Research on the school grounds can be usefully carried out for different reasons. Develop a plan to redesign based on children's existing uses and an evaluation of existing resources. This can be valuable for children's free play time both during and after school hours. Develop a plan for the improved management and rules of the school grounds for play and recreation. Sometimes limited indoor space can be extended through the modification of the outdoors into spaces of different sizes and with a variety of furniture arrangements.
Many rural schools have farms and gardens to teach about growing plants.
Some schools have now gone the next step. Children learn to manage the environment in a manner that helps them learn about both conservation of nature and agricultural production. The school grounds need to be developed in a way that maximizes its value to all users. The entire school population, children and staff, should be involved in the research, planning and design of any transformations to be made. A great deal of progress can be made at this survey stage of the process by working as a class even though later on it will be necessary to bring in the remainder of the users of the school grounds.