What Does Service Mean to You?
The group of ten Field Education participants arrived in a 15-passenger van to the Kelly Campus of Teton Science Schools on a warm, sunny day in mid fall. After they heard about their task and received their tools – …
Journeys School 10th Grade Personal Projects: Tour of Teton Science Schools’ Jackson Campus
Editor’s Note: At Journeys School, all 10th grade students complete a Personal Project as part of the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program. Each student chooses a topic of personal interest, identifies a goal for their learning, …
Journeys School 10th Grade Personal Projects: Talking to Strangers
Editor’s Note: At Journeys School, all 10th grade students complete a Personal Project as part of the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program. Each student chooses a topic of personal interest, identifies a goal for their learning, …
The Efficacy of Field-Based Education
In the summer of 2014, I found myself a few miles up Slough Creek in Yellowstone National Park watching a sow and two grizzly bear cubs saunter through the marsh. Their presence was quiet and graceful; …
Journeys School 10th Grade Personal Projects: Ski Film
Editor’s Note: At Journeys School, all 10th grade students complete a Personal Project as part of the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program. Each student chooses a topic of personal interest, identifies a goal for their learning, …
Journeys School 10th Grade Personal Projects: Crocheting Hats
Editor’s Note: At Journeys School, all 10th grade students complete a Personal Project as part of the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program. Each student chooses a topic of personal interest, identifies a goal for their learning, …
Transference
Editor’s Note: In late April 2016, Teton Science Schools held its first Place-Based Education Symposium, in which staff members shared best practices in design, inquiry, and local learning. Last week, the blog featured a review of the Symposium. …
Place-Based Education Symposium: Communities as Learning Environments
As the emergence of personalized learning, project-based learning, and deeper learning increases, the time is right to connect learning to communities in authentic and meaningful ways. A place-based education approach can connect learning models, …
Journeys School 10th Grade Personal Projects: Fingerstyle Guitar
Editor’s Note: At Journeys School, all 10th grade students complete a Personal Project as part of the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program. Each student chooses a topic of personal interest, identifies a goal for their learning, …
Spring in the Hole
Spring has sprung in Jackson Hole, and there is a lot to keep your eyes out for.
Even though the towering peaks of the Gros Ventre, Snake River, and Teton Ranges are still snow-covered, …