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Mancini, Henry – Australian Science Teachers Journal, 1993
Examines the major aspects of school grounds design and development. Focuses on a consultative case study involving the staff and the students in the Programs for Aboriginal and Islander Students at Salisbury. Contains details of the landscape design. (DDR)
Descriptors: Campus Planning, Educational Facilities Design, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Gould, Bryant; Finci, David – American School and University, 1986
A campus-wide site plan looks at the campus as a whole and defines immediate and long-range problems and potential. Text and photographs illustrate site development at McClennan Community College in Waco, Texas, and at the University of Toledo and the University of Dayton, both in Ohio. (MLF)
Descriptors: Architectural Character, Campus Planning, Landscaping, Long Range Planning

Pawsey, Maurice R. – Planning for Higher Education, 1982
A landscaping approach aimed at integrating greatly contrasting building types and materials resulting from unplanned growth used these elements to create design continuity; paving, planting, landscape furniture, planting and lawn protection, signs, lights, placement of posters and notices, and bicycle racks. (MSE)
Descriptors: Campus Planning, College Environment, Educational Facilities Design, Foreign Countries
Freeman, Claire – International Journal of Environmental Education and Information, 1995
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…
Descriptors: Community Planning, Elementary Education, Environmental Education, Foreign Countries

Kerby, Barbara; Egana, John – Green Teacher, 2001
Describes advantages that high schools have in schoolyard greening projects (such as budgets and student maturity), how to involve multiple departments, use of extra-curricular opportunities, and how to sustain student interest. (PVD)
Descriptors: Conservation Education, Ecology, Environmental Education, Experiential Learning
Dudderar, Glenn R.; And Others – 1996
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…
Descriptors: Ecology, Educational Facilities Design, Educational Facilities Planning, Elementary Secondary Education
Greenhalgh, Lynn – Environmental Education, 1995
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…
Descriptors: British Infant Schools, Campus Planning, Ecology, Educational Environment

Pape, Bruce; Francek, Mark A. – Journal of Geography, 1992
Describes the creation of a glacial park on a university campus. Suggests that the park is a useful instructional resource that helps students relate classroom material to outdoor phenomena by visualizing and identifying glacial landforms, recognizing their spatial relationships, and understanding how glacial features originated. Offers advice for…
Descriptors: Built Environment, Climate, Earth Science, Elementary Secondary Education
Ingham, Donald – Environmental Education, 1995
Describes a long-term scheme to develop a pond, nature trail, and tree-planting project (in Cornwall, England). The project was designed by teams of students. Plans included a large pond, meadow area, sequential cuttings of school fields to encourage insects, butterfly garden, extensive tree plantings (including a dwindling native species), and a…
Descriptors: Campus Planning, Class Activities, Conservation Education, Ecology