Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Outdoor Classroom Design Challenge

Quick summary of project:
The students are incredible! Almost every group finished their species sheet and design (colored with 3 science topics, 2 non-science topics, and 4 needs of their species incorporated in the design). They are beautiful and creatively done!
I learned a lot this week, I learned that I need to get better at classroom management. I learned that smooth transitions are crucial when teaching. I learned that their are some students who you have to monitor constantly and then they can do astounding work as well! I'm so glad that the students put so much effort into the project and that I got to work with such a cool group of students.

Common elements:
-telescopes
-rock gardens
-bat houses
-food gardens (pizza, salad)
-cool stream tables (with model bridges, to learn erosion)
-seating, shade (one group added mosquito netting)
-plots with different types of soil
-solar system models
-murals
-shelter building areas
-areas for activity: hopscotch, yoga


I'm going to post some of the designs below.






This is what they started with^.

2 comments:

  1. We've misplaced our paperwork for the outdoor classroom. Can someone please post the work dates for July?

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  2. Hi! We are starting tomorrow from 3:30-5:30. We'll iron the rest of the days this week out then. By Wednesday I'll send an email about the next two weeks. Sorry for the delay!

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