Logistics
🦸♀️️🦸♂️️--->PBSE Effort Alert!
👥 ---> Community Partner Connection!
📚--->Supplemental Resource!
🔔 ---> Environmental Justice Connection!
Emojis Have Meanings to Guide you >>> 🤔➡️📝🧮️🧭️
🦸♀️️🦸♂️️Above photo is students looking for macroinvertebrates to learn about biotic water quality in the Devil's River.
A great field day requires some preparation from you, your students and community partners.
Some of you have the elements below down pat and for others, it may be totally new information.
The first 4 videos have good information/reminders for all PBSE educators.
The remaining 4 videos are great if you have not done much in the field with students or feel like you would like some more tips.
Preparing Your Students
📚 This teacher's guide may help if you or a partner teacher need a refresh on teaching outdoors and includes preparation tips.
📚 This tip sheet on creating and restoring order may be helpful for you or to share with partners and volunteers.
Community Partners Communication
📚Here is an Example "Master" Communication Email for communicating with partners and volunteers before heading to the field.
Field Visit Chaperones & Volunteers
📚 In addition to your district's volunteer/student contact requirements, encouraging community partners or volunteers to complete the MSU Extension Volunteer Selection Process adds a layer of protection for your students. Learn more here.
Teacher Perspective: Preparing for the Field
📚 Alli referenced these three documents in her video, check them out!
Permission Form and Field Schedule for Home; Groups and Schedule for Day of; Example Breakdown for Large Group Day
Community partners love to share PBSE stories! Don't forget to have students take home a media release for a parent's signature for photo/video sharing BEFORE a field experience. Connect with your community partners about specific media releases or use the NEMIGLSI network's media release form.
Additional Tips for a Successful Field Experience
📚 Student Groups & Roles
📚 Best practices for group sizing are:
Grades K-1: 6-8 students, Grades 2-5: 8-10 students, Grades 6+: 10-12 students
📚Scheduling
📚 Doodle Poll : a great tool for getting everyone in the same place at the same time. This short tutorial video will help if you've never used it!
📚 Wheels to Woods and Michigan Nature Association can provide busing funds to get your students to their field site.
📚Safety
📚 Learn more about Michigan's snakes on the Michigan DNR website.
📚 This safety reminder sheet includes basic outdoors safety reminders as well as identification tips for poison ivy and poison sumac.