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.