Southeastern Forests and Climate Change
PLT’s newest secondary module teaches about climate change impacts on forest ecosystems, carbon sequestration, strategies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, adapting to changing climatic conditions.
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Help Students Work Out a Land Issue with Forest Consequences
A PLT Outstanding Educator shares her adaptations and useful resources for conducting Project Learning Tree’s Forest Consequences lesson from the PreK-8 Environmental Education Activity Guide.
STEM: Looking at Leaves
Engage students in STEM to examine the physical characteristics of leaves and investigate how they can be used to identify trees with Project Learning Tree’s Looking At Leaves activity.
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Project Learning Tree is committed to advancing environmental education, forest literacy, and green career pathways, using trees and forests as windows on the world. Our award-winning …
Nature Activities for Families
Project Learning Tree has published many more “Connecting Kids to Nature” family activities as well as a new set of “Green Your Home” checklists.
Wild Ones, Observing City Critters
Grade K-5 readers are invited to play a game of I Spy to find urban wildlife along with this story’s main character, a family dog named Scooter.
PLT Seeks K-2 Teachers to Review New Science Unit
Project Learning Tree has drafted a new K-2 instructional unit, founded on NGSS Performance Expectations. Stipends are available for teachers selected to review the content.
LEARNING IS IN OUR NATURE
Activities and resources to engage children in learning about the environment through the lens of trees and forests. SEE PLT IN ACTION
GreenSchools for Early Childhood
Five GreenSchools Investigations develop the skills of younger learners while teaching young children about their environment and how they can make a difference.
Burst into Spring with Project BudBurst and PLT!
Get your students to contribute to scientific research by joining thousands of others in gathering environmental and climate change information from across the country.