Ten-Minute Field Trips

by H.R. Russell and Helen R. Russell

Book Overview

You don't have to go far to get science out of the classroom. An NSTA best-seller, this book is ideal for teachers in all school environments -- urban, suburban, or rural. Renowned educator Helen Ross Russell describes more than 200 short, close-to-home field trips that explore new dimensions of familiar spaces and objects. Brick walls, rock outcrops, lawns, broken pavement, weeds, and trees are all targets for exploration.Each topic section (plants,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0873550986
• ISBN13: 9780873550987
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: National Science Teachers Association
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.0" x 10.0"
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 8

Customer Reviews

10 minute field trips

as a teacher for 33 years I still refer to the old school ways when teaching about nature and the enviorment. This book is the basic boot camp of outdoor education.

Review of Ten-Minute Field Trips

The purpose of Ten-Minute Field Trips is to help teachers learn with their pupils and discover the advantages of using their own school ground, which the author considers the best of all teaching resources. This book admirably achieves its goal by presenting a wealth of information on the flora and fauna that can be found in various outdoor school environments. Well-done black and white drawings illustrate many of the topics presented. Exciting opportunities for nature study abound in this work by Helen Russell, who was awarded the Roger Tory Peterson Award in 1997 for "effective national leadership in promoting appreciation of the natural world."