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Welcome to PLT Resources Web Page
FACILIATOR’S HANDBOOK
Title Page
Introduction
Table of Contents
Sections I & II: About PLT & What is a PLT Workshop?
Section III: Planning & Conducting a PLT Workshop
Section IV: Topics to Model and Discuss
Appendix A: Sample Forms
Appendix B: Publicity Ideas
Appendix C: Workshop Agendas
Appendix D: Additional Workshop Strategies
Appendix E: PLT Materials Available Electronically
Appendix F: PLT Conceptual Framework
Appendix G: Every Student Learns Outside
Appendix H: Activities with Differentiated Instruction
Appendix I: List of Active State Facilitators
EARLY CHILDHOOD RESOURCES
Reading and Math Center ~ Early Childhood Resource
Discovery Table ~ Early Childhood Resource
Art Center ~ Early Childhood Resource
Early Childhood PLT Workshop ~ Early Childhood Resource
Math and Manipulative Center ~ Early Childhood Resource
Wood Working ~ Early Childhood Resource
Sorting and Classifying ~ Early Childhood Resource
PROJECT CENTS, CORRELATION FILES
http://tennessee.gov/education/projectcents/index.shtml
(click on your program to check them out)
NATURES ALPHABET PHOTOS & GUIDE
PLT ONLINE COMMUNITY
- Access the PLT Biotechnology and Biodiversity Lesson Plans
- Discuss education and environmental issues
- Share ideas and success stories
- Blog about your experiences
- Send updates to colleagues
- Join and form groups related to professional development topics
- Learn from educators around the country and the world
The PLT Online Community is a community of learners and professionals aided by online resources – much like a Facebook for PLTers.
This community will help strengthen your use of PLT
GREENWORKS! POLLINATOR GARDEN GRANT
http://pollinatorlive.pwnet.org
TARGET USEFUL GRANT PROGRAM
Target offers a useful grant program to help provide field trips to students. As part of the program, each Target store will award three Target Field Trip Grants to K-12 schools nationwide-enabling one out of every 25 schools throughout the U.S. to send a classroom on a field trip. Each grant is valued up to $700.
http://sites.target.com/site/en/company/page.jsp?contentId=WCMP04-031880
FAO’S STATE OF THE WORLD’S FOREST
(2011 PUBLICATION)
http://www.fao.org/docrep/013/i2000e/i2000e00.htm
CONSERVATION EDUCATION
http://fs.usda.gov/conservationeducation
http://www.discovertheforest.org
http://tinyurl.com/job-corps-curriculum
SCALE OF THE UNIVERSE
http://primaxstudio.com/stuff/scale_of_universe/index.php
(Just slide the bar at the bottom of the page to move smaller or larger in scale. It starts at the midpoint with an ant and grain of rice.)
21st CENTURY SKILLS
To learn more about what exactly 21st Century skills are... and how teachers can incorporate them into their teaching, Education Week dedicated their latest issue of PD Sourcebook to the topic of 21st Century skills. This is a free, on-line resource.
http://www.edweek.org/tsb/toc/2010/10/12/index.html
BACK TO SCHOOL: BACK OUTSIDE! Back Outside! How Outdoor EDUCATION AND OUTDOOR SCHOOL TIME CREATE HIGH PERFORMANCE STUDENTS REPORT
http://www.nwf.org/Get-Outside/~/media/PDFs/Be%20Out%20There/Back%20to%20School%20full%20report.ashx