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From Four Walls to No Walls: Taking Teaching and Learning Outdoors (In-person Session)

Target Audience: 6th-12th Grade Teachers

Presenters: Annie Roth, Manager of the Teacher Networks, and Grayson Shelor, Lead Teacher Naturalist, Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont

Join the staff of Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont to get away from your seat and expand teaching and learning from four walls to no walls while encouraging observation, discussion, and reflection.  From this experience, you’ll find yourself able to facilitate these strategies back in your schoolyard and connect with like-minded individuals along the way.

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In-person workshop details

The 2024 workshop has closed. We hope to see you in 2025!

In-person workshop details

Taking teaching outdoors: Expanding lesson plans far beyond the classroom walls

ORAU hosted From Four Walls to No Walls: Taking Teaching and Learning Outdoors, a professional development academy hosted by ORAU to show teachers how to incorporate the natural environment into their lesson plans. The workshop was presented by the Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont. 

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K-12 educators participate in Taking Teaching Outdoors, a professional development academy hosted by ORAU to show teachers how to incorporate the natural environment into their lesson plans.