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PLT's GreenSchools! Program Provides a Blueprint for Green Learning Across the country, elementary, middle, and high school students are forming “green teams” to investigate and reduce their school’s environmental footprint—and save their school money! Register at www.pltgreenschools.org to receive free access to a set of investigations and discover the steps to becoming a recognized PLT GreenSchool! Evaluating PLT’s Technology Connections Please consider participating in a national online study to evaluate PLT’s technology connections in its curriculum materials. The survey will be sent on August 10, and should take less than 20 minutes to complete. 2011 is International Year of Forests Use our specially designed PLT Activity 20 “Environmental Exchange Box” with grades K-8, to help students learn more about their local forests, forests across the country, and forests around the globe. What do YOU think President Obama should do to reconnect people with America’s Great Outdoors? Through his America’s Great Outdoors Initiative, President Obama is asking people to share ideas online and through a series of listening sessions around the country to promote community conservation efforts and reconnect people with the outdoors. Find out how you can join the conversation. GreenWorks! Service Learning Grants: Model PLT GreenSchools! Read about four PLT GreenSchools! across the country where students are leading the way to improve their school environment, save their school money, and teach others best practices. High Schoolers Use Technology to Teach Elementary Students About Nature High school students work together to teach 3rd graders about Arkansas’ unique bottomland hardwood forest ecosystem. Professional Women Basketball Players team with PLT to help Elementary Students Plant a School Garden You don’t have to be big, to make a big difference, but being tall can help! Educator Tips: PLT Teaches Life Skills Not only are PLT activities great for teaching science concepts, they are excellent tools to teach life skills. Lab Coats Paint a Thousand Words Create your own painted lab coats! These powerful visual tools engage students in learning about science and the environment. EE Resources: Melinda Gray Ardia Environmental Foundation Grants Earth Science Week Contests Photography Contest, "We Depend on Energy" Visual Arts Contest, "Energy on Earth" Essay Contest, "How Energy Powers the Planet" Angela Award PollinatorLIVE: GreenWorks! Grants and Ecoregional Pollinator Guides Audubon International Hosts Free Webinars 360 Education Solutions – Professional Development Courses How Green is My Town? GeoPlatform Dead Planet, Living Planet Trash to Treasure Competition US EPA Wastes Website Plant for the Planet Video Weather Wiz |
