This summer we have incorporated many new educational opportunities for teachers in our professional development series! One workshop added to the annual repertoire was teaching outside the box. Educators were able to venture outside to discover new ways of developing lesson plans that will allow their students to work beyond the walls of a classroom. They were exposed to various methods of animal and nature related activities to incorporate in their current teachings. The majority of the activities were focused on the next generation science standards, hands on and inexpensive to duplicate. Teachers experienced fun and exciting activities such as pond dipping, animal track identification and microorganism observation!