Wargo Nature Center in Lino Lakes
Are you passionate about connecting young children and nature? Do you enjoy using your PLT and WILD Early Childhood books? Want to help other educators learn how to incorporate environmental education in their classrooms. Become a volunteer workshop facilitator by taking this training.

Requirements:

1. Attend or have attended a PLT and/or WILD early childhood workshop.
2. Fill out the application form. (request from Laura Duffey)
3. Attend the one-day facilitator training on June 29
4. Agree to help present at least one workshop in the next couple years.

Participants in this training will recieve all PLT and WILD materials, including the new PLT Early Childhood Experiences book. Becoming a DNR volunteer facilitator is a great way to boost your resume.

PLT Joins Leopold Education Project (LEP) in for a Summer Writing Institute
Journaling in nature is a great way to teach students writing, art, observation, and inquiry skills. Learn how to combine PLT activities with activities in the LEP and Minnesota Weatherguide Calendar curriculum. Attend this 2-day summer institute at the beautiful Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve in East Bethel and get:

• Leopold Education Project activity guide.
• A copy of the Sand County Almanac.
• A Minnesota Weatherguide Environment Calendar and curriculum.
• PLT PreK-8 Activity Guide.
• One optional graduate credit will be available from Hamline University.

Workshop includes on-site field trips through this University of Minnesota's "outdoor laboratory." Workshop will be held August 24-25, 2010. Lodging is available on-site for only $17.50/night! To register, go to the DNR's education workshop calendar.

Association of Children's Museums
May 6-8, 2010 Minnesota Children's Museum, St. Paul
The Minnesota and Michigan PLT Coordinators will present a session on the new PLT Early Childhood Book.

New workshops have been added- check out the Projects Learning Tree, WET and WILD Workdshop calendar

Resources to Enhance PLT Activities

Celebrate 2010 Arbor Month by:

Showing off your love of trees by displaying this years Arbor Month Poster. For a copy of this years poster, contact Jennifer Teegarden to recieve a copy. In addition to the poster, this year we are also including Red Pine seeds for planting.

Get free classroom sets of Natural Inquirer, the middle school science journal written for students. Each issue focuses on a natural-resource-related topic such as invasive species, bioenergy, or climate change. Articles and monographs contain wonderful inquiry-based lessons and discussion questions.
View all issues, then order online. Free!

Five New Environmental Lesson Plans Available on Seek
Five new grade 3-12 lesson plans on environment and health are available. Lesson plans contain connections to Minnesota state science standards and the environmental literacy scope and sequence, along with links to additional related resources. Titles include Water Habitat Site Study, grade 5; Growing Germs in a Petri Dish, Grade 7; Ladybugs to the Rescue, Grade 3; The Business of Recycling, Grades 8-12 and Electricity and Energy Conservation, Grade 6.
Contributing groups include the Minnesota DNR, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Minnesota Department of Agriculture, Minnesota Department of Health, and Xcel Energy.

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