National Trails Day. Project SEED.

Autor/in	Simpson, Mark
Institution	Maine Center for Educational Services.
Titel	National Trails Day. Project SEED.
Quelle	(1994), (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Career Awareness; Environmental Education; Grade 7; Interdisciplinary Approach; Junior High Schools; Learning Activities; Middle Schools; Outdoor Education; Recreational Activities; Trails; Maine + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Karrierebewusstsein; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Sekundarstufe I; Lernaktivität; Middle school; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Freiluftunterricht; Freizeitgestaltung; Lehrpfad
Abstract	This paper describes how a school district in Maine implemented an outdoor education program centered around National Trails Day (a day of awareness of outdoor recreational areas in the United States). The program combined classroom learning with an all-day hike on the Appalachian Trail by 240 seventh-grade students. Numerous teachers, school administrators, and parent volunteers also participated in the program. Goals were to expose students to hiking and outdoor activities and careers and recreational areas a close distance from their homes; to improve students' self-concept through group work and goal setting; and to develop cross-team and cross-school relationships through group work toward a common goal. Classroom activities included a slide show presentation by an Appalachian Trail "through" hiker, (from Maine to Georgia) an outdoor career awareness day, topographical map reading, wilderness first aid, and journal writing. For the all-day hike, students were divided into groups of 10 or less and assigned to a district employee and parent volunteer. During the hike, students were assigned duties such as reading and marking topographical maps, writing in a hike log, collecting objects to be used in art projects, and collecting insects. Includes materials needed, program costs, and suggestions for program implementation. (LP)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC