The Restoration and Reintroduction Education Partnership (RARE)
What is RARE?
The Restoration and Reintroduction Education Partnership is a stewardship-based service-learning program that pairs local schools with natural areas.
What are service- learning programs?
A service- learning program is “a teaching and learning strategy that integrates meaningful community service with instruction and reflection to enrich the learning experience, teach civic responsibility, and strengthen communities” (NSLC 1994).
What may happen if children aren’t connected with nature?
Children may develop attention deficit disorders and anxiety or become depressed or overweight (Taylor and others 2001).
What does a living thing mean in an ecosystem?
A living thing refers to any organism that demonstrates life.
How long did it take to grow more than 800 individual plants in 3 subpopulations in the wetland?
3 years!
What do students do in this program?
Students grow threatened and endangered plant species for reintroduction.
Why are partnerships essential while designing a service-learning program?
The partnerships are able to fund the program.
What skills do people gain while connecting with nature?
Nature appears to be important for developing the capacities for creativity, problem-solving, and emotional and intellectual development (Kellert 2005).
What does a non-living thing mean in an ecosystem?
A non-living thing means any form without a life.
What habitats do they specialize in?
Wetland, upland meadow, prairie, and woodland.
Why should students be included in the program?
By including students in the restoration process they can create a landscape network of highly functioning native ecosystems as well as give students the skills and relationships necessary to continue to protect ecosystems in the future.
Research projects require…?
Germinating, growing, planting, and monitoring endangered plants in school greenhouses where students are responsible for care of the plants.
How can working with nature be educational for students?
They are able to learn different subjects while connecting with nature such as the history of the community, science, and math for measuring.
Is a plant living or non-living?
Living
Who wrote a book about Nature-Deficit Disorder?
Richard Louv wrote Last Child in the Woods in 2006.
How is RARE educational?
The students will be reflecting and presenting what they learned while working in the program. Participants to think critically about their service.
This article outlines what?
One approach to merging conservation and education in a format that benefits the community while meeting student learning goals and creating a sense of place.
What are the two approaches that combine working with nature and education?
Restoration and education
Do bees and butterflies help the ecosystem?
Yes!
What is Nature-Deficit Disorder?
This is the effects of withdrawing nature from children's lives.
Why is working as a community important?
They believe that integrated community efforts involving excellent science, up to-date restoration techniques, and community involvement are the keys to successful conservation of endangered prairies.
What does author hope will happen after people read this article?
The author hopes to inspire native plant enthusiasts and restoration ecologists to include young community members into their work.
Are students working independently or with mentors?
They have mentors from the community to help guide them through the process.
How do plants and animals rely on each other in an ecosystem?
Oxygen etc.
What is the school that started this program?
Cheldelin Middle School in Corvallis, Oregon.