Past Webinars & Events

March 23, 2024, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Canada Agriculture and Food Museum (Ottawa)

Ready to bring your love of nature-based teaching to others?

Become a PLT Canada Facilitator and train other educators how to incorporate the environment into their existing curriculum or programs through experiential learning.

PLT Canada is hosting a free training workshop for educators to become PLT Canada workshop facilitators. Facilitators act as PLT Canada educator trainers engaging both formal and nonformal educators across Canada with high-quality environmental education and PLT Canada’s award-winning resources.

PLT Canada’s new Explore Your Environment: K-8 Activity Guide includes 50 hands-on, multidisciplinary activities to connect children to nature and increase young people’s awareness of and knowledge about their environment. Activities integrate teaching about nature into a multitude of subjects using hands-on experiences and outdoor field investigations. The guide is user-friendly, and works in classrooms and nonformal settings, in urban, suburban, and rural areas.

By attending this workshop you will be ready to:

• Facilitate a PLT Canada educator PD event
• Use PLT’s resources to explore the natural environment in meaningful ways

You will also:

• Engage with a growing national network of educators in Canada
• Help to develop and inspire future forest, conservation and education leaders

Workshop Logistics:

• Date: Saturday, March 23, 2024
• Time: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm, includes a 1-hour catered lunch
• Location: Canada Agriculture and Food Museum | 901 Prince of Wales Drive, Ottawa, ON K2C 3K1

Limited to 30 participants. 

Each educator who attends the training will receive a $100 stipend (Visa cash cards) and complimentary hard copies of Project Learning Tree Canada’s Explore Your Environment: K-8 Activity Guide and Trees & Me: Exploring Nature with Young Children (an additional $90 value).

REGISTER NOW

 

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