Meet Me in the Middle Ch. 4 and 13

These chapters discuss how to get students involved in different kinds of learning experiences, with emphasis on suiting the needs of naturalist and kinesthetic learners. Chapter 4 offers many idea of how to incorporate physical activity in the classroom in ways that are simple and can be used in many different lessons and disciplines. For example, one of the suggestions is to just simply place the turn in box in a space where students will have to get up to get to. Another suggestion was to have students stretch every 30 minutes. These ideas are simple, but can make a big difference for some students for whom sitting is exhausting.  

Chapter 13 focuses on a naturalist perspective, mainly bringing students on outdoor field trips or overnight camping trips. I think that there are a lot of things that can be learned out on trips like this that cannot be learned in a classroom—not necessarily things that we plan to teach, but unexpected experiences that students will remember and learn from. I went on a few outdoor field trips when I was in middle school and I remember enjoying them and learning from them, as well as bonding with other students in my team. I never had the opportunity to go on an overnight camping trip but I think that—for those students who choose to participate—it would be a good bonding and educational experience. However, I do not think that all students would enjoy an overnight camping trip and smaller day trips would be more beneficial for the students as a whole.