Celebrate Earth Day in the Garden! Here are some ideas to get your kids out of their seats and into your garden to engage with their environment this Earth Day, April 22nd. Plant Sweet Potatoes Now is the time to prepare sweet potato slips for planting, and the perfect time to introduce George Washington … Read more
Celebrate Earth Day, April 22, with these fun, easy, and engaging activities for the schoolyard. These hands-on activities are a great way to empower your students to create positive change in their community and school. Go on a Scavenger Hunt Plant a Tree and Make the World a Better Place Make Seed Balls for Pollinator … Read more
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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