Resources
National
The link below is provided by the Natural Resources Defense Council in collaboration with the healthy schools network. This is an interactive site for administrators, teachers, and students to explore a virtual school and learn about environmental hazards and ways to improve their schools.
http://www.nrdc.org/greensquad
The link below is to a site called Earth Buddies, sponsored by Squads for Environmental Education for Kids (S.E.E.K.). This interactive site was created by students in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, U.S.A. and Singapore for the ThinkQuest International Competition 2007.
http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/00442/index1.htm
The US Department of Energy has provided the resource below to both inform and assist students and teachers with energy conservation.
Georgia
Keep Georgia Beautiful is a state initiative that provides a multitude of resources for individuals and organizations that seek to learn more about ways to improve our environment.
Click address below:
www.greenandhealthy.org is sponsored by a collaborative partnership of the following organizations:-
Environmental Protection Division (EPD) of Georgia
Department of Natural Resources
in partnership with:
- Department of
Community Affairs Keep Georgia Beautiful Program
- Department of
Education
- Environmental Education
Alliance of Georgia
- Georgia Parent Teacher
Association (PTA)
Cobb County
The Cobb County Government offers age-specific programs correlated to Georgia Performance Standards. The site provides educator workshops, complete lesson plans, resources and stewardship grants. You can also view a current list of Marietta and Cobb Schools that have achieved green status.
Click the icon above