January 2016
 
T he Carton Council will be joining us at the Mid-Year Meeting on January 25th. You will be provided with more information about how to recycle cartons at your school.


We like to get together with you half way through the program to see how your school's Green Team is doing so far. Share successes and challenges with fellow teacher champions and learn tips to complete your goals for this semester.

Please RSVP today, we need a headcount estimate to coordinate details.


January Monthly Challenge
Alternative Transportation
Activities
Take a look at the activities proposed in the guidebook:
  • Green Schools Challenge participants: select 1 out of the first 4 activities
  • WE-LAB participants: refer to activity #5
  • Green City Challenge participants: refer to activity #6
Get points!
Download the submission form , fill out all the sections and submit by January 31st .

Green Schools Challenge and WE-LAB participants send to: [email protected]
Green City Challenge program manager: Angela

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Educational Resources for Students





This tiny car can change shape, drive sideways

The Coral Gables Museum and Bike Walk Coral Gables partnered to host a two-part event. First, participants get to tour the 'Ludlam Trail: From Grassroots to Treetops' exhibit in the museum, and then hop on their bikes for a ride on what is proposed to be a 6.2-mile long linear park. More details HERE.

Dr. Parker, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry and Environmental Science at FIU --one of the speakers from the Professional Development Training we hosted in September-- is available for lecturing at your school on  'Sustainable Energy for a Warming Planet' . If you would like to have him as a guest speaker for the Green Careers monthly challenge in March, contact him at [email protected] .

Engage With Us On Social Media


Does the Green Team want to be
featured on social media? Then tag
Dream in Green's Facebook, 
Instagram or Twitter profile 
and use the hashtags provided 
on page 12 of the guidebook. 

Pictured on the right are students 
of Arvida Middle School 
spreading water conservation 
awareness throughout the school.


***Note: schools are not required to have 
a profile on all three social media 
platforms. One  is good enough.
The Academy's Star Schools
December challenge - Water Conservation



Fourth grade students from Dante B. Fascell Elementary researched the structure and function of aquifers and built their own model to better understand where our drinking water comes from, and the importance of conserving our water supply. 

The Green Team at E.W.F. Stirrup Elementary created signs inspired by their discussion about water conservation and staged a demonstration during drop off time at the school. They showed parents, teachers and fellow students how much they care about this issue.






Students from Mater Academy Charter High/Middle created a water tower. They used the money saved from the amount of water conserved to expand and upgrade the school garden.

Dream in Green Grants
Dream in Green offers grants of $300 each month to help 5th - 12th grade Green Teams create 'green' projects. The grant is to be used for the monthly activities chosen from the guidebook or to create an original project designed by the Green Team.
  
  
Deadlines for proposal submissions:
  • Alternative Transportation: January 15th
  • Green Buildings: February 12nd
  • Green Careers: March 11th
Congratulations to Henry S. West Laboratory School for winning the December grant!
Grants for Special Projects


Th e NEA Foundation's 'Learning & Leadership Grants' invite public school teachers to apply for funds for participation in high quality professional development experiences or for action research, lesson plan development or mentoring experiences . Click HERE for more information. 

Be part of a  Guinness  World Record




Th e World Advanced Vehicle Expedition (WAVE) invites 1,000,000 students to write a commitment to reduce CO2 emissions on a card which will be used to create the largest card mosaic in hopes of being entered in the Guinness Book of Records. In addition, the mosaic will be laid out on a plaza in front of the United Nations in Switzerland on June 17. Follow THESE STEPS to write the cards.

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