Features
Why disturb the world outside? by Bert Horwood
The motivation for outdoor education
Jumping Deadfall by Glenda Hanna
Overcoming barriers to implementing outdoor and
environmental education
Food chains in and around the school by Ralph Ingleton
Tracing sources of favourite foods
Connecting with the natural world by Gail Fathoullina-Reddick
An outdoor activity to encourage middle grade students to
see relationships in nature
The single concept field trip by Clarke Birchard
A collection of quick single-topic outings for primary or
junior classes.
On Being a Naturalist by David J. Hawke
A poem
Survival! by David Dawe and Lesley Thompson
A wilderness survival simulation to develop leadership
skills at the secondary level.
McQueen Lake: Ducking the cuts by Katie McCormack
The McQueen Lake Environmental Centre in British Columbia
offers a model for cash-strapped school boards trying to
establish outdoor education facilities.
Sealife Science Workshop by Donna Waters
In a treeless land where plants bloom in July,
outdoor education presents a few challenges.
Solar Box Lunch by Sue LeBeau
Making and using solar box cookers in the classroom is a
tasty way to learn the principles of solar energy.
Women's Role in Sustainable Development
by Leslie Dawson
Women have a major role to play in plannign for
sustainable development. In much of the world it is they
who manage the forests, the soil and the water in their
communities.
A letter from Kazakhstan to North American teachers by Nadezhda Berkova
Planet Earth:
Sustainability (available online)
by Jim Petrie
Focus on sustainability and trying to provide students
with a context in which to analyze many of the vital
issues which face the people and the planet.
Inside the
Internet: Life on the Web (available online)
by Richard Kool
Introduction to the World Wide Web
And as
always, over 20 new educational resources are profiled and
evaluated in this issue of Green Teacher.
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