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“Places We Live” Secondary Module

Do you notice your community growing and changing?

Do you want to help students explore how to make informed decisions about

your community's current and future environmental issues?

Project Learning Tree's “Places We Live” Secondary Module is for you!

-Ideal for High School and Middle School honors classes.

-Uses place based educational strategies to help students investigate

their community and develop a sense of place.

-Can be enhanced with technology such as GPS and the internet.

-Correlated to the Sunshine State Standards.

-Includes case studies.

The Online Training Program is designed to replace an in person workshop.

When you complete the training you will receive your own copy of the

Places We Live Guide, a Certificate of Completion, and be prepared to use

Place We Live in your classroom

 Highlights:

-Self Paced and Easy to Use!

-Takes less than 2 hours to complete

-Watch engaging videos

-Listen to Earth and Sky Radio clips

-Learn how Places We Live connects to Florida

-Discover useful classroom resources

Professional Development at a low cost of $9.50!

For additional information visit:

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http://sfrc.ufl.edu/plt/materials_and_programs/Online_Training_Program/online_training_program.html

Jennifer A. Seitz

Florida Project Learning Tree Coordinator

Urban Forestry Extension Associate

School of Forest Resources and Conservation

University of Florida-IFAS

PO Box 110410

Gainesville, FL 32611

Phone: 352/846-2329, Fax: 352/846-2094

http://sfrc.ufl.edu/plt

http://sfrc.ufl.edu/urbanforestry