Activate for Learning

This set of guides (U.S. and international) outlines 99 activities designed to help pre-K through high school students explore living school grounds.

Resources, tips and ideas to prepare a class for the outdoors, manage students and transition back indoors, including a sample station rotation schedule, photo gallery, webinars, and more.

This case study summarizes research findings about the positive outcomes of outdoor learning and shares schoolyard-learning tips and essentials for educators.

The Providence Public School District distributes a request form to parents and guardians annually that, once signed, permits students to attend walking field trips to outdoor classrooms located nearby.

This Grounds for Change project helps schools develop outdoor curriculum and shares seven key steps for successful experiential learning programs in urban settings.

This case study narrates the evolution of green schoolyards in San Francisco, and their supporting programming including Americorps-funded educators at many schools.

Get2Green supports county-wide efforts to engage Pre-K-12 students in environmental stewardship, incorporate sustainability in the classroom, schoolyard greening throughout the district.

A rural green schoolyards program, Learning Landscapes takes advantage of preserved adjacent property and develops school grounds with trails, outdoor classroom areas and native plantings

Baltimore City Public Schools has a robust and comprehensive approach to its green schools initiative that supports the health and well-being of students, families and the community.

Tips to help schools and school communities design and host monarch butterfly habitat to learn about wildlife conservation and support cross-curricular learning.

This guide, created through a public review process, marries professional standards with environmental educators’ best practices in community engagement, including case studies and a 25-item toolkit.

Growing food on your green schoolyard? Follow these protocols for safe and healthy harvest and food service.