The Park School was designed to fit into and above an outcropping of rocks thus providing varied exterior spaces, reducing the building's scale, and freeing the open spaces for playing fields. (Author/MLF)

A survey packet designed for primary schools in the United Kingdom is provided to help schools establish site monitoring activities that help involve the entire school community in evaluating and maintaining school grounds. The packet helps the community collect information on how the grounds are used and by whom, how the grounds are maintained…

By placing the entrance to the site near existing trees on the property, landscaping costs were reduced. (Available from 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020, $15.00 annually.) (Author/MLF)

Site, adjacent structures, the neighborhood, and a Hudson river view were considered in the design of the Salanter-Akiba-Riverdale Academy in New York. (Author/MLF)

Mayhill school is built on one of seven hills in the town of Swansea. The school's location and the view it provides forms the basis of an integrated project undertaken with 11-year-olds. The project involves constructing viewpoint trails and investigating/studying their specific features. Study skills fostered and procedures employed are…

The purpose of this publication is two-fold: to show how the natural features on campuses can be used effectively in environmental education and to plead for preservation of as much of the natural landscape as possible on new school sites. Since opportunities for teaching about nature are easily found on the grounds around a school, this booklet…

An open classroom school is designed for an ungraded, team taught elementary program at Ridge Hill School in Hamden, Connecticut. (Author)

This handbook, designed primarily for use in the development of existing elementary school sites, has the overall objective of defining a process approach to the development of a school site for use in environmental education. This approach involves the student body, school personnel, and the community in the planning, development and use of the…

Suggests that contrary to popular perception, children are becoming increasingly alienated from the natural environment, especially for play. A study done in Leeds, United Kingdom investigates how the outdoor play of today's children differs from that of their parents' generation. Findings include issues for planners and landscape architects…

Outlines procedures for developing an outdoor program for teaching science including appointing a steering committee and establishing objectives. Suggests a variety of teaching activities. (DC)

The article contains guidelines for the planning, development, organization, and equipping of an outdoor center which can serve as the focus of a school's outdoor education program and help meet current environmental challenges. (SB)

This guide for enhancing wildlife habitats on school grounds provides students and teachers the opportunity for direct, hands-on learning in the environment of their schoolyard. Geared towards grades K-8, all activities are developmentally appropriate to involve students on every level, resulting in student ownership of the project and a greater…

Describes a wildlife garden developed on school grounds which converted a large, derelict quadrangle into an outdoor classroom used by staff across the curriculum. The area was divided into various habitats including ponds, mini-woodlands, herb garden, hedgerows, wildflower meadow, and bird borders. Preparatory work and projects generated are…

This unit, one in a set of elementary teacher-developed materials for geography, is on land use in cities. It contains follow-up activities to the "Cities at Work" filmstrips, which are part of the "Our Working World" program published by Science Research Associates (SRA). The filmstrips deal with resource allocation and zoning problems in cities.…

This report illustrates the method, called the "SfB System," recommended in an earlier publication by this organization, for systematization of building projects. The aim of the report is to show how to arrange information on building elements and building construction for clear definition of the parts to be built and for easy…