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VT Project Learning Tree

Vermont Project Learning Tree envisions a future where every young person understands, appreciates and loves the natural world, and enjoys spending time outdoors. Our community's future depends on a strong connection between children and the natural world.

Educator Workshops

September 23, 2014 By vtplt

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]

Filed Under: Home Page, Latest News Tagged With: Common Core, educator workshop, environmental education in Vermont, Next Generation Science Standards

Outdoor Learning

July 30, 2014 By vtplt

VT PLT classroom experience

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]

Filed Under: Classroom Stories, Home Page, Latest News Tagged With: environmental education in Vermont, Mountain School

Natural World Wednesdays

July 29, 2014 By vtplt

Vermont PLT

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]

Filed Under: Classroom Stories, Home Page, Latest News Tagged With: Burlington Parks & Recreation

How does the forest change over time?

July 17, 2014 By vtplt

A class of third and fourth graders walks along a forested path, round a corner and find a mysterious cement wall appearing out of large clumps of ferns and honeysuckle.  Where did this come from?  What story does it tell us about the people who once lived here?  This group of students is exploring the… [read more]

Filed Under: Classroom Stories, Home Page, Latest News Tagged With: Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Park

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We invest in the teachers who invest in our children

Research shows that people who enjoyed meaningful experiences in the outdoors as a child, are able to think critically and act responsibly on behalf of the ecological, social, and economic values of our forests and other natural resources as adults.

VT Project Learning Tree achieves its mission by training educators in Project Learning Tree®, the time-honored environmental education curricula developed by the American Forest Foundation.

VT Project Learning Tree relies on the support of every facet of the community--businesses, individuals and government--to accomplish its mission.

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