Ep 20: Exploring Outdoor Education and NGSS
Apr 09, 2021•47 min•Ep. 20
Episode description
In this episode, Eugene and Matt are joined by a special guest, Tashanda Giles-Jones. Tashanda is a teacher at Environmental Charter Middle School in Inglewood, California, and she shares some of the work she’s done to help students become leaders in their community through outdoor and environmental projects. Eugene and Matt then explore how outdoor education can enhance opportunities for science learning.
Resources mentioned in this episode:
- TreePeople
- Generation Earth
- The California Education and the Environment Initiative (EEI) Curriculum
- The Bay Foundation
- GrowingGreat
- The Edible Schoolyard Project
- California Academy of Sciences
- Green Schools National Network
- 2016 Science Framework for California Public Schools, Chapter 11: Instructional Strategies for CA NGSS Teaching and Learning in the Twenty-First Century
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