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\u00a0<\/span>Washington D.C. and Ottawa, ON \u2013 <\/b>Project Learning Tree\u2019s (PLT) Energy in Ecosystems curriculum for grades 3-5 has been selected a Learning\u00ae Magazine 2019 Teachers\u2019 ChoiceSM Award (TCA) for the Classroom winner. Winners<\/a>, including products from Scholastic and National Geographic, were selected by a nationwide panel of teacher-judges who review books, classroom supplies, educational games, software, websites, and supplemental materials that teachers need for their classroom. PLT is an initiative of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Energy in Ecosystems by Project Learning Tree is a fantastic online resource for students in grades 3-5,\u201d said one teacher who evaluated the curriculum. \u201cThere are many things I love about it, but I would rank the following as my favorite parts: it\u2019s all online, it is super engaging, targets the NGSS standards which are how my school\u2019s science standards are aligned, and it also integrates the Common Core standards for English and Math.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

PLT\u2019s Energy in Ecosystems e-unit<\/a> consists of six activities for elementary students to investigate the ways in which organisms depend on each other to survive and thrive. Students focus on forests\u2014one of the largest and most complex types of ecosystems\u2014and come to understand ways that plants and animals are connected to each other.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For example, in Activity 1: The Forest of S.T. Shrew<\/b>, students take a \u201cshrew\u2019s-eye-view\u201d of life in the woods to gain an understanding of the variety of organisms that live in forests. In Activity 2: A Home for Many<\/b>, students inventory the plants and animals that live in, on, and around trees and discover how trees meet their needs for survival. In Activity 3: Web of Life<\/b>, students conduct research and simulate a food web. In Activity 6: Invasive Species<\/b>, students learn about invasive species and what characteristics make them so challenging.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Teachers can purchase PLT\u2019s Energy in Ecosystems e-unit and an accompanying online course for $40 from shop.plt.org<\/a>. For a limited time, a special 25% discount is available over the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday. Starting Friday, November 23 through Monday, November 26 (ending at 11:59pm ET), educators can use the code EUNIT2018 <\/b>at checkout to receive $10 off any of PLT\u2019s e-units for grades K-2, 3-5, and 6-8.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Educators can also receive the e-unit by participating in an in-person professional development workshop in their state. Approximately 1,200 workshops are held around the country every year that provide in-depth, tailored training to approximately 20,000 educators on how best to incorporate environmental education into their curriculum in their own setting and how to take their students outside to learn.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cProject Learning Tree provides high-quality standards-based education materials and professional development for educators, and it\u2019s a true pleasure to be recognized as a top curriculum in the classroom,\u201d said Kathy Abusow, President and CEO of SFI. \u201cWe believe there is such richness and depth to learning when you use trees and forests as windows onto the world for teaching youth all kinds of subjects, from STEM to English language arts to social studies and much more.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

PLT’s hands-on and engaging activities help teach students how to think, not what to think about the environment and their place within it. The multi-disciplinary lessons are flexible, easy for teachers to\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

incorporate into their existing curriculum and are designed to develop students\u2019 critical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For 25 years, the Learning\u00ae magazine Teachers\u2019 Choice Awards <\/b>have heralded the very best in classroom-tested, teacher-recommended products. Each product is evaluated on its own merit and those that meet Learning <\/b>Magazine\u2019s teachers\u2019 stringent standards are chosen to receive a Teachers\u2019 Choice Award. For the 2019 TCA Classroom awards, 27 winners were chosen based on their scores from the evaluations done by a panel of teachers across the country.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This is the second time PLT has won a Teachers\u2019 Choice Award. PLT\u2019s Environmental Experiences for Early Childhood guide and CD was awarded a 2011 Teachers\u2019 ChoiceSM Award for the Classroom.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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