STEM: Adopt a Tree
Encourage a greater understanding of your local environment and a tree’s place in it using this STEM focused activity.
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Why Teach Outside in Winter?
Teaching outside year-round is a rewarding experience for students of all ages. Teachers in Maine share how to make winter outdoor learning safe and fun.
Top 10 Benefits of Environmental Education
Enthusiasm for learning. Empowered to make a difference. Improved health and academic performance. Just some of the benefits of EE for youth, educators, schools, communities.
What Makes Trees So Colorful in the Fall?
Visible and invisible changes happen in leaves this season. Explore these changes and how to use a classic PLT activity to teach about fall colors.
Nature Recycles, How About You?
Nature Recycles, How About You? Grades K-5 ISBN: 9781607186274 Sylvan Dell Publishing, 2013 Authored by Michelle Lord Illustrated by Cathy Morrison Recommended Reading Nature Recycles is an ideal book to introduce reuse and recycling to young children. By showcasing the various methods animals use to repurpose materials in their natural habitats, this book provides… Read more »
STEM: Pass the Plants, Please
Show your students how many of their favorite foods come from plants and engage them in real-world STEM learning.
Nature Journaling Ideas
Discover how experiential learning across all subjects can be achieved by encouraging your students to use a nature journal.
Energy: Reading for Grades 3-5
Literature Connections are a leading feature of all PLT materials, including our energy curriculum. Explore the reading recommendations below or download the full list. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Young Readers Editionby Bryan Mealer A fourteen year old boy figures out how to bring power to his village by constructing a windmill from junkyard scraps. He figures… Read more »
Lesson Plans to Support Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax
Download these six Project Learning Tree activities to support “teachable moments” related to this classic children’s book and film.
Students Across the Country Exchange Forests
A foundation of PLT’s broad-based curriculum is support and enrichment of a variety of teaching and learning opportunities for teachers and students alike. PLT activities are well known for being multi-disciplinary. The activities themselves, and their suggestions for enhancement, incorporate multiple subject areas. A prime example is PLT’s “Environmental Exchange Box” Activity, which can be… Read more »