The 1964 Wilderness Act was legislated to protect and maintain a portion of the nation's remaining wild areas as they were during pre-settlement times. In part, the intent was to provide the opportunity for primitive forms of recreation in surroundings where wilderness can be experienced on its own terms. However, overuse and related resource…

Outdoor education is often delivered through games and activities such as nature hikes or observing an ecosystem within a 1-foot circle on the ground. Often, participants look closely at the earth only for that brief moment. Wilderness survival is another way to teach about the outdoors. It offers skills that encourage participants to become more…

This leader's guide explains an outdoor environmental education program for youth, based on a child's natural learning progression: sensitivity and awareness, understanding and appreciation, and commitment and action. Chapter 1 discusses how to teach in the outdoors, including field trip planning and preparation, discipline tips, and suggestions…

This document introduces the Edible Schoolyard Project (ESP) in which students create a garden, watch it grow, and develop a bond with nature. Chapters include: (1) "Implications of the Edible Schoolyard Project" (Wes Jackson); (2) "A World of Possibilities" (Alice Waters); (3) "The Garden Experience" (David Hawkins);…

This directory, organized by region, lists sites and resources for environmental education programs in Ohio, including details of the programs, the services they offer, and the audiences they serve. The directory also includes details related to arboretums and gardens, camps, nature centers and preserves, museums, parks, zoos, environmental…

worksheets are presented in which students connect the midpoints of the sides of triangles and quadrilaterals and record measurement data of segment lengths to derive relationships. (JP)

To bring everyday life into the classroom, curriculum content and pedegogical practices must be amended.. The idea that discovery learning can enhance the curricular relevance of geography is supported by the nature of geography as a discipline and by educational studies. (JH)

The author suggests having students work on the related inequalities to given equations comparing and graphing the three solutions on the same number line. Using individual activity cards, the student picks replacements and computes, continuing this process until they can determine the complete solution. (LS)

Plane figures constructed with curves of constant width "roll" evenly. The circle is but one example of such figures. Presented is an activity to direct students in the construction of a plane figure with curves of constant width which is not a circle. (JP)

Article details eight creative arts learning stations planned to develop construction art and design skills in elementary school students. (GB)

Worksheets introducing the concept of loci as paths of points moving under specific conditions are presented. (DT)

The organization of a class project involving the writing of a book on matrix algebra is described; benefits of the project for both the students and the teacher are discussed. (DT)