Teton Science Schools (TSS) is an educational organization located in northwest Wyoming and Idaho. TSS runs programs in field education, classroom education, and educator development. Founded in 1967, TSS began through teaching about the natural world and the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem together through the study of nature and

place-based education Place-based education, sometimes called pedagogy of place, place-based learning, experiential education, community-based education, education for sustainability, environmental education or more rarely, service learning, is an educational philosoph ...

. Teton Science Schools serves students from across Wyoming, the Intermountain West, the nation and around the world. Teton Science Schools operate place-based programs for students, adults and families, wildlife expeditions, field science education programs, a graduate program in place-based field science education, education learning programs for teachers, and two independent schools. In 2015, the organization integrated the Murie Center, a nonprofit conservation organization located on the Murie Ranch in

Moose, Wyoming Moose is an unincorporated community in Teton County, Wyoming, in the Jackson Hole valley. It has a US Post Office, with the zip code of 83012. The town is located within Grand Teton National Park along the banks of the Snake River. It is populat ...

Structure

Teton Science Schools is a private, 501(c)(3) non-profit educational organization, operating year-round in Jackson Hole, Wyoming in partnership with Grand Teton National Park and as a permittee of the Bridger-Teton National Forest.

Campuses

* Jackson Campus - the main campus is located on a 900-acre site in Jackson Hole, which include educational, residential and dining buildings. The Mountain Academy of Teton Science Schools, formerly the Journeys School, a pre-K through 12th grade independent school operated by TSS, is located here. * Kelly Campus - the original campus of TSS opened in 1973 in the

Ramshorn Dude Ranch Lodge The Ramshorn Dude Ranch Lodge in Grand Teton National Park was built after 1935 by mountaineers Paul Petzoldt, founder of the National Outdoor Leadership School, and Gustav Koven. The property that became the Ramshorn Ranch was originally establi ...

of the former Elbo Ranch inside Grand Teton National Park. Consisting of rustic log buildings preserved in an historic western setting, the site includes classroom, dining and residential buildings for students and participants in the Graduate Program. The Murie Museum houses a collection of over 600 bird study skins, over 1000 mammal study skins, skulls from almost every family of North American mammals and hundreds of plant specimens. * Murie Ranch - former home of the Murie Center, the site is associated with the conservationists

Olaus Murie Olaus Johan Murie (March 1, 1889 – October 21, 1963), called the "father of modern elk management", Teachers > Culture > Living in Kenai Fjords was a naturalist, author, and wildlife biologist who did groundbreaking field research on a variety ...

, his wife Margaret (Mardy) Murie and scientist Adolph Murie and his wife Louise. * Teton Valley Community School - serves pre-K through 8th grade, located on a 10 acre-campus in Victor, Idaho

References

External links

Teton Science Schools
- official website {{Coord, 43, 29, 26, N, 110, 48, 41, W, region:US-WY, display=title Outdoor education organizations Jackson, Wyoming Schools in Teton County, Wyoming Environmental organizations based in Wyoming Grand Teton National Park Bridger–Teton National Forest Organizations established in 1967 1967 establishments in the United States