Environmental
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Sixth-graders identified an unmaintained area of land that had become a polluted eyesore. Their project started as a simple plan for tilling the land and planting wildflower seeds. When the students researched the history of the area, they discovered that the land was once a lake, which was drained nearly a century earlier. They felt that this background provided even more reasons to restore the area as a wildlife habitat.
To one 2nd-grade class, the study of endangered animals was a vague subject. A student-led fund-raising project in support of endangered animals brought the issue into focus.
A local lake management organization asked high school students to help curb vandalism at a nearby lake and park. The student leaders organized a convention, conducted research, and produced a brochure on stopping vandalism.
What do students get when they transform an empty lot into a thriving outdoor space? A happy, reconnected community, ... and pride in a job well done.
As an increasing amount of land is cleared for buildings and industry, birds are one of many species having a difficult time finding safe wintering areas. Fifth graders decided to help their feathered friends by creating a bird sanctuary outside their classrooms.
One 2nd-grade class' celebration of Earth Day became a sustained commitment to caring for a rainforest. While transforming their classroom into a model rain forest, they learned they could help preserve the real rain forest by adopting acres of it.
Fifth graders were absorbed in learning about endangered species. A partnership with the local zoo provided real-world learning opportunities by transforming the zoo into a "learning lab," developing partnerships with city businesses, and supporting the federal accreditation of the zoo's education department.
By using a school's nature trail, students and teachers transformed biology from a series of facts to be learned into a hands-on experience. The high school students also led tours of the trail for second graders, teaching them about the local environment.
Taking a broad, multi-disciplinary approach to environmentalism, 6th through 8th graders served as stewards of a state park. They learned how personal decisions affect the environment, and demonstrated their growing awareness of community issues.
Facing a growing threat of buckthorn- a tall non-native shrub that spreads aggressively, forcing out local flora, including tree saplings - students did an issue analysis, community education program, and cleanup projects.
Seventh and eighth graders decided to take action and try to stop the spread of the West Nile Virus in their community. They began by conducting Internet research and reviewing information from the Department of Health and the state's River Basin Commission, and launching a community-awareness campaign.
A high school biology class decided to test the water in their local lake and found it was polluted. After researching water pollution and ways to reverse it, the students developed a five-year plan to clean up the lake. They worked with the town council to implement pollution reduction plans and developed a presentation to train residents to test water quality.
For one group of 6th through 8th graders, environmental science was anything but a textbook subject. Having learned in school about one of their state's main water systems, the students were excited to put their knowledge to practical use by testing and reporting on nearby water ecology.
Rivers, lakes, and oceans offer important resources to the cities built on their shores. Sixth through 8th graders in one such city kept their body of water clean by issuing a unique public service announcement.
Though recycling was already a part of everyday life throughout their school, 1st graders knew they could improve the system by integrating into it a reusing policy. The students put this idea into action by crafting notepads out of used paper.
Most people would not be thrilled to attend something called Solid Waste Camp. But one group of 6th through 8th graders quickly moved beyond any squeamishness and realized its role in cleaning up the planet.
While studying the environmental issues surrounding their state's major aquaculture industry, 3rd graders had to look no further than the polluted river dike outside their school to understand the threat. But in that challenge they also saw a way they could help keep their community's important resource clean.
Concerned about the destruction of wetlands in their state, middle-school students hosted an environmental-education program for young children. The event is the first in a series of activities designed to strengthen and rebuild local natural resources.
Students participate in an aging sensitivity course taught by AmeriCorps members and then applied their new knowledge in several projects that promoted senior safety, including the identification of potential environment hazards, disposal of hazardous waste, and preparation of emergency kits.
