STEM: Field, Forest, and Stream
Students investigate the interactions between living and non-living components in three local ecosystems with Project Learning Tree’s Field, Forest, and Stream activity.
Resources for Lessons
Over and Under the Snow
Use this book with grades K-4 to explore winter habitats, biodiversity, and even predator-prey relationships that all take place over and under the snow.
Ideas for Young Learners to Explore Sounds Around Their Neighborhood
Sounds abound in every school yard! This activity encourages PreK-2 learners to explore sounds all around their neighborhood and compare how sounds change from one season to the next.
How I Got Environmental Education into My Kids’ Classroom
A parent finds a way to introduce environmental education and PLT into busy teachers’ schedules at her own children’s school.
How-To Videos for Conducting PLT Activities with Your Students
Watch these videos of some of PLT’s most popular activities in action. The videos accompany our new online professional development courses.
The Three Questions
Who do you trust? Using the different and diverse perspectives of his animal friends, a young boy ultimately finds the answers he searches for.
STEM: Signs of Fall
Engage students in STEM teaching and learning as they investigate the variables that cause leaves to change color with PLT’s Activity 78: Signs of Fall.
Tree Factory Activity Helps Students Learn How a Tree Functions
Print out these useful cards for students to wear as giant name tags next time you facilitate PLT’s Activity 63: Tree Factory in your classroom.
Flashlight
Using no words and a dramatic color palate, this book follows a little boy who leaves his tent to explore the environment in the dark.
Activities to Teach About Forests in the Place You Live
Combine lessons from these two resources to stimulate higher level thinking in your students and spark discussions about the value of trees where you live.