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Download full textNational Park Service (Dept. of Interior), Washington, DC. – 1994
As National Park Service (NPS) employees are charged with providing interpretation and education, this manual provides them with a training document and resource guide on the subject of global change. An introduction contains excerpts of the Climate Change Action Plan released in October 1993. Section 2 contains six summaries of technical…
Descriptors: Community Education, Educational Resources, Environmental Education, Environmental Interpretation
Cassidy, Anne E. – 1982
Designed for the practitioner who wants a general overview of the major program development considerations necessary for accommodating handicapped persons in the out-of-doors, this paper discusses the major highlights and results of research activities conducted by the Outdoor Education for the Handicapped Project at the University of Kentucky.…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Material Development
Emerson, Rae; Hoermann, Elizabeth; Stearns, Liza – 1999
As the steward of the nation's premier historic, natural, and recreational resources, the National Park Service manages 15 unique areas within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Each of these sites offers hands-on programs specifically geared to meet the needs of teachers and students. The programs support the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks…
Descriptors: Curriculum Enrichment, Elementary Secondary Education, Heritage Education, Historic Sites
Zero, Edward J.; Mertz, Gregory – 1978
Nissequogue River State Park is one of the last large tracts of undeveloped land on Long Island (NY) and is a refuge for organisms displaced by the rapid and extensive growth of suburbia. A reconstructed 120 year old barn and stable house the Outdoor Learning Laboratory which consists of interpretive displays (bird and mammal identification,…
Descriptors: Botany, Conservation (Environment), Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education
Palma, Alfred J. – 1978
The clean and plentiful waters of the Connetquot basin's ponds, streams and marshlands have nurtured an extraordinarily rich ecosystem which has always been prized by both Native Americans and subsequent immigrants to this country. Since 1973, 3,476 acres have been preserved as Connetquot River State Park. To aid elementary and secondary teachers…
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Equipment
Palma, Alfred J. – 1978
Sunken Meadow State Park provides a year round three-fold ecosystem (marine beach, salt marsh, and wooded upland) of 1,266 acres for Suffolk County (NY) teachers and students to use as a site for outdoor education activities. While teachers can rely on the support of the Outdoor Learning Laboratories' staff for aid in emergencies, for clarifying…
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Ecology, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education
