Join the Movement!By: Charly Trepanier

Lets Blow This Popsicle StandIts time education got a little messy

Back to School: Back Outside

improved classroom behavior,

increased student motivation and enthusiasm to learn,

better performance in math, science, reading and social studies,

reduced Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD),

higher scores on standardized tests (including college entrance exams),

help under-resourced, low-income students perform measurably better in school.

What happened

?

Outdoor Learning – Paul Jeffery

What did he find? By looking at

graph 5, overall after taking summer school and learning in the outdoors, a higher percentage of the boys wanted to have their class time spent in the outdoors.

The graph shows that a number of girls seemed to change their minds about learning in the outdoors from the first to last day. The overall percentage increased for how much of their future class time that is spent learning in the outdoors.

Landa Park

Wurstfest!

Natural Bridge Caverns

Teach What Matters

Historic District

JNTR

Guadalupe River

Teach involvement

REFERENCES Coyle, K. (n.d.). Back to School: Back

Outside - National Wildlife Federation. Home - National Wildlife Federation. Retrieved October 23, 2012, from http://www.nwf.org/News-and-Magazines/Media-Center/News-by-Topic/Get-Outside/2010/09-01-10-Back-to-School.aspx

Jeffery, P. (2006). Master of Arts in Education: Natural Science and Environmental Education. OUTDOOR LEARNING AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE CLASSROOM FOR STRUGGLING STUDENTS: DOES IT INCREASE MOTIVATION AND ENTHUSIASM?, 1(1), 1-99.