Place based learning: Recent Episodes
Keith Jones
Place based learning is a cross-curricular approach to education that is gaining momentum in schools around the globe.
Students from McDonald County's SOPE-Discovery Corps discuss Big Sugar Creek State Park in McDonald County!
SOPE's first year students created a video about bats after exploring caves with Missouri Bat Census.
Spring 2023 SOPE students learned about bats and Ozark chinquapins by exploring McDonald County caves and forests! They share what they learned in this episode.
The final episode of Summer 2022 SOPE classes interview with Dr. Elly Knight from the University of Alberta and Elora Grahame from the University of Guelph.
In this episode, Summer SOPE 2022 students continue their interview with Dr. Elly Knight and Elora Grahame about whippoorwills.
In this episode, Amanda, Chris, Anthony, and Abby, worked together to interview Dr. Elly Knight from the University of Alberta, and Elora Grahame from the University of Guelph about whippoorwill ecology in the past.
Fall 2022 SOPE students have worked hard for three weeks to complete a podcast talking about the Elk River system.
SOPE's very first students explored caves of McDonald County with Nicole Ridlen and Kirsten Alvey-Mudd from Missouri Bat Census.
Place based learning is a cross-curricular approach to education that is beginning to see some momentum in its use in schools around the nation.