Project Learning Tree (PLT) is an environmental education program that presents a balanced approach to teaching our children about our forests, forestry, and the environment. PLT uses the forest as a "window" into the natural world, helping young people gain an awareness and knowledge of the world around them, as well as their place within it.
PLT is a source of interdisciplinary instructional activities and provides workshops and in-service programs for teachers, foresters, park and nature center staff, and youth group leaders. PLT works in the city and the country, whether there is a forest or a single tree. It helps prepare students to make wise decisions about conservation practices and resource use.
Students learn how to think, but not what to think, about our complex environment, discover how subjects and skills taught in the classroom relate to the world around them, develop skills in creative problem solving, critical thinking, evaluation, and research, and have fun while learning.
Teachers receive a ready-to-use PLT guide, resource materials, and a complimentary subscription to PLT's newsletter, the Branch. It's filled with teaching ideas and activities, discover more than 175 activities that help teach science, mathematics, language, arts, social studies, humanities, and other subjects and participate in a creative workshop that helps improve classroom skills.
By getting involved, you will find out about PLT resources and activities at a workshop held in your area, where you will meet with foresters and other educators. During this workshop you will:
- Participate in hands-on PLT activities, both indoors and out.
- Learn more about trees and forest ecology from foresters.
- Expand your knowledge and teaching skills.
- Find out how PLT can enliven your curriculum.
- Meet and share ideas, information, and resources with other professionals.
At the workshops, you receive the PLT guide free of charge and have the opportunity to plan ways in which the guide can be used in your classroom.
To learn more, call or write to:
Project Learning Tree
555 Alabama Street
Montgomery, Alabama 36104-4395
Tel: (334) 481-2128
Fax: (334) 262-1258
asmith@alaforestry.org
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