Term
Spring 2024
Capstone
Capstone Project
Degree Name
MAED: NSEE
Facilitator(s)
Trish Harvey
Content Expert
Nadine Meyer and Sarah Tahtenin-Pacheco
Abstract
Environmental education should not be limited to those who speak a specific language. All students benefit from the integration of environmental education into their curriculums and spending time outdoors. Environmental learning centers are just one of the many places that students can visit to increase their environmental literacy, yet the lessons are not always easy for language learners to access. My capstone project seeks to answer the question: How can Environmental Learning Centers improve learning experiences for English Learners through pre-teaching resources and strategies? For this project, I partnered with an environmental learning center to create supplemental vocabulary curriculum based on their field trip lesson plans. These supplemental slideshows were based on the research I did around pre-teaching vocabulary. They can be used by any school visiting the Osprey Wilds site to prepare students for the language they will encounter during their trip, thus increasing their opportunity to participate in the learning activities.
Project Type
Curriculum
Keywords
ESL/ ELLs, Outdoor Education, Environmental Education, Environmental Learning Centers
Recommended Citation
Bolduc, Nicole, "Supporting Learning Experiences for English Learners at Environmental Learning Centers Through the Creation of Pre-teaching Materials" (2024). School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Projects. 1026.
https://digitalcommons.hamline.edu/hse_cp/1026
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DigitalCommons@Hamline
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School of Education Student Capstone Projects