Earth & Sky for Teachers

Project Learning Tree teamed up with the Earth & Sky Radio Program to combine the power of radio, the internet, and PLT. 

Earth & Sky is a successful short format science radio program heard by millions of listeners throughout the U.S. and abroad that highlights the wonders of science and nature through daily radio shows.

The Earth & Sky radio shows have been correlated directly to PLT activities to help enhance teachers’ use of the radio shows and PLT materials. Shows and topics that correlate to PLT PreK-High School activities can be identified on the Earth & Sky website by the PLT logo. Along with PLT correlations, these Earth & Sky radio shows contain a list of additional resources that have been compiled by PLT including background materials, supplementary resources, related web links, suggested speakers, and field tour sites. Use of the Earth & Sky shows can enhance the teaching of PLT activities by connecting educators with this integrated multimedia educational experience that provides access to accurate, reliable, and understandable scientific research and data.

The Earth & Sky website correlates the radio shows to PLT activities as you visit the page for each of the individual shows. Please see the link below for a chart listing which Earth & Sky shows are correlated to each activity.
       Listing of PLT guides and activities with the correlated Earth & Sky Radio Shows (pdf, 333KB)

       PreK-8 Guide Resources by Activity

NOTE: This correlations project is still in process, therefore, not all shows are correlated to PLT and not all shows provide additional resources. Correlations and resources are continually being added and the website updated.

Funding for this correlations project was provided by the
US Environmental Protection Agency in partnership
with the USDA Forest Service.