Outdoor Education
Are you interested in pursuing a career in the outdoors, but aren’t quite sure where to start – or do you know someone else who dreams of working outdoors? Whether you’re hoping to forge your own path or are working with young people who are hoping to establish a career in the outdoors, TYO has tips on how to hone in on a career path and explore opportunities in outdoor recreation and conservation.
Many of the lesson plans, projects, and games cited below have been developed by outdoor educators for use in different regions across North America. The materials at this site will help your approach to developing curriculum based outdoor education.
A Guide for Developing and Implementing School-based Outdoor Skills Education.
Ontario Ministry of Education offers curriculum documents spanning Kindergarten to Grade 12 and achievement charts to provide guidelines for assessing students’ work.
No Time For Flashcards provides simple activities for young children that expose them to copious amounts of free play, exploration and discovery.
With Activity Finder, you can quickly filter through a wide range of activity ideas to help you connect with nature. Sort the ideas by child’s age, time available, cost, and other filters to find the activities that will most interest you and your family. Use activity finder to get the most out of your time to play outdoors, watch wildlife, and discover the wonder of nature.
The EnviroLink Network is a non-profit organization which has been providing access to thousands of online environmental resources since 1991.
Education Outside, a nonprofit organization, produced these engaging environmental activities for K-5 students. Although they’re designed to be used during the school year, many of them can be easily adapted for a summer afternoon in the backyard.
Dawn Publications is dedicated to inspiring children to have a deeper understanding and appreciation for all life on Earth. The part of the site gives free curriculum for teachers and parents to use alongside certain entertaining books!
The Children & Nature Network offers resources for parents and teachers to learn more about what outdoor education is. The section of the site give resources to pdfs and videos that can help with an outdoor educational curriculum.
Bradford Woods is an organization committed to improving the quality of life for people of all abilities by using its unique outdoor setting to provide education, therapy, and recreation. This document shows the curriculum for adventure education.
Back Country Attitude is a website that provides fee curriculum and lesson plans for outdoor education. Within the lesson plans you can find games, worksheets and more!