Upcoming Teacher Workshops

From April to August, the Teacher Learning Center has several professional development workshops for teachers from pre-kindergarten to high school.The workshops take place at the Teton Science Schools’ campuses in Jackson Hole. Fees include, meals, …

Nature is Our Teacher

Baba Dioum, a prominent Senegalese conservationist, said: “In the end we will conserve only what we love. We will love only what we understand. We will understand only what we are taught.” As TSS educators we use this ecosystem as a classroom to teach concepts and content in hopes that our participants will better understand the environment they are experiencing. …

All Quiet on the Yellowstone Front

With temperatures well below zero, Yellowstone National Park is a unique winter-time experience. While Teton Science Schools does not provide snowmobile and snowcoach tours of Yellowstone; Wildlife Expeditions is busy providing the Natural Habitat Adventures Wolves and Wildlife Safari. …

For Everything There is a Season; Winter Americorp 2013

The first days of the new year mark a change in the solar calendar and a return of longer, brighter days to Teton Science Schools and Jackson Hole. Over the first weeks of January daylight grows to more than 9 hours long, …

Got Math?

A photograph of a human eye; two parabolas superimposed on the eyelids; calculations of the size of the eye using integration – this problem was framed as a pattern-seeking challenge in our 11th and 12th grade math class. …

Exciting Times for Mule Deer Project!

At 7am on December 11, 2012, 20 mule deer in Teton County, WY awoke to a peculiar feeling. The collar that many of them had been wearing for the better part of two years miraculously fell off. …

The Community as Classroom at Teton Valley Community School

At Teton Valley Community School (TVCS), the local community has always been considered an extension of the classroom. TVCS teachers implement a unique Project Based Learning (PBL) curriculum that requires students to answer a driving question using a multitude of resources, …

Teton Science Schools’ Idaho Initiative

Teton Science Schools will bring TSS Educational Programs to families of Eastern Idaho through increasing educational services and opportunities for kids, families, teachers and communities of Eastern Idaho. Effective September 1, 2012, the Teton Valley Community School located in Victor, …