Students explored career opportunities in all the visual and performing arts areas. (Author/RK)

A well-planned field trip can be a valuable experience or a nightmare if a teacher has not provided for every possible contengency. Guidelines are included for organizing, planning in advance, chartering buses, knowing students, conducting, and evaluating the field trip. (Author/ND)

Students from the Moorestown Friends School spent three weeks in Philadelphia on a project that helped to show them that learning occured away from books and lectures and that personal experiences had a valid place in one's education. (Author/RK)

Beginning with a field-trip justification, this guide illuminates the problems and procedural considerations of taking school classes outside of school grounds. Major divisions of treatment are Motivating Field Work, Preparing Yourself (the teacher), Determining Purposes, Preparing for the Mechanics of the Trip, Getting Permission, Planning for…

Many of the articles included in this supplement to the original "Outdoor Education Manual" were submitted by classroom teachers in Ontario. Major areas covered are photography in outdoor education, enrichment of the curriculum through use of the school yard, canoe tripping, winter activities, and forestry. Suggested activities in each of these…

Fifty five community resources in and around the Boston area are listed in this field-study guide intended for teachers of primary and intermediate grades. Criteria as to the significance, concept development, structure, and feasibility of the use of resources as field study laboratories is given to make the study more relevant. The guide offers…

THE MAJOR PURPOSE OF THE CONFERENCE WAS TO (1) INCREASE HOME ECONOMISTS' UNDERSTANDING OF THE CULTURE OF THE DISADVANTAGED, (2) OBSERVE HOME ECONOMICS PROGRAMS IN ACTION, (3) CONSIDER THE NEED FOR INITIATING NEW HOME ECONOMICS PROGRAMS TO HELP DISADVANTAGED, AND (4) EXPLORE COOPERATIVE PROGRAMS WITH COMMUNITY AGENCIES. THIS SIX-PART REPORT…

This is the first of a set of booklets that have been prepared as convenient guidebooks to those major places of interest throughout the United States, that are related to its energy technology achievements. These include historical sites, power production plants, research facilities, and museums. Maps, illustrations, and commentary provide a…

The author developed a new format for environmental field trips where participants are not passive listeners, but actively involved. Slides that familiarized participants with the criteria for evaluating environmental quality were used prior to the trip. Participants recorded positive and negative indicators on the trip establishing an…

Northern Illinois University graduate students spent three weeks living in an English medieval castle while enrolled in a course that combined adventure, environmental, and outdoor education in studies aimed at analyzing elements of the urban environment, developing conceptual frameworks, and communicating impressions of the environment through…

Students and teachers had the opportunity to study informally the unique and threatened environment comprising the reefs off the Florida Keys. While they all were learning about the ocean life, they were also learning something about the process of learning. (Author/RK)

Describes approximately 15 hours of activities in the Sellicks Beach Area suitable for high school students interested in studying sedimentary and structural geology, geomorphology, and human land use patterns. (CP)

Describes the Traveling School of Santa Cruz, California, in which students in grades 7-12 travel across the United States and parts of Canada. While following a conventional curriculum and learning about the areas visited, students also achieve personal development through the experience of living with classmates and staff members. (AEM)

Suggests studying New York's wetlands, both in the classroom and in the field, to illustrate ecological concepts of diversity, succession, and adaptation and to learn about their importance in controlling flooding, erosion, and pollution. (NEC)