This publication covers the planning and design of school grounds for outdoor learning in new and existing K-12 facilities. Curriculum development as well as athletic field planning and maintenance are not covered although some references on these topics are provided. It discusses the different types of outdoor learning environments that can be…

This paper presents a campus tour assignment in a first-year undergraduate environmental studies course at York University, Toronto, Canada. As a pedagogical tool, the assignment enables students to interrogate the dominant narratives of a university's immediate physical spaces and to apply broader theoretical and practical concepts to their…

Two part narration of the development of the Northwest Environmental Education Center (NEEC) is presented. Part I outlines its 13-year history relating problems and procedures of fund raising and organizational endorsement. Part II enumerates the program, its philosophy, evolution, and present status. (BL)

Included are several papers presenting ideas for developing outdoor land laboratories. Included are procedures used in developing outdoor laboratories as educational laboratories, community and school uses of the facilities, landscaping, and various natural science, mathematics and art uses. Sources of help in initiating and maintaining the school…

According to the document, Americans within the last few generations have changed their way of living from rural to urban life; are enjoying higher living standards; and, in the process, have polluted the natural environment through improper planning and lack of environmental education. It is believed that the human relationship to the environment…

Development of the Northwest Environmental Education Center (NEEC) is described in this two-part narration. Part One outlines its 13 year history, starting with the need for setting aside a 600-acre site as an educational reserve on Whidbey Island in the Puget Sound, Washington. Procedures followed and resulting problems associated with fund…

This bibliography is designed to assist educators in establishing an outdoor classroom for environmental education. A process is detailed by which school districts can effectively and efficiently develop a site on or near the school. The first step involves organizing a planning committee, enlisting administrative support, and developing a budget.…

SCICON, currently designating the Clemmie Gill School of SCIence and CONservation, is an environmental education program providing sixth grade students opportunities to learn about science, conservation, and ecological relationships in the natural environment. The title, SCICON, designates both a school campus and an instructional program. Section…

Development of an environmental study area in conjunction with a school landscaping project is outlined in this model. The Pueblo (Colorado) Regional Planning Commission and the Pueblo Beautiful Association determined the need for landscaping school grounds. Together with a school district committee of teachers and community leaders interested in…

Out-of-doors instruction and the use of outdoor classrooms to allow children to learn directly from the natural environment, as well as about it, are encompassed in this pamphlet. It is intended as a source of ideas for developing and using outdoor classrooms on school sites of any size wherever they are located. Included is an explanation of how…

Realizing that school sites can play an important role in enhancing the educational process, guidelines dealing with the development of a school site for environmental education purposes are presented. First, the roles of this site for environmental studies are explained as: (1) an ecology laboratory, (2) an environmental management laboratory,…

A work-based experience project, sponsored by the education and planning departments and Prince of Wales Committee, was set up in West Glamorgan. The project engages students in sowing/planting, provides areas for environmental study and brings variety and life to student backgrounds. Project activities are discussed. (JN)

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…