CENTER FOR MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION
UNC Charlotte

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Workshop#1
Project Learning Tree (PLT)

Project Learning Tree® is an award winning, multi-disciplinary environmental education program for educators and students in Pre K-grade 12. PLT, a program of the American Forest Foundation, is one of the most widely used environmental education programs in the United States and abroad. PLT uses the forest and trees as "windows" into natural and built environments, helping people gain an awareness and knowledge of the world among them and their place within it. PLT is a source for interdisciplinary instructional activities and provides workshops and in-service programs for teachers, environmental educators, and youth leaders. PLT prepares students to make informed decisions management practices and resource use by stressing how to think about the environment, not what to think.

Workshop#2

Project Food, Land & People

Food, Land & People (FLP), established in 1988, is based in Chandler, Arizona. Food, Land & People is a nonprofit organization committed to helping people of all ages better understand the interrelationships among agriculture, the environment, and people of the world. Food, Land & People's science- and social sciences-based curriculum, Resources for Learning, currently serves Pre K to 12^th grade students throughout the United States. The curriculum consists of 55 hands-on lessons, developed and tested by more than a thousand educators.

Workshop#3 

Project WET

Project WET workshops are open to all interested educators including classroom teachers, environmental educators, resource agency staff, park and nature center personnel, teaching fellows, college students and faculty, and youth leaders. At these workshops, participants engage in cooperative, hands-on learning, experiencing the activities as they are presented by skilled facilitators and their peers.