"I work as an Early Childhood Educator in Manitoba, Canada. This is a topic that comes up all the time at our discussions at our local nature educators group meetings (MNACC). As Claire Warden says all it takes is one "fish face" teacher to…"
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Corine Anderson replied to Jacob Francis's discussion Encouraging Non-outdoor Teachers in the group C&NN Natural Teachers Network
Betsy Townsend replied to Jacob Francis's discussion Encouraging Non-outdoor Teachers in the group C&NN Natural Teachers Network"Has anyone tried inviting teacher groups to a a fun overnight or weekend at a local camp? In our city, many of the reluctant teachers are those who did not grow up with nature and just don't "get" the whole idea of outdoor…"
Jacob Francis commented on Dave Sandersfeld's group enviro-photo-educators"Hi everyone,
I thought you all might be interested in how our nature center is using explorable panoramas to engage kids in nature and hopefully get them outside. The panoramas are geolocated and accessible via Google Earth. As part of…"
Jacob Francis commented on Children & Nature Network's group C&NN Natural Teachers Network"This could be a great citizen science opportunity for some of us!
http://schoolofants.org/"
Jacob Francis commented on Children & Nature Network's group C&NN Natural Teachers Network"Amy and John,
We do some mapping with our middle school students. They use topos to look for and predict streams, and use infrared aerial photographs to make predictions about vegetation. We also have them explore maps…"
Donna Hill B.Sc. B. Ed. CHI replied to Jacob Francis's discussion Encouraging Non-outdoor Teachers in the group C&NN Natural Teachers Network"Hi Jake, I used to work in several different nature centres as well as outreach (in-school programs) and discovered if you provide some indoor programs only (with no expectation of going outdoors) you can hook those indoor lovers into the…"
John Thielbahr replied to Jacob Francis's discussion Encouraging Non-outdoor Teachers in the group C&NN Natural Teachers Network"Thanks for this thoughtful suggestion, Stephanie. Hope all is well in Chipper land. John
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Stephanie Rach-Wilson replied to Jacob Francis's discussion Encouraging Non-outdoor Teachers in the group C&NN Natural Teachers Network"Hi, I've been amazed when I come upon teachers/volunteers whom aren't really interested in the experience ...who wouldn't love the opportunity to be in nature?! But that is the case sometimes.
Engaging in nature is a multi-sensory,…"
Jacob Francis replied to Eric Gehring's discussion Data gathering activities in the group C&NN Natural Teachers Network"Eric,
We have been working with 8th grade students during a 2-day outdoor experience at our center. We focus on giving students the tools that ecologists use; they perform point-centered-quarter tree surveys, point bird surveys, benthic…"
John Thielbahr replied to Jacob Francis's discussion Encouraging Non-outdoor Teachers in the group C&NN Natural Teachers Network"Jake,
A hearty welcome to the Natural Teachers Network Group site, and to the Children & Nature Network family. This is an excellent question. Engaging "non-outdoors" teachers is the ultimate prize…"
Jacob Francis replied to Eric Gehring's discussion Data gathering activities in the group C&NN Natural Teachers Network"Eric,
I know I am resurrecting an old question, but if you are still interested in some data gathering we have been doing with 8th grade students I'd be happy to talk to you about it.
~jake"
Jacob Francis left a comment for Suz Lipman"Thanks for the welcome Suz. I'm excited to be a part of the network!
~jake"
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- At 2:38pm on January 13, 2012,
Suz Lipman said… Hey Jacob! Welcome to C&NN Connect. I'm the forum host. I'm glad you found us and hope you make yourself at home in discussions and groups. Our Natural Teachers Network will probably interest you, among others. I hope you'll share your activities, ideas and photos with us and find this a rich source of resources. For any questions about the network, see our FAQ page. Hope to see you here again soon.
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