| This unit raises student
awareness of open space at the neighborhood level. Children
observe the efforts of neighborhood residents to create and
improve space by transforming vacant lots into greenspace sites,
landscaping yards and maintaining curb strips. In addition
to human impacts on open space, students note the effects of
natural change on the biotic and abiotic components of the
neighborhood environment. Students examine the special adaptations
that allow flora and fauna to thrive in their neighborhood
habitats. Through unit activities, the children understand
how an abandoned space can be designed to meet the needs of
plants and animals as well as humans.
For more information on Open Spaces as Learning Places please
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or email our Education Coordinator, Justin Pegnataro:
justin.pegnataro@yale.edu
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