What’s Growing in Your Garden?
Project Learning Tree schools share lessons teachers learned after starting a class garden.
New York
Outstanding Educator
Jessica Olenych
Jessica Olenych works with K-12 students and teachers in Arkville, New York, on forestry and watershed education, through Common Ground Educational Consulting.
Outstanding Educator
Barbara Adams
Barbara Adams teaches her young students at Clifton Park Nursery School in New York about the environment and promotes greener school policies.
A School Nature Trail Creates a Pathway to Learning
Pairing older and younger students to create a nature trail around a New York school’s perimeter provides learning experiences for both.
“Green Teens” Lead Nature-Based Activities at Local Museum
A new volunteer program at Long Island Children’s Museum trains teens to become museum educators. The volunteers develop interactive nature and science programming for children and adults.