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Ten Strands Awarded $50K Grant From National Geographic Society to Continue Innovative Geography Environmental Literacy Project
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Ten Strands, California’s leading field catalyst nonprofit focused on advancing the environmental literacy of K—12 students, has been awarded a $50,000 grant from the National Geographic Society to continue vital work on a project that uses geographic data to assess...
Oct. 20, 2021 Newsletter
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We interviewed three staff members from The Lawrence Hall of Science to discuss outdoor education and California’s safe return to schools.
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California’s Safe Return to School
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Since May 2020, the National COVID-19 Outdoor Learning Initiative (NCOLI) has created dozens of free resources to support districts to center equity by returning students to school safely through the use of outdoor spaces for learning. In the spring and...
Guidelines for Outdoor Learning Environments
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More than a year ago, the COVID-19 pandemic forced the closure of traditional schools, residential outdoor science schools, and many other environmental education programs. After the initial shock of having to shut down the outdoor science programs that I managed,...
Oct. 1, 2021 Newsletter
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Shaun Hawke, of the Los Angeles County Office of Education, provides recommendations to educators on how to maximize outdoor spaces.
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Sept. 9, 2021 Newsletter
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In this special back-to-school newsletter, we examine five ways that outdoor learning positively impacts students.
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Back-to-School Special: 5 Benefits of Outdoor Learning
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As students and educators return to the classroom, they encounter a challenging new world fueled by a global pandemic and academic inequality. Outdoor learning is helping to reimagine the educational environment and inspire the next generation of change-makers. FIVE BENEFITS...
Ten Strands Featured in Hechinger Report
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Ten Strands CEO Karen Cowe, and Craig Strang, of the California Environmental Literacy Initiative Leadership Council, co-authored a piece in the Hechinger Report on the value of outdoor learning during the pandemic.
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