Source: Trans Canada Trail Ontario
Description: With increasing pressures to pack more and more into the curriculum, teachers sometimes find it hard to justify taking students out of the classroom. Reluctantly, the outdoors is abandoned.
In our view this is a mistake. Outdoor experiences are highly-motivating for students, and meaningful first-hand experiences with the living world lead students to understand and remember important concepts
Outdoor experiences also provide foundational experiences for life long learning. More and more leisure activities take advantage of outdoor settings– bird-watching, hiking, photography, drawing and more athletic sports like skiing, cycling and running are all becoming increasingly popular.
Our goal is to make it easier for teachers to make use of a valuable “Outdoor Classroom,” the Trans Canada Trail.
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