Resource Links

Lesson/topic ideas can be found on the Tips for Teaching Outdoors page.

Guides, Programs, Toolkits, Training

Enviroschools New Zealand - Program
Eco-Schools USA - Program
EcoRise Youth Innovations Program and Training (Central Texas)
Earth Native Wilderness School (Austin, Bastrop)
Children and Nature Network Natural Leaders - Program and Training
Green Ribbon Schools - Program
Edible School Yard Project - Program
Edible School Yard Academy - Training
Farm to School Program Toolkit
National Park Service, USA - Training
New Zealand's Education Outside the Classroom Guidelines

EOTC Guidelines PDF
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Outdoor Campus Structural Improvement Ideas

Nature's Playscapes NZ
Adventure Playground Equipment NZ
Adventure Playground North Hampton UK
Natural Playgrounds Company - Before and After
Natural Playground board on Pinterest

Research

Books:

(Online) - A Pedagogy of Place: Outdoor Education for a Changing World by Brian Wattchow and Mike Brown
Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv
The Nature Principle by Richard Louv
Coyote's Guide to Connecting with Nature by Jon Young, Ellen Haas, and Evan McGown

Websites

Children in Nature Network Research and Studies
Center for Eco Literacy Publications
New Zealand Department of Conservation Activities for the classroom and outdoors
Education Outdoors New Zealand
PlayGroundology: An Emerging Social Science

Articles

What's the story? Outdoor education in New Zealand in the 21st century by Marg Cosgriff

Developing a place-based approach to outdoor education in Aotearoa New Zealand by Mike Brown
Preliminary findings for the study Titiro whakamuri, hoki whakamua: We are the future, the present and the past: caring for self, others and the environment in early years’ teaching and learning by Jenny Ritchie

Bee Keeping with Students by Martin Toland

beekeeper_mag.pdf
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