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Asphalt to ecosystems : design ideas for schoolyard transformation / Sharon Gamson Danks.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Danks, Sharon Gamson, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- School grounds--Environmental aspects--Case studies.
- School grounds.
- Outdoor learning laboratories--Case studies.
- Outdoor learning laboratories.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (289 pages) : color illustrations, photographs
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oakland, California : New Village Press, 2010.
- Summary:
- "Case studies from North America, Scandinavia, Great Britain, and Japan demonstrate natural outdoor learning and play environments that support hands-on interdisciplinary lessons and expand the possibilities for schoolyard recreation, while nurturing healthy imagination and socialization"--Provided by publisher
- Contents:
- Getting from here to there. Why transform traditional schoolyards? ; Project launch : designing your dream schoolyard and building the school community to make it happen ; Design guidelines for ecological schoolyards
- Ecological teaching tools in the schoolyard. Schoolyard and wildlife sanctuaries ; Schoolyard water systems ; School energy systems ; Schoolyard agriculture ; Ecologically-sensitive materials for schoolyard landscapes ; Lessons from the landscape : weaving teaching resources into schoolyard design
- Creating a diversified play environment in an ecological schoolyard. Active play in an ecological schoolyard ; Creative play on school grounds ; Outdoor art & music play in an ecological schoolyard
- Shaping schoolyard infrastructure to create comfortable, effective and memorable places. Comfortable schoolyards : seating microclimates, and protection from the elements ; Form and function : key design considerations for well-organized green schoolyards ; Artful schoolyards : creating a unique sense of place through art
- Putting ideas into action. Sustaining ecological schoolyards ; Ecological schoolyards : from grey to green.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-61332-081-7
- OCLC:
- 1023628521
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