STEM: A Look at Lifestyles
Use this PLT activity to examine products in today’s technology-based world and reflect on present, past, and future attitudes toward natural resource consumption.
The Branch Archive
PLT Awards 63 GreenWorks! Grants for Service-Learning Projects
Project Learning Tree has awarded 63 GreenWorks! grants to schools and organizations across the country to involve students in community-based environmental projects. Nearly 14,000 students in 33 states and the District of Columbia will participate in the different projects. GreenWorks! is the service-learning component of Project Learning Tree that engages educators, students, and their… Read more »
Recycling Myths Busted
What does the recycling symbol represent? If you answered, “reduce, reuse, recycle”, that is incorrect! Read on for more recycling myths busted…
STEM: Improve Your Place
Help students use Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math applications to identify ways they can improve their school or neighborhood.
Leaves
Leaves Grades K to 2 ISBN-10: 0399246363 Putnam Juvenile, 2007 Recommended Reading This book’s warm and vibrant colors invite early childhood listeners to enjoy the topic of the season. The author, David Stein, takes the viewpoint of a first-year bear cub as he encounters this seasonal change for the first time, such as leaves… Read more »
Teaching and Learning Ecologically
Education is my passion, and I am fortunate to enjoy it as a career. As Manager of Education Programs with the Project Learning Tree (PLT) national office in Washington, D.C., I help create PLT’s PreK-12 activities and design professional development programs for educators. For nearly a decade, I have been immersed in the field of environmental education.
Rejuvenate Your School Garden in September
A Master Gardener shares his check list of things to do in the garden in September.
Moving Beyond the 3R’s: Extending PLT Activities to Meet Education Trends
Mississippi Governor, Phil Bryant, proclaimed that STEM education (science, technology, engineering, and math) is the gateway to attracting more high paying jobs and has placed an increased emphasis on STEM subjects in classrooms across the state. In addition, the Mississippi Department of Education has highlighted the importance of these subject areas for the state’s current… Read more »
STEM: Every Drop Counts
Help students cut back on water waste using these Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math applications.
Trout Are Made Of Trees
Trout Are Made Of Trees Grades K to 2 ISBN-13: 978-1580891387 Charlesbridge, 2008 Authored by April Pulley Sayre Illustrated by Kate Endle Recommended Reading Leaves and bacteria, insects and fish, bears, and people, too—are all a part of one big circle of growing and eating and living. This book’s simple and engaging text explains… Read more »