The People Learning Urban Science (PLUS) program creates partnerships and coordinates efforts involving a local zoo, university, and school district, seeking to instill within students a sense of the natural environment. Even though the majority of students live among concrete and metal structures, their eyes and ears can be trained to make…

The purpose of this study was to analyze how mobile technologies were incorporated and implemented in an outdoor learning activity. Two classes of primary school students participated in the experiment. Using activity theory as an analytical framework, it is found that underlying tensions provided rich insights into system dynamics and that…

The Headmistress of a British Primary School describes her school, and discusses the extensive use of outdoor activities and field trips. (ST)

To get people in touch with the natural world, each of the seven Acclimatization Group Journeys has its own unique theme, activities, length, and mode of transportation. Differing from other outdoor programs, this program emphasized building natural awareness, developing a relationship with the earth, and examining personal lifestyles. (AN)

Orienteering is land navigation through unknown countryside with map and compass. This article describes an orienteering program in the Action Education Curriculum, State University of New York, College at Purchase. (KM)

teachers and children alike learn a reverence for life in this hands-on approach to the study of oceanography and marine ecology. (WY)

The Sea Beside Us for the Special Child is a project in Delaware with three goals: providing outdoor and overnight experiences for handicapped children; introducing these students to beach, bay, and marsh environments; and increasing the number of special education teachers incorporating seashore studies in their teaching curriculum. (LS)

An overnight canoe trip by seventh and eighth grade students on Lake George, New York, exemplifies one aspect of extending the curriculum, both for recreation and environmental education. Experiences with camping, canoeing, American History, aquatic ecology, and other areas are described to show the unlimited possibilities of such activities. (BL)

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.…

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,…

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,…

The overall environmental education program of a college is described. Included are interdisciplinary strategies and policies, curriculum content, and plans for further development of the environmental curriculum. (RE)