Off-Campus Studies are Essential
at Greenway School
Frequent
off-campus studies are an integral part of the Connected Curriculum at Greenway
School. All school-wide trips are during regular school hours on a
privately reserved Knox County school bus. Students engage in classroom
activities related to the off-campus learning experience whenever
applicable.
There
are several
objectives for the off-campus program:
Off-campus experiences allow students to learn about their community
through immediate observation. Greenway students not only read about a specific place, they
also go see it for themselves and ask questions about it.
Service learning projects at Beaumont Magnet Elementary School
extended through 6 visits one year. Relationships, and deeper
understandings developed through 6 visits with Atria Westin Assisted
Living Center residents during another year.
Blow-dart practice
with a Great Smoky Mountains National Park Ranger.
Whether traveling to a museum, a
laboratory, a performance or an office, the students see many different adults doing many different types of work. Through off-campus
visits, Greenway students gain insight about possible careers.
Off-campus trips give the Greenway students the opportunity to see
that learning is a life-long process and does not occur just within the walls of a
classroom.
Greenway students see this behavior modeled frequently as they observe their English
teacher learning about fossils or their Science teacher discussing a Shakespeare play.
Parents are always welcome to join us for their own "continuing
education."
Each off-campus excursion has a specific educational objective.
Some typical off-campus learning experiences over the 3-year
curriculum cycle are listed below:
Historical Studies:
- Beck Cultural Exchange Center
- Museum of East Tennessee History*
- Blount Mansion
- Scopes Trial sites, Dayton, TN
- Fort Loudoun*
- Sequoyah Museum
- Walking tours of Downtown Knoxville*
- Walking tour of Concord, TN
- Farragut Cultural Center
- Freel's Bend
- Walking tour of Rugby,TN
- John Sevier Home
- McClung Museum, various exhibits
- Civil War re-enactment
- State Capitol tours
Geological / Topographical Studies:
- UT Townsend Archaeological dig
- American Museum of Science & Energy
- UT Mapping Labs
- Challenger Space Center, Chattanooga
- Norris Dam & lakeshore
- Tuckaleechee Caverns
- Fort Loudon Lake
Arts / Cultural Experiences:
- Seventeen Seventy-six,
Cumberland County
Playhouse
- Knoxville Museum of Art*
- Ewing Gallery
- Youth Symphony Concerts*
- Quilting exhibits
- Ceramic / Tile Painting Studio
- Individual and community "Trashformation" projects
- Architectural offices tour
- Stained Glass studio
- A Midsummer Night's Dream
- West Side Story
- The Secret Garden
- Tennessee Children's Dance Ensemble*
- Renaissance Festival at UT
- Children's Museum of Oak Ridge
- Backstage tours & productions of Clarence Brown Theater *
Health / Biology:
- Brain Smart at KAMA
- Body Systems at KAMA
- UT Veterinary School
- Potable Water Management Plant
- Waste Water Management Plant
- New Horizons Center for Experiential Learning
- Smoky Mountains National Park*
- Trial Gardens at UT*
- UT Arboretum*
- Ijams Nature Center*
- Tennessee Aquarium
Research Skills:
- McClung Historical Collection Library
- Lawson-McGhee Library, Main*
- KORRnet Computer lab
- Knox County Global Info System
-
Highlander Center
- UT Map Library*
- UT Map Laboratory
- McKay's Books
- Knoxville News-Sentinel offices & printing press
*An asterisk indicates several visits for ongoing studies.
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