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Energy in Ecosystems
Keyword(s):
Elementary
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Project Learning Tree's e-units are self-contained units of instruction that are fully online. These multi-disciplinary lessons are designed to be easy for teachers to access and use. The activities are flexible, can be easily incorporated into your existing curriculum.
The e-units are everything you expect from PLT: hands-on and engaging activities that help teach students how – not what – to think about the environment and their place within it. Lessons are designed to develop students’ critical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
Importantly, activities are:
• constructed around – rather than simply correlated to – targeted performance
expectations of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).
• aligned with the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and
Math
• aligned with the College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social
Studies
• organized around the 5E Instructional Model – engage, explore, explain,
elaborate, and evaluate.
Product Type:
Online Course
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E-Unit
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What’s included:
1. Self-paced online workshop (approximately 3 hours)
6 coursels (each a 20–30-minute learning experience)
Video demonstrations of select PLT activities
Lesson planning exercises to help you plan how to facilitate activities with your students in your own setting
Certificate of completion
Some states offer continuing education credits and state-specific supplemental resources. For more information,
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Carbon & Climate
Keyword(s):
Elementary and Middle
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Product Features:
Project Learning Tree's e-units are self-contained units of instruction that are fully online. These multi-disciplinary lessons are designed to be easy for teachers to access and use. The activities are flexible, can be easily incorporated into your existing curriculum.
The e-units are everything you expect from PLT: hands-on and engaging activities that help teach students how – not what – to think about the environment and their place within it. Lessons are designed to develop students’ critical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
Importantly, activities are:
• constructed around – rather than simply correlated to – targeted performance
expectations of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).
• aligned with the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and
Math
• aligned with the College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social
Studies
• organized around the 5E Instructional Model – engage, explore, explain,
elaborate, and evaluate.
Product Type:
Online Course
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E-Unit
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What’s included:
1. Self-paced online workshop (approximately 3 hours)
6 coursels (each a 20–30-minute learning experience)
Video demonstrations of select PLT activities
Lesson planning exercises to help you plan how to facilitate activities with your students in your own setting
Certificate of completion
Some states offer continuing education credits and state-specific supplemental resources. For more information,
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Nature Activities for Families
Keyword(s):
Early Childhood;
Elementary & Middle
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These fun and easy-to-do activities are perfect for parents – and grandparents – to help introduce children to nature in your own yard and local parks. Use PLT’s Nature Activities for Families to take children outdoors in ways that are safe, fun, and full of learning!
Product Type:
Printed Guide
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What's included:
Over 30 family activities to try while walking in the forest, visiting a local park, or exploring your own backyard.
There are also family activities to do around your home, while indoors on a rainy day, or when you just can’t get outside! You’ll discover easy ways to green your home – and save money.
Suitable for children ages 3 - 15, some activities work better for younger children, while others
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Environmental Experiences for Early Childhood (Online Course + E-Book)
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Project Learning Tree's award-winning early childhood materials help you safely take your young learners outdoors and bring nature into the classroom, whether you live in an urban, suburban, or rural community.
Product Type:
Online Course;
E-Book
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Developed with preschool educators and early childhood specialists, PLT’s Environmental Experiences for Early Childhood guide is specifically designed for educators who work with children ages 3 to 6. The activities help teach reading, writing, science, math, and motor skills to young learners. They are correlated to NAEYC Standards and Head Start Child Outcomes Framework.
What’s Included:
1. Self-paced online workshop (approximately
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Environmental Education for K-8 (Online Course + E-Book)
Keyword(s):
Elementary and Middle
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Project Learning Tree's multi-disciplinary, hands-on activities make teaching and learning fun! Use the environment to engage your students in learning – both outside and indoors – in urban, suburban, or rural settings. PLT teaches students how to think, not what to think about the environment. Activities are designed to develop students’ critical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
Lesson plans are flexible and can be easily incorporated into existing curriculum or non-formal education programs. The activities are correlated to state and national academic standards, including Common Core, and have an emphasis on STEM. Join the 650,000 educators across the country who use PLT’s award-winning materials with their students. Independent evaluators determined PLT increases students’ knowledge, reasoning, and academic skills.
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Online Course;
E-Book
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E-Book
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What’s included:
1. Self-paced online workshop (approximately 4 hours)
7 coursels (each a 20–30-minute learning experience)
Engaging and interactive learning experiences demonstrate select PLT activities with simulations and video demonstrations
Lesson planning exercises help you plan how to facilitate activities with your students in your own setting
Review this course Welcome Letter for more information
The course
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Energy & Society Kit
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Students learn to investigate environmental issues related to energy's role in society. This award-winning kit is filled with activities, music, videos, and classroom resources to help you teach about energy.
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Printed Guide
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Developed for both formal and nonformal educators, Energy & Society helps students learn about energy sources and uses. It develops their critical thinking skills to help them make decisions about their personal energy use. In addition to hands-on activities, Energy & Society integrates music and dance to enhance children’s study of energy issues.
Designed for best use with grades 4-8, the kit includes an activity guide, an award-winning
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GreenSchools Online Course
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Project Learning Tree is an award-winning, multi-disciplinary environmental education program that teaches students how to think, not what to think. PLT’s GreenSchools program inspires students to improve the environment at their school, home, and in their community. This nationwide service-learning program provides training and resources for teachers and students to reduce their school’s environmental impact, improve health, and save money. Give your students the opportunity to apply their STEM skills to make a difference in their world!
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Online Course
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Complete this online course for tips on starting a GreenSchools program, how to obtain equipment and collect data, and ways to empower your students to design and lead an action project.
In this self-paced online workshop (approximately 6 hours), you will:
Get an introduction to PLT’s GreenSchools program
Learn how to effectively engage your students in conducting each of the five investigations (Energy, School Site, Waste and Recycling,
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GreenSchools Investigations
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Printed Guide
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PLT's GreenSchools program inspires students to take personal responsibility for improving the environment at their school, at home, and in their community. Student-led Green Teams apply STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) to create greener and healthier schools - and save schools money!
Five hands-on, student-driven investigations are at the heart of PLT's GreenSchools program. Get PLT's GreenSchools Investigations in a single spiral-bound,
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Exploring Environmental Issues: Biodiversity
Keyword(s):
Secondary
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Printed Guide;
E-Book
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E-Book
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In this Project Learning Tree high school module, students learn that decisions about growth and development, energy use and water quality, and even human health, all rest to some extent on perspectives about biodiversity. Educators and students step back from biodiversity issues and specific species to examine broader concepts and larger connections—not just biological, but political, cultural, ethical, and economic as well.
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Exploring Environmental Issues: Focus on Risk Biotechnology Supplement
Keyword(s):
Secondary
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The word “biotechnology” usually conjures images of modern techniques and topics of controversy such as cloning, stem cell research, and genetically modified organisms. However, the practice of manipulating organisms to create a product has long been used by human societies.
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Printed Guide;
E-Book
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Teaching biotechnology in the classroom can be a wonderful way to increase student interest in science and technology while at the same time showcasing what biotechnology can do for us, and how much it is part of our everyday lives.
Project Learning Tree’s Biotechnology module is designed for high school and community college educators in the fields of Biology, Environmental Science, Social Studies, and Agriculture. A special effort has
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