Field Experiences - Children's Environmental Literacy Foundation

Field Experiences

Outdoor and community-based programs in local green spaces can ignite a connection to the natural world, provide a sense of place, and enhance classroom learning. CELF offers field experiences for teachers, as well as for schools and districts in partnership with local resources and destinations.

CELF in the Field provides teachers 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.

With Green Experiences, CELF works with educators facilitating outdoor exploration by their students. As they engage in place-based learning during an outdoor experience, students engage in lessons tied to their local environment, often accompanied by field experts introduced by CELF.

The Benefits for Teachers:

  • 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

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Inquiry and Mapping: Hilltop Hanover Farm


Learn how to use creative mapping techniques to visualize community resources, identify problem areas, and propose new initiatives around your school community. Explore the many inquiries that can drive your student projects.

Registration required.
New York teachers are eligible for 1.5 hours of CTLE credits.

Date: October 10, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM — 5:30 PM
Location: Hilltop Hanover FarmYorktown, NY 10598

Program Rate: Free

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Data Collection and Analysis: Brookville Environmental Education Center


Explore ways of building students’ skills for systems thinking and climate data collection and analysis by exploring the local ecosystem.

Registration required.
New York teachers are eligible for 1.5 hours of CTLE credits.

Date:
October 15, 2024
Time:
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Location:
195 Brookville Rd, Glen Head, NY 11545

Program Rate: Free

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