Shake a Bush: Discovering Nature on Your School Grounds
- Resource Type
- Journal Articles
Reports - Descriptive
- Authors
- Lee, Tammy D.; Dowland, Melissa; Davis, Megan; Brewington, Lauren; Pearce, Lauren
- Source
- Science and Children. Apr-May 2020 57(8):49-55.
- Subject
- Museums
Institutional Mission
Conservation (Environment)
Natural Resources
Educational Environment
Teaching Methods
Lesson Plans
Science Teachers
College Faculty
Partnerships in Education
Outdoor Education
Elementary School Students
Laboratories
Safety
Standards
Freehand Drawing
Environmental Education
Grade 5
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0036-8148
This article describes how one state museum's mission is to illuminate the natural world and inspire its conservation. Educational specialists from the museum achieve this mission by helping educators across the state use and enhance the natural resources available on their school grounds as a teaching tool. The article shares a lesson that represents one example of the museum's partnership with a university science educator to expose teachers and students to outdoor-based learning as a context for studying systems in elementary science.