Scholarly article exploring decolonization within educational spaces and institutions, with a focus on challenging colonial structures and reimagining learning environments.
An exploration of how (trans)formative places foster emotional, physical, spiritual and ecological connectedness
Introductory article outlining the origins and philosophy of Forest School approaches and child-led outdoor learning.
Youth-focused climate education resource with accessible information, activities, and action-oriented environmental learning materials.
Creative outdoor walking activities designed to encourage imagination, ecological awareness, and sensory engagement with place.
Curated collection of Indigenous-informed outdoor learning resources, activities, and teaching supports.
The Resource Hub is your one-stop tool for finding new resources, programs, professional development, and grants to support environmental and energy education in your classroom in keeping with the 2019 K-12 Environmental Education Guidelines for Excellence, published by the North American Association for Environmental Education.
Practical resources supporting physical literacy, active play, and movement-based learning for children and educators. Active for Life is a Canadian not-for-profit social initiative founded by B2ten. They are a national initiative created to help adults give children the right start in life through the development of physical literacy. Resources can be filtered for use by […]
Early childhood education resources to get children engaged in physically active play every day. Active play is essential in the early years for fostering physical literacy and child brain development. Play-focused resource promoting outdoor active play, movement, and healthy child development through unstructured exploration.
Active Start, an initiative tailored for children under 4, is run through Active for Life, a Canadian non-profit. Signing up for Active Start provides a monthly newsletter tailored specifically to the child’s age and is filled with activities, games, ideas and tips designed to help children love being active as they grow and develop.
Resources, programs, professional development, and grants to support environmental and energy education in your classroom.
How to guides to help start a local play charter or mobile adventure playground.
Resources on how to address systemic racism, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC), etc. in the context of ourdoor learning.
Online resources for parents and educators from the Alaska Natural Resource & Outdoor Education Association.
Resources related to justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion of black, indigenous and people of color in parks and greenspaces.
A variety of biomimicry and engineering unit plans, lesson plans, and design challenges
Research-focused article examining assessment approaches within child protection systems and family support contexts.
Broad collection of outdoor and experiential education resources supporting active, nature-based learning across age groups.
Originally started in March 2020 during the beginning of the COVID-19 Pandemic, the Community Resource Library was created as a place for resource sharing among the community. AEE continues to work to bring the Experiential community together to exchange ideas and information through this free library.
AEE sponsors a variety of events for experiential educators, practitioners and students from around the world to come together in a supportive community with the goal of promoting, defining, developing, and applying the theories and practices of experiential education. AEE’s YouTube channel has over 65 free webinar recordings, and AEE conference workshop recordings are also […]
Resources that prompt, engage, encourage and inspire a strong connection between children and nature
Motivate your kids to get outside. Here’s an easy and fun way to keep track of how much time your kids are spending outdoors versus indoors, watching TV or on the computer.
K-12 educator resources that connect learners to the marine environment.
A summary of the BC curriculum for grades K – 9 sorted by subject.
