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, …
TSS Stories of Impact: Kimberly Johnston
Kimberly Johnston is a Teton Science Schools Field Education alumna. Kimberly participated in a week-long field education program at the Kelly Campus in the winter of 1985. Kimberly is currently a partner at Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) in the EY Americas Power & Utilities practice.
TSS Stories of Impact: Luke Dauner and Lily Anderson
It is difficult to say where our lives would be had we not crossed paths with TSS. We would have not crossed paths with each other, for starters. But our time at TSS also affected us personally in many ways—cementing our love of the outdoors as a personal and professional classroom, …
When Students Choose Their Own Path, Learning Follows
Ask a typical student “Why should you go to school?” and the reasons might look something like this:
To learn
To get good grades
To make friends
To play sports
To get into college
To get a job
Because I have to
For the more philosophical student, …
Bringing Community Together through Citizen Science
Teton Science Schools has long understood the value, impact and fun that comes along with participating in citizen and community science (CCS) — or in short, public participation in scientific research. We do it with visiting school and teacher groups through programs like Nest Watch and Wyoming Stream Team, …
