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Informal Learning and Field Trips: Engaging Students in Standards-Based Experiences Across the K-5 Curriculum

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I found this book especially relevant to the work I do at the Great Lakes Science Center, and bought multiple copies for the professional education staff. I would encourage museum, zoo and nature center educators to pick up a copy.

All new and veteran teachers can benefit from a resource like this. It's hard to know where to take students for educational and interesting field trips, how to plan for a field trip once one has been secured, and/or how to use these trips as learning tools. Melber's book does all that and more.

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While the book is geared to the K-5 level, as someone who has worked with K-12 please know the activities can be adapted for use with older students- particularly the middle school level.

Also, I'd like to emphasize what a good fit the book is for the homeschool community. While working in museums, I was always thrilled to see the frequency with which homeschool families made museums and other community sites a key part of the curriculum. If you are currently homeschooling, I think you'll find the projects within this work will be a good fit to your home curriculum and of course national standards!

Best to you and happy shopping!

- Leah Melber

Written by veteran educator and current assistant professor Leah M. Melber, Ph.D., Informal Learning and Field Trips: Engaging Students in Standards-Based Experiences Across the K-5 Curriculum is a solid resource for educators and professionals to helping their helping K-5 students get the most out of a field trap. Chapters cover learning-centered activities for subjects ranging from language arts to math, science, social studies and fine art; guidelines for developing classroom activities that correspond with the field trip; ways to support English Language Learners and special education students; tips for bringing museum-type activities to the classroom when a trip is not possible; and much more. Step-by-step procedures, a wealth of resources, and solid wisdom garnered from hands-on practical experience make for an invaluable supplement to any K-5 teacher's reference collection.

I ordered this item on 9/19/08, today is 10/22/08 and I still haven't received it nor received notice of what is going on.