In the book, Jina Jeong: Project Nature, a young girl named Jina realizes this very fact when she’s out for a hike with her family. However, upon visiting the nature center, she learns that many children don’t have access to parks and have never been hiking or camping. This lights a fire in her belly to help more children spend time in nature.
The Minnesota DNR’s forestry education program recently adapted seven classic PLT activities to include Ojibwe and Dakota culture and knowledge.
Follow the story of Fatima and the Khazi family, immigrants to the United States, on their very first camping trip together and gain insight into diverse cultural perspectives around the outdoors.
Told entirely in verse, Forest World embraces a hybrid form of storytelling. Use this novel with students to explore poetry, increase their understanding of forest biodiversity, learn how to make your own paper, and much more!
