Nature Based Learning Symposium

1200 Kings Highway North,Rochester NY 14617

01 September, 2021

Description

This one day symposium will bring educators and their partners together to experience and learn about nature based learning. The expansive power of nature as a source of respite, restoration, and connection is well known. Nature based learning also provides opportunities to meet educational goals in meaningful and authentic ways. This one day symposium will bring educators and their partners together to experience and learn about nature based learning through engagement with the environment, relationship building, discussion, and workshops. Participants will leave with a basic understanding of nature-based learning benefits and practices along with practical tools and resources that promote this philosophy. Participants will learn about nature-based education as a means of meeting their students’ social emotional needs by connecting them to themselves, their environment, and each otherunderstand how nature based learning can be used to meet educational goals around content and characterdevelop a framework for incorporating nature-based learning opportunities into their work with studentsWe are asking each participant to contribute $25.00 but we want everyone who is interested to be able to attend so we have included an option for you to purchase a donation based ticket. You can contribute $1.00 or $100.00, whatever is right for you.