Developing Outdoor Learning Areas:
A Kentucky Guide

This very practical guide is designed to provide specific assistance on how to develop features in outdoor learning areas. For example, it provides guidelines for the best way to develop wetland areas, nature trails, and bird blinds including materials needed, approximate costs, and space requirements. It also contains links to websites that provide even more detailed information on how to construct specific features. This guide is intended to augment the publication, A Guide to Developing, Using and Maintaining Outdoor Classrooms (see below), which focuses on the more academic aspects of using outdoor learning areas. This guide is available on CD and formatted to allow your computer to link directly to helpful websites. Call 800 882-5271 for a free copy. Click the following link to access this guide. Developing Outdoor Learning Areas: A Kentucky Guide.

What you should know before using this guide
Air Quality and Weather Stations
Birds and Bird Blinds
Butterfly Garden
Environmental History
Greenhouses
Natural and Constructed Wetlands
Pest Management
Rocks and Geology
Sky and Space
Soils
Solid Wastes and Composting
Walking Trail
Wastewater Treatment
Wildlife Habitat