Skylar is a co-lead teacher and advisor at High Marq Environmental Charter School, the treasurer for Wisconsin Association for Environmental Education, and a fellow of the Greater Madison Writing Project. His teaching practice is grounded in Project-Based Learning that allows education to be used as a tool to connect youth with their community and become environmentally conscious citizens.

In this episode of TG2Cast Skylar and I discuss how Project Based and Environmental Learning create authentic learning experiences for students.

Topics include:

• What is Environmental Education and how does it fit with Project Based Learning?
• The philosophy behind Project Based and Environmental Learning.
• How parents and students perceive Project Based Learning.
• Why Project Based Learning and gradeless pedagogy go hand in hand.
• How Project Based Learning and gradeless students perform beyond high school.

Resources:

• Skylar’s Blog on Medium
• Skylar’s Blog on Teachers Going Gradeless
• PBL Works Website
• List of articles about Project Based Learning on Edutopia
• North American Association for Environmental Education
• Green Schools National Network