Whitesburg Middle School begins new outdoor learning space [Video]

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Whitesburg Middle School students helped build their new hands-on outdoor classroom on Thursday.

The event brought everyone together to create a butterfly garden, sensory garden, frog and toad habitat, and more, as part of a project designed to bring nature-based learning to life.

The outdoor classroom, developed in partnership with the Alabama Wildlife Federation’s Outdoor Classroom (OC) Program, aims to give students the opportunity to engage with nature and environmental science in a real-world setting.

“This is a community effort and we want it to be something that everyone can enjoy. So that’s the reason why we’re doing it,” said Principal William King. “You can see the the impact that it’s the number of kids that are out there helping, the number of adults from the community helping as well.”‘ 

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