Place-Based Outdoors Learning with Madi Shaheen

Madi Shaheen literally helps bring trout into school classrooms. She's a science educator with a non-profit learning center in Colorado that serves underprivileged communities in the greater Denver area. Bringing kids into the outdoors (and bringing the outdoors to kids) has been a priceless way to connect Madi's background in teaching with her personal love for the outdoors. Plus... calling all adults: Have you ever had that moment where you're burnt out on your career and wondering what to do next? Crossroads... dead ahead.    3:00 In a busy outdoors, finding your secret spots and holding them tight 4:00 A fork in life's road: Do you keep a job you're burnt out on, or forge a new path? 7:00 Let's hear it for educators! You get those amazing school breaks, but it's a very demanding job. 10:00 Lincoln Hills Cares 13:00 Bringing place-based science/outdoor ed to underprivileged communities 15:00 Trout in the Classroom curriculum 17:00 Teaching kids HOW to fish versus taking them fishing once 18:00 Lady Anglers Fishing 101 23:00 Turning the classroom into a trout hatchery 26:00 That internal revelation... 'wait, maybe I am a science person' 31:00 Hands-on inquiry is different than classroom-based learning 36:00 Organic growth takes time; Good programs catch on, and the buy-in of a few enthusiastic teachers helps tremendously 39:00 Having multiple aspects of your life combine into a single professional role 42:00 When your job nudges you toward something like fly-fishing, how far do you dive in? 43:00 Tenkara rods 50:00 Fishing: it helps to feel content in one place 53:00 That moment as an educator when the learning feels electric 54:00 Maroinvertebrates and microscope views... mind-blowing!  59:00 Why do mushrooms sometimes feel different than other foraged foods? Learning something new! "The fear level can be tricky and the consequences dire." 1:02 Experimenting with bear meat Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices