Mountains of Fun with Mr. McCabe

   The Importance Of Outdoor Education It's Earth Day! One of the best days of the year becuase this is when Nature really gets its appreciation. Although it should be every single day in my eyes, I'll take what I can get. One of my favorite things about Earth Day is the recognition that local environmental centers and conservation centers get from their schools and the communities that surround them. Last year and this year I was able to take part in Shaver's Creeks Earth Day activities where local schools came to the center and we were able to bring the classroom outside and really get the kids involved in real-world outdoor education. All of the lesson plans are focused on what available ecosystems we have on-site and all of the native and non-native wildlife and plants. Seeing these studnets curiosity thrive when I bring out a frog, show them salamander eggs, or even get them engaged in a game of natural selection, you can see them learn firsthand how their backyard woo...

 My Great Journey Welcome back to another post highlighting my journey to becoming an agriculture educator! I have just finished what I called "My Great Journey" of touring the great state of Pennsylvania and visiting many schools, looking for a place where I would find myself comfortable learning and teaching for my student teaching semester next spring. My journey included places I have been before and places I haven't I was able to see schools in Dauphin, Lebanon, Lancaster, Erie, Mckean, and Deleware County. All of them were amazing and all had their own unique benefits that made it hard to pick a top three at the end.  I was lucky to have safe and easy travels, so on my almost 3-hour journey home from my last visit I was able to ponder and really think about where my top three schools are. I took into account the teacher, their experiences, their goals for the program, what they teach, how they teach, and what I could learn from them. It was difficult to filter all o...