October 13, 2019 | By Tammy Brown | Educator Tips, Getting Started
Some animals, insects, and organisms have evolved to produce light for various reasons. Capture your students’ curiosity and love of learning by using bioluminescence as a springboard into the world of luminescence. There are many ways of adapting glow-in-the-dark lessons to a variety of subjects and grade levels.
October 11, 2019 | By Project Learning Tree | Recommended Reading
A Day in a Forested Wetland Grades K-3 Written by: Kevin Kurtz Illustrated by: Sherry Neidigh Published by: Arbordale, 2018 ISBN-13: 978-1628559125 Recommended Reading A continuation of Kevin Kurtz’s award-winning “A Day In” series once again delights readers with a rhythmic, scientifically-sound look into a typical day for the animals that call the soggy forest… Read more »
October 4, 2019 | By Project Learning Tree | Educator Tips, Getting Started
Bat Week is Oct 24-Oct 31! Use this annual celebration timed with Halloween to teach kids about the important role bats play in nature. As insect eaters, pollinators, and seed spreaders, bats provide critical services for our ecosystem. Share these facts about bats with your students… Read more »
September 23, 2019 | By Tammy Brown | Educator Tips
Supplement your curriculum across subject areas with these 8 easy activities with a sustainability theme for middle school students.
September 23, 2019 | By Jackie Stallard | News
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.
September 8, 2019 | By Vanessa Bullwinkle | News
Project Learning Tree’s Carbon & Climate curriculum for grades 6-8 has been selected a Learning magazine 2020 Teachers’ Choice Award for the Classroom winner.
August 8, 2019 | By Mark Haskell | STEM Strategy
Students identify some of their favorite and essential products that come from a renewable resource—trees!—and research how they are manufactured.
August 7, 2019 | By Tammy Brown | Educator Tips, Getting Started
Plants help protect insects, and insects help plants pollinate and disperse seeds. Learn about some specialized symbiotic relationships that benefit both organisms involved.
August 6, 2019 | By Vanessa Bullwinkle | News
A new recognition program of the Arbor Day Foundation provides a simple framework and resources for using trees as a learning tool for students.
July 7, 2019 | By Project Learning Tree | EE Resource
Watch this 13-minute video to learn about what the U.S. Forest Service is doing to help our forests as we deal with a changing climate. The video is approximately 13 minutes long; suggested stopping points are at 8:17 and 10:35 for discussion. Alternatively, you may decide to have students watch the video for homework.