Mid-Columbia Earth Month

Activities for kids, schools, day cares, and groups
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You CAN Make a Difference!
Mid-Columbia Earth Month Can Recycling Contest
Dates: March 22nd to April 23rd, 2010
Registration Deadline is: March 12th, 2010
REGISTER YOUR SCHOOL

Download 2010 flyer (pdf)
Download Spanish version (pdf)

Collect cans between March 22nd and April 23rd, 2010 and turn them in to one of the recycling stations below. Be sure you tell them which school you are from. They’ll track the weight received from each school. At the end of the month, each school will receive a check for the cans turned in (+ $.10 more per pound than the going rate if approved!). Additional Cash Prizes may be awarded to schools collecting the most cans by weight to student population ratio.
4. The Winning Schools will be announced TBD at TBD.
(ADD YOUR SCHOOL!)

Participating Schools 2010: (ADD YOUR SCHOOL!)
Marcus Whitman
Country Christian School
Westgate Elementary
Emerson Elementary School SOAR Program Special Education
Bethlehem Lutheran School
Tapteal Elementary

Participating Recyclers 2010:
Kennewick: Pacific Recycling, 1615 E. Chemical Drive
Pasco: Basin Recycling, 1721 Dietrich Road

2009 Can Recycling Contest Winners
- First Place prize of $400 goes to Ki-Be Middle School for collecting 45 lbs per participant
- Second Place prize of $300 goes to Country Christian School for collecting 11.2 lbs per participant
- Third Place prize of $200 goes to Bethlehem Lutheran School for collecting 2.7 lbs per participant
- Honorary Mention prize of $100 goes to Lewis & Clark Elementary School for Collecting 666 lbs of aluminum cans, the most pounds of all the participating schools!
- THANK YOU TO ALL PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS!

For more information and to register, contact Bethany Grayson at brgrayson@hotmail.com.

2008 Can Contest Results: There were 2653 pounds collected by 17 schools. 2008 Can Contest Results & Thank You Letter
 

Educational Activities

“Choose to Reuse!”
Resources and activities help teach kids (and grown-ups!) about the environmental impact of “tossing” & benefits of recycling through reuse.

- What’s in my garbage? A thought-provoking kids activity that helps teach the three R’s - reduce, reuse, recycle - by tracking and charting garbage at home, and discussing alternatives in class.

- Make your own recycled paper! Easy step-by-step instructions and visual walkthrough. Download: Instructions / Visual Guide

- Generation Green (teens): We all know about the Earth's environmental crisis, but there IS someone who can truly make a difference: you. If you text your friends or chat with them online, download music to your iPod, or toss bottles and papers into recycling bins, you're already more eco-savvy than you think! Check out generationgreenthebook.com to get green tips, see what other teens are doing, take Tosh's Green Challenge and get a Green widget for your Myspace.

Spring 2009 "Talking Trash" Newsletter & Classroom Guide
Download Newsletter - During these challenging economic times, many people have discovered that waste reduction saves money. The City of Richland's "Talking Trash" spring newsletter focuses on ways that we can help our bank accounts and improve our world by reducing, reusing, recycling, and using our resources wisely.
Download Classroom Guide - In this Classroom Guide, we give you ideas so that you can incorporate the newsletter into your classroom instruction, helping meet your educational goals and teach your standards and helping us share this important information about our community.

More Environmental Education Opportunities:
Schedule an environmental educator for your class or group! Download the E3 Washington's Benton, Franklin & Walla Walla Environmental Education Directory for class descriptions and contact information.

For more information contact Tracy Roberts at admin@seenetwork.us

More Educational Activities and Links

How Kids Can Help The Earth! Kids really can make a difference to the environment. Download this sheet of easy tips that kids of all ages can do to help.

National Environmental Education Week promotes understanding and protection of the natural world by actively engaging K-12 grade students and educators in an inspired week of environmental learning before Earth Day. For more information, visit www.EEWeek.org.

Scholastic ACT GREEN! Actions speak louder than words. When your kids join the Green Team they can choose from 100 Ways to ACT GREEN (including ways to make your home a greener place!). As they make changes to their routine, they earn Green Points to power up the Greenerator and make the world a greener place. So get your kids to join in and power up!

"Imagine Tomorrow" annual high school energy competition, Washington State University, Pullman awards scholarships worth thousands of dollars for you and your school. For more information visit http://imagine.wsu.edu.

EcoKids.ca - Fun and educational online games and activities.

Recycling In School - Brochure with information on how to start and maintain a Recycling Program in your school.

Earthday Network Green School Campaign - Learn about this campaign which, in partnership with the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and The Clinton Foundation, aims to green all of America's K-12 schools within a generation.

If you know of other kid-friendly environmental websites or activities, please contact admin@seenetwork.us.