Managed by the Missouri Botanical Garden, the Litzsinger Road Ecology Center (LREC) is a beacon of growth for students in the Saint Louis, Missouri, metropolitan area.
Dr. Bob Coulter, a former classroom teacher and the center’s director, has had a long commitment to educational innovation. In the late 1990s while he was still working in classrooms, he taught an elementary curriculum codeveloped by the Missouri Botanical Garden called What’s It Like Where You Live? As Coulter explained, “We want students to deepen their understanding of what’s outside of their window. For instance, how does the local temperature and precipitation enable certain plants and animals to survive? With this, how are the plants and animals adapted for these conditions? Equipped with these perspectives, students can compare local, distant, and future ecosystems.”
Read more about Bob's amazing adventures with kids and GIS.
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Learn more about GIS in the instruction of youth in ecology and environmental science with activities from Esri:
- Climate shaping cultures
- Farming and the rural landscape
- National parks and public lands
- and more!
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