Nature is a great teacher! Try these activity ideas from Project Learning Tree to connect the children in your life to the outdoors and nature. Suitable for children ages 3 – 15, some activities work better for younger children, others are more suited for older children. The way you present them will change depending on… [read more]
Service Learning Grants Available
Do your students have an idea for a project, but need help funding it? If you are in Southern Vermont, and work with high school students, you could qualify for a $1,000 service learning grant from Vermont PLT and the American Forest Foundation (AFF). AFF is funding hands-on, authentic service learning projects for high schools… [read more]
Experiencing Trees Through the Seasons with PLT
The Family Center of Washington County partners with Vermont PLT to offer high quality thematic professional development seasonally for early childhood professionals in the region. Late September brought a workshop based around autumn studies, Experiencing Trees through the Seasons. Over 35 home childcare providers, and early educators attended this two hour evening workshop. They experienced a… [read more]
PLT and Vermont Envirothon at YES!
Vermont Project Learning Tree exhibited with Vermont Envirothon at the Youth Environmental Summit (YES!) at the Barre Auditorium on Wednesday November 2. Middle and high school students from all over Vermont attended this environmental summit, participating and presenting workshops on environmental action in their schools and communities. YES! is hosted by UVM Extension. Keep an… [read more]
Service Learning with Invasives Workshop
NorthWoods Stewardship Center in East Charleston hosted a Service Learning with Invasives and Project Learning Tree workshop. Middle and high school teachers explored ways to facilitate authentic service learning projects with students using Green Teacher and Project Learning Tree high school modules. This seven hour workshop included hands on invasive plant mitigation practice and exploring… [read more]
Northfield Green Team at YES
Northfield Middle School Green team students shared their success at the Youth Environmental Summit November 5, 2015 at Barre Auditorium with other middle and high school students from around Vermont. Under the leadership of Guidance Counselor Jerry Cassels, these students applied for and received a GreenWorks grant from National Project Learning Tree. This grant funded… [read more]
Online Project Learning Tree Workshops Now Available
Project Learning Tree’s awarding-winning, multi-disciplinary curriculum resources teach students how to think, not what to think. PLT develops critical thinking, problem solving, and effective decision-making skills. Independent evaluators confirm PLT increases students’ knowledge, reasoning, and academic skills. Join the 650,000 educators across the country who use PLT’s flexible materials to bring the environment into their… [read more]
Educator Workshops
Would you like to learn some new, fun outdoor and indoor activities to share with children? Request a Project Learning Tree workshop in your community. Workshops vary in length from two to fifteen hours and cover a wide range of topics. All curriculum materials are aligned to the new Common Core and Next Generation Science… [read more]
Outdoor Learning
Marilyn Thompson and Linda Burnett found success in teaching students at the Mountain School at Winhall outdoors after participating in a Project Learning Tree facilitator training at Seyon Lodge State Park in 2010. Since then they trained all their colleagues at the school in PLT and made the school grounds into an effective outdoor classroom.… [read more]
Natural World Wednesdays
A group of five year olds gather sticks in the woods in one of Burlington’s City Forests, together they are building shelters. While other children across the city are playing video games, these children are experiencing Natural World Wednesdays with Yvette Mason, Recreation Specialist with Burlington Parks and Recreation. Yvette participated in a Project Learning… [read more]