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Atlanta area
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Chattahoochee High School
Students will design and plant a small replica of the gardens of Thomas
Jefferson’s Monticello. They will also harvest the garden and donate food
to local community organizations.
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Taylor Middle School
Students will launch a Landscape Campaign through their Evergreen
Club. Students will be responsible for designing an area in the front of the
school, select plants appropriate for the environment, and take on
responsibility for care and maintenance.
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Spelman College
Undergrads will partner with students from Dunbar and Gideon
Elementary Schools and DeKalb Academy for Technology and
Environment to form Green Urban Students.
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Creekview High School
Students in the ROTC program will be responsible for expanding the
school’s recycling efforts. Science students will design, develop, and build
an outdoor learning center made of recycled materials.
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Dallas area
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Gunstream Elementary
Students will hold an Environmental Awareness Science Night.
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Sem Elementary
Students will hold an Environmental Day, for first-graders to reinforce
classroom work on renewable and nonrenewable resources.
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Corbell Elementary
As part of the "It's a Lovely Neighborhood" project, children will learn about
the impact of local trees on the environment.
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DeGolyer Elementary
Students will create a vegetable garden called the Garden of Discovery, so
named because students will learn about chemistry, biology, conservation,
and earth science in a hands-on environment.
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Phoenix area
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Basha High School
This project will involve the development of a xeriscape garden, to be
called the Basha Bears Community Garden.
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Higley Unified School District
Higley Unified School District will create a GreenTeam— a small group of
4th- through 6th-graders.
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Playa del Ray Elementary School
Students will create a butterfly garden on land adjacent to the school.
Students in K through 6th-grade will plan and develop the garden.
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St. John Bosco
This project will expand its 3-year-old Curriculum Garden.
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Sacramento area
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Rocklin Elementary
The students will host a Solar Energy Fair after learning about the benefits
and possible uses of solar energy. In a second project, students will learn
about composting and create an outdoor learning lab used by the entire
school as an outdoor learning lab.
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Rock Creek Elementary
Fourth-graders will study the wetlands ecosystem at William Jessup
University. They will also build nesting boxes for bluebirds and determine
where to locate them to best help the young birds survive.
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Spring View Middle School
Students will plant an area near its amphitheater with native vegetation.
Rocklin High School Chemistry students will collect and analyze air quality
data.
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Rocklin Unified School District
The Super Science Saturday project features high school students
designing hands-on science activities for Rocklin elementary students.
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Sioux Falls area
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Woodfield Center School
Students will host "Extreme Makeover: Yard Edition" by identifying,
planning, and completing landscaping and maintenance projects in the
local community.
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The Outdoor Campus
The Urban Garden Cooperative Project will help native and migrating birds
and butterflies by creating gardens and seedlings along with the Cliff
Avenue Greenhouse.
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