Launch an Outdoor Learning Laboratory Using NSTA's Outdoor Science: A Practical Guide

ARLINGTON, Va., April 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Elementary and middle school educators looking to create outdoor classrooms or learning spaces will appreciate the instructions outlined in this comprehensive guide. Author and state education science specialist Steve Rich provides standards-based, inexpensive lessons in the areas of life, Earth, and environmental sciences, as well as interdisciplinary activities in math, social studies, and language arts. Each step-by-step outdoor lesson specifies teaching objectives, ideas for using the lesson to meet curriculum objectives, materials needed, prep work involved, and follow-up assessment activities.

This book also helps teachers identify the outdoor resources already in place and offers suggestions for acquiring additional ones, including tips for reaching out to the community and grant-writing strategies.

Whatever your school's setting—urban, suburban, or rural—this slim volume is the perfect vehicle for improving student achievement outside the classroom in a learning space that can be used from year to year.

About the Author

Steve Rich created two award-winning outdoor classrooms as an elementary and middle school classroom teacher and successfully used them to teach across the curriculum. A science specialist at the Georgia Department of Education, he has also led professional learning opportunities on outdoor classrooms at school, system, state, and national levels.

You can browse sample pages of this new book free at the NSTA Science Store website at www.nsta.org/store.

For additional information or to purchase Outdoor Science: A Practical Guide and other books from NSTA Press, visit the NSTA Science Store at www.nsta.org/store. To order by phone, call 800-277-5300 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET weekdays. Outside the United States and Canada, call 301-638-0200. The 140-page book is priced at $24.95 and discount-priced for NSTA members at $19.96. (Stock # PB272X, ISBN # 978-1-935155-12-6)

The Arlington, Va.-based National Science Teachers Association is the largest professional organization in the world promoting excellence and innovation in science teaching and learning for all. NSTA's current membership includes more than 50,000 science teachers, science supervisors, administrators, scientists, business and industry representatives, and others involved in science education.

NSTA Press produces 15–25 new books each year. Focused on the PreK–college market and specifically aimed at teachers of science, NSTA Press titles offer a unique blend of accurate scientific content and sound teaching strategies.

SOURCE National Science Teachers Association

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