Hitchcock Center for the Environment

Are you looking for creative and innovative ways to transition back to teaching at school? What new techniques will you need to have in your toolkit to create a supportive structure for your class? According to medical experts, COVID-19 transmission decreases outdoors, making outdoor education a safe alternative to strictly indoor learning. Being outdoors is also known to reduce anxiety and increase focus in children, as well as increase their interest in the environment.

This in-person teacher institute will model the latest COVID-19 health and safety guidelines while extending the classroom to the outdoors. Digital photography is the tool we will use throughout to promote observation, recall information, analyze data, demonstrate conclusions, and reflect on the process of learning. You will leave with many tools and best practices to share with your colleagues.

All lessons and activities modeled during this 4-day workshop will use the Hitchcock Center’s STEM-based outdoor classroom and will directly address Massachusetts State Standards for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math.

https://www.hitchcockcenter.org/using-the-outdoors-to-teach-stem-during-the-covid-pandemic/

Are you and your child/children ready for more social interaction and nature based learning that can be done safely? Check out our outdoor summer programs selection to see if one or more is right for your family.

https://www.hitchcockcenter.org/summer-2020-children-and-family-programs/