Northwest ISD OLC

"If we want children to flourish, to become truly empowered, then let us allow them to love the earth before we ask them to save it." — David Sobel

Hey NISD Teachers! We want you to come learn with us on June 9! Register in Edugence! @OutdoorAmy @ksuarez28 @NISDScience

"Are grasshoppers related to bunnies? Because they kinda make the same face." 💓 observations and connections Kinder & Firsties make! Great thinking and discourse at Language Academy! 🔎🪱🦗 @LawvLaw @OutdoorAmy

"Ohhhhh my goodness! I was able to answer one of my questions!!! So satisfying!" 😄 - @JustinJags 3rd grader, while observing a 🪱 Ss sharing questions and celebrating discoveries w/ eachother were sweet moments in today's learning! @njkrueger @ksuarez28 @NISDScience

We 💚 @OutdoorAmy too! – at Justin, TX

Hey @NorthwestISD Ts! We have some awesome summer PD available w/ @OutdoorAmy!💚Our zoo PD, a night hike, Project WILD and an Engage session for disciplinary literacy & SEL. You know you want to register in Edugence today! Oh! @ksuarez28 will be at our night hike!🙌@NISDScience

Our @JCTElementary 2nd graders think worms are a bit more interesting thanks to the cool tool the hand lens! We heard Ss talking like scientist, thinking like scientist and being scientist as they observed worms today! @NISDScience @LAERomer @ksuarez28 @OutdoorAmy – at Texas, USA

Needed a tool to catch come some beetles and true bugs, but couldn't find one. Thanks to this @Whataburger cup for helping me out! Could you say "whatacup"? 😆 Now our Ss will have some insects to observe (and then release.) 🔍🐞🪲📓 @OutdoorAmy @NISDScience

"Come here, come here butterflies!" @RoanokeRangers Kinder did their best through running (and sneaking) to catch a 🦋 and observe closely. Some were successful! Most were considerate to include their classmates in their discovery.😁 Thanks for exploring with us!! @KristiKing11

We investigated part of @Hatfieldcougars schoolyard with PreK to observe and ask Qs about insects! We even found an itsy bitsy spider attempting to go up the water spout! 🔎🦋🐞🐝🕷🪳🔍 #NISDoutside

One way to tell you've been at the OLC is muddy shoes! We encourage Ss to wear shoes they can get dirty AND to be aware of where they are stepping... 😬 bet seeing those fossils(or sedimentation) was worth it @PrairieViewES 5th! @MsAtianaWaters @MsBecan @OutdoorAmy #NISDoutside – at Texas, USA

Totally what it is like at the OLC with @OutdoorAmy! #NISDoutside (Image from Bird and Moon Comics) – at Fort Worth, TX

The Fall feels are here! What seasonal changes are you noticing @NISDScience? We wondered about how nature sounds would be described for Fall? What do you think? Take a few minutes to listen. Then share with us! #NISDoutside

Great morning getting outside to reflect on our GT/OLC book study of "Last Child in the Woods." 35 new advocates to lead outdoor experiences as an antidote to "nature deficit disorder." @audrarowell94 @OutdoorAmy @RichLouv #NISDoutside

Be sure to check your choice of refreshments on these muggy days for the recommended recycle ♻️. We were happy to see you can put the lid on to recycle @DietCoke. 👏🏻And whatever space you're enjoying, be responsible with how you discard bottles. #recycle #getoutside – at Fort Worth, TX

Excited our Ts will have this opportunity! What a great read to stimulate discourse on nature deficit disorder & what that means in our Ss' lives. I hear there is a visit to the OLC at the end of the course. That's a pretty good way to end a book study! 💚 #NISDoutside – at Fort Worth, TX

Woohoo! Hopefully we will get to observe the next part of their life cycle! Especially since @NorthwestISD 2nd graders are studying butterflies right now! We wonder 🤔 how their chrysalis will be the same or different as a Painted Lady chrysalis? @NISDScience – at Fort Worth, TX

"If we want children to flourish, to become truly empowered, then let us allow them to love the earth before we ask them to save it." — David Sobel Happy #EarthDay2021 *Engage* Ss to find what they 💓 from our planet, and *then* empower them to save what they 💓! @NorthwestISD

We supported @LanceElementary Day by investigating worms and the role they have in our ecosystems. Ss were challenged to use biomimicry of a worm predator to see how they would respond...some call that worm charming. All in all, we know these wigglers help us in more ways than 1.