Finding Our Wildernesses: Principia School Students on Their Experiences in the Tetons
Editor’s Note: Twenty-one students from Principia School recently traveled from St. Louis, Missouri to the Tetons for a week at Tetons Science Schools exploring what it means to be a naturalist through science and art. …
Stepping Outside
Editor’s Note: Today on the blog we’re delighted to feature guest author Lynne Scott of the Principia School. Lynne recently traveled from St. Louis, Missouri to the Tetons, along with 21 Principia students and three other chaperones, …
Educating for the Ideal Student in Bhutan
On the last day of our third place-based education workshop in Bhutan this past January, staff from the Royal Education Council were immersed in a flurry of sticky notes and passionate conversation. …
TSS at 50 Years: Our “Why”
The origin story of Teton Science Schools begins fifty years ago with a dozen local high school students learning science in the inspiring landscape of Jackson Hole, WY. Ted and Joan Major brought students into Grand Teton National Park that first summer and experienced a vision of learner-centered education immersed in inquiry. …
An Educator’s Map to Teaching Strategies
Most days as field educators, we ask students to do group work. Working cooperatively builds critical communication and collaboration skills. But at the same time, everyone who has worked in a group knows that it can also be a pain! …
Pre-K Investigates: How Do We Know We Are Grown-up?
Friday, February 10th: My day started off as most work days do. I looked through my email, attended a meeting, drank some coffee and made a list of action items for the day. However, Friday the 10th, …
Social Meets Ecological
Can we talk about science without acknowledging human influence? Can we talk about human society without discussing our environment? Ecological Inquiry, our most recent course in the TSS Graduate Program, wove together the social and the ecological as we explored the systems that drive policy and dialogue in the Mountain West. …
The Pull of the Mountains
All the places where we live and travel play important roles in forming who we are. Every city or region leads to memories that can only be connected to that particular place. Just like everyone else, …
The Power of Place
Transitions are never easy, but some are tougher than others. Each and every day is a transition from one to the next. We all experience highs and lows, peaks and valleys, but each with a different lens. …
Hope in Winter Birds
A preoccupation with the trappings of the holiday season in our human homes and places of business is both exciting and inevitable. Putting up the decorations and spending time with family and friends are things I look forward to each December. …
