Experiential Learning: Using Gardens as Outdoor Classrooms will provide teachers with academic and administrative tools to conduct science lessons using a New York City park as their outdoor classroom. Focusing on garden ecology in the spring course, the training will equip teachers to plan and implement safe and effective outdoor lessons that provide students with hands-on experiences relative to their in-class curriculum. The course curriculum pays special attention to the recommendations by the NYC DOE for excellence in environmental education particularly regarding place-based education and real-world experiences involving investigation, analysis and problem-solving. Activities are carefully aligned with the Common Core and New York State Science Learning Standards and ASPDP credit is an option. Further, this training course is fully experiential and phenomenon-based and will deepen understanding in utilizing authentic hands-on strategies such as those emphasized in the Amplify Science curriculum.