In this interactive session, we will investigate pedagogical practices that enhance mathematical learning in the outdoors by connecting to place, community, culture, and identity. Supports, research, and resources needed to enact learning mathematics outdoors at the school, district, and system-level will be shared. Barriers such as parental concerns, funding, and weather will be problematized and discussed. As we think about both teacher and student well-being, we will consider how a more holistic, embodied, and interdisciplinary approach to learning mathematics outdoors might bring a sense of connectedness, belonging, and joy to our work together. Guiding questions for this session will include: How might mathematics be explored outdoors? and How might place inspire mathematical thinking and enhance learning?
