2025 Spring - COSP 6998-3 - Winter Weekend Teacher Training Workshop

Sample Workshop Topics and Themes

Basics of outdoor learning: how to get started

Naturalist Practices: practices to help our students explore the natural world

Nature Journaling: from starting out to new ideas

Outdoor Pedagogy: engage as a student in an outdoor class and reflect on pedagogy techniques

Phenology: what it is and how to incorporate it all year long

Outdoor investigations: basics of conducting an investigation and collecting and interpreting data

Improv and Community Building: learn improv skills and team games

Citizen Science: learn about ways your students can engage with citizen science projects