Outdoor Educational Activities

Children participating in nature-focused learning experiences, exploring the outdoors with teachers and engaging in hands-on environmental education.

Adult giving instructions to boys to inflate a padelboard in the Muskoka Lakes district of Ontarion Canada
Adult giving instructions to boys to inflate a padelboard in the Muskoka Lakes district of Ontarion Canada
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After eight months of designing, building and testing, the middle school, high school and college and university teams launched their rockets as part of NASA Student Launch on Sunday, April 8. The rockets and their payloads are designed to fly to 1-mile in altitude before deploying recovery systems that brings them safely to the ground.
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Students in Biotelemetry class at NCTC learning to use the equipment. For more information about training at NCTC visit http://training.fws.gov. Subjects: Education; Employees (USFWS); Equipment; Game management; Personnel; Remote sensing; Training; Wildlife management. Location: West Virginia. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: NATIONAL CONSERVATION TRAINING CENTER. Collection: Training and Education.
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Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, wife Patricia, and Secretary's aides to Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, where they toured, conversed with National Park Service staff and visitors, and observed educational activities for schoolchildren
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Chee Xiong, an Oregon State University STEP student, prepares to tag steelhead in Eagle Creek. Biologists use this tracking information to see if the hatchery fish that are spawning here are affecting the survival and productivity of the wild fish. Subjects: Fish hatcheries; Fisheries management; Fishes; Biologists (USFWS); Employees (USFWS); Work of the Service; Tagging; Threatened species; Monitoring. Location: Oregon. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: EAGLE CREEK NATIONAL FISH HATCHERY.
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Department of Interior officials and staff joining counterparts from other agencies in explaining government programs, and promoting Take Pride in America initiatives, at the Boy Scouts of America National Scout Jamboree, Caroline County, Virginia
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High school and university students competed in the 2018 Human Exploration Rover Challenge event at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Students came from across the U.S. as well as several foreign countries such as Brazil, Germany, India, and Mexico. This event, which is normally a 2 day event, was shortened to 1 day in 2018 due to adverse weather conditions.
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In a series of three workshops in western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee, the Asheville Field Office got area teachers into the field to explore water quality and stream monitoring. During each of the one-day workshops the teachers tested water chem. Descriptive Note: Images taken at Deep Creek Campground, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Swain County, North Carolina. Subjects: Water management; Sampling; Education outreach; Partnerships; Water conservation. Location: North Carolina.
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La Virgen, Costa Rica, Visitors to the Tirimbina research station learn about the cacao plant and how chocolate is made from cacao beans. A green cacao pod hangs from a tree at right, Central America
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Department of Interior officials and staff joining counterparts from other agencies in explaining government programs, and promoting Take Pride in America initiatives, at the Boy Scouts of America National Scout Jamboree, Caroline County, Virginia
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Agriculture - A young farmer in a mid growth grain corn field inspects his crop while holding his Apple iPad used for collecting and analyzing crop data. This represents the next generation of young f
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Department of Interior officials and staff joining counterparts from other agencies in explaining government programs, and promoting Take Pride in America initiatives, at the Boy Scouts of America National Scout Jamboree, Caroline County, Virginia
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Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Yosemite National Park, California, where he joined National Park Service Director Mary Bomar and Yosemite staff in leading classroom activities at the Yosemite Valley School, followed by Park touring with the students
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Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Stockton, California for Take Pride in America school grounds beautification event at Cleveland Elementary School
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Each year, more than 400 Mississippi and out-of-state youths visit Stennis Space Center for weeklong Astro Camp activities. As in previous years, a highlight of the 2012 sessions was the launching of campers' rockets.
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Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Yosemite National Park, California, where he joined National Park Service Director Mary Bomar and Yosemite staff in leading classroom activities at the Yosemite Valley School, followed by Park touring with the students
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Pacific Southwest Regional Director Ren Lohoefener teaches children about drawing nature. Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge. Subjects: Wildlife refuges; Connecting people with nature. Location: California. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: STONE LAKES NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.
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After eight months of designing, building and testing, the middle school, high school and college and university teams launched their rockets as part of NASA Student Launch on Sunday, April 8. The rockets and their payloads are designed to fly to 1-mile in altitude before deploying recovery systems that brings them safely to the ground.
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Elementary students viewing shorebirds at the Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival as part of the Shorebird Sister Schools project. The festival is sponsored by Alaska Maritime NWR and the Homer Chamber of Commerce. Subjects: Environmental education; Shorebirds; Wildlife viewing; birding; Recreation.
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As part of the Shorebird Sister Schools program, elementary students go birding in Kachemak Bay, Alaska. Sponsored by Alaska Maritime NWR. Subjects: birding; Environmental education; Wildlife viewing; wildlife watching; Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge.
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escuela de pintores estudiando en las Gargantas del Todgha, Alto Atlas, Marruecos, Africa.
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The Child Development Center can be seen at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, Nov. 9, 2022. The Child Development Center provides care for children ages 6 weeks to 5 years, giving parents stationed here affordable, quality care for their children.