Moeller High SchoolMoeller High SchoolOutdoor Education ProgramOutdoor Education Program

Honors Science Elective/1Full credit !Honors Science Elective/1Full credit !

Outdoor EducationOutdoor Education

What we propose:

To offer an outdoor education program for students in Marianist High Schools throughout the Province of the United States.

What we wish to accomplish:What we wish to accomplish:

• To teach respect for and understanding of nature;

• To teach students about the human impact on nature and the Christian concern for environmental justice;

• To foster more active learning by engaging students with the learning environment;

• To offer students an opportunity to reflect on the learning process, and to show students how recent discoveries about the brain can help them become life long learners;

• To help students create a community of learners.

What students do:What students do:

• Spend eight days learning about nature while hiking in Rocky Mountain National Parks or along the Appalachian Trail;

• Attend Ranger talks, view videos, read natural history handbooks for relevant background information;

• Make daily journal entries about what they observed experientially and how that confirms or refutes what they know vicariously;

• Participate in daily discussions about the information in their journals as well as about the experiential learning process;

• Learn how to care for their living space (e.g. cook, wash clothes), to hike attentively, and to observe the environment carefully.

TextbookTextbook

Curriculum OverviewCurriculum Overview

The classroom……The classroom……

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Time for celebration !Time for celebration !

Time for friendsTime for friends

Time for learning…..Time for learning…..

Time for reflection…..Time for reflection…..

Time for fun !Time for fun !

………….and what about the wildlife ?.and what about the wildlife ?

Experience Gods wonderful Experience Gods wonderful creation through Outdoor Education creation through Outdoor Education

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Outdoor Education is great !Outdoor Education is great !