About this Event
Participants will engage in fun and educational activities to learn the Project Learning Tree (PLT) curriculum first-hand. Upon completion of the workshop, participants will receive a K-8 Activity Guide featuring 50 environmental education activities that make learning fun for all!
Please bring your own lunch and reusable water bottle. We will meet in the Auditorium building.
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Studies show that when environmental education is integrated into curricula, students are more engaged in learning, and student achievement increases in core academic areas—including STEM subjects. PLT’s rich educational materials and inquiry-based activities meet state and national academic standards across many subject areas. PLT activities are hands-on and multi-disciplinary and appeal to different learning styles and abilities. PLT is easy to implement, and enjoyable for teachers and students. Educators receive PLT materials at a PLT professional development workshop, which can be tailored to specific subject areas or grade levels, to teachers at individual schools and to pre-service college students, and for continuing education credits.
- PLT improves test scores by providing students with engaging curriculum about the natural world that can be applied to all subject areas and all grades.
- PLT provides PreK-12 teachers with a set of comprehensive environmental education materials that supplement their curriculum and can be easily integrated into lesson plans. PLT has hundreds of fully developed lesson plans that require minimal additional materials.
- PLT activities are aligned with state (and national) education standards, peer reviewed and tested in classrooms. They help meet education goals set by principals, district curriculum supervisors, state superintendents, Congress, the Administration.
- PLT includes suggestions for differentiated instruction in all its curriculum materials to provide students with different learning styles and abilities, and in rural, urban, and suburban settings, multiple avenues to acquire and process content.
- PLT gives educators the confidence to take their students outdoors to learn, and PLT’s hands-on activities make the learning fun and meaningful for students. Children love learning with PLT!
- PLT’s GreenSchools! program provides students a solid learning and leadership experience and can help save your school money!
Questions? Please contact Lara Milligan at 727-453-6905 or [email protected]. If contacting via email, please put “Project Learning Tree” in the subject line. Thank you!
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Pinellas County complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you are a person with a disability who needs an accommodation to participate in this class you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Prior to 14 business days before the class, please submit your request to [email protected] and [email protected]. Include the date and title of the program and what specific accommodations you will need.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Brooker Creek Preserve Environmental Education Center, 3940 Keystone Road, Tarpon Springs, United States
USD 0.00
