Learning on the Tree Farm and in the Classroom
A teacher shares her story about how hands-on activities used inside and outside the classroom can help students gain knowledge and an appreciation for the environment.
Nonformal
Outstanding Educator
Gail Lutowski
Gail Lutowski is an education program specialist for the Mary Kahrs Warnell Forest Education Center in Guyton, Georgia, whose programs have reached over 20,000 people.
Outstanding Educator
Melanie Cornelius
Melanie Cornelius is an elementary science instruction specialist in Frisco Independent School District, Frisco, Texas, who helps teachers in 22 schools deliver science education.
Outstanding Educator
John Wainscott
John Wainscott, acting area manager and mid-rotation forester at Weyerhaeuser Company in Hot Springs, Arkansas, teaches about forestry through forest tours and classroom visits.
Outstanding Educator
Larry Raymond
Larry Raymond is the director of parks and recreation for Caddo Parish Commission in Shreveport, Louisiana, and has conducted PLT workshops for 20 years.
Outstanding Educator
Beth Girard
Beth Girard is Acting School Forest Coordinator at the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry, in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Outstanding Educator
Anne Bohnet
Anne Bohnet directs the Science and Technology Enrichment Program for grades 3-12 at the Ruth Patrick Science Education Center in Aiken, South Carolina.
Outstanding Educator
Auburn Carpenter
Auburn Carpenter is the education projects manager at Texas State Aquarium in Corpus Christi, where she uses PLT in a vidoconferencing series to reach students.
Outstanding Educator
Ellen Reynolds
Ellen Reynolds is the executive director of the nonprofit Beagle Ridge Environmental Education Center in Wytheville, Virginia, and provides educational programs to three counties.