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

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

teacher and pupils at the wood

Young students learning about nature, forest ecosystem during biology field teaching class, observing wild plants. Dedicated teachers during outdoor active education. Young students learning about nature, forest ecosystem during biology field teaching class, observing wild plants. Dedicated teachers during outdoor active education. Teachers Day. model released

South Africa, Kids on field trip exploring nature

Young students learning about nature, forest ecosystem during biology field teaching class, observing wild plants, eating wild raspberries. Dedicated teachers during outdoor active education. Young students learning about nature, forest ecosystem during biology field teaching class, observing wild plants, eating wild raspberries. Dedicated teachers during outdoor active education. Teachers Day. model released

School children unpacking their sleeping bags to camp in the forest

Pond Dipping - children

School children examining tree bark in forest with their teacher

School children carrying equipment to release salmon fry in the River Haddeo and to do invertebrate kick samples with Westcountry Rivers Trust (WRT) warden. Bury, Exmoor National Park, Somerset, UK. May 2012. Editorial use only

Adult giving instructions to boys to inflate a padelboard in the Muskoka Lakes district of Ontarion Canada

teacher and pupils at the wood

Asian boy wearing a hat in a forest exploration suit Use a magnifying glass to survey the tree area.

Young lady with pencil writing in notebook and children gauging by ruler little plastic things and lying on coverlet on ground

Teacher showing lake water to school children, during field teaching class. Outdoor active education helping young student to learn about ecosystem. Teacher showing lake water to school children, during field teaching class. Outdoor active education helping young student to learn about ecosystem, nature. model released

Osan fire chief and Troop 86 Scout Master, Max Wheeler, explains the importance of teaching young adults valuable fire safety skills early. During the second annual Asia West District, Boy Scouts of America, Tiger Merit Badge University event June 27 to July 1, Scouts had the opportunity to earn at least three of seventeen merit badges throughout the week to include: fire safety. (U.S. Army photo Sgt. 1st Class Kelvin Ringold)

Girl playing a xylophone

Young students walking across meadow during biology field teaching class.. Dedicated teachers during outdoor active education teaching about ecosystem, ecology. Young students walking across meadow during biology field teaching class. Dedicated teachers during outdoor active education teaching about ecosystem and nature. model released

Group of students at Wetlands Ecology Class, San Francisco State University, Tiberon, California, USA

School Children learn about and tend the vertical garden at the Downtown Value School, a charter school in downtown Los Angeles. The vertical garden is provided by Woolly Pocket and is part of their Woolly School Garden program. The Woolly Pocket hangers are created from 100% recycled materials. The school also has a flower and produce garden that goes around the school grounds, a small greenhouse and a worm compost bin that students collect for after each meal. Los Angeles, California, USA

Curious girls looking up at tree in woods on field trip

Avalanches studies in the mountains

Group of children exploring invertebrates in a creek, nutrition for young Chinook or King Salmon, Salmon fry, Yukon Outdoor School Program, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, DFO, McIntyre Creek hatchery, Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada, North America

Sammamish, Washington State, USA. Woman planting snap pea seeds, measuring with a ruler on a level to get proper spacing. (MR, PR)

Girl (10-11) examining flower through magnifying glass, low angle view, close-up

Students at Blackwell Elementary school look at algae in Marietta, Georgia.

Young students learning about nature, forest ecosystem during biology field teaching class, observing wild plants. Dedicated teachers during outdoor active education. Young students learning about nature, forest ecosystem during biology field teaching class, observing wild plants. Dedicated teachers during outdoor active education. Teachers Day. model released

Two boys examining a turtle with a magnifying glass

Students look for birds with their binoculars on the William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge. Subjects: Connecting people with nature; Youth; Work of the Service; Education; Education outreach; Wildlife refuges; Employees (USFWS). Location: Oregon. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: WILLIAM L. FINLEY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.

A student from the Arkansas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired reaches for an Easter egg during an egg hunt at ASBVI, in Little Rock, Arkansas, April 15, 2022. Airmen with the 19th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal flight participated in the event by using their knowledge of improvised circuitry to create Easter eggs that emit sound.

Students, parents and teachers work on the garden at the 24th Street School garden on Big Sunday, the largest annual citywide community service event in America, West Adams, Los Angeles, California, USA

Young girls and their mother learn about the garden at their elementary school. Wonderland Elementary School, Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, California, USA

Children prepare to plant aquatic plants in their schoolyard wetland habitat area. Subjects: Children; Environmental education; Grasses; Wetland restoration; Wetlands; Connecting people with nature. Location: Maryland. Collection: Environmental Sciences.

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.

Young students learning about nature, forest ecosystem during biology field teaching class, observing wild plants with magnifying glass. Dedicated teachers during outdoor active education. Young students learning about nature, forest ecosystem during biology field teaching class, observing wild plants with magnifying glass. Dedicated teachers during outdoor active education. Teachers Day. model released

DALA, Solomon Islands (Sept. 8, 2022) Lt. Elizabeth Jeffers from Brazil, Indiana, teaches proper hand washing techniques to students of Dala Primary School during a visit in support of Pacific Partnership 2022. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership is a unifying mission that fosters enduring friendships and cooperation among many nations. The year’s mission in Solomon Islands includes participants from the United States, Japan and Australia.

DALA, Solomon Islands (Sept. 8, 2022) Lt. Elizabeth Jeffers from Brazil, Indiana, teaches proper hand washing techniques to students of Dala Primary School during a visit in support of Pacific Partnership 2022. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership is a unifying mission that fosters enduring friendships and cooperation among many nations. The year’s mission in Solomon Islands includes participants from the United States, Japan and Australia.

Schoolchildren on a school trip

Daisy Girl Scouts from kindergarten or first grade and other volunteers help plant onions in a garden sponsored by DTE Energy that will grow produce for the Gleaners Community Food Bank, Southfield, Michigan, USA, North America

Children learn how to remove young trees from buckets for planting in their schoolyard. Subjects: Children; Connecting people with nature; Environmental Education. Location: Maryland.

Young boys building in the garden

A young boy tends the 6th grade organic garden at his school.

River Road Scenic Byway - Cross-Cut Saw Area at Lumberman's Monument. Visitors try their hand at using a cross-cut saw. Cut your own lumberjack cookie using a cross-cut saw in just one of many hands-on opportunities at Lumberman's Monument Visitor Center. Location: Lumberman's Monument, Michigan

NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn works with students during a hands-on STEM activity on the grounds of the Vice President's residence at the Naval Observatory, Friday, June 17, 2022, in Washington. The Vice President and Second Gentleman hosted an evening of NASA STEM activities at the Naval Observatory for military families and local STEM students and their families, including a special screening of Disney Pixars Lightyear.

Tenth grade students from Churchill High School, a public school, studying the water quality of a tributary of the Rouge River and analyzing the dissolved oxygen content of river water with the help of science teacher Debbie Glen, as part of the annual Rouge Education Project in which students monitor biological, chemical, and physical characteristics of the river, Livonia, Michigan, USA, North America

Children in a group learning about plants and flowers, carrying plants and sunflowers.

School child releases salmon fry in the River Haddeo, with Westcountry Rivers Trust (WRT) warden. Bury, Exmoor National Park, Somerset, UK. May 2012. Editorial use only

Boys reading book in tent

Two students studying together online with a laptop in the park

Teamwork concept. A group of high school students sit on the grass in a circle. Drone view. Teamwork concept. A group of high school students sit on the grass in a circle. Drone view ,model released, Symbolfoto Copyright: xZoonar.com/MikhailxDavidovichx 16794200 ,model released, Symbolfoto ,property released

Gardening in school

The Maison Forestière is a weekly boarding facility for heavily autistic children from 6 to 14 years old in Montmoreau, France. They receive a global therapy based on daily activities and specific educational workshops helping them to develop social, play, and learning skills. Here, autistic child at outdoor leisure and activity center.

Children place aquatic plant in schoolyard wetland habitat. Subjects: Aquatic plants; Biologists (USFWS); Children; Environmental education; Habitat restoration; Plants; Work of the Service; Connecting people with nature. Location: Maryland.

Philadelphia school students take part in an educational birdwalk at Tinicum marsh, John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge, PA. Subjects: Birds; Environmental education; Youth; Wildlife refuges. Location: Pennsylvania. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: JOHN HEINZ NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE AT TINICUM. . 1998 - 2011.

Group of children looking at tree bark at summer camp

Children watch for birds during a tour of the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge. Subjects: Birdwatching; Birds; Children; Education; Education outreach; Events; Recreation; Work of the Service. Location: Pennsylvania. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: JOHN HEINZ NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE AT TINICUM.

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Meramec Valley School, 4th grade students enhanced their skill at the fishing clinic during the Every Kid Outdoors, Paddle Your Parks program held at the Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary in West Alton, Mo. on October 6, 2022. Over 200 students participated in the all day event. Each 4th grade student took home the Every Kid Outdoors program pass that allows them the opportunity to see America's natural wonders and historic sites for free.

Teacher showing decaying lake plants to school children, during field teaching class. Outdoor active education helping young student to learn about ecosystem. Teacher showing decaying water, lake plants to school children, during field teaching class. Outdoor active education helping young student to learn about ecosystem, nature. model released

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

Subjects: Education; Training; Education outreach; Children. . 1998 - 2011.

Group at World Youth Day 2011 . Madrid. Spain.

Young hiker mother and son with backpacks camping in the woods, looking at an old map with a compass. hiking in nature,

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

An event leader shows a group of teens a strip of wood at Okmulgee Archery Days. Subjects: Youth; Wildlife refuges; Archery; Events; Teens. Location: Oklahoma. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: DEEP FORK NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.

Michelle Dare, Vilseck High School science teacher, works with Vilseck High School students to determine the soil composition of the Rose Barracks garden plot on 27 October 2022 on Rose Barracks, Germany. The class was conducted as part of the student's advanced placement environmental science course.

Glaciology lecture in front of Jakobshavn Isbrae glacier, Ilulissat Icefjord, Disko Bay, Greenland

Participants on 'Identifying grasses, sedges and rushes' course, learn from expert, Margaret Howells, at Denmark Farm Conservation Centre, Lampeter, Wales, UK. June 2011. Model released

Nature discovery in primary school - Child observing in a magnifying box - France

Granada, Colorado, The University of Denver Archaeology Field School at the World War 2 Amache Japanese internment camp. Camp survivors and descendants joined students in researching the camp's history. More than 7,000 Japanese and Japanese-Americans were held at the site, one of 10 internment camps in the American west.

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

Build from stone sculptures

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

Teacher talking to students in kayaks

group of schoolchildren, Fonts Ufanes natural monument, Gabellí Petit estate, Campanet, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

Children standing in Nature Reserve looking at Information Board

Philadelphia school students take part in an educational birdwalk on Tinicum marsh at John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge, PA. Subjects: Birds; Environmental education; Youth; Wildlife refuges. Location: Pennsylvania. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: JOHN HEINZ NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE AT TINICUM. . 1998 - 2011.

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.

Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway - One Hundred Million Years at Your Fingertips. An outdoor classroom adds interest as students learn of creatures walking this area eons ago.

happy cute boy learning about the world using globe of earth while standing in front of black chalkboard

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.

Students at Blackwell Elementary School make sketches of a stream in Marietta, Georgia.

N.A., USA, Washington, Olympic Peninsula, Students observing tide pools (Editorial Usage Only)

Gunflint Trail Scenic Byway - Girl Scouts at the Gunflint Green Up. Three 2nd and 3rd grade Girl Scouts in brightly-colored jackets and yellow hard hats head through a burned forest with their leader to plant tree seedlings during Gunflint Green Up. Minnesota (48.037° N 90.407° W)

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.

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

Education from Waterman

Asia children,Children use laptops for learning in the countryside.

A young man adding his name in the summit book on Schraubenkopf, Bielatal, Elbe Sandstone Mountains, Saxon Switzerland, Germany

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

220613-N-DM318-1123 ZAMA, Japan (June 13, 2022) Naval Air Facility (NAF) Atsugi Command Master Chief, Command Master Chief Weba W. Roberts, plants flowers alongside Zama-Minami Junior High School student volunteers during a community relations event. Sixteen Sailors joined 80 7th grade students to complete the annual beautification project. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ange Olivier Clement)

Young students learning about nature, forest ecosystem during biology field teaching class, observing wild plants. Dedicated teachers during outdoor active education. Young students learning about nature, forest ecosystem during biology field teaching class, observing wild plants. Dedicated teachers during outdoor active education. Teachers Day. model released

School children learning about animal species, girl holding picture of a bird

Japanese school children in uniforms visit the Tenjuan Garden, Nanzen-ji temple complex, Kyoto, Japan.

Banding Barn Youth La Sauge Nature Center Birdlife Suisse

The Coastal Program works with schools to connect youth with nature. Subjects: Children; Connecting people with nature; Youth; Employees (USFWS); Uniforms; Service patch.

Subjects: Environmental education; Education; Training;Education outreach; Children. . 1998 - 2011.

Elementary students at an outdoor education center.

Girl Scouts with Troop 296 build bird houses Feb. 22, 2024, before installing them throughout the Environmental Study Area on the shoreline of Old Hickory Lake. (USACE

Instructor talking to group of friends at a rafting class

More than 180 seventh grade students from Heritage Middle School experienced science through a hands-on field trip at the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area within the Idaho National Guards Orchard Combat Training Center April 28-29. The Idaho National Guard partnered with Boise State University, University of Idaho, the Idaho Rangeland Resources Commission and Idahos Bureau of Land Management to bring science education to Treasure Valley students through its Adopt a Scientist program. Additionally, the program brings a greater understanding of the Idaho National Guards environmental stewardship and increases connectivity between students and Idaho researchers with field trips throughout the year at the OCTC. The NCA is home to the largest and most diverse population of breeding raptors in North America and one of the only places where military training, extensive research, public land use and livestock share the same land. Biologists from the Idaho A

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