{"data":{"ID":812,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1512839323,"CreatorID":4735,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"National Parks: America's best classroom","Handle":"national_parks--america-s_best_classroom","ShortDescription":"How do we create open-walled learning experiences that are socially, emotionally, and personally valuable?  How can we leverage National Parks as one of America's best classrooms?  How do we ensure that we are providing all students the opportunity to understand the interconnected and interdisciplinary nature of Earth Science to make informed personal decisions and potentially solve significant global problems in their future?","Description":"In this conversation, we will share how we use National Parks to provide open-walled experiences, evidence of the impact it has had on our students, resources to replicate this opportunity, but also a larger discussion on how a 124-year-old framework in science has impacted the traditional science education of our students, as well as the successes and challenges we have experienced in moving away from that institutionalized framework.","Link":["http:\/\/www.ehsmihalik.com\/nsta.html"],"Audience":["High School","Middle School","Elementary School","All School Levels"],"Practice":"We will use a similar conversational protocol to the success analysis protocol for leadership teams.","Presenter":["Mike Mihalik","Laura Witman"],"PresenterAffiliation":["East Penn School District"],"PresenterEmail":["mmihalik@eastpennsd.org","lwitman@eastpennsd.org"],"ScheduleSlotID":96,"ScheduleLocationID":13,"SubmitterID":4735,"AdditionalComments":null,"LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":7}}