A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.
Henry Brooks Adams
Revolutionizing school lunch by giving food a central place in the academic curriculum.  www.schoollunchinitiative.org
The Center for Ecoliteracy is dedicated to education for sustainable living.  www.ecoliteracy.org
HOME-SCHOOL  PROJECT
Find some pebbles and shells.  Wash them.  Place them in a shallow, leak-proof container- such as a sardine can, saucer, or a large shell.  Decorate them to your liking.   Pour in a little water so that it
nearly reaches the top of the pebbles and shells.  
Get yourself some Crocus bulbs.  Their "noses" should be pointing up.  Leave a small space between each bulb.  Make sure that the water level is below the bulbs so that they are not sitting in water.  The bulbs'
roots will sense water is near, and reach toward it.
Leave the bulbs in a cold, dark cellar or shed, or in the refrigerator.  Cover them with an upturned flower pot to make it extra dark and to keep pests away.  The darkness and cold make the Crocuses think winter
has arrived, so they make roots, ready for spring.  The water may need refilling so it stays just below the bulbs.
After 8-10 weeks...when the shoots are about 2 inches high- move your container inside and hang your  LED Grow Master Bar 18-24 inches from the top of the Crocus bulbs.  Even if it is snowing outside the
crocuses now think it is spring and will soon bloom.  
Keep them in a cool spot and refill with water if necessary.  Don't throw away your bulbs when they are finished flowering.   Plant them outside in a sunny, sheltered spot for more blooms next year.

Project From "Little Green Thumbs" by Mary An Van Hage.
Campaigning for health, justice, and sustainability.
www.organicconsumers.com
The Edible Schoolyard
www.edibleschoolyard.org
Seed International offers engaging and participatory environmental education programs for universities, colleges, and school students of all
ages.  www.seedinternational.com.au/Schools.html
Through Cultivating Youth Programs, designed for young people ages 13 through 19 , GRuB focuses on building youths' nutrition, self esteem,
community connections, and academic enthusiasm.www.goodgrub.org/youth/main.html
Children of all ages are fascinated with carnivorous plants.  
www.phantomplants.com
"Staff and volunteers provide and encourage the use of current research based information in the areas of nutrition, family and consumer
science, youth development, urban gardening, commercial horticulture, agriculture, and natural resources."  Complete with start up guides.
http://celosangeles.ucdavis.edu/garden/pubs/index.html
LED Grow Master LED lighting operates at just a few degrees above room temperature, eliminating the burn risk of traditional
lighting.  LED lighting also eliminates the fire, shock, breakage, and mercury hazards associated with glass bulbs, making the LED
Grow Master line safe for children in a classroom setting.
A list of books on gardening with schools and children.
http://hort.ufl.edu/ggk/resbook.htm
HOME-SCHOOL PROJECT
October is an excellent time of year to take your young botanist on a seed hunt for next years garden.  Explore the area for plants that have finished flowering and are ripening seeds for next year's flowers. Take
along small, dry containers such as yogurt tubs, and a field guide to wild plants to help you identify what you collect. The seeds of most wild northern plants dry out and freeze before they start to grow in the
spring.  So you'll have to simulate both an autumn and winter in the ground to get the seeds ready for planting. Place seeds on separate pieces of newspaper to dry out in the sun.  Then store each seed variety
in its own labeled jar and cover with a handful of slightly damp peat moss.  Screw the lids on tightly.  Lastly place the jars in a shed or other cool out of the way area.  The seeds will hybernate and be ready to
plant in early spring.
Community Greening Review  Published by the American Community Gardening Association
http://www.communitygarden.org/commgreenrev-99.pdf
The Watershed Project.   A giant list of resource material.
http://www.thewatershedproject.org/Library/research%20library.html
The best earth friendly project/lesson pages I have come across. http://www.journeytoforever.org/edu.html#garden
Grounds for Learning.  Hope for America's derelict schoolyards.
http://www.cherylcorson.com/lbd.pdf
Inspiring Americans to protect wildlife for our children's future. http://www.nwf.org/backyard/
HOME-SCHOOL PROJECT
A project you can eat.    Kids can see fast results by growing a batch of highly nutritious microgreens indoors.  Plant seeds in a warm place like a kitchen.  
They should be dark until they sprout.  (You can cover them if you like.)  Once sprouted, place the plants under the light for at least 8-10 hours a day.  Make sure that the LED Grow Bar is mounted
according to the specified distance reccomended for your model.   From seed to greens in 5-14 days.  Plants should only need one watering after the initial moistening of your grow medium before they
are ready to eat.  For CO2 experiments, try growing 2 batches:  one that you breathe on periodically throughout the day,  and one that you do not.
Learn More About Microgreens.
LED lighting
Home-School Project
According to the Department of Energy, 85% of the electricity used in the U.S. Is generated by fossil fuels.  Of the largest 1000 fossil fuel-fired power plants in the U.S., 77% are not
subject to air pollution controls under the Clean Air Act's New Source Review requirements.  The generation of electric power produces more pollution than any other single industry
in the United States. The statistics are similar in other industrialized nations.  .An important part of reducing our dependence on fossil fuels is improving energy efficiency (that is,
getting more use out of the electricity we are already creating.)  The LED Grow Master lights use 33 times less energy than comparable metallic vapor lights.  According to a study by
the EPA, this energy savings is equivalent to planting a 1/2 acre of trees per year.  Now is the time to see how the rest of your home holds up.
-Discuss your electric bill.  
Check your billing cycle and challenge your family to conserve energy for the following month.   Have a wattage hunt to determine which appliances etc. are drawing the most
electricity.  Click here for ways to reduce your energy consuption.   At the end of the month, sit down and discuss the wonder of your accomplishment.  You've reduced pollution,
helped the environment, and came out with some extra money.  
Garden for Wildlife
http://www.nwf.org/backyard/
Let's start a school garden.  A step by step guide
http://www.jhsph.edu/clf/PDF%20Files/Toolkit.pdf
The Foundation for Advancements of Science and Education
http://fasenet.org/
A full list of the original links provided by Gina Lopez,   http://beirut.indymedia.org/ar/2006/01/3660.shtml
an expanded list can be found here
LED Grow Lights Teaching Sustainable Living
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