. Support students in gathering data
  7. Help students make sense of data
  8. Help students review science research critically
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foss science notebooks

2/7/2016

 
The Lawrence Hall of Science at the University of California, Berkeley developed the Full Option Science System (FOSS) curriculum. The FOSS program offers science notebook resources for teachers designed for grades K-2, grades 3-6, and middle school.
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taking foss outdoors

2/7/2016

 
The Lawrence Hall of Science at the University of California, Berkeley developed the Full Option Science System (FOSS), a research-based science curriculum for grades K-8. The guide Taking FOSS Outdoors covers management of time, space, and students; teaching strategies; flow of lessons; and elementary-level environmental education. 
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    This collection of resources provides inspiration and strategies for teachers to support outdoor learning opportunities.

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