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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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