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Raines, J. Thayer – Camping Magazine, 1991
Describes Challenge Wilderness Camp (Bradford, Vermont), a 4-week residential program designed to teach boys, ages 9-16, environmental ethics through first-hand experiences. The camp incorporates land and waste management policies and procedures; programs in outdoor skills instruction; and wilderness trips including backpacking, off-trail hiking,…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Camping, Conservation (Environment), Conservation Education
Westerman, Martin; Griner-Johnson, Russ – Camping Magazine, 1991
Describes the efforts of two camps administered by the Brandeis-Bardin Institute (Brandeis, California) in implementing water and energy conservation programs, involving recycling, composting, and landfill savings. Programs were successful in eliminating excess waste and teaching campers to care more about their environments at home and at work.…
Descriptors: Camping, Conservation (Environment), Conservation Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Zero, Edward J.; Mertz, Gregory – 1978
Nissequogue River State Park is one of the last large tracts of undeveloped land on Long Island (NY) and is a refuge for organisms displaced by the rapid and extensive growth of suburbia. A reconstructed 120 year old barn and stable house the Outdoor Learning Laboratory which consists of interpretive displays (bird and mammal identification,…
Descriptors: Botany, Conservation (Environment), Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education
Palma, Alfred J. – 1978
The clean and plentiful waters of the Connetquot basin's ponds, streams and marshlands have nurtured an extraordinarily rich ecosystem which has always been prized by both Native Americans and subsequent immigrants to this country. Since 1973, 3,476 acres have been preserved as Connetquot River State Park. To aid elementary and secondary teachers…
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Equipment
Nathanson, Jaimie P. – 1975
For the special educator the Suffolk County (NY) Outdoor Learning Laboratories offer many spontaneous "teachable moments" that occur in the out-of-doors in which to guide students' attention and enthusiasm through the process of discovery and problem solving. The program welcomes students with varying degrees of physical, intellectual…
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Disabilities, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education
Palma, Alfred J. – 1978
Sunken Meadow State Park provides a year round three-fold ecosystem (marine beach, salt marsh, and wooded upland) of 1,266 acres for Suffolk County (NY) teachers and students to use as a site for outdoor education activities. While teachers can rely on the support of the Outdoor Learning Laboratories' staff for aid in emergencies, for clarifying…
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Ecology, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education
