Through place-based education (PBE), learners engage in hands-on, real world experiences that connect them to the people, places, cultures, and histories that make up their community. These local connections form a foundation for studying subjects across the curriculum. The neighborhood and surrounding area becomes the classroom, and its people are part of the learning community.
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This Lake Alive: An Interdisciplinary Handbook for Teaching and Learning about the Lake Champlain Basin
A tool to help create an interdisciplinary study of the Lake Champlain Basin with informational essays and activities.
Cultivating Joy & Wonder: Educating for Sustainability in Early Childhood Through Nature, Food, and Community
Essays and early childhood activities that encourage exploration of the natural world.
Project Seasons
147+ activities for classroom educators, pre-school and after-school teachers, camp instructors, and parents.
Learning Locally, Transforming Globally
Utilizing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, this framework encourages learners to be co-participants in creating a more healthy and just planet, starting in their place.
Learning Locally, Transforming Globally Student Workbook
The companion student workbook to Learning Locally, Transforming Globally.
Coping with Cold
Students will learn about the winter survival strategies of animals in the Northeast.
Aprendiendo Localmente, Transformando Globalmente
Guía de proyectos para educadores y jóvenes para promover y avanzar los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas.