Environmental Education & Interpretation
Training Resources for Teachers
For over 30 years I have presented at teacher workshops and trained volunteer naturalists in the art of interpretation and environmental education. Here are some of the handouts and materials I developed. You may download and reproduce these, but please give credit if you cite from them or refer to them in professional publications, etc. Thanks! - Dave
Interpretive Learning Games to Spice Up Your Field trips
All the activities in these downloadable PDF files are fun, simple, easy to use in the field without any preparation or materials. I have pilot-tested them all on countless nature hikes and field trips. Get your game on!
Improve Your Nature Guiding: Interpretive Skills
More Resources for Environmental Education
List of Spanish language terms for Environmental Educators and Interpreters
Intro Handout from Dave’s native plant gardening classes (2 pp PDF)
Galápagos - Nuestras Islas: an illustrated 7th Grade primer to the Galápagos Islands, written in Spanish in 1994 while I worked at the Charles Darwin Research Station in Galapagos, Ecuador. All the major islands are profiled, with maps, illustrations and teaching games, in the context of the natural and cultural history of this amazing archipelago.
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