A Rube Goldberg Team-building Challenge I facilitated for staff development. I have facilitated multiple versions of this kind of design challenge for staff development including tower building, creative challenges like group art and poetry, and creating devices to measure time.
Video From a Level One ACCT Ropes Course Training I led.
Students using tools to remove invasive Chinese tallow trees.
This is a robotic toy deconstruction activity that I learned from a cohort from the KidWind Project. I adapted it to our program and used hand generators instead of battery packs.
To really experience and understand the dynamics of nature you need to slow down and observe the small things. Often the most incredible events are happening right under our feet. We train students how to observe nature in their own backyards and playgrounds.
Students observing alligators on Lake Livingston.
Free play is an essential experience for a child's developing sense of belonging in nature.
Click here: Cornell Study on free play and adult environmental attitudes.
Testimonial from a Houston teacher regarding the HISD OEC program I managed.
Another testimonial regarding the OEC
I am the proud father of two wonderful and talented young daughters. This video shows my oldest on her second birthday last summer and a playground I built her from scratch based on the Amazon children's TV show "Tumble Leaf."