Natursti i naturfag på videregående skole: En studie av postene og elevenes erfaringer fra en natursti om radioaktivitet og stråling

Abstract

This article explores how a nature trail can be used as an approach in science education at an uppersecondarylevel in Norway. The topic of the trail is radioactivity and radiation. The article illuminatesobstacles and possibilities connected to the trail’s posts, how the students experience the posts, and whattakes place during the transport between posts. This inspires how the nature trail can be redesigned. Thefindings point to that the assignments given in the posts are typically closed questions that to a smalldegree are related to phenomena at the location. Video observations show that student groups meeteach other, and they help each other with the questions. The student group followed in this article, usesapproximately half of the time available for walking between posts. This is regarded as unused potentialfor learning. The redesign is based on didactical reconsiderations consisting of seven questions that canbe adapted to other contexts. The contributions of this article are knowledge and experiences concerninga nature trail in science, which is an unexplored area within the field of outdoor education pedagogy.