Outdoor Science: A Practical Guide - Softcover

Rich, Steve

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1935155121 ISBN 13: 9781935155126

Publisher: NSTA Press, 2009

Synopsis

Research shows that environment-centered education improves student achievement. Whatever your school’s setting―urban, suburban, or rural―you can create stimulating outdoor classrooms for your students, with a little help from Outdoor Science. Author and state science specialist Steve Rich shows teachers how to create outdoor learning spaces that can be used from year to year―with little extra effort or resources. These practical suggestions for creating, maintaining, and using outdoor classrooms work for both elementary and middle school students. The simple and inexpensive lessons satisfy national standards and curriculum objectives in the areas of life, Earth, and environmental sciences―without a field trip permission slip in sight! Math, social studies, and language arts activities that can be easily integrated into the curriculum are also included. Additionally, Rich offers ideas for increasing community involvement and funding to help teachers develop their outdoor classrooms. Get your students thinking outside the traditional classroom walls. Outdoor Science: A Practical Guide can help you make it happen.

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About the Author

Steve Rich writes books based on his experiences as an educator, nature enthusiast, animal lover, and as a father. Dr. Rich has been published by NSTA Press, NSTA Kids, and Carson-Dellosa. His earliest work, The Migration of Monty Stevens, was first published in condensed form by the University of Alabama Integrated Science Program. His mother often tells the story of finding frogs, snakes, lizards, and turtles resting peacefully in the bottom drawer of a chest of Steve's clothes in his childhood bedroom. Steve grew up with the animals he collected and with his sister - where his favorite outdoor adventures were arriving by boat on Georgia's barrier islands leaving the first footprints of the day on the beach. He uses simple objects like bird feathers, egg shells, and bugs to heighten interest in science and nature - and to share his love of learning. Some call him Georgia's "butterfly man" because of his "love affair" with the Monarch butterfly and his passion for restoring habitats for butterflies and other pollinators. In the spring of 2013, Steve was instrumental in helping former First Lady Rosalynn Carter establish the Rosalynn Carter Butterfly Trail, a series of butterfly gardens in Plains, GA, at the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site. Together with Steve and the National Park Service, Mrs. Carter planned the first garden on the trail which is at the Carter's home. Steve captures the story of how the trail began in his NSTA Kids book, Mrs. Carter's Butterfly Garden - a 2016 Children's Book Council Outstanding Science Trade Book for Children.

Edition details

• Publisher: NSTA Press
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1935155121
• ISBN 13: 9781935155126
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 145