Back in 1976 the first PLT workshops were held in ten western states. Since then PLT has trained more than 675,000 educators across the country through in-person workshops. But, we’re keeping pace with change and now also offer environmental education on demand.
The overhauled federal education law promotes environmental education as a way to provide students with a well-rounded, 21st century education. It includes funding to grow environmental literacy in K-12 public schools.
Project Learning Tree is in the process of creating several new online lessons designed specifically for classroom teachers in Grades K-2, 3-5, and 6-8.
Do you remember Tamagotchi? Well, the interactive virtual pet just got a major upgrade!
Environmental education can play an important role in teaching science to today’s youth, according to Stephen Pruitt who helped develop the Next Generation Science Standards.
