Get outside and start your teaching with flair! Join the Biogeoscience Team in a series of walks and workshops designed to support taking your teaching outdoors.
Join a guided walk to talk about nature!
Learn about the trees, plants, rocks and animals around the area. Brainstorm ideas to incorporate into your class. Bring a lunch and come dressed for the outdoors (easy terrain) and the weather.
When: Friday, November 15, 2024, 10 am - 2 pm
Location: Barrier Lake Field Station
Cost: $20 per participant
See a real field trip in action!
Join the BGI Team as they guide school groups through field trips and nature excursions.
Location: Biogeoscience Institute in Kanansakis
When: List of available field trips TBA*
Cost: Free
Valid PIC (as of May 1, 2024) required.
Limited to 5 spots per field trip
*This opportunities depends on when field trips are scheduled with schools at BGI and your own availability. If you are interested in shadowing a field trip, please email Savannah Poirier Hollander on the BGI Team and they will let you know when there are upcoming field trip opportunities.
Lead and create guided interpretive walks through the nature on campus
Join naturalists/interpreters for a day of building your naturalist toolbox and figuring out how to incorporate nature into your teaching! Learn group management, safety, what works, how to learn outside, how to document, and how to pull it all together.
When: Thursday, February 6, 2025, 1 pm - 3 pm
Location: On Campus (meeting location TBA)
Cost: $10 per participant
All participants in Experiential Learning programs are welcome and encouraged to attend at least two of the check-in & reflection sessions below as part of their program. Reflection is an incredibly important part of experiential learning. It encourages students to consider their experience so far and to adjusted as needed as they go forward through the rest of their program, or into the next step of their career.