Outdoor Learning in Nearby Nature
Learning doesn’t have to stop at your classroom walls! Explore our suite of outdoor learning actions and resources, to support you and your students as you foster a connection to place and build a deeper understanding of your local environment.
Ready to take your learning outdoors?
EcoSchools offer a variety of actions that can facilitate learning in, about, for, and from the environment.
Our Focus on Outdoor Learning Pathway includes a number of engaging and accessible outdoor learning actions to inspire educators and students who are looking for ways to connect classroom learning to the outdoors.
Click the image to view the Outdoor Learning Pathway, one of our Suggested Plan Pathways.
Featured Outdoor Learning actions include:
Create Nearby Nature Guides, Maps, and Signs
Grow deeper connections to nearby-nature and share your learning by developing place-based field guides, maps, or signage!
Sit Spot
Cultivate awareness and well-being by regularly visiting one specific spot where you can sit, slow down, awaken your senses, and learn more about yourself and the local environment.
Greenbelt Biodiversity
Learn about Ontario’s Greenbelt and take action to track and enhance biodiversity on your school grounds. Schools located on or near the Greenbelt have an additional opportunity to receive a school ground greening grant! Find out more here.
To access guidance and resources for these actions, log-in or register at app.ecoschool.ca. You will also find resources and support for these fantastic opportunities for outdoor learning:
- Active and Sustainable School Travel
- Community Clean-Up
- Community Science
- Create Homes for Wildlife
- Grow a Food Garden
- Low-mow Zone
- Pollinator Garden
- Take Me Outside Day
- Tree Planting and Maintenance at School
Outdoor Learning Webinar
This webinar features tips and best practices for some of our most popular outdoor learning actions.
Created with support from TD Friends of the Environment Foundation