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The town of Farragut owns the outdoor classroom property on Campbell Station Road at Farragut High School. It’s difficult for students and teachers to use the outdoor classroom as much as they’d like. Ivy Zhang/Hellbender Press

An educational outing to a living laboratory by the high school is considered a field trip

Hellbender Press intern Ivy Zhang is a junior at Farragut High School. She plans a career in journalism and digital media. 

KNOXVILLE  — The best place to learn about the natural environment is not in a classroom. It’s outside.

Teachers and students at Farragut High School said the school’s outdoor classroom improves academic performance and there is a schoolwide desire to utilize it even more as an educational resource.

Students show more interest in learning when they are outside in a calming, natural environment, teachers said. And for those studying the biological sciences, outdoor classrooms serve as a living laboratory for the study of soils, trees, plants, animals, insects and other natural resources.