Science and Teaching for Field Instructors
Read the blog posts below to find out what’s new with BEETLES. We regularly feature new resources, promote upcoming events and news, and share “Tales from the Field”–stories of folks like you using BEETLES materials in interesting ways. If you’d like to contribute, just be in touch!
November 20, 2018: Ask the BEETLES
Special thanks to BEETLES Emerging Leader Erica Ellis and other Cheakamus Centre staff for their contributions to the development of this blog post. As environmental and outdoor science educators, we have a unique opportunity to engage youth meaningfully with nature. With this, we think, comes a responsibility to examine our own relationship to the land we […]
Read More »September 25, 2018: News
Job and training opportunities with BEETLES partner organizations as of September, 2018: Job Opportunity: Ten Strands is seeking a Director of School District & Community Partnerships Ten Strands, a San Francisco based organization working to build and strengthen the partnerships and strategies that will bring environmental literacy to all of California’s K–12 students, is seeking […]
Read More »September 25, 2018: Uncategorized
Question from a Program Leader: “I run an outdoor education program for families with children ages 2-5. I love everything you all do and am working on incorporating the learning cycle strategies onto our lessons more. I am reaching out to see if you could suggest any resources or have examples of utilizing ‘I notice, […]
Read More »September 20, 2018: News
BEETLES was recently featured on the Sierra Club website, highlighting programs that are “transforming eco curricula.” Take a look at the five programs that were featured for their environmental literacy resources for educators.
Read More »August 21, 2018: Tales from the Field
What can BEETLES activities and approaches look like with a group of students? Outdoor science education consultant and past BEETLES Leadership Institute attendee Sarah Johnson writes about introducing several foundational BEETLES student activities and Exploration Routines on the first day of a summer camp, and an experience of “Inquiry Fever” and exciting student-led investigations that followed. […]
Read More »July 17, 2018: Tales from the Field
When BEETLES began hosting Leadership Institutes, we focused on Residential Outdoor Science Schools. Over later Leadership Institutes, we have expanded our audience to other outdoor educational programs including nature preserves, day programs, nature centers, garden programs, and other types of programs. Luana Rivera Palacio of the Guadalupe River Park Conservancy attended our December 2017 Leadership […]
Read More »July 16, 2018: News
Executive Order Cancellation of the National Ocean Policy Compiled and written by Craig Strang, Co-Chair, California Environmental Literacy Steering Committee cstrang@berkeley.edu In June of 2018, much of the United States Policy on the Ocean, Coasts and Great Lakes, also known as the National Ocean Policy (NOP) was cancelled through an executive order. The purpose of […]
Read More »June 25, 2018: Tales from the Field
The Ocean Institute Outdoor Education Department attended the BEETLES August 2015 Leadership Institute in Santa Cruz, California. The Ocean Institute has a well-respected outdoor science program, and they also run a large history program for 4th graders in California. The Ocean Institute has used what they learned at the BEETLES Leadership Institute to strengthen their […]
Read More »May 23, 2018: Tales from the Field
Xander Tartter, a former field instructor with San Joaquin Outdoor Education and Walden West Outdoor School, now runs BOLD & GOLD, an outdoor leadership program for the San Francisco YMCA. Here, he shares how some of the key concepts and strategies in the BEETLES Guide to Engaging and Managing Students in Outdoor Science apply to […]
Read More »April 6, 2018: Tales from the Field
Sarah Johnson of Wild Rose Education and Sara Monson of Walking Mountains Science Center are both based in western Colorado. They attended two different BEETLES Leadership Institutes– in August and December 2017, and had heard of each other prior to the Institute. Sara Monson had grant funding from the EPA to facilitate a daylong workshop […]
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