Extractions: Source: ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small Schools Las Cruces NM. Planning a Class Camping Trip. ERIC Digest: Outdoor Education. A well-planned class camping trip is a learning adventure which develops personal values and concepts, generates skills for lifelong learning, encourages group cooperation, and enhances knowledge of and appreciation for the natural environment. Good planning will ensure a successful and fruitful trip. This digest is intended to serve as a guide to help teachers offer this unique learning opportunity to their students. WHAT ARE THE PREREQUISITES FOR A CLASS CAMPING TRIP? The students, under the careful guidance and direction of their leaders, should determine the goals and objectives of the trip and identify ways to accomplish them. They will thus become committed from the outset to making the trip a success. WHAT BASIC CONSIDERATIONS ARE NECESSARY IN PLANNING A CLASS CAMPING TRIP?
Teach Now: 100th Day Of School 100th Day of school Internet Field Trip (K2) Teaching Plan for The 100th Day of school by Angela Shelf Medearis; Illustrated By Joan Holub http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/k_2theme/100days.htm
Extractions: Scholastic Home About Us Site Map Search ... Tools The 100th day of school is more than just a milestone worth noting - it's the perfect time to have fun with the number 100. The activities and lessons in this theme unit provide opportunities for your students to practice math and sharpen their observational skills.
How To Plan Fun Field Trips Online How to Plan Fun Field trips Online. For elementary school educators. You ll find teaching howto s on a wide array of topics rivers, ponds, creeks, http://k6educators.about.com/library/weekly/aa040101b.htm
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Extractions: Focused field trips are supported by Education Teaching Volunteers wearing red vests, who are stationed throughout the Halls with object carts. When making your reservation, state your focus : which Exhibition Hall(s) you will be visiting during your trip to the Museum. A Teacher's Guide (if available*) with pre- and post-visit activities and standards will be mailed to you with your confirmation. Focus Topics and Halls include: Dinosaur Halls Hall of African Peoples Hall of Biodiversity view guide ... view guide AVAILABLE: Monday through Friday.
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Extractions: Looking for something? Use this helpful archive to locate content throughout the Learning Interchange collections. Click on a category in the Full Collection menu to the right for full descriptions of published content and helpful grade level and subject area information. Search for a broad range of content offered below which ranges from engaging lesson plans, lesson "starter" ideas, virtual field trips, videos, webcasts, conference keynotes, audio interviews, technology integration models, professional development resources, examples of student work and more. Public service announcements (PSAs) educate citizens about issues that are difficult to deal with: homelessness, pollution, teen pregnancy, and alcoholism. Students from Gardiner Area High School in Gardiner, Maine create PSAs to give citizens information about these issues so they can think about them and take positive action. Students from The Harper School in San Jose, California demonstrate an increased understanding of the dynamics of literary point of view as it applies to Chaucer's use of narrative in The Canterbury Tales. They create an original pilgrim and a corresponding "digiTale," a digital movie based on their character, which provides another medium to express a complete narrative beyond paper and pencil.
Food & Farms - Learn - School Tours & Farm Field Trips school Tours Orchard Field Trip Guide. Apple Orchard school Field Trip Guide Request a copy of teaching materials the orchard may have developed. http://www.getrealmaine.com/learn/school_tours.html
Extractions: Orchard Field Trip Guide We hope you can take a class trip to an apple orchard. Orchard visits can be designed for students of all ages, including pre-schoolers. The following tips, offered by the New York & New England Apple Institute, will stretch the value of the time you spend "in the field". Farmers experienced in hosting tours, and a second grade teacher who has taken her class to the orchards many times offer these tips: Research regional orchards which invite visitors and decide which orchard is best for your class, based on its scope of operations, visitation program and fees (if any). Request a copy of teaching materials the orchard may have developed. Prepare your class and yourself for inclement weather and field conditions. Orchards are usually located on hillsides and have cool breezes and wet morning grasses. Don't forget bee kits if you have students who are allergic. Inquire about places to eat lunch or snacks.
EducationGuardian.co.uk | Schools Special Reports | Primary Resources For teaching resources for Key Stages 3 and 4, visit Learn.co.uk While there is widespread agreement that school trips are of great educational and http://education.guardian.co.uk/primaryresources/0,12430,791096,00.html
Extractions: Read today's paper Sign in Register Go to: Guardian Unlimited home UK news World news Newsblog Archive search Arts Books Business EducationGuardian.co.uk Film Football Jobs MediaGuardian.co.uk Money The Observer Politics Science Shopping SocietyGuardian.co.uk Sport Talk Technology Travel Been there Audio Email services Special reports The Guardian The northerner The wrap Advertising guide Crossword Soulmates dating Headline service Syndication services Events / offers Help / contacts Feedback Information GNL press office Living our values Newsroom Reader Offers Style guide Travel offers TV listings Weather Web guides Working at GNL Guardian Weekly Money Observer Public While there is widespread agreement that school trips are of great educational and social value to pupils of all ages, their planning and execution are often causes of anxiety for teachers. In the wake of a spate of news stories about injuries on educational visits, it is difficult to know how much planning is enough. Week 2: where to go In the past 10 years, there has been a noticeable shift in the way institutions, galleries, attractions and museums have marketed themselves. A glance at the homepage of any of the key cultural attractions in the UK reveals an 'education' link to pages designed to support teachers and to supplement class visits. School trips are big business, and education departments are getting slicker.
EducationGuardian.co.uk | Schools Special Reports | Fresh Faces All felt very strongly that school trips should continue, because of the The pressure on teaching staff to come into school for longer and longer hours http://education.guardian.co.uk/2003teachingawards/story/0,13378,1072125,00.html
Extractions: Read today's paper Sign in Register Go to: Guardian Unlimited home UK news World news Newsblog Archive search Arts Books Business EducationGuardian.co.uk Film Football Jobs MediaGuardian.co.uk Money The Observer Politics Science Shopping SocietyGuardian.co.uk Sport Talk Technology Travel Been there Audio Email services Special reports The Guardian The northerner The wrap Advertising guide Crossword Soulmates dating Headline service Syndication services Events / offers Help / contacts Feedback Information GNL press office Living our values Newsroom Reader Offers Style guide Travel offers TV listings Weather Web guides Working at GNL Guardian Weekly Money Observer Public When the regional winners of the Guardian award for outstanding new teacher were invited by this newspaper to put the world of education to rights, it was always going to be a lively and controversial session. The nine teachers who took us up on the offer - from primary and secondary schools in England, Wales and Northern Ireland - ended up challenging education secretary Charles Clarke and his senior policy wonks to visit their classrooms and see at first hand what teachers actually do before they come up with any new initiatives. And a lengthy discussion about the practicalities of the new workload agreement led to an uncompromising, yet surprising demand from the teachers to other staff to keep their hands off their classroom displays.
Lesson Plans: Art Museum Field Trip planning a Museum Field Trip Ideas from Getty Teacher Art Exchange list members High school Museum Research Lesson To integrate art museums into my 9th http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/middle/museum3.htm
Extractions: Ideas from Getty Teacher Art Exchange list members Favorite World Museums Favorite USA Museums Lesson Plans This page is dedicated to Sara Grow - a university pre-service student teacher. Sara is writing a project for her art ed class about using art museums as a tool for instruction in the high school art classroom. If anyone has more success stories to share please send to Judy Decker -address on home page. Note: ArtsEdNet Talk is now Teacher Art Exchange Prepare your students by playing Greg Percy's "Hangin' Around (The Gallery)" - from Songs in the Key of Art #4 From Susan on Long Island Elementary Level: I take many classes to art museums every year. I have found that students of all ages LOVE scavenger hunts. After the docent has finished the tour, I break up the kids in teams and give them lists of things to find within the museum. I rotate the #s on the lists so that team one starts looking for #1 on the list, while team two is looking for #2, for example, so that groups are not running around after the same items at the same time. I always go to the exhibit before my classes to create this game. Afterwards, in the classroom, I create another "game" for them. They must create a piece of art or element (from the scavenger hunt) of their own from the piece of art that most remember or that inspired them. Not copy, but they create original art from something they were forced to see (find) during the scavenger hunt.
UNICEF - Teachers Talking Perhaps this is why, after 30 years of teaching in this school, parents are equally involved in this school helping out as volunteers on school trips, http://www.unicef.org/teachers/forum/0801.htm
Extractions: Roger A. Hart Question: Please tell us a little about your school, your community and your job. Answer : I teach in a small public school in Westminster West, which is a rural part of the state of Vermont. The school has two rooms with a total of 40 to 45 children aged 6 to 11 years old. I teach the younger children, aged 6 to 8 years old. I am now teaching many of the children of the parents that I taught. It's a community school where parents get involved in the school but we do have to be aware of the very long hours that some parents have to work. Many parents are self-employed or have several jobs and struggle to make a living. Q: What would you say is most distinctive about your classroom and how you teach compared to most public schools? A : I think that the big difference is that I really do respect the child. I don't look down on them. I consider we are working here together as equal partners but with different experiences. I feel that young children very often know what they need to learn next and what they can handle. As a teacher you're trying to expand their interests and knowledge. I find that many public school classrooms are too teacher-directed. The reason that is often given for this is that there are State curriculum requirements that have to be fulfilled. But I've found that if you look closely at these requirements, you can fulfill the required curriculum in your own ways. You don't have to teach in a standardized way as long as your children are successful.
Instruction And Planning, Teaching Today, Glencoe Online This week, we offer tips for planning for the upcoming school year. Rather than scrapping your field trip plans altogether, why not consider taking your http://www.glencoe.com/sec/teachingtoday/tiparchive.phtml/6
Extractions: Teaching Today publishes innovative teaching tips on a weekly basis. Written with the busy teacher in mind, each tip is concise, practical and easy to implement in the classroom right away. Topics covered in Teaching Today are classroom management, career development, high stakes testing, instruction and planning, parental involvement, reading in the content areas, using technology in the classroom, and portfolio development. Teaching Today also offers free weekly downloads that correspond to the tips. Our free downloads make implementing the teaching tips even easier. Teaching Today provides educational resources for teachers looking for everyday solutions to the challenges of the classroom. Motivating Students Keeping students interested in learning is a difficult and ongoing task for all teachers. We know that a student's motivation of lack thereof can be a key component in the success or failure of a lesson. This week we focus on strategies that teachers can use to increase motivation in the classroom.
The Bartlett: BSc Programmes The Bartlett school of planning has a long track record in teaching professionally accredited planning programmes and in 2000/1, it undertook a radical http://www.bartlett.ucl.ac.uk/planning/programmes/new_bsc.htm
Extractions: BSc in Urban Studies Overview The BSc in Urban Studies Aims of the BSc Programmes Structure of the Programmes ... giving full details on the programme can be found here Overview Two new programmes are available from the Bartlett School of Planning. Urban Planning, Design and Management is accredited by the Royal Town Planning Institute and provides a route into a professional career in planning or related disciplines. Urban Studies has been designed with a range of professional career opportunities in mind, and it offers more flexibility for students curious to explore a broader range of studies relating to the built environment. The UCAS codes are: Programme Objectives Our towns and cities are amongst the greatest achievements of mankind. They also represent the most complex and challenging stage for professional activity. Based in the heart of London, one of the most exciting and vibrant urban laboratories in the world, the Bartlett School of Planning offers the unique opportunity for students to study the complexities of contemporary urbanism with a particular emphasis on:
Field Trip You will probably teach in schools where not all children have bicycles, let alone helmets. Some trips we already have planned are http://www.usask.ca/education/coursework/mcvittiej/methods/fieldtrip.html
Extractions: Teaching Methods Field Trips Homepage 322.3 Homepage 324.3 Homepage 327.3 Homepage 421.3 ... Sample Lesson Plans A history of field trips? If we consider the long term, we will realize that children have learned by being with their parents or placed in apprentice situations with employers for most of human history. In a sense, field trips were the norm, until the invention of formal education. I believe it was the Greeks, around the time of Plato, who invented formal schools. Does this mean, because the history of field trips and apprentice situations is so long, that this is the most effective way to learn? What are the benefits and disadvantages of field trips? What are the benefits and disadvantages of learning in classrooms? And what are the benefits and disadvantages of apprenticeships? L.B. Sharp wrote that what is best learned indoors should be learned there, and what is best learned outdoors should be learned there. Carry extras of everything. Some children will not bring hats, sunscreen, sunglasses, or, on the other side of the weather, toques, scarves, mitts. Have spares available. Take a first aid kit, in case of cuts or scrapes. Perhaps have alcohol swipes for cleaning wounds before bandaging them. Have water available for drinking. Have a whistle to call the students to you.
Field Trip Policy Upon approval of the school trip by the appropriate authority, the relevant The principal, in consultation with the teacher/ teachers planning a field http://lps.lexingtonma.org/about/LPSElementaryhandbook/P19.html
Extractions: Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents LPS Policies Page POLICY UNDER REVISION Revised 9/2/93 Field trips are intended to allow students experiences that provide them with insight, information, or knowledge that cannot be adequately developed through regular classroom instruction. Field trips, therefore, become an integral part of the curriculum and are as essential to the instructional process as textbooks, equipment, and other instructional devices and teaching/ learning strategies. They allow students to learn what might not be learned within the classroom. As it is widely acknowledged that not all children learn in the same way, field trips allow students the opportunity to expand their intelligence in ways different from those typically available inside the classroom. While most field trips are directly related to specific, academic curricula, they also may address the need for intra- and inter- personal growth in children, and thus may be designed to promote social and emotional development and to provide for the development of the "whole" child. The Principal, or his/ her designee, is responsible for seeing that a teacher or group of individuals proposing a field trip, plan, implement, and assess the field trip with the following educational issues in mind:
Curriculum, Teaching And Learning (incl NCEA) - Ministry Of Education Impact of Teaching and schools on Variance in Outcomes including recent student drownings on school trips, media coverage about the cost of school pools http://www.minedu.govt.nz/index.cfm?indexid=1004&layout=index
Foreign Language Lesson Plans And Resources For Teachers teach Spanish Lesson Ideas. Select Lesson Ideas to find lesson plans Suitable for middle and high school teachers, the site includes French and Spanish http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/eslsp.html
Extractions: Bonjour. The site, for students and teachers of French, offers a host of activities and resources. Casa de Joanna: Spanish Activities and Casa de Joanna: French Activities On-and off-line activities for middle and high school Spanish and French classes. Also included are lesson plans and printable worksheets. C.B. Putnam's Home Page Foreign Language Teaching on the Internet: Resources with Teaching Activities. Teaching activities and materials for French, German, Italian and Spanish classes. Cooperative Learning in Modern Languages. Pete Jones, Head of Modern Languages at the Pine Ridge Secondary School in Ontario (Canada), presents lessons useful for creating a student-centered language class. Print them out. Some will give you instant lesson plans for your next day's class. Several of the activities are available for languages other than French. Decouvrons le Canada. Pete Jones and his team of teachers has brought together close to 900 links to Canada, all in French. The site also features scavenger hunts for students based on ite various Web pages. Lesson plans and online activities for elementary, middle and high school levels. Additional resources are also included.
Field Trip Safety The Canada Safety Council has a longstanding concern that schools and Wellplanned field trips serve as an opportunity to teach skills and safety http://www.safety-council.org/info/sport/outdoor.html
Extractions: Traffic Safety Child Safety Home Safety Seniors' Safety ... Information Related Information YouthSafe Outdoors promotes active outdoor lifestyles within a culture of safety and security. Risks Must Be Managed The Canada Safety Council has a longstanding concern that schools and parents must work together to manage risks on school trips. A lapse in risk management can usually be identified when an outing ends in serious injury. Perhaps risks were not assessed properly at the planning stage, or safety rules were not enforced during the event itself. On the other hand, fear-driven policies and procedures for field trips may be unattainable and unreasonable. This in turn leads to fewer outdoor activities, so that risk averseness becomes a genuine and insidious risk. Young people who are not encouraged to be active risk developing a sedentary lifestyle. A desk- and screen-bound generation is prone to diseases such as heart disease, cancer and diabetes, already on the rise in children. Well-planned field trips serve as an opportunity to teach skills and safety awareness, when organizers stress possible risks and necessary precautions. They prepare young people to enjoy outdoor activities safely when they are outside the controls of an organized group. Resources and Guidelines When groups travel off-site or participate in outdoor pursuits, there is an undeniable risk of injury or incident. Schools, municipalities and community organizations are committed to providing for safety, but have limited resources to conduct the research needed, develop appropriate guidelines and resources, provide training and ensure everyone works together seamlessly.
Extractions: Searching the internet for "Lebanon, Kansas," I learned that it is the geographic center of the United States. Next I searched for "geographic center of the United States" and found a picture of a monument to the fact. Returning to the "Lebanon, Kansas" search, I scanned webpages of local interest until I found one that looked friendly, and boldly sent an e-mail to the writer. He was happy to help me learn a bit more about Lebanon, and took close-up pictures of the monument there, along with the complete text of the plaque, for use at my church website.
Extractions: Contrary to conventional wisdom, teachers throughout North County appear to be investing in themselves and their students by taking classes, reading and writing, traveling to historical places, planning lessons, thinking and yes, relaxing too. Take Andrea Cannon, for example. "I'm not the kind of teacher who takes two months off," said Cannon, a fifth-grade teacher in the Del Mar Union Elementary School District. "I'm in the classroom planning, getting ready for next year, reflecting and writing."
