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Tree Planting Tips

Ready, set, plant! Tree planting tips for your class, community group, or family to use when planting trees.

STEM: A Look at Lifestyles

Use this PLT activity to examine products in today’s technology-based world and reflect on present, past, and future attitudes toward natural resource consumption.

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Recycling Myths Busted

What does the recycling symbol represent? If you answered, “reduce, reuse, recycle”, that is incorrect! Read on for more recycling myths busted…

STEM: Improve Your Place

Help students use Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math applications to identify ways they can improve their school or neighborhood.

Teaching and Learning Ecologically

Education is my passion, and I am fortunate to enjoy it as a career. As Manager of Education Programs with the Project Learning Tree (PLT) national office in Washington, D.C., I help create PLT’s PreK-12 activities and design professional development programs for educators. For nearly a decade, I have been immersed in the field of environmental education.

STEM: Every Drop Counts

Help students cut back on water waste using these Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math applications.

Raising Salmon in the Classroom

Raising salmon in your classroom is a truly unique learning experience. Seventh grade students in Michigan raised and released salmon as part of a year-long project.