22 Holiday Craft Ideas Using Natural Materials
Working with natural materials helps students form deeper connections with the outside world. Try these holiday craft ideas using natural materials.
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Theme-based Activity Collections
PLT’s hands-on activity collections offers fun and multi-disciplinary activities that connect youth in grades K-2, 3-5, and 6-8 to nature and the outdoors.
New PLT Activity Collections: Biodiversity Blitz for Grade 3-5
Biodiversity Blitz is the third in a new series of theme-based PLT activity collections. It features three PLT activities for educators of students in grades 3-5 that invite learners to investigate the variety of species in an ecosystem, and how this variety – or biodiversity – helps sustain life on Earth.
Virtual Makeover: The Closer You Look
Colorado PLT Coordinator Danielle Ardrey shares how to adapt the PLT Activity “The Closer You Look” for remote instruction. Students will go outdoors or view pictures to take a closer look at trees and their parts.
Grades K-2 Activity – The Closer You Look
Even though students may be very familiar with trees, they may not have thought much about the actual structure of a tree. In this activity, …
Grades K-2 Activity – Adopt a Tree
Students select individual trees to observe over time, deepening their awareness of tree changes and developing a greater appreciation for their local environment. To get …
Grades K-2 Activity – Peppermint Beetle
Students explore their sense of smell and discover why smell is important to animals, including beetles and humans. To get this activity, purchase it from Shop.PLT.org as …
Learn About Forests
Engage middle school aged youth in learning about trees, forests, and sustainable forest management with PLT’s ready-to-use, hands-on activities. Click the “View Family Activity” …
Virtual Makeover: Sounds Around
Learn how to adapt our “Sounds Around” student activity for remote instruction, allowing students to tune in to the everyday sounds of nature from home or a nearby outdoor space.
Using the Power of Education to Build Resilient Communities
I’m excited by my new role at PLT where I can channel my passion for community sustainability and urban forestry into my day-to-day work. PLT’s Discover Your Urban Forest activity collection for middle school teachers is a great example of the kind of PLT resources to engage youth who will be leading voices on sustainability challenges like climate change in the years to come.