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GENERAL INFORMATION SECTION
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| 1. | Who is responsible for maintaining the school grounds? | ||||||||||||
| 2. | How much class time is spent outdoors on the school grounds? | ||||||||||||
| 3. | Does anyone at your school keep a log of seasonal changes (e.g., weather patterns, flowers blooming, wildlife behavior) occurring on your school grounds? | ||||||||||||
| 4. | Does your school have any of the following features to attract wildlife?
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| 5. | Are any plants or animals found on the school grounds considered undesirable or “nuisances”? | ||||||||||||
| 6. | How would you rate* the biodiversity on the school grounds? *High – greater than 100 different species of plant or animal life
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| 7. | What type of land borders your school (e.g., residential, agricultural, natural areas such as rivers or forests, commercial, industrial)?
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| 8. | What other nearby “green spaces” are suitable for educational purposes (e.g., community park two blocks away, green belt along the river within walking distance of school property, non-profit historical farm located a 5-mile bus trip away, permission from the landowner to use the vacant lot next door)? | ||||||||||||
| 9. | How are field studies or related outdoor classroom topics incorporated into each grade’s curriculum? | ||||||||||||
| 10. | Who conducted the Green Spaces Inventory (e.g., Mrs. Wood’s fourth grade class with help from Mr. Turf, maintenance worker, local Home Depot store, and the local natural resources conservation district)? | ||||||||||||
| 11. | Survey the grounds around your school. Determine whether you have any of the following green spaces. When you have completed the table below, continue the inventory ONLY answering questions in those sections that you marked “yes”. Do your school grounds include:
* Lawns are mowed areas not used for playground or athletics ** Aquatic communities include ponds, lakes, rivers, streams, wetlands, ditches, and man-made water features included in an outdoor classroom. |