105 DeLong Road, Nauvoo, Alabama 35578
Email: maggie@campmcdowell.com

Experiential Environmental Education in a Residential Setting

MEC - Home Book List Short List – Staff Picks Across the Curriculum Alabama Neighbors Big Screen Canoeing Compass Skills Connections Creepy Crawlies Down To Earth Feathers in Focus Food For Thought Forest Critters High Adventure Invention Convention Map Masters Native Americans and the Earth Night Hike Orienteering Pond and Stream Studies Refuge Rock Query Sense of Place Sensory Awareness Songs, Sparks and Stories Team Adventure/ Team Challenge Trail of Discovery Woods Walk/ Value of a Tree

Map Masters Book Type Access Author Summary Concepts Additional Info The Sierra Club Wayfinding book CNF, AG M Vicki McVey, Martha Weston Describes how humans have developed systems using their senses, landmarks, maps, navigation, and signs in the natural world to find their way around. Includes activities, games, and experiments illustrating the principles of wayfinding. Naviga-tion, land-marks, maps Mapmaking with Children AG E at univer-sity library-ies David Sobel Strong emphasis is placed on the development of map making projects that begin in a student’s own backyard and systematically radiate out to the local community. This field guide encourages a child’s outdoor explorations and shows you how to enhance visual literacy at all levels Place based learning, sense of place Maps: Getting From Here to There AG M Harvey Weiss Starting with discussions of simple maps for finding your way out of a building and ending with maps to the universe, this book shows upper elementary students how to use and glean information from a wide variety of maps. Maps, naviga-tion, creating maps Boundaries of Home, Mapping for Local Empowerment AG H Aberley Whether you are involved in local planning or zoning issues, or simply trying to learn more about your home place, this book will show your students how to communicate the intricacies of places, using maps to create tapestries and stories about issues. Mapma-king, local planning, land use Available at the Unive-rsity of Alabama Library       Copyright © 2006 McDowell Environmental Center.  All rights reserved. Site designed by: People who love Camp!