ERIC Number: ED398058
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1995
Pages: 95
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Ohio Sampler: Outdoor and Environmental Education.
Ballbach, Joann, Ed.
This document provides practical suggestions and meaningful activities for implementing Ohio's model curriculum in science for instruction that emphasizes hands-on experience and diverse learning opportunities. It also includes a variety of nonscience activities that emphasize and utilize the outdoors. This Sampler lists activities by indoor or outdoor settings, group size, and age-appropriate levels from pre-school through grade 12. Related subject areas include art, economics, language arts, mathematics, music, physical education, and social studies, as well as science. More than 20 topic areas range from animals and environmental awareness to food chains and pollution. Processes and skills that are reinforced for students include collecting and recording data, creative writing, estimating, graphing, teamwork, observation skills, and vocabulary building among others. Thirty-six individual activities are offered. Resources including 17 environmental organizations, 6 government agencies, 23 Ohio resident outdoor education centers, 34 organization members of Environmental Education Council of Ohio (EEC), 7 Ohio Coalition of Independent Nature Centers, and 17 other favorite sources are listed. (AIM)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Habitats, Integrated Activities, Natural Resources, Outdoor Education, Plant Identification, Science Curriculum, Science Process Skills
Environmental Education Council of Ohio, 397 W. Myrtle Avenue, Newark, OH 43055.
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Environmental Education Council of Ohio, Newark.
Identifiers - Location: Ohio
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