Slide 1 Secondary Science Webinar
•	PJ Duncan, Secondary Science Specialist
•	Penny Taylor, Healthy Schools Director
•	Don Whitehead, Senior Projects Architect

Slide 2 Webinar
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Slide 3 Webinar Objectives
Participants will:
1.	Understand what elements make up a Green School.
2.	Learn at least three strategies to enhance environmental education at their school or district.
3.	Be able to identify new contacts for resources and technical assistance.
4.	Become aware of the new Florida Department of Environmental Protection school level awards program.
Slide 4 Poll Question #1
•	Let’s answer a poll question! 
•	What is your role? Classroom teacher, Instructional Coach, District Employee, Parent
Slide 5 3 Elements of a Green School
1.	Reduced Environmental Impact and Costs
2.	Improve the Health and Wellness of Students and Staff
3.	Effective Environment and Sustainability Education
4.	Referred to as the three pillars  
5.	Mirrors the 3 elements of sustainability; economics, social equity, education 
Slide 6 Poll Question #2
•	Let’s answer a poll question!
•	Does your school have a student green team?
Slide 7 Pillar I – Don Whitehead, AIA, and LEED AP
•	Greenhouse gas emissions – reduced or eliminated
•	Cost-effective building energy efficiency improvements
•	On-site renewable energy and/or purchase of green power
•	Water – conservation and improved quality
•	Solid Waste – 3Rs – reuse, reduce, and recycle
•	Reduction or elimination of hazardous waste
•	Alternative transportation 
•	Energy-efficient buses, trucks, and/or cars
•	Carpool lanes and/or parking spaces
•	Biking or Walking
Slide 8 Greenhouse Gases
Gases that trap heat in the atmosphere
•	Carbon Dioxide (CO2) comes from burning of fossil fuels, solid waste and trees. Removed by plants.
•	Methane (CH4) comes from fossil fuels, livestock and organic waste. Global Warming Potential = 28~36 x CO2
•	Nitrous Oxide (N2O) comes from agricultural, industry, fossil fuels and solid waste. GWP = 265~298 x CO2
•	Fluorinated gases (CFCs, HFCs, HCFCs, PFCs and SF6) come from industry. GWP = thousands to ten thousands
Slide 9 Greenhouse Gas Equivalent (CO2e)
•	CO2e calculation (2014 EPA Non-base load output emission rate): 
•	Eastern time zone of Florida: KWH x 0.00053452 MT/KWH = MT of CO2e
•	Central time zone of Florida: KWH x 0.00059457 MT/KWH = MT of CO2e
Slide 10 Poll Question #3
•	Let’s answer a poll question!
•	Are you on your school’s healthy school wellness team?
Slide 11 Pillar II – Penny Taylor, Director, Healthy Schools
Improved Health and Wellness of students and Staff
•	United States Department of Education demonstrates support for Health and Wellness as part of the Green Ribbon Schools Recognition Program
There has been growing support and synergy to link health and wellness with environmental education.  As a science teacher, you all are more aware than most that health and wellness naturally interconnects with environmental education and the green school movement.  In 2012, it was very encouraging to see the US Department of Education acknowledge and codify that relationship by including health and wellness as one of the three pillars constituting a national green ribbon school.
Slide 12 Multi-agency and Organization Collaboration
•	Florida Statute 1000.08 requires the Department of Education and Environmental Protection along with collaboration from additional partners to provide awards or recognition for green school outstanding efforts or achievements
•	Florida Departments of Education, Health, Environmental Protection and Sustainable Florida Memorandum of Understanding establishes commitment to promote health and wellness as a part of the green school movement
Then in 2013, the Departments of Education, Environmental Protection and Health along with Sustainable Florida forged a formal commitment to collaboratively support and promote the green school movement with health and wellness as component.
Slide 13 Florida Healthy District Designation
•	Currently 43 of 67 of Florida districts recognized as Florida Healthy Districts
•	Gold: Baker, Duval, Lee, Leon, Nassau, Orange, Osceola, Palm Beach, Pinellas, Santa Rosa, Sarasota
•	Silver: Alachua, Brevard, Broward, Citrus, Clay, Collier, Desoto, Escambia, Flagler, Hamilton, Indian River, Monroe, Okaloosa, Okeechobee, Pasco, Polk, Putnam, St. Johns, St. Lucie, Volusia
•	Bronze: Bay, Bradford, Franklin, Gadsden, Hernando, Lake, Madison, Manatee, Martin, Seminole, Sumter, Union
•	Healthy School Teams required at all schools to create healthier school environments
In Florida, at the state, district and school level, there is tremendous support and resources available to further your efforts. There are currently 43 school districts that have made a commitment and have been designated as a Florida Healthy School district. As you can see on this slide, there are 11 Gold, 20 Silver and 12 Bronze. I encourage you to leverage resources and support for those of you from a district that has been deemed a Florida Healthy District. Also, at the school level, as of June of 2015, the USDA required all schools participating in the lunch program to establish Healthy School Teams which are sometimes called Wellness Teams. If you are not already on the Healthy School Team at your school, I urge you to participate to gain support, collaboration and raise the visibility of the great work you all are doing to a promote green and healthy school. 

Slide 14 Poll Question #4
•	Let’s answer a poll question!
•	Do you have an environmental education program at your school?
Slide 15 Pillar III – Effective Environment and Sustainability Education
•	Standards and Instructional Resources
•	Environmental Science Standards
•	Grade 7
•	Biology
Now let’s take a look at two science standards.  One from middle grades science, in particular, and one that compliments that standard in high school biology.
Slide 16 Middle Grades Science Standard SC.7.L.17.1
•	Explain and illustrate the roles of and relationships among producers, consumers, and decomposers in the process of energy transfer in a food web. 
This standard explores the relationships between living organisms in an ecosystem and how energy is transferred among them.  Basically, who is eating who and how energy is passed on for survival?
Slide 17 Original Tutorials – Floridastudents.org
For many of our standards in middle grades science you will find Original Tutorials aligned with the standards.  These tutorials can be found at Floridastudents.org and CPALMS.  Each tutorial is an interactive experience for students to apply the content in a real-world situation.
This tutorial presents the student with a problem.  “Where are all the krill going?”  The student makes a prediction about the cause and then works through data to problem solve.  Spoiler alert! It was human overfishing in the area that was causing the krill population to diminish.  
Students are assessed as they work through these interactive tutorials.  If they get an answer wrong, the tutorial provides support and then asks the student to try again.
This tutorial provides a writing prompt as well.  The essay assigned is a letter to a tree frog.  Students are to explain to the tree frog its place in its own ecosystem by using the vocabulary that they learned in the tutorial, such as producer, consumer and decomposer.  Students are to explain how energy is transferred as well and warn the tree frog that changes in the ecosystem can disrupt the balance of the food web.
Slide 18 Biology Standards
SC.912.L.17.20 Predict the impact of individuals on environmental systems and examine how human lifestyles affect sustainability.
Annually assessed on Biology EOC. Also assesses SC.912.L.17.11, SC.912.L.17.13, and SC.912.N.1.3.
Middle Grades Life Science Standards Support Biology.  SC.912.L.17.20 will build upon the 7th grade standard from earlier in this presentation to further explore the impact humans may have on their environment.  You can also see that this standard can be assessed as the three additional standards listed on this slide.
Slide 19 Text Resources – CPALMS.org
For our biology standard this month we have selected a text resource from CPALMS.org that is aligned to this standard.
This informational text resource is designed to support reading in the content area. The text describes the interactions between white ibises in Florida and humans, and the impact that these interactions have on both species. The article presents both benefits as well as potential drawbacks to the close proximity of humans and white ibises. The article also describes how scientists are studying these interactions and their effects. We learn that feeding the ibises is not good for them or for humans.
Slide 20 Text Complexity Analysis
This text complexity analysis is available as part of the text resources aligned to our standard on CPALMS.  The information contained in this piece is extremely valuable to the teacher as they plan for their instruction.
I would like to draw your attention to the item to the left of the arrow.  The “potential challenges this text poses” alerts teachers as to what challenges their students may face when reading this article and gives suggestions to overcome these challenges.
Slide 21 Qualitative Rubric
A qualitative rubric is also provided for this text resource.
Slide 22 Text-Dependent Questions
Text-Dependent Questions and a writing prompt are available.  A key is provided also.
A close reading with this text would be a great way to help students find the answers within the text.
Slide 23 Outdoor Lab Aquaculture and Traditional Garden Beds
PJ talks about her experience at Taylor County High School with expanding the classroom beyond four walls and into community.  
This is bigger than science standards and science education.  Gives purpose to students that do not see that they have a place in your school.  Improve attendance, grades and outlook on their own future.  
I would like to welcome representatives from four of our Florida schools who have taken our science standards and expanded their students experience beyond their classroom walls.
They have agreed not only to share the amazing things that are happening in their schools and communities, but they also will be sharing resources and their knowledge of how to make this happen in your school and community.
Slide 24 Brevard Highlights
•	Surfside Elementary, Erika Maier
•	Manatee Elementary, Marcia Booth
Introduce Brevard school representatives
Slide 25 SURFSIDE ELEMENTARY 
•	Satellite Beach, FL
Slide 26 Small School – Big Impact
•	This beachside school is a model for saving the planet through                                      
•	innovative outdoor learning spaces, 
•	creative environmental education programs 
•	active community involvement and partnerships such as 
1.	Brevard County Extension Office
•	Air Force Honor Guard
•	Businesses like Lowes, Sun Harbour Nursery, Ground Tec, Baker Creek
•	VOLUNTEERS!  Parents, Grandparents, Master Gardeners
Community outreach, such as Brevard Zoo Mangrove Restoration, carries our influence beyond our school.
You can’t do a great program without support – start small and ask for help.  Then give help to others.  We freely offer tours and help for anyone trying to start a garden or environmental program.  Last month we spoke to the City’s Sustainability board and they asked for help with a local reusable bag i
Slide 27 Hands On Environmental Education every subject, at every grade level
•	Extensive Campus Wildlife Native Gardens 
•	Poultry Coop
•	 Grade Level Gardens
•	These allow teachers to combine academic achievement, nutrition, garden science, physical activity, food preparation and fresh vegetable tastings to improve the health and wellness of children, families, and the school community. 
Slide 28 Every subject, including art, is a chance to talk about sustainability and the environment. 
Using a multidisciplinary approach, Surfside weaves in reading, writing and mathematics opportunities into every environmental education lesson. 
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•	Project Learning Tree
•	Junior Master Gardener
•	Livestock Conservancy
Two of our rain barrels are shown here.  We have 12 spread across the campus.  We worked with the Extension Office to develop a Zika mitigation plan that involves using screen over the barrels, mosquito dunks and assigning classes to check bird baths weekly to drain and refill.  The District applauded our “proactive” plan.
Slide 29 What Motivates Kids?  Food!!!!!!  (And baby animals)
•	Kids are willing to work hard in the garden (and in class) if they can eat what they sow or have time with baby chicks.
•	All grade levels celebrate with salads, salsa, soup and quiche when their gardens are ready to harvest.
•	Our after school 4-H Club helps maintain a large Farm at Wickham Park with 250 ducks, chicks, turkeys, geese and 3 dairy goats that come to school to visit.
The 4-H club stretches beyond our school and has over 70 members.  The school helps incubate the eggs that come from the Farm, after the animals are grown they go back to the Fantastic Farm at Wickham.  For many of our kids it’s the first time they have seen a farm animal up close.  We have a Rent a Chick program that is a great way for parents to teach kids about the life cycle and responsibility at home, without a long term commitment.  And the funds help take care of the feed for the adult animals.
Slide 30 The beautiful gardens
•	Become a gathering point for parents, students and teachers, as well as helping to beautify the campus.  
•	Students plant heirloom unusual seeds such as amaranth and the entire campus is organic.
We get our seeds free from Baker Creek and Lowes.  We also go after Department of Agriculture, Lions Club, Toshiba, and County grants every year to help fund the gardens.

Slide 31 But nothing is more beautiful than the rare, heritage poultry that we hatch. 
•	Students study the importance of these rare breeds from their historic status to their genetic significance. Many of these beautiful animals have unique traits and skills. Their genetically based, complex characteristics are no longer found in commercial breeds today. 
The kids research rare animals through the Livestock Conservancy and our teachers use many 4-H Embryology resources.  Kids can learn geography, science, math and literature through animals.
Slide 32 How We Grow Together 
•	Students work in the gardens and are engaged in hands-on life science projects with insects and poultry that are supported through not just curriculum and lesson plans but with community volunteers, business partners and technology resources. Our entire campus is an outdoor learning experience that brings all of us together. 
You just need a supportive administration and a couple teachers to start a great program.  Until 5 years ago I had never heard of 4-H, had never held a chicken, did not have a teaching credential and this is my first power point and webinar.  Start small, but start now – these programs are what will motivate kids (even special needs kids) to learn and are a positive unifying force for an entire school.
Slide 33 Erika Maier
•	Surfside GSP Teacher
•	Fantastic Farm 4-H Club Leader
•	Maier.erika@brevardschools.org
•	321-773-2818 ext. 247
•	Like us on Facebook
Slide 34 Manatee Elementary
•	A 2015 U.S. Dept. of Education Green Ribbon School
•	Marcia Booth
•	Parent Volunteer
Thank you. I’m Marcia Booth and I am a parent volunteer at Manatee Elementary.
Slide 35 Manatee Elementary
•	Located in Viera
•	About 900 students and 45 teachers
•	Environmental Club (E-Club) for 1st through 3rd grade students created in 2012 
•	Green Committee created as part of the school’s PTO in 2013 
•	2015 U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon School Award
Manatee is in Central Brevard County in a neighborhood called Viera.
Manatee is a big school with about 900 students and about 45 teachers. It has a great staff, great families and all that makes the school very special.
Slide 36 Parent Influence on Green Initiatives
Parents and families at Manatee have contributed a lot to making the school greener. 
The community where we live values green initiatives and our families are happy to step up.
Slide 37 Pillar I Reduced Environmental Impact and Costs
•	Comprehensive recycling program throughout the school including in the classrooms 
•	Alternative recycling programs (TerraCycle, Printer Cartridges, e-Waste)
•	Collection Corner for awareness and greater participation in programs
•	Greener events
•	Collection of gently-used classroom supplies
I broke up our projects according to the pillars they would fall under. So from Pillar I - Reduced Environmental Impact and Costs – I listed:
Comprehensive recycling program throughout the school including in the classrooms 
Brevard County Public Schools implemented comprehensive recycling – and that’s what we have now in all schools in Brevard. 
Before that, we implemented the collection of recyclables at school events – and that’s what the picture is showing. 
Alternative recycling programs (TerraCycle, Printer Cartridges, e-Waste)
We increased the participation in the collection of hard-to-recycle items and started collecting some of those items in the classrooms and in field trips too. 
Through TerraCycle the school gets points for recycling certain items and those points are converted to dollars for the school. So it’s not only good for the environment, but it’s also a fundraising for the school.
Besides TerraCycle, we recycle ink cartridges and have an annual drive to collect e-Waste that we send to a local recycler. 
Collection Corner for awareness and greater participation in programs
We created a collection corner to make it easier for families to drop off items we recycle so they can bring those from home and recycle at our school.
Greener events
The school was able to make some changes to get events to be a greener. For example, use paper materials instead of Styrofoam
Collection of gently-used classroom supplies
At the end of the school, teachers clean out their classrooms and donate unwanted materials so we can take them to the Supply Zone for Teachers – an organization that assists teachers from less privileged area schools with free material for their classes.

Slide 38 Pillar II Improved Health and Wellness
•	Morning Mile for all grades
•	Thinga-ma-Jogger 5K for school and community
•	Team Lorax for the 5K
•	Shade structure for playground
•	Trees around campus
•	Sun Protection relay
•	Access to Manatee Meadow during lunch
•	Hopscotch & Tic-Tac-Toe in the Meadow
•	Green Apple Day of Service
Under Pillar II, Improved Health and Wellness, we cover from keeping kids active to protecting them from the sun.
Morning Mile for all grades
The school participates in the Morning Mile program and parent volunteers assist in the program
Kids may walk/run every morning for 15 minutes right before school. 
The school also participates in the walk or bike to school day and have families join in from all over the neighborhood.
Thinga-ma-Jogger 5K and Team Lorax – these are the pictures you see on the slide
The school and PTO created a 5K called Thinga-ma-Jogger for the community to celebrate reading and Dr. Seuss and get families moving. Green Committee created the Team Lorax to have a group walk together. 
This year the 5K will be this Saturday, March 4th and the proceeds will go towards funding a shade structure for our playground.
And that leads to SUN PROTECTION. 
We planted native trees around campus to create more shade; 
And to raise awareness of the importance of being “sunwise” and protecting our skin from the sun, we distributed information to families (sun screen samples and informational material from the EPA) and created a “sun protection” relay  - a game that gets the students to review what they need to do to protect themselves from the sun.
Access to Manatee Meadow during lunch
Manatee Meadow is an outdoor environment that can be used by classes and families. We encourage families to go outside and eat lunch with their children.  Parents created a hopscotch and tic-tac-toe that kids can use during their break.
Green Apple Day of Service
We had a few Green Apple Day of Service events and in one of them we did some weeding of the school gardens and people from the community (not only Manatee families) actually came to help. It was pretty amazing.
Slide 39 Pillar III Effective Environmental and Sustainability Education
•	Be smart from the Start
•	Green Ambassadors
•	Butterfly Garden
•	Manatee Meadow outdoor classroom
•	Environmental Club for grades 1-3
•	Green News Crew
•	Paperless Student Council elections
•	Half-way to Earth Day
•	Be Earth’s Valentine
•	Earth Day
•	Field Trips
•	Educational games at school events
From Pillar III we have done a lot.
Be Smart from the Start is a program that happens every beginning of the school year. Green Committee volunteers visit each one of the classrooms for a 10-15 min presentation on what the school recycles and collects; what goes in the blue recycle bin and what is TerraCycle.
During that visit we recognize the class’s Green Ambassador – a student selected by their teacher to help with recycling and doing TerraCycle right in their classroom .
We are expanding the responsibilities of our Green Ambassadors so students take on the responsibility of looking after their school by taking on specific tasks – like watering the plants in the outdoor classroom and butterfly garden.
Butterfly Garden
We created the butterfly garden and the Manatee Meadow outdoor classroom – spaces that teachers can use in their lessons to let students get out of the classroom and explore their school community.
Environmental Club 
Our E-Club that gets the young ones involved. Every year we cover a variety of topics to help students become stewards of the environment. This year, for example, we are building a keyhole garden in the Manatee Meadow – the kids are happy to get outside, get their hands in the dirt, and build something for their school.
Green News Crew
To keep students informed about what E-Club has been doing and other green projects, we created the Green News Crew to share green news on the school TV during morning announcements.
Paperless Student Council elections
We coordinated with the Supervisor of Elections outreach program to bring their machines for the students to use in the schools Student Council elections. It was a real world experience for them and we saved paper – no ballots!
Half-way to Earth Day / Be Earth’s Valentine / Earth Day - those are celebrations we do every year: 
Half-way to Earth Day in October (6 months before Earth Day because on Earth Day students are taking FSA/FCAT tests) and this year we brought local environmental organizations (Zoo, butterfly, Hubs Seaworld, Solid Waste Dept.) and created a mini fair with presentation from all organizations 
Be Earth’s Valentine in February is a celebration to remind students to be kind to each other, to all living things and to the Earth; 
Earth Day – an after school service & celebration for Green Ambassadors and E-Club
Field Trips
We organize family field trips: water treatment plant; Washed Ashore exhibit at local zoo; beach clean up.
Educational games at school events.
At school events we set up games that will get “green” information to the families – e.g. what can be recycled at Manatee.
Slide 40 Manatee Elementary Green Committee Team
•	Create by PTO in 2013; chaired by Marcia Booth
•	Goal: work together - families, students, staff, and teachers - towards making Manatee Elementary a greener school
•	2017: From one member to seven, plus two teachers; in the process of getting 6th grade students involved
•	Other volunteers assist with projects and activities
•	Projects expanded to community – e.g. e-waste collection; donation of gently-used supplies; Green Apple Day of service
These are parents that make the core of our Green Committee – it started with one (me) and then two (Barbara) and now we have seven parents heading the green initiatives at the school
The goal is to get students even more involved in the projects so they take part in the process of making the school greener; give them the feel of being in charge of their school community
What started as an idea and one small project of getting more trees in the school became much more, involving the community and actions that benefit the community
Slide 41 Green Committee Projects
These are some pictures of what I mentioned before – our collection corner on the top left corner; our Be Smart from the Start program right below.

Slide 42 Manatee Elementary Environmental Club
•	Started by Mrs. Forester and Mrs. Tolley (teacher sponsors) and Marcia Booth in 2012
•	A 45-minute after school program for 1st through 3rd graders
•	Meetings are twice a month
•	Goal: educate and raise awareness on various environmental topics , especially in our community, to inspire kids to become stewards for the environment
•	Involve families as well as local organizations (e.g. field trips, guest speakers, hands-on projects)
•	Projects focus on school and local community– e.g. weeding and gardening on campus; campus clean up; Jane Goodall community mapping (Indian River Lagoon); keyhole garden for the Meadow
Our E-Club plays an important part in throughout the school. It’s a 45 minute meeting twice a month but the kids are able to learn and do a lot.

We focus on sharing information about the environment and getting the kids outside. We always include hands-on activities and local context. 
This picture is from a guest speaker presentation about butterflies – they brought real caterpillars, chrysalis, butterflies and the kids had a chance to learn a bit more about them all.
Slide 43 E-Club Projects
These are pictures from some of the projects we have done.
Slide 44 Jane Goodall Quotes
Jane Goodall is an inspiration so I close with some of my favorite quotes from her.
Slide 45 Contact Information
•	Manatee Elementary School
•	3425 Viera Blvd - Viera, FL 32940
•	(321) 433-0050
•	ManateeGreenCommittee
•	Marcia Booth
•	marcia@RecycleBrevard.org
•	305-479-4514
Slide 46 Air Base K-8 Center 
•	Environmental Ambassadors
Slide 47
At our Green Kick-Off Assemblies we learn about our school wide environmental initiatives and programs and how to have a positive impact. Next, a Green Pledge or Promise is made symbolizing everyone’s commitment to greening their everyday habits. Soon green habits are brought home and to the workplace by our students, staff and their families. This ripple effect extends outward, embracing and empowering everyone.

Slide 48
We are a Pilot School for:  Cool Roofs, Carton Recycling and Compostable Plates. In each case, we saw a need and took action. The positive impacts of these green programs are awe-inspiring. Environmental Advocacy is at the heart of our environmental success.
A green habit, activity or program may seem small, but in reality has a significant impact. Have you heard of cause and effect?

Slide 49 Newsletter
As a direct result of our students’ involvement, they have become Environmental Ambassadors, their newfound leadership abilities paving the way to pursuing green higher education and green careers.
We foster and nurture their future and the future of our planet.
Slide 50 International and National Involvement
We inspire leadership in ourselves and in others.  For example, we were invited to the Mock United Nations, a White House Initiative that simulated the COP21 occurring in Paris, France. We mentored students as they represented countries negotiating to limit the rise in global temperature. The outcomes were entered into a national, interactive computer simulation program.
Our school also learns from others such as the inspiring teenager who spoke before the United Nations on Climate Change.

Slide 51 Involvement
One of the keystones of our successful environmental education endeavors is the involvement of our stakeholders.
By reaching out to our community, we have created a culture of caring and commitment.
Another is our award winning participation in environmental education programs such as Dream In Green, Fairchild Challenge and others.

Slide 52
Additionally, the Deering Estate’s Nurturing Environmental Stewards of Today and Tomorrow (NESTT) Program offers unique, hands-on, place-based and school site environmental lessons.
Our efforts have resulted in being selected for special invitations such as the R.E.F. Expo/Education at F.I.U., where student Environmental Ambassadors presented and taught environmental experts, college professors and elementary students. 
Slide 53
Homestead Air Reserve Base offers an annual field trip for our Environmental Ambassador Club to learn about their award-winning environmental initiatives.  Other examples include Fairchild Tropical Gardens, U. S. Treasuring Department, Everglades National Park and the City of Homestead who have also allowed us to teach and share with other students, families and the community about the importance of environmental education.

Slide 54
Environmental agencies and institutions become our Green Partners, invited to share their environmental expertise at our annual, award winning Green Education Fair.

Slide 55
We recycle plastic bottles, aluminum cans, small electronics, printer ink, electronic equipment, juice pouches, cardboard, paper, cartons. Even shoes are being recycled and sent to children in Africa and other needy countries.
For us, recycling and reducing waste is not just throwing a plastic bottle into a bin, it’s taking into consideration what we as individuals can do to sustain our world’s needs.
Slide 56
Our power comes into the equation because we view recycling not as a chore, but as an interaction with our environment that allows us to have a positive impact both locally and globally.
Slide 57
From creating for cultural festivals to proudly helping classmates. Who knew reducing waste could be so much fun?

Slide 58
Our environmental initiatives are addressed in a multitude of ways. For instance, real-world problems/solutions are featured in the Green Kick-Off Assembly, Lightbulb/Showerhead Exchange is held at our Green Education Fair and participation in international Earth Hour and Green Clubs.

Slide 59
We are inspired by real people successfully creating their own solutions to the issues and problems that exist today.
Slide 60
Other energy-saving activities and lessons include our Green Ranger Program, Career/Truck Day and field trips. Interdisciplinary, interactive, hands-on, place-based, engaging lessons and special events are enjoyed by our PK-8th graders.

Slide 61
Water is the source of life, recycled through generations and shared with the world.
Slide 62
What we do with it affects us and every living thing. Yet, so many take advantage of it without thinking of the consequences. Think of the last time you used water – washed your hands, took a sip…
Slide 63
In the minds of too many of us, water is something given to us, something that we expect to have. No longer.  As our world heats up, so does the water, evaporating from our food, from our drinks, and from our daily lives.
Slide 64
At Air Base K-8 Center, we learn the impact of our choices and take pride in our commitment towards sustainability. By providing a myriad of activities for our environmental initiatives, the students are able to make the connections between the issue/problem and how they can make a difference.

Slide 65
Our Learning Gardens have blossomed and so has our learning - from restoring native ecosystems to conducting active research and from observing to harvesting, we all reap the benefits of our Living Laboratories. We also spearheaded a collaborative effort to get a natural area designated as a pine Rockland, and utilize it as an Outdoor Classroom.
Slide 66
Our students and staff have literally taken the seeds of knowledge, creating organic food gardens and native gardens at home after experiencing them here at school. These seeds will continue to grow and spread sustainability.
Slide 67
Obtaining grants and resources are also important tools to building a successful environmental education program. Through passion, patience and persistence comes the rewards of green learning opportunities that seem to grow and blossom by themselves like a native wildflower garden.
Slide 68 Linda Gancitano – Broward
•	Go to the link below to access Linda’s presentation
•	20171How Low Challenge presentation for PJ(1).pptx

Slide 69 Overview 
•	The Florida Green School Designation Program is a voluntary initiative of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) that designates and recognizes schools that make a commitment to conserve and protect Florida's natural resources. 
•	The Program’s environmental guidelines allow Florida primary and secondary schools to evaluate its operations, set goals and take specific actions to continuously improve environmental performance. 
•	www.dep.state.fl.us/osi/green-school-designation 
Slide 70 Designation Tiers 
•	The Program is a 4-level tiered designation. Schools have the opportunity to obtain different “Apple” levels based on the requirements of each tier. 
•	All schools start at the Green Apple level, then work their way to Bronze, Silver and eventually Gold Apple status by implementing additional best management practices. 
•	Each tier must be maintained for 12 consecutive months before applying to the next level. 
•	Designation is valid for three years from date of issuance.
Slide 71 Green Apple Designation 
•	Complete and Submit Application for Admission 
•	Complete and Submit Environmental Self-Assessment and Planning Checklist 
•	Complete and Submit Request for On-Site Review 
Slide 72 Benefits & Technical Assistance 
Marketing 
•	Designated facilities are featured on the Florida Green School Designation website. 
•	Designees are granted exclusive use of the green marketing resources toolkit.
Technical Assistance 
•	24/7 web access to Best Management Practices, Technical Assistance and “green” resources 
•	DEP hosted webinars to continue employee education.
Slide 73 Secondary Science Webinar
•	March 21, 2017 at 4:00pm
•	Topic: Authentic Art Instruction in Science
•	Cell Cycle Lesson
•	Jennifer Infinger, Arts Education Specialist
•	https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2541985501473793026
Slide 74 Contact Information
•	PJ Duncan Patricia.Duncan@fldoe.org
•	Penny Taylor Penny.Taylor@fldoe.org
•	Don Whitehead Don.Whitehead@fldoe.org
•	Recorded webinars will be available on our website at http://www.fldoe.org/academics/standards/subject-areas/math-science/science
•	Questions?