The primary focus of Wildwood Environmental Academy is to involve students in an interdisciplinary study of the environment in such a way that they become interested in local environmental issues and history as well as problem solving.  The Academy aims to provide an academic program that uses environmental education as a framework around which students will master traditional subjects and key life concepts.  Thus the environment will serve as a vehicle to convey the teaching and learning of traditional subjects to all students.

Wildwood Environmental Academy is tactily divided into two segments.  The first segment is comprised of students in grades K-4.  Students in this segment study the flow of nutrition through the ecosystem, the water cycle and the carbon cycle.  The second segment of the program is comprised of students in grades 5-8.  These students will build upon their developmental foundations by continuing their study of environmental sciences in an applied fashion.  Instead of confining this study solely to the classroom, however, students in this segment will spend 2-3 days per week “in the field”.  Students’ field work placement will alternate each quarter among one of four sites in the Toledo area.

Students

Classroom teachers are primarily responsible for the successful integration of eco-studies into the students’ everyday activities and across traditional curriculum boundaries.  In using classroom resources, text and workbooks, outside resources and educational partnerships as well as the Ohio Proficiency Outcomes, educators will provide an eco-themed classroom environment in which students thrive in each subject area.

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