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Asphalt to ecosystems : design ideas for schoolyard transformation /

"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"-...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Danks, Sharon Gamson
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, CA : New Village Press, 2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • 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.