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School kids help with turtle research project in Forest Park 16 Jun 2012 | 02:31 am
St. Louis, Mo. — Turtles can teach us a lot about our environment, say researchers at the St. Louis Zoo who are tracking the reptiles who live inside Forest Park. read more
Experiments on Bronx school’s green roof taking students far 9 Jun 2012 | 03:56 am
New York City, N.Y. — Last week, Elton Hollingsworth and Noel Cruz, both ninth-graders at the Bronx Design and Construction Academy, explained findings from an experiment they’ve been conducting on th...
Garden soaks up flood water, pollutants at Moss Point school 25 May 2012 | 04:02 am
Escatawpa, Miss. — Some Moss Point students have been tackling a tough environmental assignment. They had to create a project that can help alleviate flooding at their school and keep pollutants from ...
Environmental education, in nature's classroom 18 May 2012 | 10:11 am
Reading, Pa. — A colony of bees hanging from a bush and bats napping on the rafters of a covered bridge are not among the things young students learning about the environment can see sitting in a clas...
Students put the trout back in South Portland's Trout Brook 5 May 2012 | 07:48 am
South Portland, Maine — May marked the culmination of a five-month educational program called Trout Kids, run by the Portland Water District. Each January, PWD gives trout eggs to elementary and middl...
Administration Names 78 Schools in 29 States and D.C. as First-Ever U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools 27 Apr 2012 | 02:18 am
April 23, 2012 — U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan was joined today by White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Nancy Sutley and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jack...
At an urban L.A. school, nature grows — and test scores too 18 Apr 2012 | 02:54 am
Los Angeles, Calif. — At Leo Politi Elementary, workers ripped out concrete and planted native flora. The plants attracted insects, which attracted birds, which attracted students, who, fascinated by ...
Join EE Week April 15-21, Highlighting Green STEM Innovation! 11 Apr 2012 | 04:15 am
Increasing STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) knowledge and expanding STEM education and career opportunities for students is a national priority. A projected 2 million STEM-related job...
Third-Graders on Field Trip Spot Rare Bald Eagle Chick 13 Mar 2012 | 02:03 am
School field trips are intended to give youngsters an opportunity to connect with nature and to gain knowledge about life in the great outdoors -- but on one recent outing by a group of eagled-eyed th...
A Coming of Age Moment 3 Mar 2012 | 10:47 am
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan visited the Green Schools National Conference in Denver, where he praised the 1,500 educators in attendance for their commitment to greening our schools, develo...
