1. LEWISVILLE ISD ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING lisdola@lisd.net

2. GUIDING PRINCIPLES LISD CLASSROOM TEACHERS’ ONSITE TEACHING DURING ALL OUTDOOR PROGRAMMING IS CRUCIAL UTILIZE LOCAL RESOURCES FOR SUSTAINABLE EXPERIENCES INVOLVE THE COMMUNITY

3. Learning Continuum -ALL campuses participate Additional LISD grade levels and groups as requested (for example: Summer School, PreK, Kinder, High School) LISDOLA is a Work-Based Learning Site for the 18-22 age LISD SpEd adults PRIMARY GRADES AT LISDOLA (Lewisville ISD Outdoor Learning Area) GRADE 4 AT LISDOLA GRADE 5 AT BRIARWOOD RETREAT CENTER, ARGYLE, TX GRADE 7 AT LAERF, LLELA, & RITTER CEMETERY LEWISVILLE, TX

4. GRADE 1 ACTIVITIES IN THE SPRING Trees, Beavers, Interpretive Woods Walk, Spider Web, Animal Tracks, Insect Collecting, Forest Floor Critters, River Model GRADE 2 ACTIVITIES IN THE SPRING Interpretive Hike, Deer R Here, Bessbeetles, Insect Collecting, Early Community, Life Cycles, Who Am I?(animal characteristics), River Model, Age in Tree Years, Day and Night in the Forest

5. GRADE 4 ACTIVITIES IN THE FALL SEMESTER Skulls & Scat, Energy in Action (STEM), Earthworms, Pond Organisms, Grasshoppers, Life in an Early Community, Soil Study(STEM), Exploring Animal Coverings, Roots, Watershed Conservation, McWhorter Creek Fossils

7. WHY WAS THE MODEL CONSTRUCTED? TO PROVIDE AN INTERACTIVE OUTDOOR EXPERIENCE FOR LARGE GROUPS TO MAKE WATER RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION INFORMATION ACCESSIBLE TO MULTI-AGE GROUPS WHERE DO STUDENTS USE THIS MODEL? AT LISDOLA WHICH IS AN ABBREVIATION FOR LEWISVILLE ISD OUTDOOR LEARNING AREA

8. MORE THAN JUST A WALK IN THE WOODS APPLYING KNOWLEDGE > SOIL EROSION & CIVIL ENGINEERING ANALYZING & COMPARING > WATERSHED MODEL OBSERVING and INVESTIGATING > ENERGY RESOURCES AREA

9. Elm Fork Chapter Master Naturalists Eagle Scouts SpEd Work-Based Learning Groups Community Members

10. FOOD FOR GROWTH & ENERGY TRAIL Photosynthesis, soil nutrients/soil testing, decomposition FOREST ECOSYSTEM Owl pellet dissection, habitats/niches, plant & animal adaptations SOIL & WEATHER W-E-D, soil & weather data collections, analysis of interactions of soil & weather

11. WASTEWATER TREATMENT TRAIL Filter inquiry investigation, current wastewater practices, onsite wastewater treatment WATER IN OUR WORLD TRAIL Energy of moving water, watersheds, aquatic ecosystem/pond data collection

12. EARLY COMMUNITIES analyze census data, explore local Ritter Cemetery POND native species & non-native species pond water data collection, macro- invertebrate sorting, analysis TRAIL tropisms, succession, adaptations, dichotomous key tree id, habitats, erosion

13. VIRTUAL NATURALIST DATA COLLECTING TOOLS

14. PRACTICUM IN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN --LISDOLA site for student designed semester projects Summer for-credit internship for LISD student mentored by Lewisville Aquatic Ecosystem Research Facility and supervised by LISDOLA

15. CLASSROOM REAL-WORLD EXPERIENCES GIVE MEANING TO CLASSROOM LEARNING CONCEPTS PUT INTO LARGER, MORE VARIED CONTEXT IN-DEPTH INTERACTIONS BETWEEN TEACHERS & STUDENTS ENCOURAGES COLLABORATIVE ANALYSIS & RESEARCH ESTABLISHES A LEARNING FRAMEWORK

17. LEWISVILLE ISD ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING FOLLOW CONTACT Suzanne Barnard for more information or to schedule a visit lisdola@lisd.net