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]
How does the forest change over time?
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]