Children who spend time learning outside may reap benefits physically, academically, and emotionally, according to a Texas ...

Design an explicit, three-part learning sequence: The learning sequence starts with a pre-visit phase, followed by an outdoor visit phase, followed by a post-visit phase. Each part of the sequence ...

On any given day, you might find students from Centreville Elementary attending class at one of the school’s 17 outdoor learning spaces, taking a nature walk, checking on the trout they’ve grown from ...

Back in 1995, Jenn Trout had to sit on a pile of books to be tall enough to be photographed next to her science teacher, Josh Haupt, for an “Apples for your Favorite Teacher” column that ran in the ...

At a forest school, the roof is the bright blue sky, a cluster of ladybugs flying through the air can turn into a science lesson and the fog lingering on your face becomes an example of the water ...

What is Place-based Learning? Place-based learning is an instructional approach that focuses on developing student’s sense of place and learning through exploring their environment. Thus, most ...

On Wednesday morning at an elementary campus in the foothills of the Hill Country, environmental science teacher Isaac Esquivel tackled the subject of invasive species with a class of fifth graders.

Families gathered at the Harker Heights Recreation Center for the annual Outdoor Education and Science Expo, featuring ...

Harker Heights Parks and Recreation welcomed families to the Recreation Center on Saturday morning for its annual Outdoor Education and Science Expo, a free, hands-on event designed ...

A teacher's capability to improve students' scientific understanding is influenced by the school and district in which they work, the community in which the school is located, and the larger ...

The Iowa City Community School District is taking learning outside of the classroom by adding five new outdoor spaces in the 2025-26 school year. Rather than using desks, the classrooms will include ...