1. The Association of Nature Schools in Sweden www.naturskola.se

2. Facts about the Nature Schools  85 schools  Run by the local community  Staff = main resource  A way of working more than a bulding/place  Falun Nature School, 1993  Farm in a World Heritage  Traditional farming and animals  Pre-school, 4th, 7th, 8th grades  Teacher training

3. Soul of the Nature Schools  Experiences: Using all the senses to create awareness Using all the senses to create awareness Security leads to a sense of belonging Security leads to a sense of belonging Learning by doing Learning by doing  Discoveries New discoveries leads to new questions New discoveries leads to new questions  Understanding Discoveries leads to understanding Discoveries leads to understanding  Awareness Understanding leads to awareness of the influence and the depending part man has Understanding leads to awareness of the influence and the depending part man has

4. Why outdoor education?  Using the body and senses  Different ways to learn  Physical activity  Cooperate and shared experience  Biologically illiterate  Integrate subjects  Local nature awareness  Using the outdoors/schoolyard as a pedagogic resource

5. Books for teachers (www.teknikverkstan.com )

6. Why Mathematics?  Linking school subjects with outdoor learning  Move from abstract to concrete  More maths and less counting  Problem solving in realistic situations – practical use  A complement to books and classroom teaching  Statistics and the future  Maths is fun!

7. Maths as a Language - communicate maths in relevant and meaningful situations Maths as a Language - communicate maths in relevant and meaningful situations  Bags of Secrets – interact and fetch  Encircling trees – estimate and calculate  Heights of trees – using uniform triangles  Secret Picture – communicate and cooperate  Fetching Poems  One meter rope – different possibilities  Running Numbers  Sorting Exercise