Where is Everyone? – Going Outside with AMDA School #12
Where is everyone? This question makes the class of kindergarteners crouched in the vegetable garden behind their school giggle, laugh, and do other joyful things that quickly reveal their hiding spots. We were outside to play and do many other important things on this crisp fall morning.
Wrapping Up Our 2nd Annual Nature Based Learning Symposium
The last two days of August, Rochester Ecology Partners brought together almost 150 teachers from around the region to explore new and innovative approaches to teaching rooted in nature-based learning.
Seeking Educators for Our Worlds Connect
We are seeking high school educators to participate in an innovative and trailblazing project during the 2022-23 school year. Our Worlds Connect is a project designed to build relationships between students from disparate communities through a series of...February Break Nature Discovery Camp 2022
Young people laughing as they play in the park is what winter break should sound like. During the 2022 February break last week Anna Murray Douglass Academy School #12, The Center for Youth Earthworks, and Rochester Ecology Partners came together to make that possible for over fifty students grades K-8 with a four day nature discovery camp.
Exploring Adaptations for Winter Survival
How do living things survive the winter? This question is at the center of a series of field studies fourth graders at the Children’s School #15 are engaged in with the support of Rochester Ecology Partners. The school sits at the base of Cobbs Hill Park and...