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Last Update: 04/14/2011

Project Learning Tree: Correlations to TN K-8 Curriculum Standards

Note to users:
For K-8 Science, Mathematics, and/or Language Arts, the Grade Level Expectations (GLEs) for correlated Standards are reproduced.   (For High School courses, the Course Level Expectations, CLEs, are listed.)  Related PLT activities are listed in the column on the right. 

These activities are suggestions made and reviewed by a committee of educators.  A special effort was made to recommend activities that will meet the specified standards when done exactly as they appear in the 2006 PLT Pre K–8 Guide.  Because Inquiry and Technology activities are to be embedded, rather than free-standing, inquiry and design activities were first correlated to science content and then to embedded inquiry or technology as appropriate. Likewise, Mathematics and Language Arts correlations were suggested only for activities already matched to grade-level standards in social studies or science.

However, teachers are encouraged to modify and adapt any of the PLT activities to suit the needs of your students and/or situation and to make additional correlations according to your own judgment. If you have any questions, comments or suggestions about using PLT in your classroom, e-mail: Dave.Walters@tn.gov.

Language Arts

Math

Science

Social Studies

The following educators cross-referenced and reviewed these correlations:

  • Stacie Bryson – Cannon County Schools
  • Jan Coley – Jefferson County Schools
  • Kathy DeWein - TN Educators of Aquatic & Marine Sciences
  • Bonnie Ervin – Discovery Center at Murfree Spring
  • Jessica Hall – Harpeth Valley Elementary
  • Hilary Hargrove – Riverdale High School
  • Tamera Klingbyll – Lipscomb University
  • Wes Marquess – WILD and PLT Facilitator
  • Colleen Mattison – Educational Technology Consultant
  • Alysa Medina – Harvesting Peace Environmental Education Center
  • Diane Parton – Hands-On Science Instructional Coordinator, Warren County
  • Susan Proctor – McBrien Elementary, Hamilton County
  • Gale Stanley - Jacksboro Middle School
  • Leslie Suters – Tennessee Tech University
  • Christina Tibbs – Christiana Middle School, Rutherford County
  • Mary Jo Willocks – Union Grove Middle School, Blount County
  • Mary Ball - Carson-Newman College
  • Michelle Rogers - Project WET Tennessee Coordinator
  • Cindi Smith-Walters - Middle Tennessee State University