Career Essentials

Why I Teach

Curriculum Vitae

MSU Degrees

• Master of Arts in Teaching and Curriculum with a concentration in K-12 Administration

• Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education with minors in Environmental Science, English & Spanish

• MSU College of Education Points of Distinction

Recent Press & Publications

• Genson, M. (2025, June 10). Kids connect with nature in outdoor classroom. C&G Newspapers. https://www.candgnews.com/news/kids-connect-with-nature-in-outdoor-classroom-8502

• Ingrained (2024, February). MSU College of Education. https://edwp.educ.msu.edu/alumni/ingrained/

• Smith, R. (2023, October 17). TreeSchool: Emergent Place-Based, Outdoor Learning. MSU College of Education New Educator. https://education.msu.edu/new-educator/2023/treeschool/

• Forever Forward: Empowering Education’s Future Leaders. (2023, October 17). MSU College of Education New Educator. https://education.msu.edu/new-educator/2023/forever-forward-legacy/

• Drepaul, J. (2022, August 3). Teaching Environmental Sustainability to K-12 Students in Detroit. SEEN Magazine. https://seenthemagazine.com/teaching-environmental-sustainability-to-k-12-students-in-metro-detroit/

• Armstrong, J. (2021, June 8). How MSU alumna Brooke Larm brought nature into the classroom. The State News. https://statenews.com/article/2021/06/how-msu-alumn-brooke-larm-brought-nature-into-the-classroom

• Larm, B. (2021, March 23). Alumni voice: Let’s learn outdoors. MSU Today. https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2021/alumna-voice-lets-learn-outdoors

• Rymanowicz, K., Hetherington, C., & Larm, B. (2020). Planting the seeds for nature-based learning: Impacts of a farm- and nature-based early childhood education program. NAAEE International Journal for Early Childhood Environmental Education, 8(1), 44-63.

• Sobel, D. (with Larm, B., et al.). (2020). The Sky Above and the Mud Below: Lessons from Nature Preschools and Forest Kindergartens. Redleaf Press: St. Paul, MN.

• Larm, B. (2017). "How do plants and animals prepare for winter?" Local resources support an outdoor inquiry-based project. National Science Teachers Association Science and Children, 55(2), 62-69. 

Evaluation and Impacts

• MSU Tollgate Farm Sprouts Impact Report (Short)

• MSU Tollgate Farm Sprouts Impact Report (Long)