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What is Nature's Classroom, Anyway? |
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Who attends Nature's Classroom?
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The mission of Nature’s Classroom is to provide a supplement to classroom education with dynamic, hands-on learning in the natural world so that children can learn about the interdependency of humans and the environment in which they live; at the same time reinforcing a sense of community and self-esteem. |
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Photo Gallery
Some recent Nature's Classroom activity photos
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A Brief History of Nature's Classroom |
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| Nature's Classroom originator, John Santos, established
the first site in Massachusetts in 1974. In the late 70's Carol Langer, a key member of the New England-based sites, sought to establish an N.C. site in Ohio. The Division for Outdoor Ministries of the Ohio Conference was in search of a non-summer program that would further their goals of community and stewardship of the earth. Because of these common goals, a proposal was made to establish the first Ohio-based Nature's Classroom program at Camp Pilgrim Hills in Brinkhaven. The Nature's Classroom program started at Pilgrim Hills in 1980. Our own growth demands were met when a second program was established in 1988 at Camp Templed Hills in Bellville. |
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