Features
Human-scale Education: Re-inventing
schools to meet real needs by Satish Kumar
An interview with educator and author Satish Kumar, founder of
the Small School in the U.K, and an early pioneer of the
“small schools” movement that is now gaining a firm
foothold in North America. Inspired by Mahatma Gandhi’s
movement for basic education that introduced cleaning, gardening
and cooking as part of the curriculum, the non-profit Small
School offers an integrated curriculum that emphasizes these and
other important life-skills, in addition to the more conventional
subject areas.
Teaching About Salt Marshes by Elizabeth Duff
Though maligned in the past, salt marshes are the natural filters
and nurseries of the intertidal zone. The author shows how they
can also provide rich opportunities for learning.
The Power of Wind: It’ll Blow You
Away by Marcee Camenson and Michelle Finchum
To explore one of the oldest, cleanest and fastest-growing energy
sources with young people, the authors offer interdisciplinary
activities that examine what makes wind, how energy is captured
by wind turbines and how to design a model wind turbine.
The Wind in the Schoolyard
by Jim Wiese
In this activity, students measure and map wind speeds on the
school grounds to determine whether there is enough wind energy
to power the school.
Winter Treasures
by Alan Warner and Camille Dumond
A unique environmental learning program that takes kids
outdoors in winter and creates a web of school, family and
community partnerships.
Discover the Learning in Your Backyard by Julie N. Hartman
How one elementary school took children back outdoors and brought
a local park back to life.
Closing the Gap with Distance Education
by Sandi Sturm
With new communications technologies, distance learning ventures
far beyond the “text and test”, offering interactive,
hands-on professional development to teachers in remote areas.
Touching the Earth, Touching the Heart
by Richard Kool
Young Israelis of all cultures and religions are discovering a
common cause, in their commitment to taking action on
environmental problems.
Inside the Internet: Spring Cleaning
by Katharine Isbell
Katharine Isbell directs readers to several websites of interest
to environmental educators.
And as
always, over 20 new educational resources are profiled and
evaluated in this issue of Green Teacher.
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