Engage middle school aged youth in learning about trees, forests, and sustainable forest management and help grow the next generation of environmental stewards with Learn About Forests, which includes 12 free, hands-on activities to use with ages 10 to 16.
Creating more green spaces can not only add natural beauty to cities, but it can also improve the health and well-being of its residents. Get your students inspired to add green spaces to urban areas.
Can one little hideaway be a home to a host of woodland creatures? Learn about a Russian folk tale and encourage early learning along the way.
Soil is unbelievably important for forests and all of life on earth. Help youth understand the negative effects of erosion and encourage soil development with our article and student activity ideas.
Go back to My K-8 Guide Most activities in PLT’s Explore Your Environment: K-8 Activity Guide feature a Forest Fact that presents insight into how …
Go back to My K-8 Guide Each student page in PLT’s Explore Your Environment: K-8 Activity Guide includes a Career Corner that introduces students to …
Never underestimate the power of a tree! In addition to giving us an amazing array of paper and wood products, trees provide a host of …
Trees come in many shapes and sizes. Students become familiar with tree structure and scale by using different methods to measure them and by making …
Tree species can be identified by looking at several different features: leaves, bark, twigs, flowers, fruit, and seeds. Even the overall shape of a tree …
Students will look for signs of autumn and conduct an investigation to discover why the leaves of deciduous trees change color in the fall. For …
