Assignments

OUTDOOR SCHOOL Experimental Studio 3 / 4, Fall 2019

 

 

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FYS Outdoor School FALL 2018

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F18REFERENCES FOR OUTDOOR SCHOOL

F18Schedule for OUTDOOR SCHOOL

FYS Outdoor School F18Borsato

Invasives Assignment FYS OUTDOOR SCHOOL

Readings:

Culture.Of.Nature10-87

Culture.Of.Nature116-155

H.Is.For.Hawk.46-120

Sweetgrass_156-166

SweetGrass1-10

 

 

First Year Seminar in Interdisciplinary Studies: OUTDOOR SCHOOL – Fall 2017

Assignments-in-FYS-OUTDOOR-SCHOOL-1

F17Schedule for OUTDOOR SCHOOL

FYS Outdoor School F17Borsato

REFERENCES-FOR-OUTDOOR-SCHOOL

Culture.Of.Nature10-87

Culture.Of.Nature116-155

H.Is.For.Hawk.46-120

Sweetgrass_156-166

SweetGrass1-10

Here is an optional reading – short and sweet – about our longstanding compulsion to feed wild animals by Helen MacDonald. Read at your leisure.
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/10/magazine/why-do-we-feed-wild-animals.html
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First Year Seminar in Interdisciplinary Studies: OUTDOOR SCHOOL – Fall 2016

FYS Outdoor School F 16 syllabus

Assignments in FYS Outdoor School

Readings and Responses

Kilometre-Poject-FYS

 

Special Topics in Extended Practices/Studio Art OUTDOOR SCHOOL Fall 2015

Amateur Naturalist Presentation

Reading Outside

Survival Tips

Final Project 

OUTDOOR SCHOOL SKILLS IN PROGRESS:

HOW TO IDENTIFY SUMAC AND GOLDENROD

HOW TO DISTINGUISH WASPS AND HONEYBEES

HOW TO HOLD A FROG

HOW TO HOLD AND IDENTIFY DRAGONFLIES

HOW TO CATCH INSECTS FOR IDENTIFICATION

HOW TO IDENTIFY POISON IVY

HOW TO MAKE SMOKY TEA WITH A VOLCANO KETTLE

HOW TO SHOOT PHOTOGRAPHS OUTSIDE

HOW TO PACK FOR A HIKE

HOW TO FORAGE FOR WILD MUSHROOMS

HOW TO MAKE A BLOG POST

HOW TO READ OUTSIDE

HOW TO STRETCH FOR READERS

HOW DRAGONFLIES MATE

HOW FROGS HIBERNATE IN WINTER

HOW TO HAVE A PICNIC

HOW AN INSECT COLLECTION IS DEVELOPED AND DISPLAYED

HOW TO CLIMB TREES

WHAT YOU CAN DO IN A WORKER’S JUMPSUIT

HOW TO RESIZE PICTURES ON THE BLOG

HOW NUDISTS, COMMUNISTS, UTOPIANS AND QUEERS PERFORMED RADICAL CAMPING

HOW TO CLIMB SKINNY TREES AND HOW TO CLIMB LARGE OLD TREES

HOW TO SKIP ROCKS

HOW TO SWIM IN COLD WATER

HOW TO PICK WILD APPLES

HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN A MYCOLOGICAL FORAY

HOW TO IDENTIFY WILD MUSHROOMS

HOW TO HOLD A SCORPION

HOW A HISSING COCKROACH MAKES ITS HISS (AND HOW IT FEELS TO BE HISSED AT)

HOW TO SKIP ROCKS

HOW TO GET TO THE GREENHOUSE AT BOVEY

HOW TO CAPTURE AND TAG A SONG BIRD

HOW IT FEELS TO HOLD A SONG BIRD IN YOUR HANDS

HOW TO GROW ORGANIC VEGETABLES

HOW TO HARVEST FRUITS AND VEGETABLES

HOW TO GET INTO THE AQUALAB

HOW TO HOLD STARFISH AND CRABS

HOW TO HANG OUT WITH FISHERS AND HUNTERS

HOW TO GET ACROSS A LAKE

HOW TO MAKE SPIDER PLANTS INTO A SOCIAL OCCASION

HOW TO MAKE COMPOST

HOW TO SLAUGHTER AND BUTCHER A LAMB

HOW TO UNDERSTAND SLOW FOOD VS. INDUSTRIAL FOOD

HOW TO MAKE MOSS AND GRASS SCULPTURES

HOW PLANTS CAN HAVE A VACATION

HOW TO IDENTIFY CLOUDS

HOW TO DO BASIC SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING

HOW TO GET INTO THE ATHLETIC CENTRE

HOW TO INCREASE YOUR ALBEDO!

HOW TO MAKE A DIY SPACE HEATER WITHOUT ELECTRICITY

HOW TO PROPOGATE SWEETGRASS

HOW TO HAVE LUCID DREAMS

HOW TO IDENTIFY MUGWORT AND MAKE DREAM TEA

HOW TO DEAL WITH CONFRONTATIONS WITH WILD ANIMALS

HOW TO MAKE POPCORN IN A COOKING POT

HOW TO EVALUATE DAIRY COWS

HOW TO MAKE DREAM ALTARS

HOW TO DO BASIC MUI THAI BOXING

HOW TO DO A BOX STEP AND WALTZ IN THE GRASS

HOW TO MAKE PAPER PULP AND PAPER WITH LEAVES AND BLOSSOMS

HOW TO DO MOSS GRAFFITI

HOW TO MAKE URBAN FAIRY RINGS

HOW TO HARVEST LAVENDER ON CAMPUS

HOW TO PLANT AND MAINTAIN NARCISSUS BULBS IN THE LIBRARY

HOW TO SOCIALIZE WITH PLANTS

HOW TO CLEAN THE AIR WITH SCULPTURE

HOW TO MOW YOUR THOUGHTS INTO THE GRASS

HOW TO CONTEMPLATE THE COSMOS FROM YOUR LIVING ROOM

HOW TO MAKE A PORTABLE OBSERVATORY

HOW TO HAVE A BONFIRE

HOW TO GROW A PINEAPPLE

HOW TO MAKE “SMOREOS”

HOW TO GROW HERBS IN WINTER

HOW TO TEACH PLANTS THE ALPHABET

HOW TO WRITE CONCISE PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS AND DOCUMENT WORK

HOW BEES COMMUNICATE

HOW TO PET THE BEES

HOW INSECTS ARE THE STUFF OF NIGHTMARES

HOW DO RESEARCHERS STUDY HONEYBEES AND WHAT THEY FIND

HOW TO BE EATEN BY A GRIZZLY BEAR

HOW NATURE FILMS AND DOCUMENTARIES CONSTRUCT OUR VIEW OF NATURE

HOW SCIENCE CAN BE INSTRUMENTALIZED BY VARIOUS INTERESTS

HOW TO ENCOURAGE THE GROWTH OF SWEETGRASS

HOW OUR FLOURISHING IS MUTUAL

HOW TO MAKE A KILOMETRE

HOW TO COLLECT POLLEN

HOW DEAD TREES GIVE NEW LIFE

HOW A STINKHORN SMELLS

HOW TO SPREAD SPORES

HOW TO FIND THE NATURE RESERVE

HOW TO CATCH FEEDER BIRDS

HOW TO WEIGH A BIRD

HOW TO PROCESS AND CODE A BIRD

HOW BANDING AND RESEARCH AFFECTS WILDLIFE CONSERVATION

HOW TO ANALYZE NATURE TOURISM ADVERTISEMENTS

HOW TO WALK IN SILENCE WITH OTHERS

HOW TO IDENTIFY A PLANT IN MOHAWK

HOW SCIENTIFIC NAMES ARE DETERMINED

HOW TO WALK ON THE BRUCE TRAIL

HOW TO DO A SMUDGE

HOW TO HARVEST HONOURABLY

HOW INVASIVES AND ALIENS ARE MADE

HOW TO IDENTIFY ROCK SNOT

HOW TO HARVEST SQUASH

HOW TO WEED AN ORGANIC GARDEN

HOW WE GROW PLANTS TO HAVE FOOD IN SPACE

HOW A PINEAPPLE LOOKS ON THE PLANT

HOW TO DIG FOR POTATOES

HOW TO WATCH BIRDS AT A FEEDER

HOW TO CATCH BIRDS IN A GROUND TRAP

HOW TO LISTEN FOR SILENCE

HOW TO BUNDLE FLOWERS FOR MARKET

HOW TO PICK WILD RASPBERRIES

HOW TO TRAIN A GOSHAWK

HOW TO WATCH NATURE MOVIES AND TV

HOW TO ANALYZE NATURE TOURISM ADS

HOW TO GIVE HABITAT FOR BARN SWALLOWS

HOW TO MAKE OWL CALLS

HOW TO MAKE A LIBRARY FOR BIRDS

HOW TO MAKE A BIRD CALL CHOIR

HOW TO GRIEVE WITH NATURE

HOW TO WEED A FARM

HOW TO IDENTIFY ROCK SNOT

HOW TO LANGUAGE SHAPES OUR RELATIONSHIP TO A SPECIES

HOW TO UNDERSTAND VALUE FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES

HOW TO UN-CENTRE THE HUMAN

HOW TO FORAGE FOR MUSHROOMS

HOW TO CATCH AND IDENTIFY WETLAND INSECTS

HOW TO SPOT AN EARTHWORM BURROW

HOW TO SPOT A STINKHORN

HOW TO UNDERSTAND NATIVES VS INVASIVES