It’s time to get down to business with the new, improved online version of CLEARING Magazine!
With the introduction of a revamped website, plans for four quarterly issues, and an e-mail newsletter, CLEARING is ready to regain its position as a key resource for the environmental education community. Keep an eye on this site for...
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Revamped website opens new CLEARING era!
Hood River Middle School Leads the Way
Hood River Middle School Outdoor Classroom Project
The Outdoor Classroom Project is a work in progress where students are the researchers, engineers, designers, architects, builders, and users of a multidisciplinary, multi-sensory learning experience.
What you see when you approach the schoolgrounds at Hood River...
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Connecting students and salmon in their watershed
How rearing salmon in an elementary classroom can foster powerful teaching and learning in the content areas, environmental awareness, and good stewardship of the Earth
By Daniel S. King, PhD
My transition in January of last year to a new position teaching science, math,...
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Wolverines, Wonder and Wilderness
Why the Wolverine Matters to a Kid Who Has Never Seen a Raccoon
by Megan McGinty
IT IS APRIL AND I AM SITTING UNCOMFORTABLY on the cobbles of a gra
vel bar on the Skagit River in the North Cascades National Park with a group of local...
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Beach Hoppers: Inquiry-based learning while having fun!
Field trips are exciting. Field trips incorporating inquiry-based learning and live animals are even better.
by Stephanie Schroeder
This second grade unit focuses on beach hoppers, tiny amphipods found on most sandy beaches. The first three lessons focus on learning beach hopper...
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