Our guest is Beth Taylor, the Youth Education Program Manager at Yellowstone National Park. One of the park’s hallmark programs is Expedition Yellowstone, a residential curriculum-based education program for 4th-8th grade classes. Teachers bring their class for a week or weekend of exploration and learning, and kids are exposed to science education in a way that is immediately tangible and relatable. But even if you live thousands of miles away from Yellowstone, Beth still has some great advice for how you can bring science into your classroom or home.
We unbox:
The greatest classroom in our country
Bringing your classroom outside
Learning about your role in nature
If you can’t go to Yellowstone, you can still (virtually) bring a Park Ranger into your classroom
What it’s like when you’re participating in Expedition Yellowstone
Why NASA has done research at Yellowstone
The most exciting part of science: we don’t know it all!
Learning the skills of science vs. the facts of science
Beth’s advice for bringing science into you classroom and making it tangible for students
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