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Zhang, Zhenzhen; Stevenson, Kathryn T.; Martin, Katherine L. – Environmental Education Research, 2022
Although green schoolyards provide many benefits to children and communities, little research explores students' perceptions of these benefits and how natural elements (e.g. gardens, trees) and associated use shape student experience. We examine the relationship between nature-based attributes, nature-based activities, and teacher-led activities…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Playgrounds, Play, Mental Health
Gopal, Jyoti; Pastor, Ella – Science and Children, 2013
This article describes a hands-on science curriculum used to teach kindergarten students about decomposition at the Riverdale Country School in the Bronx, New York. The goal was to get students to spend more time in the natural world and to have the opportunity to literally "get their hands dirty." This was premised on the idea that the…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Elementary School Science, Kindergarten, Hands on Science
Garcia-Ruiz, Francisca – Science Scope, 2009
The creation of schoolyard gardens is a growing movement in the United States and around the world (Ballard, Tong, and Usher 1998; Pope 1998; Lewis 2004). It brings together all of the features of authentic hands-on science: Students can collect data on plant growth, observe the plant and animal interactions in the garden, and acquire a sense of…
Descriptors: Plants (Botany), Environmental Education, Hands on Science, Gardening