“Louisiana PLT is for anyone who wishes to connect children with nature, increasing young people’s awareness and knowledge about their environment.”
Contact your PLT State Coordinator:
Stacy Blomquist
Louisiana PLT State Coordinator
Kisatchie National Forest
2500 Shreveport Hwy
Pineville, LA 71360
318-473-7242
stacy.blomquist@usda.gov
From cleaning and planting to painting and programming, towns and cities rely on community stewards to help take care of and utilize local parks. Find out how students in Santa Cruz, California and Madisonville, Louisiana worked with their local community to maintain and beautify parks in their neighborhood.
An elementary school in Louisiana proves Project Learning Tree is a powerful tool that can be used to improve student test scores.
Cynthia Lawhon, a discoveries teacher at Claiborne Fundamental Elementary School in Shreveport, Louisiana, has worked hard to enrich her school’s teaching environment.
Sheryl Crain Holliday teaches science and technology to grades 6-8 at Franklinton Vocational Education Center in Franklinton, Louisiana.
Do you have an idea for a service-learning project to improve the environment at your school or in your community? Apply for a PLT GreenWorks! grant by Sept. 30.
96 hands-on, multi-disciplinary activities make teaching fun! Aligned with state and national standards, our practical and flexible lesson plans engage students in learning.
PLT’s GreenSchools program inspires students to apply their STEM and investigative skills to create greener and healthier schools – and save schools money.
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