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No Matter the Place, Secondary-Level Module Hits Home: Project Learning Tree August 2009
In 2006, Project Learning Tree (PLT), the award-winning environmental education program of the American Forest Foundation, along with the American Planning Association and other partners, developed Places We Live, a secondary-level module in which students develop and strengthen their sense of place through a focus on environmental, social, and economic issues. |
Book Club Discussion Questions: Maps and Mapping May 2008
Maps and Mapping, an encyclopedic book of maps and mapping activities, is APA's Book Club book for May. Included here are discussion questions for aspiring cartographers or GIS analysts. |
Lesson Plan: A Planner’s Day in School February 2008
A lesson plan for when planners visit the classroom. |
Lesson Plan: Great Place/Lousy Place September 2000
The purpose of this activity is to increase students' awareness of the design of the places they use everyday. They will gain insight into their reactions to their environment and the emotional and physical (design) criteria they use to evaluate places.
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Lesson Plan: City Detective January 1999
Student detectives identify and observe uses of the existing parks and open spaces in their community so that they can evaluate whether these places meet the needs of community residents and then make appropriate recommendations for change. |
Be a Water Treatment Officer July 1998
Ever wonder how your water gets from its source to your home? This activity simulates the treatment process water goes through before it flows from our tap. |
