Term
Summer 2017
Capstone
Capstone Project
Degree Name
MAED: NSEE
Abstract
Many students are not spending enough time in nature, and therefore may lack a passion and understanding of the environment. The literature defines this problem as the nature-deficit disorder, and it explains a need for outdoor and place-based education. This capstone developed a curriculum to help answer the research question, How can an outdoor curriculum based in phenology and ecology that promotes environmental stewardship in middle school students be developed? This emerged from the educator’s passion for the outdoors and nature and helping students develop a similar love and appreciation for the environment. Results provide a weeklong outdoor study that can be used with any deciduous forest.
Project Type
Curriculum
Keywords
Curriculum, Environmental Studies, Outdoor Education
Recommended Citation
Polovitz, Alyssa R., "An Outdoor Curriculum Based In Phenology And Ecology Promoting The Environmental Stewardship Of Middle School Students" (2017). School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Projects. 32.
https://digitalcommons.hamline.edu/hse_cp/32
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text
dc_publisher
DigitalCommons@Hamline
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application/pdf
dc_source
School of Education Student Capstone Theses and Dissertations