Schoolyard Habitat Projects

This spring, schools across the U.S. will undertake a Schoolyard Habitat Project as part of an educator professional development initiative known as PBLU. PBLU is a series of courses that walk teachers through the basics of implementing project-based learning in their classrooms.

Charlotte Kelly’s 7th and 8th grade science students at Ilwaco Middle/High School in Ilwaco, Wash. have undertaken a project to construct habitats for birds and butterflies on their school grounds. At Hillside Intermediate School in Bridgewater, New Jersey, Katrina Macht’s 6th graders will develop materials to educate their community about the wildlife found in their school’s 7 acres of schoolyard habitat.

Visit PBLU.org for information about the courses, and be sure to check out the Schoolyard Habitat Project while you’re there. Inspired to undertake your own Schoolyard Habitat Project? A free project guide is available for download at that site.