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Use the environment to engage children in learning – both outside and indoors.
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Project Learning Tree - Florida

Use the environment to engage children in learning – both outside and indoors.

Standards Correlations

 

Florida Standards

Explore Your Environment: K-8 Activity Guide

The 50 activities in the Explore Your Environment: K-8 Activity Guide are correlated to the Florida Next Generation Sunshine State Standards (NGSSS) for Science and Social Studies, Florida Standards (FS) for Language Arts and Mathematics, and Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking (BEST) for Language Arts and Mathematics. 

The standards are organized into and color coded the same as grade level groupings in the Guide (red for K-2, green for 3-5 and blue for 6-8), and within each grouping listed by core subject area (Science, Language Arts, Mathematics, and Social Studies) from the lowest grade to the highest. The standard type (NGSSS, FS, BEST) is noted for each standard, with the BEST Standards at the end of each grade level grouping. For each standard, a list of correlated activities is included with the corresponding page number for ease of location in the Guide.

UPDATE: this now includes correlations for Grades K-8 BEST Standards. 

PreK-8 Environmental Education Activity Guide

The 96 activities in the PreK-8 Environmental Education Curriculum Guide are correlated to the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards for Science and Social Studies and Florida Standards for Language Arts and Mathematics. Correlation tables are available in PDF or Excel format, and an introduction to understanding and using the correlation tables is also provided.

NEW! Trees & Me: Activities for Exploring Nature with Young Children Guide

The activities in the Trees & Me: Activities for Exploring Nature with Young Children guide are correlated to the Florida Early Learning and Developmental Standards for ages 18-24 months, 2-4 years, 3-4 years, and 4 years-Kindergarten (K). 

Environmental Experiences for Early Childhood 

The activities in the Environmental Experiences for Early Childhood Guide are correlated to the Florida Early Learning and Developmental Standards for ages 3-4 years and 4 years-Kindergarten. 

Southeastern Forests and Climate Change Secondary Module

The 14 activities in the Southeastern Forests and Climate Change Secondary Module are correlated to the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards for Science. The correlations grid is available in Word or Excel formats. 

Exploring Environmental Issues: Focus on Forests Secondary Module 

The 9 activities in the Exploring Environmental Issues: Focus on Forests Secondary Module are correlated to the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards for Science and Social Studies and Florida Standards for Language Arts and Mathematics.

Exploring Environmental Issues: Places We Live Secondary Module

The 8 activities in the Exploring Environmental Issues: Places We Live Secondary Module are correlated to the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards for Science and Social Studies and Florida Standards for Language Arts and Mathematics.

Environmental Science Standards Correlations

Check out Next Generation Sunshine State Standards Grades 9-12 Environmental Science standards correlations to activities in the Explore Your Environment: K-8 Activity Guide, the Urban Forests: A Supplement to PLT’s PreK-8 Environmental Education Activity Guide; and Teaching with i-Tree.

For more information on Florida Standards, visit CPALMS, the State of Florida’s official source for formal education standards information.

 

National Standards

PLT is correlated to academic standards such as Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Mathematics, Next Generation Science Standards, National Social Studies Standards, National Head Start Association, and National Association for the Education of Young Children.

In addition, PLT is correlated to the 4-H Life Skills Wheel, Boy and Girl Scouts, and other nonformal education programs.