National movement touts benefits of outdoor education
A recent Boston Globe article (Dec. 31, 2007) highlights programs at schools which try to weave environmental education into the curriculum, something we are very familar with at the Milton Outdoor Classrooms.
Click here to read the entire article.
Margaret Eberhardt, Glover Outdoor Classroom curriculum consultant, put together a lesson entitled "Learning about Local Wildlife, A Lesson on Food Webs and Chains", for Mrs. Coates’ 3rd Grade Class. Click here to download a pdf file of the lesson plan.
As many of you know, Mrs Mallard came back to the Glover Outdoor Classroom to make a nest and lay her eggs (see news above). Hatching day was May 17th, 2007 and the walk to Turners Pond was a great success. To see some pictures of the event, click here. To see some selected video clips (video courtesy of Karen Hainline), click on any of the three pictures below.
For all of you who followed the Mallards famous walk last year, you'll recall it was a big success. Obviously, Mrs. Mallard thought so too because she is back with a new clutch of eggs. So far, she has kept pretty hidden but the estimate for hatching is anywhere between May 10-15. Stayed tuned to this is space for more details.
February 9, 2007
3:30 to 5:00
Glover Library
Come learn about what's happening at all the schools, discuss common policies for outdoor classroom projects, talk about fundraising ideas, and plan for the future.
Don't miss it! (Snacks provided)
P.S. Please pass this information on to others who might be interested
Mrs. Giza’s second grade class at the Glover Elementary School read the poem All Eyes on the Pond by Michael J. Rosen. This poem is part of their Open Court Reading program. The poem invites the reader to imagine all the things happening in the pond.
With this poem in mind, the students went into the Glover Outdoor Classroom to learn about winter and winter habitats. Each student was given an opportunity to take a picture of something in the outdoor classroom that captured their “peculiar human eye.” Then, each student was asked to write one sentence about something they saw or something they learned.
Margaret Eberhardt, Glover Outdoor Classroom curriculum consultant, took each of the student’s lines and incorporated them into rhyming verse. The verses were then matched with a corresponding picture. The first line or lines are directly written by the students. The rhyming verse was added by Margaret Eberhardt. All the pictures in the book were taken by the students in the class.
Click on the picture below to download a pdf file of the finished project.
