WHAT: Project Learning Tree is partnering with the Idaho Commission for Libraries to host regional workshops for public librarians, school librarians, and teachers focused on E-STEM (Environment + STEM). Attendees will use PLT’s Explore Your Environment K-8 Activity Guide which includes 50 standards-aligned activities to help students investigate, communicate, and build critical thinking skills. Workshop participants will experience and lead PLT activities, explore supporting resources, learn best practices for teaching outdoors, learn how to differentiate content for mixed-age groups, and begin incorporating PLT into their programs.  

WORKSHOP OUTCOMES: 
• Effectively navigate and use PLT’s Explore Your Environment K-8 Activity Guide and supporting resources
• Use PLT activities to engage students in experiential learning related to E-STEM.
• Gain confidence in teaching outdoors.

Spend time outside, network with regional colleagues, and gain resources you can use immediately. 

Find a workshop near you! Thirty seats available for each location.
• Coeur d’Alene: Friday, March 21, 2025, from 12-2 pm
• Lewiston: Thursday, March 27, 2025, from 10-12 pm
• McCall: Monday, March 31, 2024, from 10-12 pm
• Jerome: Friday, April 4, 2025, from 10-12 pm
• Idaho Falls: Friday, April 11, 2025, from 10:30-12:30 pm
• Boise: Thursday, April 17, 2025, from 10-12 pm

The workshop is FREE! Staff of public libraries will also receive a FREE Explore Your Environment Guide thanks to support from the Idaho Commission for Libraries. Other attendees will be able to purchase a guide at the event.