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Why Learn Outdoors?

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I was recently reading the March - April 2026, issue of Science and Children, a publication of the National Science Teaching Association.

In this issue I read an article written by Mary Starr, Jordan Sherry-Wagner, Carrie Tzou, Megan Bang, Shirin Vossoughi, and Anna Lees. They wrote an article entitled "Place Matters."

Outdoor learning is not simply a change in instructional setting, but a…