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Project Learning Tree Secondary Module

Project Learning Tree

PINEMAP is partnering with Project Learning Tree (PLT), an award-winning environmental education program, to develop a secondary module on climate change impacts on southern forest ecosystems, forest impacts on climate, and ways people can affect these relationships. The module is being developed for use in life science, environmental science, and agriculture courses in grades 9-12, with potential use in middle school or community college courses.



Students measure trees and calculate the amount of carbon stored in individual trees as part of the PINEMAP/PLT Secondary Module activity "Counting the Carbon". Photo courtesy of Jessica IrelandThe module will include approximately 12 engaging activities, with each activity including concepts or research related to PINEMAP. By completing the activities in this module, students will be able to meet the following objectives:

    • Gain an appreciation for the role of forests in models of climate change.
    • Increase understanding of climate and change, carbon cycle, and carbon sequestration.PLT Secondary Module_Pilot Testing_Summer 2012_9
    • Increase understanding of how forest management can remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and improve resilience of southern pine forests.
    • Explore the role of consumer choices in climate change mitigation through life cycle analysis and product comparisons.


Following the PLT Secondary Module format, the module will contain teacher background information and each activity will include teacher pages, student readings, handouts, or worksheets; media and technology connections; supplemental extensions; assessment ideas; and additional resources. Activities will be supplemented with slide presentations, videos, web links, and an online teacher workshop.
High school students learn about how carbon cycles through biological and physical systems as part of the PLT/PINEMAP Secondary Module activity "Carbon on the Move". Photo courtesy of Martha Monroe.
The module is currently in development, and an Education Advisory Committee is providing critical feedback and guidance to ensure creation of high-quality materials that are both relevant and useful. We expect to begin widespread pilot testing of the module in fall 2013.


Sign-up Form

Click here to sign-up for updates on the module, to review draft activities, or to participate in the regional pilot test.


Module Materials

Education Advisory Committee
Climate Change Symposium
Document Actions
 

PINEMAP Collaborators

Universities

University of Florida | Alcorn State University | University of Georgia | Auburn University | Mississippi State University | North Carolina A & T University | North Carolina State University |
Oklahoma State University | Texas A & M University | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | Virginia State University

University-Corporate-Governmental Research Cooperatives

Cooperative Forest Genetics Research Program | Cooperative Tree Improvement Program | Forest Biology Research Cooperative | Forest Modeling Research Cooperative |
Forest Productivity Cooperative | Plantation Management Research Cooperative | Southern Forest Resource Assessment Consortium | Western Gulf Forest Tree Improvement Program

Other

U.S. Forest Service | Southern Regional Extension Forestry | Southeast Climate Consortium | Additional Supporters

The Pine Integrated Network: Education, Mitigation, and Adaptation project (PINEMAP) is a Coordinated Agricultural Project funded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Award #2011-68002-30185.