PROJECT LEARNING TREE

Environmental Education for North Dakota

CONTENTS:

• What is Project Learning Tree?
• Elementary and Secondary Curriculum
• The Benefits of PLT
• Workshops - How Do I Get PLT?
• Roots of PLT
• Free Resource Material
• Hot Topics
• Links to National PLT, ND Forest Service and more!
• For More Information
• E-mail

What is Project Learning Tree?

Since its introduction in the early 1970s, Project Learning Tree (PLT) has been recognized as one of the premier environmental education programs in the nation. PLT provides hands-on, interdisciplinary activities designed for teachers, natural resource professionals, and youth group leaders working with students in grades PreK-12.

PLT uses the forest as a "window" into natural and built environments, helping people gain an awareness and knowledge of the world around them, as well as their place within it.

PLT is a source of interdisciplinary activities and provides workshops and in-service programs for teachers, foresters, park and nature center staff, and youth group leaders.

PLT is people! It is an international network of students, teachers, parents, community leaders, educational administrators, and representatives from the forest and paper industry, resource agencies, and conservation groups.

PLT works in the city and the country, whether there is a forest or a single tree.

PLT helps prepare students to make wise decisions about conservation practices and resource use.

Mission

PLT uses the forest as a "window into the world," to increase students' understanding of our complex environment; stimulate critical and creative thinking; develop the ability to make informed decisions on environmental issues; and instill the confidence and commitment to take responsible action on them.

Goals

• Create awareness, appreciation, understanding, skills, and commitment to address environmental issues.
• Provide a framework for students to apply scientific processes and higher order thinking skills to resolve environmental problems.
• Increase appreciation and tolerance of diverse viewpoints on environmental issues by developing attitudes and actions based on analysis and evaluation of the available information.
• Stimulate creativity, originality, and flexibility to resolve environmental problems and issues.
• Encourage students to become responsible, productive, and participatory members of society.

How Do I Get Project Learning Tree?

Attending a workshop is the only way to receive either a PreK-8 guide book or the high school modules.

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