Project

= "GO GREEN" PROJECT﻿﻿  =

Each team must complete ten activities (three from each of the three sections in Part 1 and a project report in Part 2.) Entries must include a cover sheet, this entry form, and a "Go Green" project report. Due April 22, 2011.

Part 1
Complete 3 activities. The first one is required. || ===Education=== Complete 3 activities. The first one is required. || ===Progress=== Complete 3 activities. The first one is required. ||
 * ===Service===
 * Required. Prepare posters to display in the school to encourage individuals to "Go Green" (i.e. reduce electricity, walk to school instead of drive, etc.) || Required. Have team members research Earth Day. http://earthday.gov/ and present their findings to class. Use a Web 2.0 tool to make a presentation. || Required. Celebrate Earth Day on April 22, 2011. ||
 * Donate energy efficient light bulbs to senior citizens. || Bring in a speaker to a class meeting to raise awareness about the environment. || Organize "Walking Wednesdays," which encourages walking during 4th period. ||
 * Organize a school or community clean-up. Remove garbage from nature sites and shorelines to protect your community's wildlife and to make the place visually appealing. || Arrange for team members to teach a lesson about air pollution to elementary students. have the children create posters on the topic. || Wear green and/or brown. Have team members dress in environmental colors for the day. Have them create badges that promote "Going Green." ||
 * Sponsor a school-wide toy and game recycle project. Donate the old toys and games to a homeless shelter or to younger children who can use them. || Green up daily PA Announcements. Have team members read different environmental facts over the morning announcements during the week of Earth Day. || Have team members write an "individual environmental promise" i.e. (turn lights off when not in room) on a leaf cut-out. Display cut-outs on a bulletin board. ||
 * Rid litter from our roadways. Use the weekend of Earth Day to clear roadways, highways, and neighborhood streets of liter. || Sponsor a "Go Green" assembly for the school which could include a guest speaker, information displays, and sketches/plays about the environment. || Contact a local grocery store and ask if team members can decorate paper grocery bags with "Go Green" Tips and Slogans. ||

Part 2
For this second part of the project, teams are to plan and conduct a "Go Green Project" of their choice (they may either expand upon one of the activities in Part 1 or plan another project) and following the completion of the project, prepare a 500 word summary. Projects must include both a service and educational component and must promote environmental awareness.

Please upload the project report to your team's page on the wikispace.

Report Guidelines: 1. The report must be keyed in the order of the questions listed in the Report Format section. 2. The report must describe an activity concerning the environment that was conducted during the schoolyear. 3. The report should be no more than five pages.

Report Format: The report will consist of questions and answers. Key the following questions followed by comments and descriptions. 1. Describe the team's "Go Green" project. 2. State the purpose and the goals of the project. The purpose and goals should be keyed as bullets. 3. Describe how the team chose this project as a "Go Green" environmental activity. 4. Describe the steps that team members used to plan and develop the project. 5. Describe how the team completed the project. 6. Describe why the project is unique. 7. Explain the benefits and impact this project had on the school or community. 8. Explain and give evidence of how the project was publicized by attaching at least one article or flyer. 9. You may incorporate pictures into the report and must include at least one scanned photo.

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