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Wednesday May 13, 2020
MEET A RESOURCE: James Fester of Park Based Learning
Wednesday May 13, 2020
Wednesday May 13, 2020
MEET A RESOURCE: The Park Based Learning Project creates free lessons and resources using project based learning, and game based design, principles. They provide ready-to-use lessons and differentiated assessments, as well as opportunities to collaborate on specific local, state, or national park-based projects. The founder and leader of the Park Based Learning Project is James Fester who is also a teacher, consultant, author, and state and national park volunteer interpreter currently living in Minnesota.
A transcript is available for this episode.
Links:
- Parks Based Learning Website & Twitter
- Visit a National Park (virtually)
- Projects Gallery
- Structure of Parks Based Learning Experiences
- Hopewell Earthworks Project & Bears Ears Project
- Landmark Learning Project Handbook
- Article: “Engaging New and Diverse Audiences in the National Parks”
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