I need to take an outdoor natural history course over the summer to to design, facilitate, and manage high quality outdoor learning opportunities for my students.
FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Yu's classroom raised $1,152
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My Students
We are a Title I K-5 elementary school located in the heart of North Portland. We have a unique population of students from over 20 different countries. 100 percent of our students receive free or reduced lunch. We try and address as many needs as possible at our school, but often lack the funding to provide the technological resources we need.
Many of our English Language Learners come to our school with no prior education.
The challenge of learning English and building proficiency in content subjects is overwhelming for many of our students. A lack of prior schooling has many of our refugee students completing schoolwork several grade levels behind their peers.
My Project
Our students spend too much time indoors! I want to dedicate my summer learning to creating quality outdoor learning opportunities for my students by biking British Columbia's Southern Gulf Islands.
Each morning a group of teachers and I will break base camp at a campground close to Swartz Bay ferry landing.
We will depart on our bikes, board the ferry, and learn about the natural history of a different island.
This professional development course will take me through 6 days of skill building in natural history observation, interpretation, field leadership, and instruction using the Inquiry process and the hands on approach. This study of The Southern Gulf Islands will teach me how to interpret local topography to find evidence of ancient geologic events. I will also discover how to study unknown species by creating taxonomy keys for our own areas back home. Upon returning home, I plan on creating outdoor learning activities based on the surrounding habitat and local geography of our students.
More than half of students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
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