Five Months until Totality!
Editor’s Note: On August 21st, 2017, the United States will experience its first total solar eclipse in 38 years. Jackson, WY happens to be in an ideal location to view the eclipse, …
A Week I Will Never Forget
Editor’s Note: As Wildlife Expeditions wraps up the 2017 season of running over-snow coach trips to Yellowstone National Park, we’re excited to share the reflections and photos of one participant. Check out the slideshow below for all of her photos, …
Service Means Community: An AmeriCorps Member’s Perspective
Editor’s Note: March 4 – 11, 2017 was AmeriCorps Week, a time to celebrate the individuals, programs, and organizations across the United States that serve our communities every day. In honor of the 80,000 Americans that are serving in 2017, …
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. …