...Douglas Becker While educationally beneficial, place-based learning can be challenging to implement in an applied forest ecology course that draws a diversity of students with limited forest experience. I describe a semester-long sequence of labs designed to instill place-based learning principles...

... Containers for the sap (large water jugs, milk jugs, buckets) Tubing (if the containers will be placed on the ground) Boiling pan (I have used chafing dishes with success) Candy thermometer © 2022 by The Regents of the University of California 2022 inquiry maple syrup place-based...

... at night,” and “when moth wings are wet, flying is difficult.” Each idea shared was treated the same, and no misconceptions were commented on. inquiry-based learning place-based learning elementary education moth ecology Inquiry-driven science teaching has recently increased in popularity...

... to integrate this learning modality into their curriculums. © 2022 by The Regents of the University of California 2022 garden-based learning place-based learning self-determination theory science engagement K–12 schools Garden-based learning (GBL) is a teaching strategy that utilizes...

... contextualized curriculum encourages place-based learning, which is situated in specific places or regions, and is focused on natural and cultural features, processes, phenomena, history, and challenges to sustainability ( Coleman et al., 2019 ). Table 1. Unit-specific standards and performance...

... from local restaurants and at grocery stores in the Greater Lansing area were mislabeled. This project gave students the time and space needed to master molecular techniques (often through trial and error), and it engaged them in a place-based learning setting as they investigated the incidence of fish...

... to photocopy or reproduce article content through the University of California Press's Reprints and Permissions web page, www.ucpress.edu/journals.php?p=reprints . 2019 Active learning experiential learning range plant ecology nonindigenous nonnative place-based learning Bridging the gap...

... it will be taught, in order to both build upon the students’ connections to the local region as well as expand students’ appreciation and conceptualizations of their local environment and ecosystems. Place-based learning theory describes how students’ prior knowledge is connected to a larger conceptual landscape...