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Our guest for this episode is Mandy Cooper who has been teaching for over 10 years and has been teaching Let’s Lead – Nikanetan for the past 6 years. In our conversation with Mandy, we talk about Project Walk and Talks with Mandy and how she uses them with her students to connect them to the places where they live and make the learning relevant. Mandy also shares how she connects her students with an elder to learn about sage and start their tradition of smudging for the year. As always, we wrap our podcast with a conversation about some of the mistakes that we have made and the lessons we learned in the hopes that our listeners can learn from our mistakes in their own pursuit of outdoor learning.

Research Resource from today’s episode: Scott, G., Boyd, M., & Colquhoun, D. (2013). Changing spaces, changing relationships: the positive impact of learning out of doors. Australian Journal of Outdoor Education, 17(1). (Article is available through your learning institution.)

Check out Mandy's How to Use Guide and then read through some example project walks:
Water Walk
Art Walk
History/Herstory/Theirstory through Public Art

Mandy also shared some similar in idea projects with us - Make An Impact projects that can be adapted to various content.

Spirit Bear Calls to Action
Calls to Action Brainstorming Template
Make an Impact on Truth and Reconcilliation
Make an Impact on the Moosehide Campaign

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Get Outside 101 Conference
Saturday, October 5
University of Saskatchewan in the Education Building

Head over to https://saskoutdoors.org/event/get-outside-101-saskatoon/ to register for this awesome Outdoor Learning experience!

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Our guest for this episode is Nancy Barr who has been teaching for over 20 years, and has used outdoor and out of school learning to build relationships with community members. In our conversation with Nancy, we talk about learning on and from the land, building relationships both with the land and with each other, and how Nancy prepares her class for going outside and offers advice for how to get started. We wrap our podcast with a conversation about some of the mistakes that we have made and the lessons we learned in the hopes that our listeners can learn from our mistakes in their own pursuit of outdoor learning.

Research Resource from today’s episode: Simpson, L. B. (2014). Land as pedagogy: Nishnaabeg intelligence and rebellious transformation. Decolonization: Indigeneity, Education & Society, 3(3), 1-25. Available at: https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/des/article/download/22170/17985/

Nancy’s Go Bag Itemized List:

School stuff- the things you need for policy/procedures if you school or division

- student list with phone numbers

-first aid kit

- medications for students

- any other paper work to take with while leaving a building

Nancy stuff- things I always take

- pencil case with class set of pencils ,a few erasers and a couple sharpeners

- Kleenex

- garbage bags (2)

- a few sharpies and pen

- money

- small knife

- tampons and a couple pads -also good for first aid needs

- my community card - these are Business card sized. On one side is the school logo and the other is blank. I get kids to write positive messages or thank you notes or other things on them to pass out in the community.

- Hackie-sacks or jacks or other small games for kids to use like a frezbee

- lighter/matches/bbq lighter

- paper or pad

I add things as needed or in season like a couple pair of mittens or sunscreen or perhaps socks and a toque.

Access our research, project ideas and more at:
https://engagedstudent.weebly.com/outdoor-learning.html