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Hello, Chris (and others!)

I have two thoughts on this. The experiential learning cycle is heavily
used by youth development organizations, environmental educators,
challenge course facilitators, and other informal educators. (Check out
www.aee.org for the nexus of the experiential ed community.) We don't do
tours per se, but we do do a lot of programming using it. I'd be happy
to chat with you more about what that looks like. 

Secondly, as someone who manages a science program within a youth
development organization, the science inquiry cycle looks awfully darn
close to the experiential ed cycle when you compare them. The inquiry
cycle has more of an emphasis on developing questions, but much of the
foundation is the same. So...take a look at one of your favorite
programs that uses the inquiry cycle, squint a little bit, and then
start picking out the experiential ed components. It's kinda fun. 

-Stephanie


Stephanie Lingwood
Science and Arts Program Manager, Girl Scouts - Totem Council
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