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PreK-8 Environmental Education Activity Guide

PLT Activities	*Natural Inquirer* Articles
400-Acre Wood/If You Were the Boss	On the Fence Full Throttle Model Wilderness 2.0 Investi-gator: The Lands of Time Show Me the Money
A Few of My Favorite Things	Batter Up Bioenergy: How Now Round Crown
A Forest of Many Uses	To Harvest or Not to Harvest Logjams and Beaver Dams Scientific Models in Adaptive Management: The Golden Egg Investi-gator: The Lands of Time
A Look at Lifestyles	Caves and Karst: The Whole Kit and Kaboodle
A Peek at Packaging	Wild Ways
Adopt a Tree	Knock on Wood Flower Power Leaf Me Alone
Air Plants	Knock on Wood It's a Gas! Balancing Act FACELook
Air We Breathe	It's a Gas! Balancing Act World's Forest: Inquiry 3
Birds and Worms/Birds and Bugs	Wild Ways Born To Be Wild
Bursting Buds	The World's Forest Moving On Up
By the Rivers of Babylon	Ecosystem Services
Charting (Bio) Diversity	The Bee Frequency
Democracy in Action	A Burning Question
Decisions, Decisions	Balancing Act Flow Down
Did You Notice?	Citizen Science: Lion in Wait
Dynamic Duos	Caves & Karst: Cave Conundrum SPLAT!
Earth Manners	Caves & Karst: Cave Conundrum
Environmental Exchange Box	Caves & Karst: The Whole Kit and Kaboodle
Every Drop Counts	Climate Change: Did They Make The Gradient? Wildland Fire 2: Keeping it Local
Every Tree For Itself	Caves & Karst: Tropic Topic
Field, Forest, and Stream	Cream of the Crop Caves & Karst: Tropic Topic
Forest Consequences	On the Fence Scientific Models in Adaptive Management: At Your Service
Forest for the Trees	Standing on the Shoulders of Giants Bioenergy: Which do you A-door
Have Seeds, Will Travel	Citizen Science: Invasion of the Song Snatcher Wildland Fire 2: Can we Grow Now?
How Big is Your Tree?	On the Fence
How Plants Grow	Caves & Karst: Tropic Topic
Improve Your Place	Citizen Science: Lion in Wait
In the Driver's Seat	Climate Change: Moving On Up
Invasive Species	Investi-gator: That's a Humdinger!
Life on the Edge	Caves & Karst: Cave Conundrum
Living with Fire	A Burning Question On the Fence Where There's Smoke, There's Fire Climate Change: It's a Small World Wildland Fire 2: Fight or Light Wildland Fire 2: Pecking Order Wildland Fire 2: Snake, Rattle, and Roll
Loving it Too Much	Logjams and Beaver Dams Wilderness 2.0 Wildland Fire 2: Keeping it Local
Make Your Own Paper	Bioenergy: Chip and Truck
Native Ways	Caves & Karst: The Whole Kit and Kaboodle
Nature's Recyclers	Chew on This! Wildland Fire 2: aPods Rule! Wildland Fire 2: Don't Judge a Soil by its Cover
Nothing Succeeds Like Succession	Wildland Fire 2: aPods Rule! Wildland Fire 2: Don't Judge a Soil by its Cover
On the Move	Bioenergy: Chip and Truck
Our Changing World	Caves & Karst: Cave Conundrum Natural IQ Climate Change Investi-gator: Wild Ways Climate Change: It's a Small World Climate Change: The GLAS is Half Full Wildland Fire 2: Fight or Light Bioenergy: A Chip Off the Old Block
Paper Civilizations	Batter Up Chew on This!
Pass the Plants, Please	To Harvest or Not to Harvest Cream of the Crop
Peppermint Beetle	Wild Ways Shoot! Foiled Again! Big Fish in a Small Pool
Planet Diversity	Ecosystem Services
Plant a Tree	Knock on Wood Flower Power
Poet-Tree	Flower Power Woolly Bully
Pollution Search	Full Throttle Model Freshwater: What's the Nonpoint? Wildland Fire 2: Keeping it Local
Publicize It!	Citizen Science: Device-ive Science
Rain Reasons	Cave and Karst: Tropic Topic Where There's Smoke, There's Fire Freshwater: Under Where? Ecosystem Services
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle	Balancing Act
Renewable or Not?	Bioenergy: A Chip Off the Old Block
Resource-Go-Around	Batter Up Bioenergy: Chip and Truck
School Yard Safari/Backyard Safari	Pack to Back Time Out
Signs of Fall	Moving On Up
Soil Stories	Cave and Karst: Tropic Topic Standing on the Shoulders of Giants Freshwater: Sediment-al Journey Food for the Soil Student Scientist: Garlic Mustard Student Scientist: Oxbow Soil Vitality Student Scientist: Emerald Ash Borer
Tale of the Sun	Caves & Karst: The Whole Kit and Kaboodle
The Closer You Look	Moving On Up Balancing Act
The Fallen Log	Chew on This! The Morel of the Story
The Global Climate	Moving On Up It's a Gas! Balancing Act Where in the World is Carbon Dioxide? How Much Carbon is Held by the World's Forests? FACELook Everything but the Carbon Sink
Then and Now	A Burning Question Climate Change: Back to the Future
There Ought to Be a Law	SPLAT!
Tipi Talk	Chew on This!
Tree Cookies	Climate Change: Back to the Future
Tree Factory	Woolly Bully
Tree Lifecycle/A Tree's Life	Balancing Act Seed Ya Later
Trees as Habitats	Chew on This! SPLAT! Investi-gator: That's a Humdinger! Climate Change: Moving on Up Wildland Fire 2: Pecking Order Wildland Fire2: Snake, Rattle, and Roll Student Scientist: The Great Horned Owl
Trees for Many Reasons	Wildland Fire 2: Fight or Light Bioenergy: How Now Round Crown
Trees in Trouble	Scientific Models in Adaptive Management: Cedar Waxing and Waning Climate Change: Moving on Up Woolly Bully Student Scientist: The Emerald Ash Borer
Watch on Wetlands	Full Throttle Model Freshwater: What's the Nonpoint?
Water Wonders	Caves and Karst: A Tale of Two Caves Freshwater: Green Means Clean Freshwater: Sediment-al Journey Freshwater: Under Where?
We All Need Trees	To Harvest or Not to Harvest Batter Up
We Can Work It Out	Full Throttle Model Investi-gator: The Lands of Time
Web of Life	Investi-gator: By the Light of the Silvery Minnow Investi-gator: Prairie Dog Days
Who Works in the Forest?/My Green Future	SPLAT! Wildland Fire 2: Trust is a Must

Explore Your Environment

PLT Activities	*Natural Inquirer* Articles
400-Acre Wood/If You Were the Boss	On the Fence Full Throttle Model Wilderness 2.0 Investi-gator: The Lands of Time Show Me the Money
A Peek at Packaging	Wild Ways
Adopt a Tree	Knock on Wood Flower Power Leaf Me Alone
Birds and Worms/Birds and Bugs	Wild Ways Born To Be Wild
Bursting Buds	The World's Forests Moving On Up
Charting (Bio) Diversity	The Bee Frequency
Decisions, Decisions	Balancing Act Flow Down
Did You Notice?	Citizen Science: Lion in Wait
Every Drop Counts	Climate Change: Did they make the Gradient? Wildland Fire 2: Keeping it Local
Every Tree for Itself	Caves and Karst: Tropic Topic
Exploration Energy	It's a Gas! Balancing Act Where in the World is Carbon Dioxide? World's Forest: Inquiry 3 Everything but the Carbon Sink
Field, Forest, and Stream	Cream of the Crop Cave and Karst: Tropic Topic Freshwater: Sediment-al Journey
Forest in the City	Balancing Act
Get Outside	Pack to Back
Have Seeds, Will Travel	Citizen Science: Invasion of the Song Snatcher Wildland Fire 2: Can We Grow Now?
Here We Grow Again	Balancing Act Don't Judge a Soil by its Color Leaf Me Alone
Improve Your Place	Citizen Science: Lion in Wait
Invasive Species	Investi-gator: That's a Humdinger!
Life on the Edge	Caves & Karst: Cave Conundrum
Living with Fire	A Burning Question On the Fence Where There's Smoke, There's Fire Climate Change: It's a Small World Wildland Fire 2: FIght or Light Wildland Fire 2: Pecking Order
Make Your Own Paper	Bioenergy: Chip and Truck
Nature's Skyscrapers	Moving On Up
Nothing Succeeds Like Succession	Wildland Fire 2: aPods Rule! Wildland Fire 2: Don't Judge a Soil by Its Color
Our Federal Forests	Moving On Up
Peppermint Beetle	Wild Ways Shoot! Foiled Again! Big Fish in a Small Pool
Plant a Tree	Knock on Wood Flower Power
Poet-Tree	Flower Power Woolly Bully
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle	Balancing Act
Renewable or Not?	Bioenergy: A Chip Off the Old Block
School Yard Safari/Backyard Safari	Pack to Back Time Out
Signs of Fall	Moving On Up
Soil Builders	It's a Gas! Leaf Me Alone!
The Closer You Look	Moving On Up Balancing Act
The Fallen Log	Chew on This! The Morel of the Story
The Global Climate	Moving On Up It's a Gas! Balancing Act Where in the World is Carbon Dioxide? How Much Carbon is Held by the World's Forests? FACELook
Tree Cookies	Climate Change: Back to the Future
Tree Factory	Woolly Bully
Tree ID	Don't Litter the Stream
Trees as Habitats	Chew on This! SPLAT! Investi-gator: That's a Humdinger! Climate Change: Moving on Up Wildland Fire 2: Pecking Order Wildland Fire2: Snake, Rattle, and Roll
Trees for Many Reasons	Wildland Fire 2: FIght or Light Bioenergy: How Now Round Crown
Trees in Trouble	Scientific Models in Adaptive Management: Cedar Waxing or Waning Climate Change: Moving On Up Woolly Bully Student Scientist: The Emerald Ash Borer
Watch on Wetlands	Full Throttle Model Freshwater: What's the Nonpoint?
We All Need Trees	To Harvest or Not to Harvest Batter Up
Web of Life	Investi-gator: By the Light of the Silvery Minnow Investi-gator: Prairie Dog Days
What's in a Label	Balancing Act FACELook Everything but the Carbon Sink
Who Works in this Forest?/My Green Future	SPLAT! Wildland Fire 2: Trust is a Must

Biodiversity Blitz

PLT Activities

Natural Inquirer Articles

Charting (Bio) Diversity

The Bee Frequency

Web of Life

Investi-gator: By the Light of the Silvery Minnow

Investi-gator: Prairie Dog Days

Sensational Trees

PLT Activities	Natural Inquirer Articles
Adopt a Tree	Knock on Wood Flower Power Leaf Me Alone
Peppermint Beetle	Wild Ways Shoot! Foiled Again! Big Fish in a Small Pool
The Closer You Look	Moving On Up Balancing Act

Connecting for Health and Planet

PLT Activities

Natural Inquirer Articles

Get Outside

Pack to Back

Poet-Tree

Flower Power

Woolly Bully

Discover Your Urban Forests

PLT Activities

Natural Inquirer Articles

Decisions, Decisions

Balancing Act

Flow Down

Forest in the City

Balancing Act

Trillions of Trees

PLT Activities	Natural Inquirer Articles
Plant a Tree	Knock on Wood Flower Power
Tree ID	Don't Litter the Stream
Trees in Trouble	Scientific Models in Adaptive Management: Cedar Waxing or Waning Climate Change: Moving on Up Woolly Bully Student Scientists: The Emerald Ash Borer

Green Jobs

PLT Activities

Natural Inquirer Articles

400-Acre Wood/If You Were the Boss

On the Fence

Full Throttle Model

Wilderness 2.0

Investi-gator: The Lands of Time

Show Me the Money

Who Works in the Forest?/My Green Future

SPLAT!

Wildland Fire 2: Trust is a Must

Nature of Fire

PLT Activities	Natural Inquirer Articles
Burning Issues	Where in the World is Carbon Dioxide? Everything but the Carbon Sink Fire and Water
Living with Fire	A Burning Question On the Fence Where There's Smoke, There's Fire Climate Change: It's a Small World Wildland Fire 2: FIght or Light Wildland Fire 2: Pecking Order Wildland Fire 2: Snake, Rattle, and Roll
Nothing Succeeds Like Succession	Wildland Fire 2: aPods Rule! Wildland Fire 2: Don't Judge a Soil by Its Cover