Inside the Outdoors to welcome Orange County students at Summer Day Camp Madeline Gray April 13, 2023From exploring the elements to navigating hiking trails, Orange County students will have the opportunity to expand their knowledge of...
#Kindness1billion: Irvine student cares for the planet through ‘plogging’ Madeline Gray September 13, 2022At just 8 years old, Claire Chong participated in a group project that taught her about the impacts of environmental...
Weekly roundup: Brea Olinda addresses students’ mental health needs, families eligible for discounted internet access, and more Madeline Gray August 19, 2022With rates of mental health issues increasing rapidly during the pandemic, adding resources to meet students’ social, emotional and behavioral...
OCDE’s Inside the Outdoors extends Earth Day into May with #ProjectZeroWasteLunch challenge Nichole Pichardo April 22, 2021While every day is Earth Day for OCDE’s Inside the Outdoors program, we set aside one day a year —...
OC Zoo lends a helping hand, and a few furry friends, to Inside the Outdoors Nichole Pichardo February 16, 2021Months after the devastating Bond Fire claimed the home of OCDE’s Inside the Outdoors program, kindness continues to pour in...
Mijares: New science standards empower students to investigate their world Al Mijares February 18, 2020When California adopted the Next Generation Science Standards in 2013, the goal wasn’t simply to generate more doctorates in chemistry,...
VIDEO: El Modena High School Nature Center plants seeds for the future Austin Duffis April 29, 2019“Society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.” — Anonymous Greek...
Laguna Beach’s Top of the World Elementary reaches new heights in environmental education Ian Hanigan April 27, 2018Top of the World Elementary School is, well, on top of the world. The Laguna Beach campus recently learned that...
Inside the Outdoors secures funding for waste education program impacting more than 900,000 students Ian Hanigan March 6, 2018Inside the Outdoors, OCDE’s popular environmental education program, has netted a sizable grant to present standards-based lessons on the science of...
Middle schoolers from La Habra earn top honors — again — in national environmental challenge Ian Hanigan February 13, 2018Remember when we told you about seven middle schoolers from La Habra who earned national honors in a STEM competition that...