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It's Friday: Here's Your Week in Trees
Sweet gum, whitebark pine and lemon trees make an appearance this week.
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EPA Summer Program Students Learn Outside with Project Learning Tree
On July 18th, Project Learning Tree (PLT) and the Environmental Protection Agency engaged 18 rising eighth graders in learning the science of biodiversity. PLT activities consumed two and a half hours of the morning, taking us on a global discussion that included simulating artificial selection, trekking outside on a schoolyard safari, and embarking on a self-guided tour of the water cycle. It was quite a way to start the week.
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It's Friday: Here's Your Week in Trees
Mysterious purple boxes, Nelson Mandela's birthday, building green with wood: here's your week in trees.
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Day 5: Oil City Students Reflect on Colorado, Head Back Home
Day 5 is 7th grade guest blogger Elizabeth's final day in Colorado with her school. You can check out photos from Oil City Elementary School's Rocky Mountain adventure at www.facebook.com/projectlearningtree.
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Day 4: Whitewater Rafting and The Beast
On our fourth day at Cal-Wood Education Center, we woke up early because we had a great day planned: whitewater rafting!
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Day 3: Snowballs and Poetry in Rocky Mountain National Park
It's our third day at Colorado's Cal-Wood Education Center. Today we went to the Rocky Mountain National Park, shared poetry around Bear Lake, and had a snowball fight in Estes Park.
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Day 2: Hiking to a Mica Mine
Today was my second day at Cal-Wood. I had an awesome day today! We did so many things, I’m not sure if I have enough room to type it all! We woke up early in the morning, ready for a new adventure. I was excited to see our guides and the forest again.
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Out of the Dust (or Snow)
There is a large white pine, just behind Aldo Leopold's family’s shack, which was planted in 1936 by Nina and her siblings. Today, the tree is massive—it towers above the shack, like a pillar of faith. The Leopolds weren’t crazy. The land can heal. And forests can return the favor of restoration by providing many public benefits such as clean air, clean water, and wildlife habitat.
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Day 1: My Adventure in the Rockies
Students from Louisiana's Oil City Elementary School spent a week at Cal-Wood Education Center in the Rocky Mountains. The students from Oil City, a Project Learning Tree (PLT) GreenSchool, raised money to fund their trip. Guest blogger Elizabeth is a 7th grader at the school and her teacher, Cindy Kilpatrick, is a 2011 PLT National Outstanding Educator.
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Environmental Education Gets a Boost!
Environmental education is finally getting the attention it deserves – from Members of Congress at the federal level, to State Boards of Education at the local level.
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