Making the Most of Mud Season
It’s spring! What does the season call to mind for you? Baby animals? Tulips? Puddle jumping? Green grass? Sneezing?!
In the vicinity of Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks, Teton Science Schools’ home base, …
Let the Kid Guide
With spring break underway in many places and signs of the season popping up around us, families are looking for ways to get outside together. But as many parents know, getting out the door can be the hardest part. …
Educating in Place: What a Year in a Pandemic Has Taught Us About Education
One year ago this week, we began a shift to virtual learning at Mountain Academy in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Our blog post from March 19, 2020 (see below) aimed to support families and educators navigating the overnight transition to teaching, …
What Color is Place?
Honoring Dr. Carolyn Finney for International Women’s Day …
“In the case of race and the environment, it’s not just who we imagine has something valuable to say. These assumptions, beliefs, and perceptions can be found in the very foundation of our environmental thinking,
Taking Place-Based Education Online: One 5th-Grade Teacher’s Story
Like so many educators, Brian Earls of Fairview Elementary School had to reimagine his craft in the pandemic’s wake. If this had been a typical school year, Brian would have taught science to all of the 5th-graders at Fairview and reading to his homeroom class. …
The Beautiful Work of Teaching in the Time of Coronavirus
In Ron Berger’s noteworthy book, An Ethic of Excellence, the author paints a picture of school culture that invites students to care deeply about the quality of their work. He uses the winsome phrase “beautiful work” to convey the idea that striving for excellence is catching, …
Mountain Academy Students Remind Drivers to Look Both Ways so Elk Can Cross Safely
When one of the Mountain Academy 4th and 5th grade classes learned that the highway near their school is a problematic area for wildlife-vehicle collisions, they wanted to do something about it. Bari Bucholz, their science teacher, …
Welcome to the Subnivean Zone!
Bring the wonders of winter into your teaching with our upcoming virtual snow science workshop. Dig into the foundations of snow science using materials we’ll send you ahead of the workshop and learn ways it can be used to explore and introduce concepts in elementary and secondary science. …
Three Reasons Why Place-Based Education Can Transform Your Teaching Right Now
Enroll now in our Virtual Introduction to PBE course for educators
Many educators like the idea of place-based education and have considered integrating this method into their teaching practice, but have not yet taken the next steps. …
Watercolor: One of the 100 Languages Children Speak
Picture a crowded display of children’s artwork with a refrigerator door as the exhibit space. Ever wondered why those exuberant creations earn such fanfare, regardless of whether they stray outside the lines? Now picture a child putting brush to paper, …
