Place based learning

Outdoor learning activities for elementary school. Ideas for outdoor math, outdoor science, outdoor writing activities, and more! Information about the benefits of taking learning outside. Perfect for place based education, forest schools, and nature observation.

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Get the students considering their landscape and why they love particular elements of it. This will help them visualize the land and their place, roles, and contributions within it.

These project-based learning ideas are real-world applicable and student-directed, requiring outside collaboration and public results.

Project/Inquiry Based Learning has been a passion of mine ever since I discovered it about 5 years ago. Since then, I have stepped out of my comfort zone and transformed the way I teach from a typical Thematic Based style through baby steps taken each year and with the help of an amazing on-line community of teachers with the same passion (you all know who you are!). My first baby step was taking themes and science/social studies standards and making them more student lead and project based…

PBL is widely misunderstood, which is why I was happy to see the following graphic from John Spencer, who allowed us to share it with you along with our other PBL resources. The graphic clarifies 13 potential outcomes of well-designed project-based learning.

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Ever wondered what the difference is between these student-centred methods of inquiry learning? Read on to find out what makes them different.

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Transform your science and math, reading and writing, imaginative play, and arts and crafts all through garden-based activities. The Garden Classroom offers a whole year of outdoors play and learning ideas, however big or small your outdoor space – and comes with a lovely, free gift. Welcome to The Garden Classroom Your garden, no matter its […]

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What is project based learning? How can I implement it in my classroom? These are all questions I had just a few weeks ago that many of you may have...

Bring your place value unit to life with this project based learning (PBL) experience. This place value project is designed to help your students apply their knowledge about standard form, expanded form, word form, comparing numbers, and ordering numbers through a simulation project that incorporate...

These strategies for teaching place-based learning can help students in all areas enrich their learning and understanding of their community.

Discover creative and engaging project-based learning printable lesson ideas for elementary classrooms. Inspire critical thinking, collaboration, and hands-on learning with these ready-to-use resources.

Read this blog to learn more about play-based teaching and how to incorporate it into a self-contained classroom.

A project of Design:SD • Illustrations by Paul H. Boerboom, AIA, and Jeremy Altman, Assoc. AIA Adapted primarily from: AIA’s Ten Principles for Livable Communities, with inspiration from Minnesota Design Team and several other sources When you start designing projects for your community, how do you know they will actually work—that whatever you build will ...