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Project Learning Tree Educators Workshop Coming to Indiana Dunes

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News Release Date: May 28, 2021

INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL PARK: Educators are invited to participate in a Project Learning Tree K-8 workshop at Indiana Dunes State Park on Friday, June 11. This hands-on workshop, co-sponsored by the National Park Service, will run from 9:00 am to 3:30 pm at the Indiana Dunes State Park Nature Center. 
 
Project Learning Tree (PLT) is an environmental education curriculum that uses trees and forests as windows on the world to increase students’ understanding of the environment and actions they can take to conserve it. Participants will receive the brand new Explore Your Environment: K-8 Activity Guide which offers educators a wide variety of fun, engaging, hands-on activities organized into grade bands: K-2, 3-5, and 6-8. Formal classroom teachers, non-formal educators, scout leaders, youth leaders, park naturalists, as well as pre-service teachers are welcome to attend. Participants are asked to bring a sack lunch. Beverages will be supplied.  
 
PLT’s professional development helps educators learn how to integrate environmental education into their teaching and become comfortable teaching outdoors—in urban, suburban, and rural environments. This workshop is sponsored by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry, Indiana Dunes State Park, Indiana Dunes National Park, and the Great Lakes Research and Education Center. 
 
The workshop fee of $23.00 includes a copy of the guide. Fee is payable on the day of workshop with a check (made out to IFEF/PLT) or cash. Registration is required by Monday, June 7, and registration is limited to allow for social distancing.  For more information or to register for the workshop, please email Donna Rogler. 
 
For more information on Indiana Dunes National Park and its programs, please call 219-395-1882 or visit the park's website or Facebook page. 

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Indiana Dunes National Park is one of 423 units of the National Park Service ranging from Yellowstone to the Statue of Liberty. Located in Northwest Indiana, the national park includes 15 miles of Lake Michigan shoreline and 15,000 acres of biodiverse beaches, woods, prairies, and marshes. Up to 3 million visitors come to the Indiana Dunes each year.  
 
 

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