Term
Summer 2018
Capstone
Capstone Project
Degree Name
MAED: NSEE
Facilitator(s)
Laura Halldin
Content Expert
Mary Anderson
Abstract
Many elementary educators believe in the importance of providing opportunities for outdoor environmental education but fewer actually offer activities and lessons to their students. A review of the literature detailed the many benefits that outdoor environmental education offers to students. It was also clear through research and a review of the literature that many teachers have perceived barriers preventing them from offering environmental education to their students. After identifying the barriers and highlighting the benefits this ten lesson curriculum was created to address the major barriers teachers face when teaching outdoor environmental education and provide students all of the many benefits of outdoor experiential learning. The lessons in this project also meet the needs of teachers that feel tethered to the standards. Activities are standards based not only in environmental education but also math, reading, and science. Lessons and activities are designed to be implemented in an outdoor setting on school grounds, nature center or local park area. (158 words)
Project Type
Curriculum
Keywords
Curriculum, Environmental Studies, Teachers/ Teaching
Recommended Citation
Huldeen, Daniel, "Creating A Culture For Outdoor Environmental Education In An Elementary Setting" (2018). School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Projects. 218.
https://digitalcommons.hamline.edu/hse_cp/218
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text
dc_publisher
DigitalCommons@Hamline
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application/pdf
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School of Education Student Capstone Theses and Dissertations