Hiking the Seven C's.

FEATURES AS A FIELD EDUCATOR FOR over 35 years, I have derived great joy from taking groups into various outdoor settings to help them learn about the natural history of those places. After researching the location, teachers and leaders should review any of their organization's policies that apply to field excursions, such as a risk management plan. For example, I might ask the group to hypothesize why the north-facing slopes of mountains in the northern hemisphere are often more jagged and steep, while the south-facing slope is often less jagged, has a more gradual slope, and contains different dominant plant species. Wherever you take students on field excursions - whether to the park, the schoolyard, a river, or a wilderness area - make them educational, inspirational, and fun. [Extracted from the article]