Experiential Education

A Oakland, California-based environmental group has developed an online curriculum designed to help teachers incorporate “experiential” conservation activities into their lessons.

Deep inside a dark, dank cavern the size of a football field, a guide illumines a few discreet lamps to accentuate dazzling rock formations. At just the right moment, when a group of two dozen explorers has grown still, the leader of the group presses a button on a tape player and the strains of the chorale from Bach's Cantata No. 78 pierce the air.