Suggests inexpensive, short-time outdoor projects using school grounds. Projects can involve teachers, students, and community. (BR)

Describes the opportunity teachers have to develop attitudes of respect and responsibility in young children. For example, the way the teacher interacts with children will determine whether they are kind to animals, Respect in children develops from being respected, and responsibility from having a stake in a project or any endeavor. (BR)

Describes the concept of the biotic community to aid children in understanding food, space, and other relationships among living organisms, particularly those communities where man is the dominant organism. Outdoor laboratory experiences are suggested to help children see their town or city as a man-dominated biotic community. (BR)

Discusses causes of our ecological crisis and suggests that in order to overcome the crisis we have to sprinkle our teaching with a sense of wonder, impress upon the youth that there is nothing difficult or mysterious about the ecological viewpoint, give youth an awareness of the diversity of things in our environment, stress interrelationships…

Discusses U.S. National Parks as natural laboratories for the study of ecology, geology, earth science, and botany. Suggests activities which will enable children to more fully appreciate the great age of the earth, its history, the complexity of its structure and composition, and the myriad plants and animals which inhabit it. (BR)