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Conference 2011
Engaging Students in the Outdoors
Workshop Resources

These materials were provided by the presenters of the one day conference – Engaging Students in the Outdoors - October 1, 2011. This conference took place at the Fish Creek Environmental Learning Centre and was organized by the GEOEC, Alberta Council for Environmental Education (ACEE) and Fish Creek Provincial Park. If you would like any more details on any of these resources, please contact christina@abcee.org.

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Experiential Excursions, Taking EE Off-Trail - Graham Thursfield, Alberta Parks - David Thompson Corridor (1)Integrated Curriculums in Outdoor Programs – Julie Walker, Full Circle Adventures	1-Full Circle Adventures GEOEC presentation-2011 (~110K)
(2)You did what with your students outside? – Bill Bagshaw, Avalon Jr. High School Dragon’s Tail Cooperative Baseball Cooperative Games Assignment Cooperative Games Intro Sheet Cooperative Games Marking Rubric Predator and Prey Animal Identification Information Cover Animal information sheet Animal Scat Project Animal Scat Rubric Initiative tasks	2-Animal Identification Information cover (~30K) 2-ANIMAL INFORMATION SHEET (~70K) 2-Animal Scat Project (~70K) 2-Animal Scat Rubric (~30K) 2-Cooperative Baseball (~30K) 2-Cooperative Games Assignment (~50K) 2-Cooperative Games intro Sheet (~1.2 Mb) 2-Cooperative Games Marking Rubric (~35K) 2-Dragon's Tail (~25K)
(3)Take me Outside ... A continuum of resources – Andrea Barnes, Alberta Tourism, Parks & Recreation in Kananaskis Country Nature of Science – Ecosystems and Interactions Student Data Form Biodiversity Data Sheet Written in Stone Geology Program Freshwater Monitoring – A Case Study for Grade 8 and 9 Teacher Guide Tracking the Trees Identification booklet	3-Biodiversity Data Sheet (~70K) 3-Grade 8&9 Teachers Binder_Fall2010 (~4.3 Mb) 3-Nature of Science Data Sheet (~80K) 3-Track_Trees (~330K) 3-Written_In_Stone (~2.5 Mb)
(4)Using Guided Inquiry for High School Biology Field Studies – Sue Arlidge, University of Calgary, Biogeoscience Institute (BGS) http://undsci.berkeley.edu/about.php - The coloured handout How Science Works is from Understanding Science at UC Berkely. Understanding Science gives users an inside look at the general principles, methods, and motivations that underlie all of science. http://pzweb.harvard.edu/ucp/ - The Understandings of Consequence Project aims to help students learn difficult science concepts by engaging them in how scientists think about the underlying causality. http://pzweb.harvard.edu/ucp/curriculum/ecosystems/i_challenges.htm - There is an excellent series of modules on the site for student investigations into different causalities encountered in ecology. The Understanding Different Patterns of Causality handout is from this site. A Comparative Model of Field Investigations: Algining School Science Inquiry with the Practices of Contemporary Science – This is the main article the presentation was based on. Field Investigations: Using Outdoor Environments to Foster Student Learning of Scientific Processes - This extensive guide has everything you need to know for conducting field studies with your students, especially the methods used for scientific field research. Included: why field study is important; preparing students for field investigations; and using data to help identify patterns and relationships. Inquiry Chart – Levels of Student Ownership Nine Default Assumptions About the Nature of Causality That Impede Science Learning Book - Nurturing Inquiry: Real Science for the Elementary Classroom [Paperback]Charles R. Pearce (Author), Wendy Saul (Author)	4-A Contemparative Model of Field Investigations - Aligning School Science Inquiry with the Practices of Contemporary Science (~115K) 4-AssumptionsChart (~25K) 4-Field_Investigation_guide (~4.1 MB) 4-inquiry chart (TIFF graphic) (~75K)
(5)Experiential Excursions	5-Alberta Parks Crimson Lake Gr 5 photo scavenger hunt (~240K)
(6)Ready Set Grow Food Biodiversity Conservation and School Community Collaborations Natureground www.natureground.org Alberta NativePlant Council www.anpc.ab.ca Alberta Invasive Plants Council www.invasiveplants.ab.ca Knowlton Cockett, P. (2010). Right here: Embedding geoscience in place-based interpretive signage in northwest Calgary, Alberta. www.geocanada2010.ca/program/program-schedule/tuesday/pm-2/geoscience-education.html (see 2:10 p.m. entry for pdf) Knowlton Cockett, P. (2008). Ecological pedagogy in an urban prairiescape. dspace.ucalgary.ca/bitstream/1880/46933/1/Knowlton_Cockett.pdf Texts Belt, J., LaFleur, D. & Sladek, M. (2009). Invasive plants of the Crown of the Continent. Brown, A. (1970). Old Man's garden. Vancouver, BC: Evergreen Press. Evans, C. (2002). The war on weeds in the prairie west: An environmental history. Calgary, AB: University of Calgary Press Gummo, K. & Knowlton Cockett, P. (Eds.) (2002). Dr. E.W. Coffin School: Stories of community. Calgary, AB: Dr. E.W. Coffin Elementary School. Jennings, N. (2007). Prairie beauty: Wildflowers of the Canadian prairies. Surrey, BC: Rocky Mountain Books. Kirker, J. & Kary, D. (1996). Exploring Nose Hill: A hands-on field guide. Calgary, AB: Grassroots NW Environmental Awareness Society. Royer, F. & Dickinson, R. (2007). Plants of Alberta. Edmonton, AB: Lone Pine. Current Trends in Place Based Education Paul Kelba's blog thefreshclassroom.blogspot.com/ The benefits of place based education: www.promiseofplace.org/research_attachments/PEEC2010_web.pdf Place Based Education and a Participative Pedagogy: www.placenetwork.info/article/entry/SamHarrison/2010/11/place-based-learning/ Critical pedagogy and place based based education: www.pieducators.com/files/Critical-Pedagogy-of-Place.pdf Nurturing Children's Biophilia: www.whitehutchinson.com/children/articles/nurturing.shtml Learning Outside the Classroom: Theory and Guidelines for Practice. books.google.com/books/about/Learning_outside_the_classroom.html?id=aEbejwEACAAJ	6-Ready Set Grow Food (~95K)