Additional Information PLT National Office and Calendar of Events The Program and Activities The Sponsor and Awards Workshop Information Academic Content Standards Correlations - Integrate Project Learning Tree activities PLT Brochure (pdf) Contact Information Coordinators Office Sue Wintering, Coordinator 2045 Morse Rd., Bldg. H-1 Columbus, OH 43229 Phone 614-265-6657 FAX 614-447-9231 Business Office Project Learning Tree-Ohio PLT-Ohio 5132 California Ave. Louisville, OH 44641 330-875-3234 phone/fax

• Project Learning Tree is an award-winning environmental education program designed for pre-school, elementary and secondary educators to use with learners from pre-school through high school.
• uses the forest as a "window" into the natural world, helping young people gain an awareness and knowledge of the world around them, as well as their place within it
• provides over 125 interdisciplinary activities in a PreK-8 guide as well as thematic modules on Environmental Issues, Forest Ecology, Municipal Solid Waste, Environmental Risk, In the Places We Live and coming soon Biodiversity, World Forests, and more!
• provides workshops and in-service programs for teachers, foresters, youth group leaders, resource managers and others
• works in the city and the country, indoors or out of doors, whether there is a single tree or a forest

The Activities

• Adopt a Tree use all of your senses to investigate your tree and see how it changes throughout the year.
• Go on a schoolyard safari.
• Discover the secret ingredients in soil.
• Describe all the many roles wood and paper products play in our lives.
• Create a collage using only materials from the environment.
• Debate as a group of interested citizens trying to decide how to manage a piece of forest land acquired by your community.
• Test the effects of overcrowding on plant growth.

The Sponsor
Project Learning Tree - Ohio is proud to be sponsored by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry.

Awards Program
Starting in 1995, PLT - Ohio implemented its first annual awards recognition. This is PLT's way to say "thank you" to the dedicated individuals and groups who have made outstanding efforts promoting PLT and environmental education in Ohio. Should you care to nominate an individual for the next recognition, nomination criteria and a nomination form are available here (pdf).