Teacher Resources

Each Chevron Open Minds School Program site has specific information on how to make the most of your visit. Just click on the site you are interested in attending. Making use of these enhanced learning tools, reference materials and useful links will help you prepare for your visit and increase the program's value to you and your students.

Zoo School
Museum School
Science Centre School

Reference Materials

• Cochrane, Cathy. Landscapes for Learning. Educational Leadership, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. 2004.
• Cochrane, Cathy. Creating Thoughtful Writers: A Study of the Campus Calgary/Open Minds Program. May 2000. View the research report ( pdf format - 27kb)

Other Sources

• Duckworth, Eleanor. The Having of Wonderful Ideas. Teachers College Press. NY. 1987 (Second ed. 1996).
• Falk, J., & Dierking, L. (1992) The museum experience. Washington DC: Whalesback Books.
• Gardner, Howard. The Unschooled Mind. Basic Books. NY. 1991.
• Kydd, Gillian. Fennec Foxes, a roller coaster, and a beaded dress: Teachers move their classrooms into the world of reality. Early Childhood Education. Alberta Teachers Assoc. 30 (2) 1997.
• Kydd, Gillian, Seeing the World in 3D: Learning in the Community. Trafford Publishing, Victoria, BC. 2005

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