CELF in the Field provides educators with the opportunity to engage in place-based learning through the lens of sustainability. Participants engage and collaborate alongside CELF’s education team, fellow educators, and field experts through outdoor experiential learning. These programs ignite a connection to the natural world, provide a sense of place, and enhance classroom learning.
Acquire new lesson materials in the field for your students
Enhance your ability to incorporate sustainability in your lessons
Connect the natural world to students for higher engagement
Cultivate local relationships and new partnerships
Earn professional learning credits per state and district policies
Past CELF in the Field programming:
Field water quality testing
Lessons discussing local biodiversity and historical aspects of regional indigenous tribes
Local watershed instruction and identification
Canoeing with the practice of “plogging”, a Swedish word for actively picking up plastic waste while exercising
Reflections of nature through artistic and musical lenses
Hiking along the Hudson River
Interested in what we do? Partner with us for CELF in the Field Experiences!
CELF in the Field Partners
Jesse Jones Park and Nature Center (Humble, TX)
Mill Park Collaborative (Stamford, CT)
Sarah Lawrence College Center for the Urban River (Yonkers, NY)
Strawtown Studio (Nyack, NY)
Teatown Lake Reservation (Ossining, NY)
CELF in the Field Registration
New York Field Experience for Educators Registration Open
Tracks and Traces of Outdoor Wildlife at Teatown Lake (Ossining, NY)
Explore the tracks and traces of wildlife at Teatown Lake Reservation in Ossining, NY. During this outdoor experience, you will take a short hike in the winter woods and learn how to identify tracks and traces of local wildlife. This outdoor field experience includes activities to spark inspiration of sustainability and place-based learning in the natural world with applications to bring back to your classroom.
Registration required. New York teachers are eligible for 2-hour CTLE credits. Snacks will be provided.
Location: Teatown Lake Reservation 1600 Spring Valley Rd, Ossining, NY 10562 Date: Thursday, February 9, 2023 Time:4:30pm-6:30pm ET
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Connecticut Field Experience for Educators Registration Open
The Mill River Watershed & Urban Communities (Stamford, CT)
Discover ways to integrate sustainability, history, and place at Mill River Park in Stamford, CT. Along the Mill River watershed in downtown Stamford, you can bask in a vibrant urban green space and visit the new Discovery Center! This outdoor field experience includes activities to spark inspiration of sustainability and place-based learning in the natural world with applications to bring back to your classroom.
Registration required. New York teachers are eligible for 2-hour CTLE credits. Snacks will be provided.
Location: Mill River Park Discovery Center 1050 Washington Blvd, Stamford, CT 06903 Date: Thursday, February 23, 202 Time:4:30pm-6:30pm ET
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New York Field Experience for Educators Registration Open
Analyzing & Interpreting Scientific Data from the Hudson River (Yonkers, NY)
Along the beautiful banks of the Hudson River at the Sarah Lawrence College Center for the Urban River in Yonkers, NY, identify and interpret data sets. Leave with tools that can help you and your students make sense of graphs, figures, sketches, and data representation. This outdoor field experience includes activities to spark inspiration of sustainability and place-based learning in the natural world with applications to bring back to your classroom.
Registration required. New York teachers are eligible for 2-hour CTLE credits. Snacks will be provided.
