NAAEE
Conference Raffle Winner
For those of you who entered our curriculum raffle at the recent NAAEE conference
in Albuquerque, NM, we have chosen the winner: Kristin Jarman of Four Corners
School of Outdoor Education. We congratulate Kristin, who will receive a collection
of our curricula and books valued at $100. Thank you to all who visited
our
booth.
Another Chance
to Win: Take Our Web Site Survey
The National Gardening Association wants to make sure that the resources
available on the Kidsgardening.com Web site meet your needs, so we’re
looking for your feedback and suggestions via a short survey.
As our way of
saying "Thank You" for participating,
everyone who completes the survey can opt into a drawing to win
a $100 gift
certificate to the Gardening
with Kids store. Thank you in advance for your input! Take
the survey.
Greenhouse/Coldframe Giveaway Winners
Congratulations to the schools and educational programs that received
the 9 pop-up structures donated by Flowerhouse!
Len Lastinger
Primary, Tifton, GA Friends School in Detroit, Detroit,
MI
South Meadow School, Peterborough, NH
Maryville Intermediate School, Maryville, TN
Milton Outdoor Classroom, Milton, MA
Hermosa Valley School, Hermosa Beach, CA
Dept. of Juvenile Justice, Griffin, GA Lincoln
Elementary, Minot, ND
Sterling Montessori
Charter School, Morrisville, NC
For full details of this offer, visit
here.
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Resources
for Educators
 Beyond
the Bean Seed: Gardening Activities for Grades K-6
This teacher's guide contains 55 activities for integrating gardening, children’s
literature, and language arts. Each lesson suggests a book to share, with a related
gardening activity and language arts link. 194 pages. Available through NGA's Gardening
with Kids Store. NGA supporters save
10%!
JMG Literature
in the Garden
A new Junior Master Gardener Golden Ray Series curriculum is available: Literature
in the Garden. The book is designed to cultivate the connection between
children’s gardening experiences and great books to inspire learning through
outdoor activities, creative expression, and open exploration. Click
here for more details.
Free
Nutrition Tool Kit for Teachers
The Harvest of
the Month Program provides teachers with an educational tool kit
of materials designed to motivate and empower students to increase
consumption and enjoyment of a variety of colorful fruits and vegetables
and to engage in physical activity every day. It was developed
through the collaboration of the California Department of Education
(CDE),
California Foundation For Agriculture in the
Classroom, Farm Bureau Federation, Life Lab Science Program, Produce
for Better Health Foundation, Sports Play and Active Recreation
for Kids (SPARK), and Western Growers Association.
The program spotlights a different California-grown fruit or vegetable
each month and introduces
students to the cycle of the growing season. The kit includes educator
newsletters with background information,
lesson and activity ideas, family newsletters to send home with the
students, menu slicks, and press release templates. Visit
the
Harvest of the Month Web site for more information or
to download toolkit components.
High School Environmental Ethics Curriculum
Environmental
Ethics: Examining Your Connection to the Environment and Your Community
is now available. The curriculum has been endorsed by 24 of the nation's
top educational and environmental organizations including Earth Day
Network, the National Audubon Society, National Wildlife Federation,
World Wildlife Fund, and the National Environmental Education and
Training Foundation, as well as individual teachers across
the United States. It includes teacher and student guides aligned
to national education standards and is organized by major topics:
environmental
ethics, air, water, forests, wildlife and minerals. Click
here for more information.
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Funding
Opportunities
2006
Youth Garden Grants ~ There's Still Time to Apply!
NGA and The
Home Depot will award 150 grants in February 2006. Apply by November
30 to win a gift card valued at $250 - $500 for your youth garden
program! Click
here to
download an application.
2nd
Annual "Remember Me" Rose School Garden Awards ~ Apply
by Feb. 1, 2006
This
award will help 20 schools establish rose gardens to commemorate
the events
of September 11th. Beyond their commemorative significance,
each garden will also be a catalyst for education in conflict resolution
and mediation skills, preparing students to seek and achieve
fair and peaceful solutions. For more information and to download
an application, click
here.
12th
Annual Kids Growing with Dutch Bulbs Awards ~ This
program of the Mailorder Gardening Association, offered in conjunction
with
the International
Flower Bulb Center, Dutch Bulb Exporters, and the North American
Flower Bulb Wholesalers Association, awards
schools with a package of 200 premium Dutch flowering bulbs and
related educational activities.
Application deadline: April 1, 2006. Learn
more here.
2006
Mantis Awards ~ Mantis proudly announces its expanded
2006 award program in support of charitable and educational
garden programs that
enhance
the quality of life in their host communities. In partnership with
Mantis, NGA will select 25 gardens to receive a prize: 20 will
each receive a Mantis Tiller/Cultivator, and five will receive
a ComposT-Twin composting system. We welcome applications from
all nonprofits; past winners include
community gardens, schools,
ministries, colleges, master gardening groups, and hospices. Learn
more here.
Adopt
a School Garden Registry ~ This new program from NGA matches
schools in need of resources for their
gardening and plant-based education programs with people who have
the ability and desire to help.
NGA will also mentor educators and volunteers, and provide
resources to ensure program sustainability.
If
your program is already listed in the School
Garden Registry on Kidsgardening.com, your
listing automatically appears in the searchable
Adopt a
School Garden (ASG) database on the National
Gardening Association Web site. To be sure your information
is current, please take a moment now to:
-
- add
your school to the ASG database
Remember, if
you're listed in the School Garden Registry, you're also in the
ASG database, so you don't need to submit your school to both.
Thanks for participating!
Scotts
Give Back to Grow Awards for Classroom Gardeners ~ Apply by Dec.
2
The Scotts Company’s Classroom Gardener of the Year Award salutes teachers who
have integrated a gardening program into their curriculum. One winner will receive
a $5,000 cash prize, and two finalists will receive a $2,500 cash prize. All
will receive public recognition for their work. Scotts awards other Gardener
of the Year categories (Good Neighbor, Urban Greenup, and Community Beautification)
as well. The deadline for entries in all categories is December 2, 2005. Click
here to learn more.
Toyota Tapestry Grants ~ Apply by Jan. 19
The 2006 Toyota TAPESTRY program will award 50 grants of up to $10,000 each and
a
minimum of 20 "mini-grants" of $2,500 each to K-12 science teachers.
The Environmental Science Education category funds projects that emphasize
the efficient
use of natural resources and protection of the environment. Students participating
in these projects should gain an increased awareness of the terrestrial, aquatic,
and/or atmospheric environment and an understanding of their own interdependence
with the natural world. Click
here for more details.
Volvo Adventure
Youth Environmental Award ~ Apply by Jan. 31
Volvo
is offering young people (between 10 and 16 years of age) the chance
to
devise
and publish action plans to help their environment. The best teams will be asked
to
represent their country at an all expenses paid trip to the Volvo Young
Environmentalist's conference in Sweden. There they will compete for top prizes
of
$10,000, $6,000 or $4,000 to help their projects. Click
here for more details.
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