Caucasus Snow School

After Christmas I will be working on Snow School again this year. I hope we can do more now that I am less busy with other work, but it will depend on fundraising. Watch for more about this season in a couple weeks!

How Plants and Animals Prepare for Winter - Project Learning Tree As the temperature outside begins to drop, noticeable changes take place all around us. All living things, including humans, must adapt to their environment in order to survive. Let’s take a closer look at how plants and animals prepare for winter.

Top 10 Benefits of Environmental Education - Project Learning Tree Enthusiasm for learning. Empowered to make a difference. Improved health and academic performance. Just some of the benefits of EE for youth, educators, schools, communities.

Snow School Graduation :)

GAHS had their follow-up lessons, one for reviewing what we did and learned and one for evaluations and graduation certificates.

An excellent (but long) article on the merits of outdoor experiential education.

How Outdoor Education Can Prepare Students For the Future | InformED Must we always teach our children with books?” naturalist David Polis once asked, and then declared: “Let them look at the mountains and the stars up above. Let them look at the beauty of the waters and the trees and flowers on earth. They will then begin to think, and to think is the beginning....

Some photos from our field day. Our main activities were measuring water content, looking at the snowpack layers and structure, and searching for rescue beacons. There was also plenty of time for fun in the snow.

A few photos from our classroom day. This class prepares them for the field day and provides some context for the activities outdoors. Studies in the US showed that students learned and retained more if the field activities were connected to classroom studies.

Today we had a field day with the German International School, for a second year, this time with grades 7 and 5. This is the Grade 7 group. We did not have a lot of time for many photos but hopefully we can add a few more soon.

We are still here and trying to get better established! Unfortunately this is another short season since we were unable to begin earlier, but before the end of the season in a few weeks we will hold a few Snow Schools.

We are working on scheduling and planning for the German International School and Public School 54 so far. We can try to add one more school, preferably a public school. There may also be an open one for individuals who are not part of a participating school.

Our program with Public School 54 in March of 2017

Photos from our program for Georgian American High School in March of 2017

A good article about the US program which serves as a model for our humble beginnings here in Georgia. Their example and guidance has helped us a lot!

This Program Teaches Kids How and Why Snow Is Awesome Got children? You're going to want them to go to Snow School. Shoot, you're going to want to go.