Secondary Workshops
Secondary workshops are designed for grade 9-12 educators. These modules may also be adapted for other audiences such as middle school, entry-level college courses and adult community groups. We would be happy to design a workshop for any of these audiences, as well.
Secondary workshop participants receive the module specific to the workshop, as well as resources related to NH forests and environmental topics.
Global Connections: Forests of the World
Project Learning Tree and the World Forestry Center joined forces to create a secondary module that provides a framework for exploring forests around the world. Forests of the World provides formal and non-formal educators with a series of activities to help students and educators gain an increased understanding and appreciation of the diversity of world forest environments, with an emphasis on the human interaction with and dependence on those environments. The module activities provide students with opportunities to apply scientific processes and higher order thinking skills while investigating world forestry issues and conducting service learning action projects.
Use Risk to Study Physical and General Science
The Focus on Risk module provides educators with a series of activities to help students learn the rationale for and the mechanics of risk assessment, risk management, and risk communication. The module focuses on developing skills in problem solving, decision-making, and the methods of inquiry and tools used by risk assessors. This training is designed for educators of youth in grades 9-12. Disciplines addressed include chemistry, civics, ecology, environmental science, geography, health, language arts, math, physics and social studies.
Exploring Environmental Issues in the Places We Live
How your community chooses to grow can greatly impact environmental quality, public health, social capital, community character, economic resources, and your quality of life. The purpose of this curriculum is to provide opportunities for students and other community members to conduct educational investigations focused on how local environmental issues are linked to social and economic changes. This module is designed for formal and non-formal educators working with students in grades 9-12 and can also easily be adapted for an adult or middle-school audience. The activities address social studies, geography, civics, language arts, health, math, and science concepts.
Exploring Forest Ecology and Forest Issues
This session introduces secondary educators to two of PLT's secondary modules. In The Changing Forest: Forest Ecology module, students examine ecological systems of a forest, analyze interdependencies within a forest ecosystem, and explore factors that shape the development of forests. The Exploring Environmental Issues: Focus on Forests module uses forest related examples to help students better understand the complexity of environmental issues. Students examine issues objectively, collect and analyze data, and become involved in decision making experiences. They learn how to present arguments clearly and how citizens can play a role in forest management decisions. Combined with NH specific information, this workshop is a great opportunity for educators of students in grades 9-12!
Exploring Environmental Issues: Municipal Solid Waste
Project Learning Tree's Exploring Environmental Issues: Municipal Solid Waste module gives educators the tools to help students begin to understand waste management issues and options. The module uses hands-on experiences to show the interrelationships among waste generation, natural resource use, and disposal. The activities guide students through waste management strategies and solutions while providing the necessary tools to make informed decisions and choices on waste management issues.
Exploring Environmental Issues: Biodiversity
Developed by Project Learning Tree in partnership with the World Wildlife Fund, this secondary module uses biodiversity as a window through which secondary students investigate the environment. It permits educators and students to step back from specific issues and species and to examine broader concepts and larger connections—not just biological, but political, cultural, ethical, and economic as well. Students will learn that decisions about growth and development, about energy use and water quality, even about health, all rest to some extent on perspectives about biodiversity. Exploring Environmental Issues: Biodiversity is available online.
Teachers study maps of their local communities as part of a Places We Live workshop.