The Branch Archive : 2018

Video: PLT Takes Teaching Outdoors

Teachers, kindergartners and 5th graders share their experiences using PLT activities like Every Tree for Itself, Tree Cookies, Renewable or Not, and Web of Life while on a field trip to Gully Branch tree farm in Georgia.

Highlights from PLT’s 32nd International Coordinators’ Conference

  The 2018 Project Learning Tree International Coordinators’ Conference was held June 4-7 in Cody, Wyoming. Now in its 32nd year, our annual conference provides professional development, networking, and information about new initiatives to PLT’s partners who deliver high quality environmental education programming to educators across the country and internationally, too. A New Home with… Read more »

PLT’s Leadership in Education Award

PLT’s new Leadership in Education Award is designed to recognize individuals and partners who have made significant contributions to support PLT programs and initiatives at the state-level. Join us in celebrating this year’s winners and honorees who represent our diverse network and all those who help sustain and grow PLT state programs.

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What Do Honey Bees Eat?

For honey bees to produce honey, they consume pollen and nectar from a variety of flowers. Honey bees are attracted to gardens and fields that offer a variety of flowering vegetation. In addition, they need water. Kim Flottum, editor of the Bee Culture magazine, writes in his book The Backyard Beekeeper: An Absolute Beginner’s Guide to… Read more »

Summer Institutes for Teachers

This in-depth professional development includes critical thinking, lesson planning, time outdoors, and lots of resources to incorporate teaching about forests and forestry into your classroom.

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Climate Science Toolkit: Kids’ Crossing

Designed by the National Center for Atmospheric Research and the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Kids’ Crossing engages students in grades 5-9 in learning about atmospheric and Earth science content with activities, games, and factsheets. For example, students can make a cloud, make a tornado in a bottle, dissect hailstones, and create homemade lightning using this Atmospheric Science… Read more »