"Using the Outdoors to Make Academic Standards Fun!" Teacher's Workshop

Achieve academic standards while investigating the wonders of the natural world with your students!

Sound too good to be true?

We'll show you how!

On Wednesday, June 13th, 2001,  Nature Net presented a fun and involving workshop to help teachers realize outdoor and hands-on ways to achieve state standards!  Representatives from several area Nature Centers guided teachers through an exhilarating day of nature activities and tied each one to state standards, including Language Arts, Science, Math, Social Studies and of course, Environmental Education.  Other topics discussed included effective assessment techniques, pre- and post-field trip activities and how exploring the natural world encourages all modalities of learning.  It was suitable for elementary and middle school grade levels but adaptable for high school.

The workshop was generously funded by the Wisconsin Environmental Education Board and Pleasant Company’s Fund for Children.

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Here are some inventive ways participant teachers have integrated hands-on learning and State Standards: