There are great days at work and today was one of them.
I assisted a colleague with a grade level integration. The fifth grade at one school had an Earth Day celebration at a local park. Each of the six classes rotated to different stations centered around nature or conservation. Our station gave the kids an opportunity to use handheld GPS to locate "caches" that held puzzles that, when solved, gave them messages about conservation.
The kids has a great time melding technology with the great outdoors. They worked together to set the GPS, find the caches and solve the puzzles.
However, I think I had a better time! I got to enjoy a beautiful day outdoors, help children use technology while being active, and the icing on the cake, took advantage of the park and took a "walking lunch" before going on to the next building. I had lots of energy the rest of the day!
The pictures accompanying this post were taken from the park's loop trail. You can see why I loved the outdoor classroom today.
Until next time....walk away!
1 comment:
Wow! So nice to hear about schools still engaging their students w/learning while having fun!
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