Updated on December 24, 2020 at 11:36 pm
Associated Press
Cindy Soule s fourth-graders in Maine s largest city have studied pollination in a community garden. They solved an erosion problem that was damaging trees. They learned about bear scat.
Then came a fresh layer of snow and temperatures that hovered around freezing but her students were unfazed.
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Bundled up and masked, they scooted outside with their belongings in buckets. They collected their pencils and clipboards, plopped the buckets upside down in the snow, took a seat and went to work.
Updated on December 24, 2020 at 11:36 pm
Associated Press
Cindy Soule s fourth-graders in Maine s largest city have studied pollination in a community garden. They solved an erosion problem that was damaging trees. They learned about bear scat.
Then came a fresh layer of snow and temperatures that hovered around freezing but her students were unfazed.
Bundled up and masked, they scooted outside with their belongings in buckets. They collected their pencils and clipboards, plopped the buckets upside down in the snow, took a seat and went to work.
The lesson? Snow, of course, and how snowflakes are formed. We checked in with three Vermont schools that set up outdoor classrooms amid the coronavirus pandemic to see how it was going. The reviews were positive, at least a little ways into sweater season.
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