High School Field Ecology: Yellowstone Experience (Video)

Sunday, July 10: On this day, we moved away from our beloved Kelly Campus to embark on the long trek to Mars, WY. Some people call it Yellowstone. It was a strange place where we lived in tents without showers. …

More High School Field Ecology Adventures (Videos)

Here at Teton Science Schools a day is an adventure, every hour an experience, every minute we are making memories for our life. Not just learning about nature we learn to be one with it. …

\’Twas a Radiant Day

July 3rd ‘twas—when from Mexico, New York, New Mexico by way of Vermont and D.C. (respectively), East Coast, Nepal and the Philippines by way of the West Coast, our now beloved Wyoming, and elsewhere equally as important ventured sixteen wide-eyed, …

The 44th Edition of High School Field Ecology has Commenced! (Video)

We are thrilled to get moving with an exciting month ahead. The day started with warm sunshine on the Tetons while one of our more outgoing instructors greeted the students at the Jackson Hole airport dressed in a pika suit and a tie to formalize the occasion. …

High School Field Ecology Instructors Prep for 2011 (Video)

The High School Field Ecology Instructors spent last week scouting and preparing for the arrival of this year’s group. Watch the video below prepared by the instructors. Welcome 2011 High School Field Ecology participants!

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Summer Family Adventures Kick Off with New Tracking Thursdays

Teton Science Schools are set to begin another fantastic summer filled with adventures for youth and families. This year we are excited to announce the addition of Tracking Thursdays: Evening Stroll and Ice Cream. …

One Great Story

My final week in the field was a great conclusion to my time as an AmeriCorps volunteer. The group of students I lead was a fourth grade class from Rock Springs, Wyoming. This was the youngest group of children I have worked with, …

Graduate Students Explore Yellowstone

Graduate Students spent four weeks of April and May studying the botany, ornithology, and insects of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem in an academic course titled Advanced Elements of Field Ecology. The purpose was to familiarize them with these topics of ecology, …

Place Learning and Civic Engagement: Connecting Elementary Science to Students’ Home Places

Next week Teton Science Schools and the University of Wyoming’s Science and Math Teaching Center are collaborating to kick off the statewide, year-long Professional Development program, Place Learning And Civic Engagement [PLACE]: Connecting elementary science to students’ home places. …

Graduation and Celebration

Last Wednesday, in front of almost 400 people (including 80 who watched our virtual webcast), Journeys School graduated six seniors, sixteen 8th grade students, and twelve 5th grade students. This culmination of the tenth year of Journeys School was a good reminder of the community we live in and the potential of our graduates. …