John R. Oishei Foundation

National Science Foundation

Institute of Museum and Library Services

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Alfred University-- Stull Observatory

Boys & Girls Clubs of Buffalo

The Buffalo Zoo

The Buffalo Public Schools

Buffalo Reads

Discovery Place and the Charlotte Nature Museum

Education Development Center (EDC)

Exploratorium Institute for Inquiry

Good Schools for All

National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)

National Wildlife Federation (NWF)

The Peabody Museum of Natural History (Yale University)

The Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower Foundation

Roger Tory Peterson Institute

St. Louis Science Center















FHL offers OUTDOOR INQUIRIES® Professional Development Workshops

Do you want to engage young people in investigation of their local environment, but are not sure how to structure the experience so that it meets your educational goals?

First Hand Learning professional development experiences can help. Workshops outline a set of practical tools and techniques that can be used to launch student-driven investigations of the natural world. Learn more about OUTDOOR INQUIRIES® workshops

FHL at NSTA 2008:



On March 26th 2008 First Hand Learning presented its fourth NSTA Professional Development Institute (PDI) entitled The Outdoor Classroom: A Natural Path to Science and Literacy.

Held at the Massachusetts Audubon’s new George Robert White Conservation Center, Boston’s first municipal green building, the institute focused on developing field guides to the environment surrounding the school as a way of linking science with language development.  The 52 registrants from around the country and abroad represented the largest PDI attendance at this year’s NSTA annual conference. Read more

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Conducting science investigations beyond the four walls of the classroom is one of the best ways for young people to develop scientific thinking and to practice gathering and analyzing their own data. Outdoor Inquiries is the clear, concise handbook that shows you how. Read More
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