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Project Learning Tree is an award-winning environmental education program designed for teachers and other educators, parents, and community leaders working with youth from preschool through grade 12. PLT’s Biodiversity Blitz features three activities from PLT’s new Explore Your Environment: K-8 Activity Guide.
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Connecting for Health and Planet is a downloadable, password protected PDF for educators of students in grades 3-5 that invites young learners to investigate how being outside—and among trees, specifically—provides people with many different physical, emotional, social, and learning benefits.
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Project Learning Tree is an award-winning environmental education program designed for teachers and other educators, parents, and community leaders working with youth from preschool through grade 12. PLT’s Discover Your Urban Forest features three activities from PLT’s new Explore Your Environment: K-8 Activity Guide.
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PLT’s new Explore Your Environment: K-8 Activity Guide includes 50 hands-on, multidisciplinary activities to connect children to nature and increase young people’s awareness and knowledge about their environment. Activities integrate teaching about the environment into a multitude of subjects using hands-on classroom studies and outdoor field investigations. The guide is user-friendly, and works in classrooms and nonformal settings, in urban, suburban, and rural areas.
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PLT’s New Activity Collection for Grades 9-10: Forests, Water & People Project Learning Tree’s newest activity collection includes three inquiry-based lessons that examine the connections between forests and watersheds while investigating their impacts on communities. PLT and the USDA Forest Service collaborated to create a special digital activity collection – Forests, Water & People. The lessons are designed for educators to use with learners in grades 9-10, with variations for grades 6-8.
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Project Learning Tree’s Energy Investigation is one of five hands-on, student-driven investigations in PLT's GreenSchools program where students investigate how much energy their school uses, the main sources of that energy, and ways to implement energy-saving strategies. The Investigation details specific things for students to measure and observe, along with student worksheets to fill out and guidance on how to combine data collected into a school-wide analysis.
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Project Learning Tree’s Water Investigation is one of five hands-on, student-driven investigations at the heart of PLT's GreenSchools program where students investigate the source, cost, and quality of their school's water supply, and ways to enhance current water conservation practices. The Investigation details specific things for students to measure and observe, along with student worksheets to fill out and guidance on how to combine data collected into a school-wide analysis.
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PLT's GreenSchools program inspires students to improve 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!
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Project Learning Tree’s Environmental Quality Investigation is one of five hands-on, student-driven investigations at the heart of PLT's GreenSchools program where students investigate areas where improvements can be made in indoor air quality, transportation, chemical use, and more. The Investigation details specific things for students to measure and observe, along with student worksheets to fill out and guidance on how to combine data collected into a school-wide analysis.
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Project Learning Tree’s School Site Investigation is one of five hands on, student-driven investigations at the heart of PLT's GreenSchools program where students investigate natural habitats, wildlife, trees, grounds maintenance practices, and ways to make improvements to their school site.
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Encouraging children to spend time outside in nature can improve their creativity and imagination, classroom performance and academic achievement, as well as their overall health and fitness. If you’re looking for entertaining and educational ways to engage children or grandchildren in the outdoors, Project Learning Tree’s Nature Activities for Families booklet is ideal.
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