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How to Be a Great Field Study Volunteer

Hello Wonderful Grade 3 Parents, We heard your valuable feedback during interviews that it would be helpful for you to have a more clear understanding of how to support our learners during field study. We are so appreciative of the time you take to volunteer and our field study program could not operate without your support. Thank you! We hope the following offers some helpful guidance for what it means to be an excellent volunteer while on field study: Be Curious Embrace the wonders and magic of spending a day in nature regardless of the weather. Being excited and noticing small details with help your group engage in their learning! Try to experience the location through the lens of your Grade 3 student and their studies. While we revisit sites often, we are helping our students see the variety of ways we might experience a location through a variety of lenses as a scientist. If we're studying rocks and minerals, help them see the wonder of the site from this perspecti