Notes from the Field
Learning from birds and their habitats
• Beth KHey there, MOSSers!
It has been a while since we have updated our MOSS Adventure Learning site! While we are excited to once again be teaching students in Ponderosa State Park in our MOSS programs, we miss the opportunity to connect with our larger global community! I'm excited to share… Read more
Winter in the MOSS Day Program
• Beth KThis year, local elementary school students are exploring the MOSS campus!
Seven Childhood & Nature Design Principles
• Beth KHey there, my name is Hannah Stewart, I am a graduate student here at MOSS. This Summer I am creating a small series of activity lessons for children ages four through ten, based around the seven principles David Sobel outlines in … Read more
Play Time! Why Unstructured Play is important to early childhood development
• Beth KWhy Unstructured Play is important to early childhood development.
by: Hannah Stewart (MOSS Grad '20)
As a parent or educator we may often worry that we are… Read more
Welcome to MOSS Adventure Learning!
• Beth KGreetings from the MOSS Community,
The past many weeks have been challenging in so many ways. As a society, we've been tasked with putting the betterment and health of our global community above our individual goals and freedoms, at no small cost. Whether it is working from home… Read more
Valley County Science Resources
• Beth KThe West-Central Mountains in Idaho has a fantastic network of outdoor science and recreation organizations and partners, and MOSS is grateful to be a part of the collaboration! Check out the link below to see all of the cool things our groups are doing this spring!
How much do trees grow?
• Beth KHi everyone!
Today I wanted to share some awesome research that one of our Ph.D. students, Andy, has been working on!
Andy’s research interests are in plant physiology where he looks at the processes allowing our forests to breathe. And when I say “looks at”, I mean that… Read more
What is #local_learning?
• Beth KIf you want to find out how you can change your community look no further than PCEI/MOSS AmeriCorps members Ashlee Fliney and Emma Woodworth. Together they are the hands of change that connect the McCall Outdoor Science School and Meadows Valley, McCall-Donnelly and Cascade School Districts… Read more
Karla Eitel: Using Research to Strengthen the McCall Field Campus Experience
• Beth KThe McCall Field Campus is a unique program in that its design is grounded in research and literature. We take educational theory, put it into practice, monitor the success of these practices through our own research, then circulate our findings back into the literature world. This creates a… Read more
