AMES — Prairie Rivers of Iowa, in partnership with the Living Roadway Trust Fund, is kicking off a new grant initiative around building outdoor learning environments all across Iowa. This new grant ...

Spending time outdoors and engaging in active play has all kinds of benefits for young children. It encourages gross motor skill development, helps improve coordination and balance, and can contribute ...

The Outdoor Learning Environment (OLE) grant program is separated into three phases. The three phases are designed to create a process in which (1) community support is gathered, (2) planning and ...

Fairfield Primary School begins work on a new sustainable outdoor classroom, funded by the Benny Walker Charitable Trust, to ...

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - With help from Waco nonprofit, Voice, Waco ISD’s Mountainview Elementary students are learning outside of the classroom in a new outdoor learning environment. “We provided an area ...

Rebecca Torchia is a web editor for EdTech: Focus on K–12. Previously, she has produced podcasts and written for several publications in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and her hometown of Pittsburgh.

With no doors or walls, the outdoor learning spaces use solar rooftops and 120-volt power to run instructional TVs, interactive whiteboards, and other small equipment. The spaces, equivalent to two ...

In 4-H, we believe youth learn best by doing, but in this technology and media-driven age, it can be difficult to get young people outside to explore and learn from their natural environment. By ...

Central Elementary on Friday debuted the school's new outdoor learning lab. The project turned an empty courtyard into a space that features a canopy, picnic tables and other seating options, ...

Austin ISD Superintendent Matias Segura, Congressman Lloyd Doggett and district trustees opened the new Outdoor Wonder & Learning (OWL) Center — a nature-based outdoor learning environment designed to ...

There aren’t desks at Angel Oak Nature Academy. There aren’t metal chairs, pencils or plastic toys, either. When you drive up to the secluded Okatie property, there isn’t even a building. Instead, ...