Recipe for a Forest

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Exemplar Type: CASE STUDY
Title: Recipe for a Forest
Grades: Pre-K - 2
Discipline: Science, Math
Submitted By: David Sobel/Amy Butler


Summary This learning experience was designed to educate students outdoors. It was adapted from Joseph Cornell's experiential treasury, "Sharing Nature With Children".


BENCHMARKS REPRESENTED IN THIS EXEMPLAR

Big Ideas

  • Nature sustains life by creating and nurturing communities

Applied Knowledge and Actions

  • Strong Sense of Place

Higher Order Thinking Skills

  • Mindful: Questioning

  • Mindful: Transference

Dispositions

  • Curious

  • Imaginative

  • Motivated

  • Place/Community Conscious

Applications and Actions

  • Learn from children and nature