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The Cedar Point Experience, 40 Years Of Field Based, Experiential Learning, Jon Garbisch Nov 2014

The Cedar Point Experience, 40 Years Of Field Based, Experiential Learning, Jon Garbisch

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The Cedar Point Experience was born in the summer of 1975. At the urging of several biology faculty UNL leased the Goodall Cedar Point Girlscout Camp and offered a broad range of field based courses exploiting the local environment as their classroom. These instructors also had a strong interest in the area as a base for their own research. Today the UNL Cedar Point Biological Station with a few additional buildings can support around 100 people with full service dining, housing, classroom and lab space.

The instructional model has remained unchanged for the past 40 years. Field based or place …