Events
September 2021
PreK-8th Grade Environmental Education Activity Guide – Short online training and E-Book
When: Sign up for and complete class anytime Where: Online What: Through this self-paced 3-4 hour online training, you will receive PLT’s PreK-8th Grade Environmental Education Activity Guide, which provides 96 hands-on activities that engage your students in learning – both outside and indoors – about their environment. Project Learning Tree’s multi-disciplinary activities are designed to develop students’ critical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making skills. PLT teaches students how to think, not what to think about the environment. Credit: The certificate you'll…
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(Anytime!) Explore Your Environment K-8 Activity Guide – Short online training and E-Book
Not-for-credit short online training WHEN: Sign up for and complete class anytime WHERE: Online WHAT: Through this self-paced 2-hour online training, you will receive PLT’s Explore Your Environment K-8 Activity Guide, which provides 50 hands-on activities that engage your students in learning – both outside and indoors – about their environment. Project Learning Tree’s multi-disciplinary activities are designed to develop students’ critical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making skills. PLT teaches students how to think, not what to think about the environment. The…
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Teachers Get Fired Up!
WHEN: 8:30 am – 3 pm each day + short homework WHERE: Idaho State Museum, Boise ID WHAT: Our relationship with fire? It's complicated. Join the Idaho State Museum and Project Learning Tree for this 1-credit teacher workshop. Explore the past, present and future of wildfire in our beautiful state. Visit state-of-the-art exhibits and experience hands-on, minds-on Project Learning Tree lessons and activities to use with 4th-8th grade students. You'll learn how fire works, how it has shaped our state…
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PLT Explorations Self-Guided Virtual Workshop: Customize to your grade level Jan 1-April 30, 2023
WHEN: Begin the course and complete it anytime between January 1, 2023, and April 30, 2023. All coursework is asynchronous - completed on your own. WHERE: Online and wherever you are. A course website contains course instructions and links. WHAT: In this self-guided 1-credit training, you will select a specific PLT curriculum as your focus and complete an online training on that material. In addition, you will conduct PLT activities, explore abundant supporting resources, and reflect and plan…
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PLT for Elementary Educators Clearwater Region – March 2023
WHO: PLT for Elementary Educators Clearwater Region WHEN: March 10-11, 2023. Kamiah. ID 9:00 am - 3:30 pm each day. (March 10 is a professional day for teachers in many local school districts. March 11 is an optional second day for those who would like to earn 1 credit. Plus, it will be another really fun day!) WHAT: Experience place based hands-on activities, both indoors and out, that are designed specifically for use with elementary youth. Explore the…
Find out more »Literacy for Elementary – Naturally! March 10-11 – Boise
WHEN: March 10-11, 2023. Hours: Friday 4:30-8:30 pm, Saturday 8:30 am - 4:30 pm + short independent assignment WHERE: Hawthorne Elementary School, Boise WHAT: Experience Project Learning Tree (PLT) activities to use in elementary English-Language Arts and other content areas. Award-winning PLT reading, writing and speaking activities naturally incorporate science, math, social studies and arts. PLT brings the environment into the classroom and your students into the environment. During the class, you’ll build engaging interdisciplinary units by connecting…
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Literacy for Elementary – Naturally! April 14-15 – Rathdrum
WHEN: April 14-15, 2023. Hours: Friday 4:30-8:30 pm, Saturday 8:30 am - 4:30 pm + short independent assignment WHERE: Twin Lakes Elementary School, Rathdrum WHAT: Experience Project Learning Tree (PLT) activities to use in elementary English-Language Arts and other content areas. Award-winning PLT reading, writing and speaking activities naturally incorporate science, math, social studies and arts. PLT brings the environment into the classroom and your students into the environment. During the class, you’ll build engaging interdisciplinary units by…
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PLT Explorations Self-Guided Virtual Workshop: Customize to your grade level May 1 – Aug 31, 2023
WHEN: Begin the course and complete it anytime between May 1, 2023, and August 31, 2023. All coursework is asynchronous - completed on your own. WHERE: Online and wherever you are. A course website contains course instructions and links. WHAT: In this self-guided 1-credit training, you will select a specific PLT curriculum as your focus and complete an online training on that material. In addition, you will conduct PLT activities, explore abundant supporting resources, and reflect and plan…
Find out more »Literacy for Elementary – Naturally! May 5-6 – Idaho Falls
WHEN: May 5-6, 2023. Hours: Friday 4:30-8:30 pm, Saturday 8:30 am - 4:30 pm + short independent assignment WHERE: Idaho Falls, location TBD WHAT: Experience Project Learning Tree (PLT) activities to use in elementary English-Language Arts and other content areas. Award-winning PLT reading, writing and speaking activities naturally incorporate science, math, social studies and arts. PLT brings the environment into the classroom and your students into the environment. During the class, you’ll build engaging interdisciplinary units by connecting…
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