{"id":133222,"date":"2023-11-16T14:50:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T19:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outdoors.org\/?page_id=133222"},"modified":"2025-07-11T15:47:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T19:47:43","slug":"a-mountain-classroom","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.outdoors.org\/adventures\/a-mountain-classroom\/","title":{"rendered":"A Mountain Classroom"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Mountain Classroom<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Expand the walls of your classroom with immersive outdoor education.<\/h2>\n
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AMC\u2019s A Mountain Classroom program for school groups incorporates active exploration in the outdoors with lessons that are designed to meet diverse learning styles. Lodging, meals, and free use of equipment are all included in school trip packages.<\/p>\n

A Mountain Classroom is a hiking-based program that increases information retention by rooting ecological and critical-thinking skills concepts in tangible, tactile learning experiences. AMCR utilizes a custom-built curriculum designed with input from the Beetles Project at the University of California at Berkeley. Our educators help students be deliberate, reflective, and effective learners and leaders; strive to enhance students' sense of place, their teamwork, problem-solving, communication abilities; and increase their understanding of environmental issues.<\/p>\n

Coursework is centered around five core guiding themes. Our coordinator team works with you to identify which guiding theme will best suit the experience for your students. With this information, we create a guiding question that becomes the focal point of your program's time at A Mountain Classroom. Below are the themes and examples of guiding questions programs have used in the past.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHow can we better understand how nature works, and how do observations in nature help inform us about our own home?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n

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    \u201cLooking at nature\u2019s connected parts, what can we learn about building community while valuing our individual differences?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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    \u201cWhat can we learn about leadership from nature, and how can we become better leaders for the Earth?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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    \u2022 Leadership Development<\/div>\n
    \u2022 Leave No Trace<\/div>\n
    \u2022 Sustainability and Advocacy<\/div>\n
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    \u201cHow can spending time in nature help us to develop a deeper sense of the world around us?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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    \u2022 History of the White Mountain National Forest<\/div>\n
    \u2022 Land Stewardship<\/div>\n
    \u2022 Mountain Weather and Watersheds<\/div>\n
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    \u201cHow can the outdoor skills learned here enhance our environmental stewardship and appreciation of nature?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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    \u2022 Map and Compass Skills<\/div>\n
    \u2022 Leave No Trace<\/div>\n
    \u2022 Mountain Weather<\/div>\n
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    Who We Are<\/h3>\n

    AMC\u2019s Mountain Classroom distinguishes itself from other outdoor education programs with its program staff comprised of full-time, experienced field educators and nature guides. Our administrators and educators are enthusiastic professionals committed to environmental education, college graduates with field experience and wilderness first aid certificates, and fun role models for environmental stewardship.<\/p>\n

    Since 1971 A Mountain Classroom serves thousands of students a year. We pride ourselves on creating exceptional outdoor experiences that develop students\u2019 environmental literacy and give them a lasting relationship with the outdoors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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