New PLT Activities Pilot Tested
We have completed a pilot test of five new PLT activities for grades K-8 with both formal and non-formal educators across the county.
Search Results for: trees
STEM: Resource-Go-Round
Students identify some of their favorite and essential products that come from a renewable resource—trees!—and research how they are manufactured.
Better Together: Mutualistic Relationships Between Plants and Insects
Plants help protect insects, and insects help plants pollinate and disperse seeds. Learn about some specialized symbiotic relationships that benefit both organisms involved.
What’s Growing in Your Garden?
Project Learning Tree schools share lessons teachers learned after starting a class garden.
New Tree Campus K-12 Program of the Arbor Day Foundation
A new recognition program of the Arbor Day Foundation provides a simple framework and resources for using trees as a learning tool for students.
Most Unwanted: Invasive Insects in U.S. Forests
An invasive species is any kind of organism that is not native to an ecosystem and causes harm to the environment, economy and possibly even human health. Lymantria dispar, Asian longhorned beetles, emerald ash borers, and woolly adelgids are among the growing list of invasive insects that threaten U.S. forests and urban landscapes.
PLT’s Leadership in Education Award
PLT’s Leadership in Education Award recognizes those who make significant contributions to advance PLT programs and initiatives at the state or regional level.
See You on the Trail that Students Built!
With PLT GreenWorks! grants, students in Alabama, Indiana and Michigan took the lead to restore, design and build nature trails, learning about ecosystems and forest health.
Brian Plankis
Outstanding Educator
Environmental Education Consultant in Indianapolis, Indiana, and Research Fellow, NewKnowledge Brian Plankis is an environmental education consultant who works with under-served K-6 schools in Indianapolis …
Ed Lewis
Outstanding Educator
Ed Lewis is a Procurement Forester for Westrock, one of the world’s largest paper and packaging companies. Ed sources wood from sustainably managed forests in …