Outdoor only

Path Description

This path will explore Glenstone's outdoor areas in sunshine or light rain. Our knowledgeable guide team will lead students through the campus highlighting connections between art and landscape.

Throughout the visit, students will learn about Glenstone's flora and fauna and the sustainable efforts that maintain it. Topics covered will include storm and water management, reforestation, organic landscape maintenance, invasive species management, and recycling. This path is modeled after Glenstone’s daily Nature Walks.

This path option is particularly useful for green schools, trade schools, and students in STEM/STEAM-related courses that focus on science, sustainability, natural environment, and landscape design.

Path Goals

On this path, students will:

• learn how to be responsible stewards of the land and protect natural resources.

• learn about sustainable practices they can apply in their daily lives (recycling, composting, planting native species etc.)

Maryland State Standards

This path was designed to meet the following Next Generation Science Standards. The standards are used as a guide for our discussions and makes stronger connections to current state-wide curriculum.

For grades 6-8:

• Life Science 2-5: Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services. [Clarification statement: Examples of ecosystem services could include water purification, nutrient recycling, and prevention of soil erosion.]

• Earth Science 3.C, Human Impacts on Earth Systems: Typically, as human populations and per-capita consumption of natural resources increase, so do the negative impacts on Earth unless the activities and technologies involved are engineered otherwise.

For grades 9-12:

• Earth Science 3.C, Human Impacts on Earth Systems: The sustainability of human societies and the biodiversity that supports them requires responsible management of natural resources (HS-ESS3-4)

• Engineering Technology .1.B, Developing Possible Solutions: When evaluating solutions, it is important to take into account a range of constraints, including cost, safety, reliability, and aesthetics, and to consider social, cultural, and environmental impacts. (secondary to HS-ESS3-2 and HS-ESS3-4)

While the visit will focus on Glenstone's nature, students may experience the following artworks.