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Merging Environmental Education and Character Education at the Elementary Level
Ben Franklin Elementary SchoolChris Turnbull, Principal
Megan Umbach, School Counselor
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School Issues to Address • Bathroom tomfoolery
• Cafeteria ballyhoo
• Hallway shenanigans
The perfect storm of needs and opportunities:
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It all started with a trip to Taiwan
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Why sustainability as a vehicle for character?
• Empathy • Teamwork• Ownership• Relevance• Community/Global Awareness
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School Theme
• Take Care• Yourself• Each Other• School• Earth
School Song
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School Theme
• Take Care Pledge
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School Rules
• Focus groups• Cafeteria• Hallways• Bathroom
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Take Care Recognition Program
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How to Grow a Green Friendship!
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Jian An Elementary
• Friendship• Skyping• Mascot trading• Wiki
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Sharing a Native American chant with our friends:
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BF EPA
• Student driven• Grade-level goal
• PreK and Kindergarten – reduce & reuse• 1st – water• 2nd – recycling• 3rd - energy
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BF EPA
• Grade level representatives• Milk carton recycling• Meetings with EcoTeam • Thursday recycling• Water usage• Solar Panel monitoring
• Report out to school
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1st Grade Streamkeepers
• “Our stream”• Local • Community partnership• Monthly monitoring
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Recycling Vultures & 3R’s
• Student created• 3R’s Thursday Recycling Fact• Counting and tracking milk cartons• Organize “trash-free” lunch• Reusing household items • Worm garden
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Community Involvement
• Kids meeting with Taiwan
dignitaries• Princeton Environmental Fair • EPA dignitaries
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• Outdoor Classroom
S.N.A.P. Space
Science, Nature, Art and Pondering
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Work In Progress
April 24, 2012 – BF EPA Earth Week Celebration
Representative Rush Holt will help us celebrate this years’ accomplishments. Students will report out on our progress and dignitaries will be invited to share the experience and talk to/ read to the students.
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How will you adjust to the 21st century?