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Nature makes a comeback in classes in Wisconsin schools

by Pat Coate | January 26, 2009

Madison, Wisconsin, USA - Geeta Dawar takes her seventh grade science students outside their Madison school to examine cracks in the sidewalk ... David Spitzer gets his Madison elementary students to notice flocks of migrating geese overhead as the kids walk to school ... And David Ropa has his seventh graders, even on an arctic morning, use their bare hands to dip testing vials into Lake Mendota.

Nature is on the rise in many schools across Wisconsin, as educators strive to reverse a major societal shift toward technology and indoor activities.

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