Learning Shouldn’t Stop in Summer: 6 Benefits of Summer Camp
Summer camp. It’s a time that many of us as adults look back on fondly. We remember the thrill of building a fire with flint and steel for the first time, or the carefree afternoons spent hiking or watercoloring under the sun. …
A Play Space for Students, by Students
Imagine this: you’re a student in elementary school (K-5) and one day, your teachers tell you that starting today, you and your classmates are going to dive into the exploration of PLAY. …
How a Wildlife Tour Showed Local Students their Place in a New Way
It’s not uncommon to live in a place and not experience everything it has to offer. For many, there are simply too many things to see and do in their place — …
A University Partnership Grounded in Place, Reflection and Technology
In 2015, Ohio University graduate and Wyoming resident Ralph Haberfeld had an epiphany that has connected two distinct, picturesque places: Athens, Ohio, in the Appalachian foothills, and Jackson Hole, bordering western Wyoming’s Teton Range.
Thanks to that epiphany, …
How a Wyoming Principal Found Place-Based Education
Here at Teton Science Schools it’s fair to say that we see a lot of students, teachers, principals and even some superintendents throughout the year. For many of them, the time spent on our campuses and out in wild places is transformative — …
Building a Reggio Emilia Classroom: A Teacher’s Perspective
When Erin Solomon first arrived on our Jackson Campus, the campus was just four months old. The walls of the pre-K classroom she’d call home were still bare. The values of the Reggio Emilia philosophy — …
Who is Teton Science Schools? We’ve Got Your Answer.
Teton Science Schools started with a simple idea: natural science should be taught in nature.
Over the years, that idea has grown into a mission of inspiring curiosity, engagement and leadership through transformative place-based education. …
The Reggio Emilia Classroom: Where Young Children Lead the Charge
Walk into any of our early childhood classrooms here at Teton Science Schools and you’re bound to step into a space that inspires curiosity, wonder and awe; a space that touches the senses in every which way and tempts you to touch, …
5 Places Where Place-Based Learning is Possible
When it comes to implementing place-based education, knowing where to start can have even the best of educators feeling equal parts exhilarated and overwhelmed. We get it. The prospect of “anytime, anywhere learning” is exciting and yet, …
Getting Started With Place-Based Education, Step-by-Step
An excerpt from What is Place-Based Education and Why Does it Matter by Getting Smart in partnership with eduInnovation and Teton Science Schools
Here at Teton Science Schools, we talk about and experience the power of place on a daily basis. …