A Vacaville educator said Solano Resource Conservation District’s watershed education programs, held near Suisun marshlands and already underway this year, “provide our students with a powerful ...

Nine years ago, when my oldest son was in kindergarten, his 6.5-hour school day included just 15 minutes of outdoor recess. That paltry interval was typical of our Minnesota public-school district.

Following an outdoor lesson in nature, students were more engaged with their schoolwork, and their teachers could teach uninterrupted for almost twice as long. A study recently published in ...

When we try to imagine what a classroom might look like, we quickly visualize an enclosed space with desks, a blackboard or screens... And yet, it's possible that it can be moved to other locations, ...

In “Outdoor Science Lessons Foster Environmental Stewardship” AIP graduate student Jim Spandikow explains how he creates opportunities for his students to study outside and connect to nature through ...