This category is for Environmental Education programs which occur primarily outdoors and which include activities such as field studies, hiking, plant identification, animal study, etc. The underlying purpose of these programs is to further environmental awareness and increase environmental knowledge. Outdoor Environmental Education programs are often provided by nature centers or specialty field studies schools.
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  • Kingcombe Centre, The
    Holidays and Courses in an enchanted corner of West Dorset, UK surrounded by over 500 acres of nature reserve.
  • Schoolship: A Floating Classroom on the Great Lakes
    Inland Seas Education Association, a non-profit organization, provides a floating classroom, the Schoolship Inland Seas, where people of all ages can gain first-hand training and experience in the Great Lakes ecosystem. (Michigan, USA)
  • Schooner Ernestina
    Offers expeditions into the coastal marine environment of New England (USA) and the Canadian Maritimes. Program offerings range from dockside visits for any age, daysails for sixth grade and up, and 5-day passages at sea from coastal communities of Massachusetts.
  • White Memorial Conservation Center
    Environmental education center and nature museum located in the heart of the 4000 acre White Memorial Foundation in Litchfield, Connecticut, USA.
  • Hidden Villa
    A 1600-acre farm and wilderness preserve in Los Altos Hills, California, provides a unique combination of programs teaching environmental and multicultural awareness.
  • Nature Discovery Center
    Hands-on center dedicated to teaching families about science and nature. Offers school programs, classes for children, discovery rooms, adult lectures, and bird walks (Bellaire, Texas, USA).
  • Illinois Raptor Center
    15 acre wildlife and habitat education facility provides live raptor presentations to schools and other organizations.
  • Eden Project, The
    A project based in Cornwall, England where two giant conservatories are being constructed to grow plants from different biomes in a sixty meter crater.
  • Rock Creek Environmental Studies Center
    100 acres of diverse habitats on the Portland Community College Campus visited by the public, schools and the college's environmental programs (Oregon, USA).
  • Hudson River Sloop Clearwater
    Founded in 1969, this non-profit environmental organization has been working to protect and preserve the Hudson River and its tributaries through advocacy and providing unique outdoor education programs.
  • Topanga Canyon Docents
    Naturalist training and environmental education in the Santa Monica Mountains (USA). Public and schoolchildren's walks, nature center, photo outings.
  • Urban Ecology Center
    A community based organization that provides opportunities for environmental education and local stewardship (Wisconsin, USA).
  • Camp Bayou Outdoor Learning Center
    A public/private partnership created to encourage stewardship and education of Florida, USA resources.
  • Edge of Kauai Investigations
    Five-day environmental seminars in Hawaii for naturalists and science teachers. Includes lectures, interactive field trips and lesson-plan workshops. Graduate credit available.
  • Catalina Environmental Leadership Program
    Outdoor environmental education school program operated by Catalina Island Camps and Jean Michel Cousteau's Ocean Future Society.
  • Swift Nature Camp
    At Swift, Forest Rangers teach about eagles and bears, while campers do hands on science projects and care for animals. Self accomplishment is promoted in a noncompetitive way during activities like swimming, scuba, horses, canoeing, and sailing (Wisconsin, USA).
  • Fox Chase Farm
    A working educational farm in Philadelphia, PA
  • McLeod Creek Farm
    Online tour of a farm for kids that provides education day tours (USA).
  • Gaveston Hall
    Residential School Journey and Environmental Study Centre, Sussex, UK. See a plan of the grounds, pictures of school children at work and play and all the information you need to book a stay at Gaveston Hall
  • Tillamook County Outdoor School
    TCODS is a nonprofit organization providing outdoor education for all sixth graders of Tillamook County, Oregon, USA. High school students serve as camp counselors. Classroom teachers participate with their students.
  • Outdoor School
    A environmental education program for sixth-grade students from Multnomah county school district in Oregon, USA. Students apply natural science knowledge and skills in mathematics, social studies, language, health, art, and music.
  • Up Yonda Farm Environmental Education Center
    Educational farm located in Bolton Landing, NY, USA. This park has 72 acres overlooking Lake George. The facility features wildlife exhibits, hiking trails, and nature programs.
  • Camp Earth
    Programs for youth and adults featuring nature tourism, eco kayak tours, guided wilderness hikes, and arts workshops for kids.
  • Shekinah Retreat Centre
    Shekinah is a camp and retreat centre located near Saskatoon, Sk. Provides outdoor school programs, summer camps. Operated by Mennonite Church Saskatchewan (Canada).
  • Schoolyard Habitats - National Wildlife Federation
    Offers an array of resources and programs for formal and informal K-12 educators in a traditional classroom situation, nature center or other youth service facility. Provides educator workshop information, educator resources, and creating habitat sites information (USA).
  • Edmonds Discovery Programs
    Serving environmental education needs for Puget Sound schools and public (USA). Ranger-Naturalists classroom programs, beach walks, Discover the Forest, and Sound Salmon programs.
  • Baltimore Woods Center for Nature Education
    Marcellus, New York. 170-acre environmental education center and nature preserve. Includes nine hiking trails, gardens, monthly programs, and student summer camps.
  • The Nature Center at Fort Missoula
    Seeks to foster understanding, appreciation, and conservation of natural systems through natural history education in the northern Rocky Mountain region (USA).
  • Turtle Island Preserve
    Outdoor education/retreat center near Boone, North Carolina, USA. Program topics include environmental education, Appalachian settler and Native American lore and crafts.
  • Yosemite National Institutes
    Providing outdoor environmental education, Elderhostel, field seminars, youth and education training, and conference services in Headlands, Olympic and Yosemite National Parks (USA).
  • Clay Hill Memorial Forest
    Outdoor classroom and environmental education facility, featuring a managed forest and nature preserve.
  • Wild Rockies Field Institute
    Students learn about environmental issues and the threats to specific ecosystems while traveling in the field. College credit offered. From Alaska to Mexico.
  • Darebin Creek Parklands Education
    Park environmental education program on the Darebin parklands, Australia. Covers theoretical and practical aspects of the Darebin Parklands and environment in general.
  • Waterman Conservation Education Center
    The Waterman Conservation Education Center in Apalachin, NY, USA is dedicated to increasing environmental awareness and outdoor recreation. Waterman operates four wildlife refuges.
  • Springhead Trust
    Working to promote conservation and recreation in the countryside for everyone (Dorset, UK).
  • Educo Bulgaria - International Adventure School
    The goal of Educo Bulgaria is to offer challenging activities in the wild nature that will help young people to discover their inner qualities, help the development of the personal initiative, and the formation of creative and independent personalities.
  • Dodge Nature Center
    Dodge Nature Center, a 320 acre nature center in West St. Paul, MN. Features a preschool, model farm, prairies, wetlands, and wooded areas for the education and enjoyment of children and adults.
  • Long Lake Conservation Center
    Minnesota's (USA) original residential environmental education center provides 3-day programs to school groups and 6-day summer camps, focusing on ecological concepts, outdoor skills, and wise use of resources.
  • Experiential Education Canada
    Experiential Education Canada offers unique experiences in nature to inspire youth from across Ontario at their internationally recognized nature retreat.
  • Dauset Trails Nature Center
    Dauset Trails is a non-profit nature center in central Georgia, USA, with native mammals, birds of prey, and reptiles. The 18 miles of bike trails also provide hiking and birding opportunities.
  • The Woodlands Farm Trust
    Educational Farm in South East London run by a Charity Trust. Open to the public and for school and group visits.
  • Teaching Responsible Earth Education (T.R.E.E.)
    A non-profit organization which provides hands-on outdoor life science and environmental education programs to children, parents, and teachers in the New Orleans (USA) area.
  • Leeson House
    Residential and day centre is run by Dorset Outdoor Education Service, UK, providing environmental education for schools.
  • Quarry Hill Nature Center
    Our philosophy is environmental appreciation through education. A 290-acre, hands-on nature center and park with friendly staff and programs for all ages. Rochester, MN
  • Roy Hyatt Environmental Studies Center
    The Roy Hyatt Environment Study Center provides field trips that focus upon wetlands, life on a 19th century dogtrot home and schoolhouse, the natural history museum, the pollution/recycling museum, the school bus bird blind, trail tours, and the microscope laboratory (Florida, USA).
  • Friends of Camp Colton
    A non-profit organization established to support the Camp Colton - Project LIFE environmental education program for sixth grade students, Flagstaff, AZ.
  • Green Chimneys
    Serves children and adults with and without handicapping conditions from New York and Connecticut. Provides an array of educational, recreational, vocational and mental health services. Also provides graduate and undergraduate courses in animal assisted therapy, large animal veterinary care, and special education.
  • Karma: The Floating Classroom
    The Floating Classroom Program is a hands-on marine science education program for students in fourth through twelfth grades, USA.
  • Kingswood Field Study Courses
    Offers environmental courses combined (at lower key stages) with an activity programme at all our UK residential centres.
  • The Learning Tree Farm
    Hands-on learning experience for children and adults in a traditional farm setting, Ohio, USA.
  • Hallsannery Field Centre
    Hallsannery offers environmental education day courses in North Devon, UK, specialising in A-level Biology and Geography.
  • CELT - Centre for Environmental Living and Training
    Education, training and awareness in nature conservation skills and traditional skills / ecological trades. Regular events (e.g. 'Weekend in the Woods') in County Clare, Ireland, with expert tuition at introductory and intermediate levels.
  • Canyonlands Field Institute
    Environmental organization offers school and youth programs, writing and teacher workshops, river and hiking trips, internships, and graduate residencies in environmental education. (Moab, Utah)
  • Lorado Taft Field Campus
    An environmental education and conference center located in Oregon, IL. Part of Northern Illinois University (USA).
  • Turtle Point Science Center
    Outdoor environmental education programs in Flomaton, AL, USA. Includes curriculum description and other information.
  • Ontario Pioneer Camp
    Located in the Muskoka region of Ontario, Canada, offers outdoor education programs to schools from across Southern and Eastern Ontario.
  • Farm and Wilderness
    A summer of rugged excitement, fun, cooperation, and skill building, all done with individualized attention. A Quaker-based organization that focuses on adventure in a community of simplicity, honesty, and respect.
  • North Carolina Maritime Museum
    The educational mission of the museum is to interpret all aspects of North Carolina's diverse coastal natural history and rich maritime heritage and to address environmental issues and solutions through exhibits, in-house and outreach programs, field trips, and publications.

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  • Outdoor education - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    URL : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outdoor_education
    Online encyclopedia article about outdoor education which usually refers to ... Outdoor education programs sometimes involve residential or journey-based ...[2008/11/12]
  • Outdoor Skills and Education: BOW - Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
    URL : www.dfw.state.or.us/outdoor_skills
    Outdoor Skills Program Overview. Youth Angling Enhancement Program (YAEP) Hunter Education. Aquatic and Angler Education. Mentored Youth Program. Outdoor Skills ...[2008/11/13]
  • EnviroEducation.com - Environmental Majors and Programs - Outdoor ...
    URL : www.enviroeducation.com/majors-programs/outdoor.html
    Search by program or location. ... WHAT IS OUTDOOR/EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION? ... The objective of outdoor/experiential education is to develop skills in ...[2008/11/03]
  • Outdoor Education and Leadership Training from AMC
    URL : www.outdoors.org/education/index.cfm
    AMC outdoor education programs for children, teens, and adults range from basic ... our experiential education programs each year, teaching outdoor skills and ...[2008/11/09]
  • OutdoorEd.com - The Outdoor Education Professional's Resource
    URL : www.outdoored.com
    ... is the premiere resource for outdoor and experiential education professionals with articles, discussion forums, ... Programs. Schools with Outdoor Programs ...[2008/11/13]
  • SDCOE: Outdoor Education
    URL : www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/outdoored
    Outdoor Education connects students to science and nature through our Outdoor ... Our Outdoor School programs at Camp Cuyamaca and Camp Fox serve approximately 12, ...[2008/11/13]
  • OutdoorEd.com: Jobs & Careers in Outdoor, Environmental & Adventure ...
    URL : www.outdoored.com/Jobs/oe/Default.aspx
    The OutdoorEd.com Web site is the premiere resource for outdoor and experiential education professionals with articles, discussion forums, blogs, company and ...[2008/11/20]
  • Outdoor Education
    URL : blueprinteducation.org/index.php?...&catid=2:services&Itemid=19
    Blueprint Education offers middle and high school distance learning courses that ... Outdoor education programs benefit due to the increased incentives their ...[2008/11/12]
  • Outdoor Adventure Center: Professional Papers
    URL : www.isu.edu/outdoor/OutdoorEd.html
    "Benefit Cost Analysis of Non-commercial Outdoor Programs" ... "An Organizational History of the Association of Outdoor Recreation and Education (AORE) ...[2006/12/29]
  • Jameson Camp | Programs | Outdoor Education
    URL : www.jamesoncamp.org/programs/outdooreducation.html
    Programs. Summer Camp. Youth Leaders. Camp Follow-Up Events. Ropes Course/Adventure. Challenge Program. Outdoor Education. Outdoor Education at Jameson Camp ...[2008/11/13]
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