Describes a nature walk through a college campus to locate an undisturbed ecosystem among the parking lots, sidewalks, and perfectly landscaped vegetation. (BC)

Included in this article are the author's experiences in teaching children about the environment. In the school yard, students collect, plant seeds, and observe growth. Comparisons are made of animals and birds in habitat, food and characteristics. (BP)

One can keep warm on winter field trips by eating proper foods and wearing warm clothing. (BB)

Offers 18 suggestions for planning, organizing, and getting the most out of an educational field trip before, during, and after the experience. (WB)

This article discusses the values of field trips, and the problems which arise in planning, serving to discourage their use as a teaching technique. The short field trip on school property is proposed and discussed as a means of avoiding many problems. A book of ideas by Russell for short field trips is available. (TK)

Provides information on school-year field trips and visits to environmental centers. Also provides suggestions on preparing students and teachers' for the trips, lesson planning, and teaching in the field. Problems related to class discipline on trips and teachers feeling lack of knowledge are considered. (BC)

Describes the school programs, teacher workshops and other activities of four environmental education centers: Audubon Center, Greenwich, Connecticut; Whitetail Environmental Center, New Cumberland, Pennsylvania; Junior Museum and Nature Center, Lee County, Florida; and Wave Hill Center for Environmental Studies, Bronx, New York. (WB)

Describes marine education programs at the elementary and secondary levels in the New York City area. The city's extensive coastline and numerous learning centers comprise one of the richest educational resources in the country for studying the marine environment. (Author/WB)

Describes the efforts of the Toronto Board of Education in providing both day and residential programs for students. Relates how the field facilities promote the goals of teaching about, for, and from the environment. Mention is also made of the board's encouragement and support of field tripping and summer programs. (ML)

This lesson plan describes techniques to develop the sensory awareness of elementary age children as they explore the natural environment. It includes outdoor activities and follow-up classroom experiences that develop observation skills and enhance the development of communication and classification skills. (MCO)

A lesson plan, directed at middle school students and older, describes using snow to study the geological processes of solidification of molten material, sedimentation, and metamorphosis. Provides background information on these geological processes. (MCO)