Earth Day For Kids

Earth Day is a day that was created to promote awareness and appreciation for the Earth’s environment and occurs on April 22nd. These great learning activities will get you started in making Earth Day every day! Do Good and Increase Your Ecological Handprint Find Out What’s Good In Your Hood… Build a Native “AirBee n’Bee”: An Engineering Challenge Go … Read more

Schnucks partners in donation of Learning Garden

by The St. Louis American Representatives from the Schnucks, Dole Packaged Foods and the Captain Planet Foundation visited the Biome School school on Thursday, April 11 to announce the donation of a Learning Garden. The Project Learning Garden program provides a context for multidisciplinary learning, ranging from nutrition and science to social studies, math and … Read more

Teachers Incorporate Project-Based Learning in St. Louis, MO at CPF workshop

Director of CPF Educator Institute, Karan Wood lead a workshop at the National Conference on Science Education in St. Louis. Teachers explored the GREAT Project Pathways, a suite of tools that students can use to build their own adventures and direct schoolyard projects that solve authentic environmental problems. They also, Investigated ways to incorporate Project-Based Learning with … Read more

Ocean Heroes Bootcamp honored as a World Changing Idea

We are so proud to be a Founding Partner of this great annual event, along with Lonely Whale and Point Break Foundation! Congratulations to the Ocean Heroes Bootcamp alumni and team! Fast Company has selected Ocean Heroes Bootcamp as an honorable mention in the Education category as part of the 2019 World Changing Ideas Awards! … Read more

Registration Is Now Open for Georgia Farm to School and Early Care and Education Summit

Registration is now open for the seventh Georgia Farm to School and Early Care and Education Summit will be held June 7-8 at Helms College in Macon. The Summit features dynamic, hands-on education sessions, workshops, and field trips highlighting gardening, cooking with kids, local procurement, curriculum integration, and more! Content is applicable for early care … Read more

Students Plant Butternut Squash, Acorn Squash, and Much More in Their New Garden.

by WLOS in Asheville Students from North Windy Ridge Intermediate School are planting butternut squash, acorn squash, pumpkin seeds, and much more. Check out this cute video from WMYA MY 40 that highlights the schools new learning garden. About Project Learning GardenThe goal of Project Learning Garden is to use best practices in garden-based education to increase … Read more

Ingles and Dole Contest Winner Receives Their Garden

by buncombeschools.org Ten-year-olds need to move — to get hands-on, outside, and in the dirt,  said fifth grade math and science teacher Ms. Marilynn Whitcher. It gives them curiosity and excitement, which brings math and science to life! Teachers and students joined representatives from Ingles, Dole Packaged Foods, and the Captain Planet Foundation in installing … Read more

Pollinator Quest now available on Project Hero

Pollinators of United States need your help!Spring is in the air, and that means pollinators are buzzing about, helping pollinate the plants around us! But pollinators are in trouble and they need your students’ help. Join the Pollinator Quest today on Project Hero, a program of the Captain Planet Foundation, and help your students become heroes … Read more

Project Hero Platform Available Now!

Created by the Captain Planet Foundation, Project Hero is a brand new web-based platform created to engage students to learn about and create meaningful change for endangered species and ecosystems in their area. Using the QUEST system, students can learn about specific species and ecosystems in their own communities, and what is endangering them. Each … Read more