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Appalachia, 1975
A public park near Kingsport, Tennessee, partially funded by the Appalachian Regional Commission, serves as environmental educator for nearby students of 6 counties and 4 city school districts and for the general public. (Author)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Natural Resources
NJEA Review, 1979
This article describes Thunder Mountain School, operated year round by the Newton Board of Education under a special use permit granted by the National Park Service. The center includes sports facilities, nature preserves, a farm, and historic sites for use by residential and day students, kindergarten through college. (SJL)
Descriptors: Educational Facilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Nature Centers
Baldi, Mary Lou – 1977
This booklet documents, in words and pictures, the Environmental Living Program. This program, which has been in operation since 1969, provides overnight living experiences for elementary and secondary school students at cultural, historic, or prehistoric sites. The sites are National and State parks and private sites in California and Arizona.…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Field Trips, History
Baldi, Mary Lou – 1977
This is the second of four booklets describing the Environmental Living Program. This program, which has been in operation since 1969, provides overnight living experiences for elementary and secondary school students at cultural, historic, or prehistoric sites throughout the West. This booklet describes, in the words of the teachers and students,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Field Trips, History
Baldi, Mary Lou – 1977
This is the fourth of four booklets describing the Environmental Living Program. This program, which has been in operation since 1969, provides overnight living experiences for elementary and secondary school students at cultural, historic, or prehistoric sites in California and Arizona. This booklet addresses practical matters such as cost,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Field Trips, History
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Heald, Candace Lee; Piltzecker, John W. – Legacy, 1995
Describes a program conducted by the Boston National Historical Park and the nonprofit historic sites along Boston's Freedom Trail to provide opportunities for teachers to learn more about local history and to interpret that history in their classrooms. Involves workshops and a summer teacher institute. (LZ)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Environmental Interpretation, Local History
Baldi, Mary Lou – 1977
This is the third of four booklets describing the Environmental Living Program. This program, which has been in operation since 1969, provides overnight living experiences for elementary and secondary school students at cultural, historic, or prehistoric sites throughout the West. This booklet discusses such questions as: How do the teachers…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Field Trips, History
Roger Tory Peterson Inst. of Natural History, Inc., Jamestown, NY. – 1991
This document reports on a conference about the use of existing resources to teach nature education to urban children. The conference was organized around the question of how to encourage more positive use of parklands for outdoor nature education. The conference was held in New York City's Central Park and over 80 leaders representing city…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Nature Centers
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
Webb, Joan B. – 1980
Summarized are the findings of a two-year survey of Australia's field studies facilities and related educational programs. Following a literature survey and brief accounts of some environmental centers in other countries is a state-by-state description of field studies centers in Australia. For each state, the programs, staffing, and facilities at…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Environmental Interpretation, Field Trips
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
Nathanson, Jaimie P. – 1975
For the special educator the Suffolk County (NY) Outdoor Learning Laboratories offer many spontaneous "teachable moments" that occur in the out-of-doors in which to guide students' attention and enthusiasm through the process of discovery and problem solving. The program welcomes students with varying degrees of physical, intellectual…
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Disabilities, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education
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
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