The Central Park Project, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, illustrates the importance of participation in the design process and the impact of school sites on children as well as on the surrounding neighborhood. (Author/MLF)

The interrelationships among living things and their physical environment are usually numerous and complex. Benefits to animals may be in terms of survival, growth, and reproduction; to humans, greater appreciation and accumulation of wealth. This guidebook shows how school grounds can be managed to increase opportunities for improved instruction…