Getting Started with Inquiry

Submitted by VictoriaRydberg on Tue, 09/03/2019 - 02:02 pm

Wisconsin Standards for Environmental Literacy & Sustainability state that “students engage in experiences to develop stewardship for the sustainability of natural and cultural systems” (ELS.EN7). Take a closer look at the learning priorities in this standard and you will find that students are not just engaging in stewardship experiences, they are designing the experiences. How do we make this shift from an educator-directed experience to one led by students? Inquiry.

Lessons Learned Restoring a School Forest

Submitted by GreenleafMedia on Wed, 10/17/2012 - 05:09 am

Sometimes the best lessons are the hardest-fought ones. When the students of Fox River Academy, an environmentally focused charter school in Appleton, Wisconsin, identified a section of Pierce Park, adjacent to the school grounds, as an area they wanted to restore, they ran up against a severe physical challenge and some unexpected social challenges.

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