By Kara Scherer As we huddled together as a group, Eric taught Colette and I about convection currents as the fog rolled in from the vast blue Pacific and over the surrounding hills. The wind made the native plants around us dance, while the trees gently swayed above us. As Eric finished his explanation, Colette […]
My Place-Based Learning Experiences
What experiences have you had with PBE? by Delia Russo-Savage I am from Montpelier, Vermont. Although Montpelier is the capital of Vermont, it is a small town with a tight-knit community. The public school system and the community I grew up in was always incredibly focused on providing opportunities to students for alternative learning. From […]
The Forest Wax Project: In Memoriam
By Jess Kostka This reflection helped me think about how place-based education can be incorporated into an English classroom. It also made me think of aspects of my small, rural community that can be incorporated into the classroom – both geographical aspects of the landscape that are obvious to outsiders and events that are nearly […]