7th Grade Green School Project

STUDENT RESEARCH SUPPORT

KEYWORDS: Do you need additional information? Use these words and phrases with your environmental issue or problem to search an online library catalog, print encyclopedias, and/or the World Wide Web:

  • schools and/or districts
  • student programs

EDUCATOR & PROBLEM SOLVER WEBSITES

Keep America Beautiful: Keep America Beautiful follows a practical approach that unites citizens, businesses and government to find solutions that advance our core issues of preventing litter, reducing waste, and beautifying communities.

King County Green Schools Program: All schools and school districts in King County will practice resource conservation and engage their students and staff in environmental stewardship. Lots of resources on the left hand side of screen.  Click any topic for a wealth of ideas and resources.

King County Green Team Project Ideas: Use these step-by-step guides to conserve resources and reduce waste at your school.

Washington Green Schools: Washington Green Schools provides resources and tools to involve students, teachers, and community members in assessing and taking action to increase resource conservation and waste reduction in schools.

Eco-Schools: The Eco-Schools programme is focused on nine key topics. These are: Energy,  Water, Biodiversity, School grounds, Healthy living, Transport, Litter, Waste, and
Global citizenship

The Center for Green Schools: Explore why green schools are important and the benefits.  Learn ways to green your school. Explore the What Makes a School Green? Interactive.

Green Schools Initiative:  How green is your school? What is a green school?  How can you take action to green your school?

Green Schools National: Alliance to Save Energy Green Schools Program–Empowering Schools through Energy Efficiency.

Greening Your School: Tips from the NY City Department of Education.

Ways 2 Go Green: The more we know and do, the better we all will be.

Oregon Green Schools: Use the following tools and links to help you start or improve your Green Schools program and find resources for teaching about resource conservation in the classroom.

Facing the Future–Fact Facts and Quick Actions: Do you have only a few minutes to learn something and find out how to make a difference? Click on one of the topics here!

CAMPAIGN MANAGER WEBSITES

12 Basic Guidelines for Campaigning: Provides tips for creating an effective campaign.

Turning the Tide: The exercises and hand-outs in this section aim to help campaigning groups carry out their work more effectively. There are tools to analyze problems/situations, clarify and set goals and plan the steps to reach the goals and are applicable to a wide range of campaign.

Know How Non-Profit: How do you make your campaign more effective? How can you plan your campaigning activity?

30 Excellent Brochure Designing Tutorials: Way more than you ever needed to know about designing a brochure can be found here.

Creating Effective Poster Presentations: A whole website dedicated to educating you on the ways to create an effective poster design.  Follow the links on the right hand side of the page.

How to Write a Skit: Step by step advice for writing a skit. On the left hand side are more pages that break down the steps even more. 


 

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