Program

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07:00 – 08:00 - Breakfast

08:00 – Traveling to the Dead Sea

11:00 – 12:30 -- Outdoor demonstrations: concrete experiences with abstract concepts (Haimar Gorge).

12:30 – 13:15 -- Outdoor demonstrations: Dead Sea industry

13:15 – 14:15 -- Lunch

14:30 – 14:45 – Arriving at the hotel (Rimonim) and getting settled

14:45 – 15:00 – Coffee break

15:00 – 16:30 – Interactive sessions – Hotel

K. Feille: Three teachers' stories of using the schoolyard as an integrated tool for elementary teaching.
T. Neal, and J. Gorsh: Elementary Science Methods through School of the Wild and Ropes Courses
A. Lindau, A. Finger and M. Lindner: How do pre-service teachers see their competence in organizing field trips?
W. Frazier and R. Fox: Professional Development in STEM and World Language Via Problem-Based Learning To Support an Environmentally Responsible, Global Citizenry: Far East Russia and the United States
A. Marcus: Green school's outdoor learning environments as means of promoting environmental identity

16:30 – 19:00 – Free time for experiencing the Dead Sea

19:00 – Dinner

20:00 – Plenary session

Prof. Nir Orion: The contribution of the outdoor learning environment for the development of high order thinking skills.