https://eeai.org/ EEAI blog posts EEAI Wild Apricot - membership management software and more en Mon, 06 Apr 2026 03:25:36 GMT Mon, 06 Apr 2026 03:25:36 GMT Thu, 08 Feb 2018 13:04:01 GMT <P>If you're reading this blog, then you already know that a walk through the woods has a nice, calming affect and, if you're a teacher, you certainly wouldn't mind having your kids take a walk through the woods once or twice during the day.&nbsp; However, try to convince that to your school administrator.</P> <P><BR></P> <P>Now, there's proof!&nbsp; Frances (Ming) Kuo, who spoke at our 2012 conference, along with others, has done a thorough scientific research project to see how well students performed in a classroom after they had a lesson outdoors in nature versus not having had the outdoor lesson.</P> <P><BR></P> <P>Their findings show quite clearly that performance improved significantly after the students had been outdoors for a lesson.</P> <P><BR></P> <P>This, of course, is not news to environmental educators, but now there is scientific proof of this that can be found at&nbsp;https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02253/full#h11, along with a general description of the study here -&nbsp;https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/601387.</P> https://eeai.org/Blog/5727829 https://eeai.org/Blog/5727829