Students venture outside during remote learning

WASHOUGAL — During remote learning, students’ classrooms can be just about anywhere. Second-grade students at Gause Elementary School recently had the opportunity to go outdoors for a field science assignment to study signs of erosion. “We began the year by thinking about what it looks like to be a scientist,” teacher Marina Guevara said. “We felt that this unit provided good opportunities to ‘unplug’ and have students apply what they are learning.” Once they received permission to go outdoors, students were challenged to collect and examine rocks and take a photo or draw a picture of a nearby body of water to identify possible signs of erosion. According to Guevara, taking this time away from the computer screen gives students a needed change of pace. “The pictures submitted by students not only provide different data points but also included some special moments shared by families exploring together,” Guevara said.