Profiles of Environmental Education Grants Awarded to Organizations in Kansas
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Wichita State University and the Environmental Finance Center $91,000
Angela Buzard, 1845 Fairmount, Campus Box 7, Wichita, KS 67260-0007
http://www.wichita.edu/thisis/Exit
Careers in Water Stewardship
The Careers in Water Stewardship project fosters interest in careers related to water and wastewater utilities among high-school students across the State of Kansas and ultimately grows the labor force for both sectors. The program is delivered to 200 students in eight high schools across the state. Sub-grants are awarded to municipal water or wastewater treatment utilities to fund student summer internships. School career counselors and teachers are involved in helping promote occupations in the field, while professionals and associated organizations provide expertise and assistance in marketing these professions to high-schools throughout the state.
Friends of the Kaw, Inc. $29,900
Laura Calwell, P.O. Box 1612, Lawrence, KS 66044-3502
Development of Secondary Curriculum for Use of Technology
This project will involve a working group composed of science and math teachers from area high schools, educators from Friends of the Kaw and others. It will create activities for schools in urban and industrial settings as well as provide opportunities for career development. These activities will also provide relevant environmental science and environmental justice education for inner-city students. Friends of the Kaw will use this grant to advance the use of technology in environmental education. Friends of the KAW (FOK) will work in partnership with Wyandotte High School, Schlagle High School and Kansas Association of Environmental Education (KACEE). The audience will be secondary school teachers and students in Kansas City, Kansas public schools. The project will create activities for schools in urban/industrial settings that are consistent with the new Kansas Environmental Literacy Plan and that provide relevant environmental science/environmental justice education for inner city African American, Hmong and Hispanic students to advance the use of technology in EE. High school students in the Kansas City, Kansas public School District are provided MacBook computers. Google has announced that the district will have access to ultra fast internet. This project will focus on advancing the use of technology in environmental education and to reach out to minority low income communities that are particularly vulnerable to environmental degradation.
Kansas Association for Conservation and Environmental Education $149,974
Laura Downey, 2610 Claflin Road, Manhattan, KS 66502
Advancing Environmental Education in Region 7
Kansas Association for Conservation and Environmental Education (KACEE) works with EE leaders from Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska state EE associations to identify priorities for implementing a sub-grant program. The sub-grants are awarded to 20 applicants across Region 7 who will define the environmental and educational needs for their community, offering more open-ended opportunities to address local situations while meeting the program’s identified goals to advance environmental literacy. State EE association leaders meet to establish funding priorities based on state environmental literacy and strategic plans and issue a call for proposals that meet identified regional priorities. Projects will address a variety of environmental and educational issues including green schools, water quality and energy conservation. By allowing potential sub-grant applicants the flexibility to support the strategic initiatives identified at the state level through one or more of the educational priorities established through EPA, KACEE creates a process that simultaneously addresses EPA priorities and state priorities while promoting creative projects, programs and solutions with sub-grant applicants. Through this open-ended process, a wider variety of projects may be proposed allowing for a more comprehensive applicant pool. Throughout the grant period, sub-grant recipients report progress not only to EPA but to all stakeholders. The Region 7 leadership team is already in discussions with other North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) affiliates to expand the reach of quality EE and environmental literacy nationwide. This sub-grant project provides the opportunity to advance environmental literacy and stewardship across the nation by building capacity for the delivery of quality EE and sharing the successes with others.
Kansas Association for Conservation and Environmental Education $54,642
Laura Downey, 2610 Claflin, Manhattan, KS 66502
Capacity Building
This project will involve the Region 7 State Environmental Education Associations Program Management Team and previously identified key stakeholders from the 4 states to engage diverse stakeholders in a cooperative process. This team will establish a state and/or local based mechanism for monitoring and evaluating environmental literacy. This project will build the infrastructure and advance the goal of environmental literacy as a component to all K-12 students' education. This project will build capacity for delivery of quality, non-biased and science-based environmental education in the region through the development and implementation of monitoring and assessment strategies for K-12 environmental literacy. Goals for the project: 1) build and strengthen relationship with formal education community; 2) assemble a state-based stakeholder team; 3) region and states collaboratively explore environmental literacy monitoring and assessment opportunities; 4) stakeholder teams develop a state-wide plan for monitoring and assessment of environmental literacy among K-12 students; 5) pilot test environmental literacy monitoring and assessment strategies; and 6) adopt and implement environmental literacy monitoring and assessment strategies.
Fort Hays State University $35,466
Elmer John Finck, 600 Park Street, Hays, KS 67601
Trails to a Greener Future
This project focuses on improving environmental education teaching skills for teachers in kindergarten through grade 12 through creation of an interpretative nature trail. Teachers from elementary, middle, and high schools, and Fort Hays State University (FHSU) students, engage in student service learning activities. The nature trail is the central piece to the planned 22-acre outdoor classroom project. This nature trail provides an opportunity for students, teachers, and the public to observe nature and ask questions from local environmental experts about the natural environment in an urban setting. Students learn about native ecosystems and their function in urban settings to diminish the impacts of storm water pollution and promote environmental stewardship and sustainability.
Kansas Association for Conservation and Environmental Education $76,915
Laura Downey-Skochdopole, 2610 Claflin Road, Manhattan, KS 66502
Kansas Green Schools: Greening the Curriculum
With a goal of increasing the quality and level of EE implementation in schools across Kansas, this project provides kindergarten through grade 12 teachers in the Kansas Green Schools Program (KGSP) network with a 16-hour professional development experience focusing on green school activities. This experience provides participants with: 1) a foundation in the principles of EE; 2) curricula that meets EE guidelines for excellence and which can be utilized for a comprehensive green school program; and 3) extended and ongoing networking opportunities to promote sharing of ideas, resources, and materials. Teachers are provided with a curriculum that includes various green-related topics such as air quality, energy, solid waste, and water management. Additionally, teachers are placed into teaching teams to develop an implementation plan tailored their classroom and schools. This project also provides an online networking tool for teachers that allows for the ongoing exchange of questions, ideas, resources, and materials. The implementation of EE in green schools is monitored and evaluated through an online tool to gauge the impact of the program and identify any needed improvements. Finally, the professional development content and processes used during the project are submitted to a local university as a course syllabus for a one hour graduate credit focusing on strengthening the EE component in the KGSP. Key partners in the project include Project Learning Tree, Project Wet, WET in the City, Kansas Department of Health and Environment, and the Kansas Corporation Commission.
Kansas Wildscape Foundation $19,722
Charles Nelson Black, 2500 West 6th Suite G, Lawrence, KS 66049
Building Capacity for Kansas Coalition of Children in Nature
The capacity of Kansas Coalition of Children in Nature is increased to deliver environmental education to students in Kansas through this project, which focuses on improving children's health through outdoor classroom activities. The primary audiences for this project are public and private organizations in Kansas that work in environmental education, outdoor experiences, and children's health. Through outdoor classroom activities, children learn about a variety of environmental issues, including water quality, air quality, soil conservation, energy conservation, and natural resource management. The Convener's Group of the Kansas Coalition for Children conducts broad-based outreach and develops a plan to promote outdoor environmental education activities and experiences for young people. The plan documents the programmatic EE components currently in place and proposes additional programmatic, structural, and funding components necessary for successful implementation. The goal of this plan is to provide students with more opportunities to access outdoor learning experiences in both formal and non-formal settings. The project also includes development of an Environmental Literacy Plan for Kansas and supports efforts to protect the environment by increasing the capacity to deliver environmental education to students throughout Kansas.
Flint Hills RC&D Council $8,790
Angela A. Beavers, 3020 West 18th Avenue, Emporia, KS 66801-6191
Clarks Creek Watershed Soil Testing
Farmers within the Clarks Creek Watershed learn about long-term soil testing and soil management practices to reduce the amount of nitrogen and phosphorous that runs off cropland fields into surface waters. They receive assistance from the county extension service with soil tests and interpretation of the results. The farmers also learn how to apply proper amounts of fertilizer to balance the need for soil fertility while reducing excess applications that can contribute to runoff and water quality issues.
Hesston College dba Dyck Arboretum of the Plains $19,847
Brad Guhr, 177 West Hickory Street, Hesston, KS 67062
Dyck Arboretum of the Plains
Using outreach, this project creates a network of prairie landowners to improve understanding of the connection between people and the prairie. Participants learn about prairie preservation in South Central Kansas. Staff from the arboretum provides landowners with information on prairie management to assist in assessing the ecological value of their property. This network of landowners shares ideas about managing their property and creates a prairie management plan for Kansas.
Blue River Watershed Association $16,593
Kate Delehunt, 7930 State Line Road, Suite 204, Prairie Village, KS 66208
Project TRUE Blue
As part of this project, teachers participate in a 1-day summit to learn about watersheds and storm water runoff. They learn about the geographic features of the Blue River Watershed, including elevation changes and its major tributaries. Teachers study flooding problems, pollutants, their sources, and the impact on water quality. Teachers also develop a TRUE Blue curriculum and lesson plans for students to study the Blue River Watershed. Finally, students take a field trip to the watershed to monitor water quality.
Friends of the Kaw, Inc. $19,566
Laura Calwell, P.O. Box 1612, Lawrence, KS 66044
Kids 4 the Kaw
Kids 4 The Kaw project involves students, teachers, and parents in using science to understand river ecology and public health threats from river pollution. This project has added a kid’s corner to the Kaw River Web site and created a Sandbar School. A Sandbar school teaches students ages 9 through 18 about natural history, fish species, how rivers work, and geology and geography. The Sandbar Schools serve students in grade 4 in Douglas County and middle school students from the Potawatomi Boys and Girls Club, their program sponsors, or teachers and families of the students.
Kansas Association for Conservation and Environmental Education $80,500
Laura Downey-Skochdopole, 2610 Claflin, Manhattan, KS 66502-2743
Capacity Building at the Regional Level
This project, developed by the Kansas Association for Conservation and Environmental Education (KACEE), increases education capacity by enhancing state-level initiatives that legitimize and professionalize delivery of quality, science–based education in the four-state region of Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska. KACEE works with EE leaders to assess current capacity-building structures and works collaboratively with a stakeholder team consisting of formal and non-formal environmental educators to create action plans to increase state EE capacity. Program management teams work with stakeholders through workshops, meetings, and a 2-day stakeholder retreat. By drawing on expertise at the regional level, each state develops and implements action plans that advance EE, including EE master plans, EE certification programs, materials and resource review, and an ongoing assessment of environmental literacy at the state level. Through these actions, the project increases state capacity to deliver quality EE and therefore the environmental literacy of the region’s citizens. Partners on this project include the Iowa Conservation and Education Council (ICEC), the Missouri Environmental Education Association (MEEA), and the Nebraska Alliance for Conservation and Environmental Education (NACEE).
University of Kansas Center for Research $19,999
Peter Macfarlane, 2385 Irving Road, Lawrence, KS 66044-7552
Environmental Stewardship of an Urban Stream in Kansas City, Kansas
Environmental Stewardship of an Urban Stream helps middle school students learn about environmental stewardship of an urban stream in Kansas City, Kansas. Students monitor a local stream and evaluate stream health. This project provides middle school students an opportunity to explore and become environmental stewards of the watershed and to learn about stream monitoring methodology. Students also learn about environmental science, engage in watershed cleanup, discuss stewardship issues, and prepare presentations about their work. This project is in partnership with the University of Kansas, The Central Plains Center for BioAssessment, and the Kansas Geological Survey. At the end of the project, students lead a symposium for community members to share the results of the study. Members of the public have an opportunity to learn how they can become involved in improving the quality of streams in the community.
No-Till On The Plains $13,553
Jana Lindley, P.O. Box 379, Wamego, KS 66547
No-Till on the Plains Information initiative
The No-Till on the Plains Information Initiative teaches young people, teachers, community members, and the agricultural community about the benefits that result from use of a no-till cropping system. Teachers and community members identify potential farms and farmers to be used in the project. In turn, students learn how to adopt environmentally friendly farming techniques and how no-till farming preserves the environment and conserves resources. Youth participate in field trips to observe model no-till farmers. Students also attend and present sessions on the environmental benefits of no-till farming practices at the annual no-till on the plains conference.
American Lung Association of Kansas $44,740
Lynn Crabtree, 4300 SW Drury Lane, Topeka, KS 66604
Rehab the Lab - Removing Hazardous Chemicals from Classrooms
The American Lung Association of Kansas, in partnership with Kansas State University, coordinates and conducts four workshops that target high school chemistry teachers in Kansas. This project educates high school, college, and university science teachers about the potential respiratory and other health risks to students and others when they are exposed to hazardous chemicals. This project helps high school science teachers acquire the skills and some of the supplies needed to return to their classrooms and begin using “green science” and micro-scale chemistry experiments. One workshop for college and university faculty is held in conjunction with the Kansas College Chemistry Teachers conference. All four workshops offer lectures about rehabilitating the laboratory and laboratory safety, followed by two simultaneous hands-on laboratory tracks using green science experiments and principles of teaching and demonstrations with micro-scale chemistry kits.
K-State Research & Extension Wyandotte County $2,948
Lynn Loughary, 9400 State Avenue, Kansas City, KS 66112
Backyard Composting Educational Program
K-State Research & Extension and Wyandotte County Extension Master Gardeners created four compositing demonstration sites that educate elementary school students and adults on a variety of different backyard composting techniques and how to recycle yard and garden waste. Master gardeners provide and maintain the demonstration sites and teach the composting workshops throughout the year.
Cheney Lake Watershed, Inc. $8,023
Lisa French, 18 East 7th, South Hutchinson, KS 67505
Nutrient Cycling Decisions for Clean Water
Watershed farmers develop and practice decision-making skills for nutrient management and protection of soil and water quality during the Nutrient Cycling Decisions for Clean Water. There are three trainings: a 1-day workshop and watershed tour for a group of farmers, a series of workshops on nutrient management planning for dairy farmers, and training for one farmer through an environmental leadership program. All trainings connect the conditions of water quality in the watershed to the daily decision making process on watershed farms.
Kansas Rural Center $31,096
Kirck Randall, 304 Pratt, Whitting, KS 66552
Educational Center for Children and Young Adults
This project addresses career development and involves children ages 5 through 12 and young adults ages 13 through 19 who work on a farm. The farm reconnects children to nature by exposing them to vegetable and fruit crop production, with an emphasis on health, nutrition, and the environmental impact of these crops on our food supply. Students learn how sound environmental management choices are applied to a farm and a surrounding ecosystem, about the links between pollution and the long-term stability and preservation of agricultural production, and about human health and nutrition in relation to the environment.
Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas $5,090
Annie Frietag, P.O. Box 271, Horton, KS 66439-0271
Community and School Environmental Education
Under this project, teachers are trained through workshops on environmental issues such as water quantity and quality, solid waste issues, and indoor air quality. The teachers then deliver outreach presentations to community members and students about the importance of these environmental issues to the Kickapoo Tribe. In addition, they incorporate the material into the classroom curriculum and develop lessons and activities for students.
American Lung Association $6,433
Lynne Crabtree, 4300 SW Drury Lane, Topeka, KS 66604
Removing Chemicals from the Classroom: Introduction to Rehab the Lab
Under this project, teachers, maintenance staff, and administrators are educated about health threats posed by potential environmental pollutants in the school setting, such as hazardous chemicals stored in classrooms or maintenance areas. The project involves identification of old, unused chemicals that have been stored in science laboratories, maintenance shops, and art departments. If exposed to air or otherwise released into the school environment, these chemicals could cause significant breathing difficulties and other health problems for the people in the school. The project is intended to raise the awareness of school personnel, enable them to recognize potential chemical hazards, and teach them how to properly manage and dispose of chemicals.
Blue River Watershed Association $5,000
Joan Leavens, 9824 Briar Drive, Overland Park, KS 66207
Teaching Rivers in an Urban Environment: The Blue River Watershed Project
The goal of this project is to facilitate communication and networking among school-based water quality monitoring groups throughout the Kansas City metropolitan area in Kansas and Missouri. As part of the project, teachers and students communicate with other “stream teams” across school districts, municipalities, counties, and state lines. This communication occurs through an annual teacher evaluation and networking session called the Teacher Summit and through posting of stream data on a Blue River watershed map. For the project, the Blue River Watershed Association (BRWA) recruits, trains, and equips three teachers of kindergarten through grade 12 and 300 students in the Blue River watershed. Fifty teachers presently participating in the project are also involved in the Teacher Summit. BRWA’s education director conducts project training for teachers, provides them with TRUE Blue Project curricular materials and equipment, and leads stream monitoring classes for students.
Friends of Lee Richardson Zoo $1,000
Kathy Sexson, 403 South 4th Street, Garden City, KS 67846
Wildlife Trade Teachers' Workshop
The Wildlife Trade Teachers’ Workshop project involves 55 teachers and reaches 1,000 students in grades 5 through 12. The teachers are invited to participate in a workshop about wildlife trade. The workshop uses materials from Windows on the Wild: Wildlife for Sale educator guides to introduce wildlife trade issues to teachers. The teachers then use what they have learned to integrate wildlife trade issues into their curricula. The wildlife trade information can be integrated into curricula for science and other subjects such as geography, math, and language arts.
John Dewey Learning Academy $11,400
Dr. James R. Wheeler, 620 E. Woodson, Lecompton, KS 66050
Environmental Service Learning
The goal of the Environmental Service Learning project is to integrate environmental education into local and state educational goals as part of the No Child Left Behind initiative. The objectives of the project are to: (1) integrate environmental studies into all curricular content areas (math, science, social studies, language arts, and vocational education), emphasizing Kansas’s newly developed environmental standards; (2) develop a thematic curriculum focusing on "Connecting with Your Environment"; and (3) demonstrate how environmental education and service learning can be used to motivate students to complete high school and establish goals for the future.
Kansas Association for Conservation and Environmental Education $38,650
Laura Downey, 2610 Clafin Drive, Manhattan, KS 66502-2743
Professional Development for Kansas Leaders
Through professional development opportunities, use of a planning workshop, and implementation of pilot projects, this project establishes a framework that enables state and local leaders in communities across Kansas to make informed decisions on matters that impact the environment. Following a 2-day professional development seminar intended to increase participants’ skills in using the framework for making environmental decisions, the participants work in small groups to develop projects for sharing the lessons of the seminar and the environmental decision-making framework with other state and local leaders involved in making decisions that concern and affect the environment. Through the use of subsequent pilot projects, the project involves more than 100 participants across the state and serves as the basis for the development of the Plan for Environmental Education and Decision-making for Kansas Leaders. Partners for the project include Kansas State University Research and Extension (KSU R&E), Office of Local Government; the Kansas PRIDE, a cooperative program of the Kansas Department of Commerce and KSU R&E; the KSU R&E Leadership Excellence And Dynamic Solutions (LEADS) team; and the Kansas Environmental Leadership Program (KELP).
Kansas Association for Conservation and Environmental Education $20,190
Laura M. Downey, 2610 Claflin Road, Manhattan, KS 66502-2743
Sprouting Waterspout Gardens in Kansas: Statewide Educator Workshops
The Kansas Association for Conservation and Environmental Education (KACEE), in partnership with Green Topeka, is providing hands-on environmental education that focuses on development of a waterspout garden as a tool for both learning and community improvement. A waterspout garden is a planted area with a shallow indentation that collects and holds water, preventing it from reaching a storm drain. A waterspout garden can serve as both an outdoor learning space and a community awareness tool in that it shows how personal and community actions can reduce storm water runoff and the associated pollution. The project involves conducting a series of six workshops using existing national environmental education materials and waterspout garden curricula. The workshops take place throughout Kansas and target educators and neighborhood and community leaders. Workshop participants learn how to construct a waterspout garden and how to use it as a school and community educational resource. KACEE and Green Topeka make project-related presentations at environmental education conferences in Iowa, Nebraska, and Missouri.
No Till On the Plains $21,878
Brian Lindley, P.O. Box 379, Wamego, KS 66547
Friendly Farms
The Friendly Farms project educates students, teachers, and the general agricultural community about the benefits of food production using a no-till cropping system and the importance of agricultural production methods that preserve the environment and conserve resources. One objective of this project is to expand the educational program of No Till on the Plains (NTOP) to reach 300 high school students and 10 teachers in Kansas with EPA’s Stream Team curriculum. A second objective is to provide students with hands-on training in data and information collection through a comparative study of 10 no-till model farms and farmers and 10 traditional farms and farmers. The environmental benefits of no-till farming are documented to support development of a public education and promotion program designed to reach 10,000 people. The project delivers training through classroom instruction, farm visits (for on-site data collection), and Web-based approaches. Students participate in writing press releases, making presentations, and writing articles. Each team conducts educational sessions at the annual NTOP conference. In addition, NTOP is preparing a public education campaign to be conducted in print, on the radio, through presentations at conferences, and via the Internet.
F.L. Schlagle Library $7,000
Paula Ellison, 4051 West Drive, Kansas City, KS 66109
Environmental Kits for Inquiring Students and Teachers
The objective of this project is to provide both tools and training to teachers that will enable them to perform successful scientific inquiries into environmental concepts with their students. The project is helping Kansas City science teachers to better train their students in environmental science and scientific investigation. The F.L. Schlagle library is providing environmental science inquiry kits that can be checked out from the library. The kits contain information that guides students through the process of scientific inquiry into environmental subjects.
Kansas Association for Conservation and Environmental Education $24,500
Laura Downey, 2610 Claflin Road, Manhattan, KS 66502
Kansas Online Environmental Education Community
The goal of this project is to increase the environmental education capacity in Kansas by using electronic technology to create a comprehensive online environmental education community in the state. The project involves developing a database of environmental education providers, training opportunities, and resources to increase the state capacity to develop, deliver, and coordinate statewide environmental education programs. The database is also intended to promote the long-term sustainability of environmental education programs in Kansas. The project is enhancing the capacity to deliver quality, unbiased, science-based environmental education in Kansas.
Kansas Association for Conservation and Environmental Education $68,914
Shari Wilson, 2610 Claflin, Manhattan, KS 66502-2743
Four-State Cross-Training for Environmental Education
This project provides an opportunity for state environmental education organizations in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska to share their collective knowledge and expertise through a cross-training and planning initiative. The initiative involves establishing a four-state committee to organize a multi-state planning event that focuses on development of environmental education skills and sharing of knowledge and expertise. The committee is developing an environmental education action plan for each state that includes a list of priorities and a plan of action and is disseminating project reports to each of the states in EPA Region 7. The primary audiences for the project are the board members of the four state environmental education organizations. The partners in this project are the Iowa Conservation Education Council, Missouri Environmental Education Association, and Nebraska Alliance for Conservation and Environmental Education.
South Central Kansas Education Center $5,091
Jason Kirchmer, 13939 Diagonal Road, Clearwater, KS 67026
Country Chemistry and Computers
The objectives of the Country Chemistry and Computers water quality workshop directly support the science curriculum standards set by the Kansas State Department of Education. The purpose of the workshop is to enhance the ability of sixth- through eighth-grade teachers to help students achieve these standards. The workshop is being conducted by the science coordinator at the South Central Kansas Education Center and trains teachers in the use of scientific equipment. Information about the workshop is being distributed to 50 school districts and posted on the center’s web site. Each year from 2003 through 2007, about 20 teachers in 10 school districts are expected to benefit from attending the water quality workshop.
University of Kansas Center for Research $9,487
Gail Rooney, 2385 Irving Hill Road, Lawrence, KS 66044
Environmental Career Symposium 2003
This project is a collaborative effort between the University Career and Employment Service and the Environmental Studies Program at the University of Kansas and is intended to expand the environmental career opportunities available to college students. The symposium includes four activities to educate students about environmental careers, a career panel featuring four to six employers, a job search workshop, a career fair, and a guest speaker. The project is assessed by students, employers, and project partners through documentation of career development activities and through evaluations completed by participants.
City of Wichita $5,000
Jack Brown, 455 North Main, Wichita, KS 67202
Discovery Boxes
This project involves the creation of discovery boxes for use at the Herman Hill Environmental Education Center. These boxes provide educational outreach to classrooms, home schools, and scout groups, and contain information on water pollution, geology, hydrogeology, rivers, and streams. Discovery boxes include announcements to local public school systems, parochial schools, and home school organizations. The water and pollution education programs also are available to the public for use in community outreach programs.
Kansas City Community College $5,030
Dolores Daniels, 7250 State Avenue, Kansas City, KS 66112
Urban Environmental Outreach Program Community Nature Trail
This project involves refurbishing the community nature trail, gardening, and recycling. Students also participate in tree identification, which includes identifying similarities and differences between bark and leaves. During a schoolyard safari, students explore the schoolyard for signs of animal and plant life. Students also build different types of habitats along the nature trail and study animal activity. Teachers and the community attend workshops that include planting a butterfly garden, composting, recycling and laying of mulch, building bird/bat houses, and other environmental events.
Kansas City Community College $18,000
Linda Stewart, 7250 State Avenue, Kansas City, KS 66112
Outdoor Learning Environment
This project creates an outdoor learning environment that provides a safe place for young children to interact with nature. The project also increases interest and concern for the environment among early childhood educators through train-the trainer workshops conducted by the Early Childhood Education faculty. Educators receive hands-on environmental education curriculum for young children and take children on field trips to the outdoor learning environment.
Southeast Kansas Education Service Center $4,975
Brad Stefanoni, 947 West 57 Highway, Girard, KS 66743
Hands-On-Outdoor Tool (HOOT) Pack Programs for Students and Teachers
This project develops Hands-On-Outdoor Tool (HOOT) packs. These packs contain binoculars, field guides, magnifying glasses, and aquatic nets to assist students in exploration of the environment. Environmental education and teaching skills are also provided to classroom teachers. Students participate in field trips to an outdoor wildlife learning (OWL) site and summer day camps.
Topeka Zoo $9,000
Christine Haden, 635 SW Gage Boulevard, Topeka, KS 66606
Alien Invaders Outreach Program (AIOP)
The Junior League of Topeka and the Topeka Zoo are partners in the design and development of the Alien Invader Outreach Program (AIOP). The AIOP exposes learners to the impacts of invasive species on ecosystems and provides an opportunity to participate in service projects that lessen the effects of invasive species in the community. This highly interactive, 8-week outreach program engages students in the investigation of invasive species through live animal visits, pre- and post-visit activities, and workbooks for each participating student.
Kansas Association for Conservation and Environmental Education $38,853
Laura Downey, 2610 Claflin, Manhattan, KS 66502-2743
Community-Based Environmental Issues Forums
The goal of the project is to train adult participants in using community-based environmental issues forums (CBEIF) as a tool to address environmental issues. Through the forums, community members identify issues, reach consensus, and develop action plans that address the issues of concern. A contingent of environmental education leaders trained in facilitating the processes that take place in public forums is training a core group of facilitators in using CBEIFs. The newly trained leaders, in turn, are organizing and conducting CBEIFs in their own communities to educate members of the public about environmental issues relevant to their communities and engage those citizens in resolving such issues. The capacity-building strategy developed under the grant is an easily replicated model for other states and regions. The Kansas Environmental Leadership Program is the key partner in the project. Supporting organizations include the Kansas Water Office, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, the Kansas Center for Agricultural Resources and the Environment, the Sierra Club, the Kansas Natural Resource Conservation Service, the Kansas Farm Bureau, the Kansas Association of Conservation Districts, the Kansas Rural Water Association, the Kansas Rural Center, and the state’s groundwater districts.
Kansas State University $24,225
Dan Kahl, 2 Fairchild Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506-1103
Water Quality Workshops
The project educates 100 adults about water quality in two Kansas watershed regions: northeastern and north-central Kansas and southeastern and south-central Kansas. In each region, a workshop provides participants the opportunity to explore local water resources and increase their knowledge about water quality in their watersheds. Participants prepare themselves to take responsible action by learning about total maximum daily loads (TMDL) and other tools for assessing and protecting water quality. The workshops encourage the development of collaborative partnerships to address local issues related to water quality and the protection and use of water. The workshops include field trips in the watershed, hands-on interactive lessons, models, videos, guest presentations, and small group activities.
Kansas Wildlife Federation $8,765
Kelly Hiesberger, P. O. Box 242, Route 1, Sylvan Grove, KS 67481
Kansas Wildlife Federation - Outdoor Adventure Camp
The project involves 50 children, ranging in age from 10 to 12 years. During a one-week environmental education camp, the children learn about local natural resources by exploring and experiencing natural resources through workshops and activities that promote hands-on learning. During the summer, students participate in six workshops focusing on environmental careers, learning about those careers and interacting with professionals who work in various environmental fields. Participants are introduced to a variety of educational programs and workshops. Students learn about environmental issues that affect the health of the natural systems in their communities. Groups of eight students attend field trips, during which they participate in the daily activities of the professionals. Students receive training in the use of equipment and have the opportunity to collect and analyze water samples, investigate habitats and ecosystems, visit a fish hatchery and nature center, and learn how to differentiate between point source pollution in water and non-point source pollution.
Wichita Public Schools $4,850
Terry Behrendt, 201 North Water, Wichita, KS 67202-1292
Environmental Studies
The project involves 3,000 students in grades 4 through 12 who are taught environmental science during a field trip to Great Plains Nature Center (GPNC). GPNC’s naturalists instruct the students in the use of microscopes and binoculars in observing wildlife. Participants observe the wildlife, gather data, and gather specimens for more detailed examination.
Bluemont Elementary Unified School District 383 $5,000
Melissa Hancock, 714 Bluemont Avenue, Manhattan, KS 66502
Science For All: Teaching Ecosystems by Creating an Outdoor Environmental Lab
This project educates teachers in new methods of teaching science to students. That goal is accomplished by developing after-school environmental clubs. Through partnership with Kansas State University, scientists assist teachers in developing environmental curriculum for students. Students take part in hands-on learning experiences about ecosystems through application of the scientific method. Students have the opportunity to ask questions, design experiments within a mini-ecosystem, and then test them. Students work side-by-side with scientists to design and build an outdoor environmental laboratory, which includes different animal habitats, as well as planter boxes for each grade level, which the students use to conduct scientific investigations.
Emporia State University $5,000
John Schrock, Emporia State University, Emporia, KS 66801
Kansas School Naturalist: Sericea Lespedeza
This project involves devoting an issue of The Kansas School Naturalist on Sericea Lespedeza, a recently introduced exotic plant, that is causing serious problems in prairie grasslands. The publication aids in providing excellent identification illustrations and accurate life history and control information that is not available in current school texts. The Kansas School Naturalist provides scientifically valid educational materials that directly address public concerns in response to an alarming exotic plant invader that is causing widespread environmental concern and distress among rural populations, including farm families. The publication is sent to all science teachers in Missouri, Iowa, and Nebraska, as well as to the regular readership in Kansas.
Kansas City, Kansas Community College $5,030
Dolores Daniels, 7250 State Avenue, Kansas City, KS 66112
Urban Environmental Outreach Program
The Urban Environmental Outreach Program provides urban, rural, and inner-city students, teachers, and community members an opportunity to have hands-on experiences that focus on the environment at the Campus Child Care Center. The project conducts semiannual environmental fairs for children; hosts professional development opportunities for area educators with Project Learning Tree, Project WET, and Project WILD; and holds Aquatic and Investigating the Environment workshops to inform educators about resources in the area that support environmental education activities and involve community members in gardening, recycling, and student mentoring projects.
Emporia State University $5,000
John Richard Schrock, Division of Biological Sciences, Emporia, KS 66801
Water Treatment Plant
The publication Kansas School Naturalist is developing an issue that will examine how a water treatment plant works, providing information about the most advanced ozone disinfectant process. The publication is distributed free to teachers in the Great Plains region and is used by many teachers to enrich the lessons they teach in their classrooms.
Friends of the Great Plains Nature Center $5,000
Joyce Lent, 6232 East 29th Street North, Wichita, KS 67220
Earth Wellness Program
This project is designed to make seventh-grade students aware of environmental issues and give them the tools they need to identify, prevent, and solve environmental problems. The project provides 30 schools in Sedgwick County with activity kits to be used by 1,000 teachers and students. Partners in the program are the Sedgwick County Extension Service, the Wichita/Sedgwick County Health Department, and Wichita State University.
Kansas Association for Conservation and Environmental Education (KACEE) $20,200
Laura Downey, 2610 Claflin Road, Manhattan, KS 66502
Development and Dissemination of Environmental Education Materials
This project integrates environmental education into the educational program in Kansas. Efforts focus on demonstrating the power of environmental education to help achieve standards mandated by the state and facilitating the use of the materials by providing teachers with appropriate tools. The target audience is teachers of kindergarten through 12th-grade programs. Teachers in Kansas are made aware of the environmental education standards and the correlations of the materials with those standards through a cooperative effort with the Kansas Department of Education. Further efforts will be carried out through contacts and presentations at workshops and conferences.
Southeast Kansas Education Service Center $4,355
Mike Bodensteiner, 947 West Highway 57, Girard, KS 66743
Development of the Leopold Education Project in Kansas
This program informs teachers about the Leopold Education Project, which creates an awareness of issues related to the environment and conservation. Teachers gain an understanding of Leopold's classic land ethic and translate it into hands-on activities that provide direct experiences in the natural world. Four full-day, in-service workshops are offered during the year.
Wichita/Sedgwick County Department of Community Health $4,895
Nancy Larson, 1900 East Ninth Street, Wichita, KS 67214
Environmental Education for Owners of Dry-Cleaning Businesses
The project, which provides workshops for owners of dry-cleaning and related businesses, focuses on improving the quality of groundwater in Sedgwick County and reducing the occupational health risks associated with the dry-cleaning chemical perchloroethylene. Outreach activities include workshops, videos, and technical assistance to dry cleaners and related businesses. Partners in the project include Tristate Chemicals, The Center for Neighborhood Technology, the University of Kansas School of Medicine, and the Kansas Small Business Environmental Assistance Program.
Coordinating Committee for Automotive Repair $5,000
Sherman Titens, 11301 Nall Avenue, Suite 203, Leawood, KS 66211
Training for Automotive Education Instructors
The goal of this grant is to provide in-service training to secondary, post-secondary, and industry instructors who then train automotive shop owners and technicians. The Coordinating Committee for Automotive Repair provides an environmental information program that makes available information about compliance with regulations applicable to such businesses and about pollution prevention in a self-study format. Also included in the package are historical information and contact information for federal, state, and university resources that are available to shop owners and technicians to assist them in complying with environmental regulations. (Project in Washington, D.C)
Emporia State University $4,996
Jonena Hearst, 1200 Commercial Street, Emporia, KS 66801
Fort Berthold Watershed Project
This project seeks to build tribal environmental capacity by educating tribal members about the importance of watershed management and increasing public access to information about the watershed through preparation of an accurate database and construction of a World Wide Web site. The target audience is the population on the reservation of the Three Affiliated Tribes, which have 5,500 enrolled tribal members and approximately 5,400 nontribal members. A series of six seminars introduces educators and tribal members to information and curriculum aids on watershed issues that are available through the Internet. To encourage all tribal members to participate, the seminars are held at a variety of locations.
Heartland Council of Camp Fire Boys and Girls $5,000
Stephen McCue, 7930 State Line Road, Prairie Village, KS 66208
Good Earth Camp
The Good Earth Camp is intended to institutionalize environmental education at Camp Good Earth, a 290-acre facility in Waldron, Missouri that is attended by more than 3,000 campers each summer. Camp staff and volunteers are trained to serve as assistants during one-day-per-week workshops for all resident campers during each of the eight weeks of resident camp. Camp Fire serves young people ages 5 to 18.
Kansas State University $17,500
David Hartnett, 2 Fairchild Hall, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506-1103
The Tallgrass Prairie of the Flint Hills
The major focus of this project is a film The Tallgrass Prairie of the Flint Hills of Kansas, intended for broadcast nationally on Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). The film focuses on the tallgrass prairie ecosystem in Kansas and addresses such topics as the natural history of the region, the environmental effect of the presence of Native Americans and European settlers, new scientific findings and their implications for grasslands worldwide, what prairies can predict about the composition of row-crop soil, the biological value of the tremendously diverse life forms in and under the grasses, the danger of misuse of the grasses, the debate over how best to use the protein in the grasses for conversion to human use, and the potential role of the prairie as a carbon sink in mitigating projected global warming. Three play dates on PBS have the potential to reach more than five million viewers, and the film also is to be shown in educational settings.
Maize, Kansas Unified School District 266 $16,666
Mark Diskin and William Kruse, 1600 W. 45th Street, North Maize, KS 67101
Captivating Activities Promoting Environmental Research Strategies
The Captivating Activities Promoting Environmental Research Strategies (CAPERS) project focuses on educating teachers, pre-service teachers, and students in kindergarten through grade 12 about environmental issues, specifically water pollution and protection of water resources. The target audience consists of certified teachers, pre-service teachers, post-graduate teachers, and students. The delivery method consists of training sessions, workshops, summer science camps, and conferences. The project is expected to reach some 3,000 to 4,000 students and 375 to 400 teachers.
Wyandotte County Parks Foundation $5,000
Vicki McLain, 3488 West Drive, Kansas City, KS 66109
Stotler Cove Nature Trail and Learning Center
The Stotler Cover Nature Trail and Learning Center at Wyandotte County Lake provides teachers with a classroom that can be used all year. The trail is new to the lake and is the only walking and hiking trail available in the park. The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks and the Wyandotte County Conservation District provide training sessions for the teachers. The primary goal is to improve the teachers' skills in teaching protection of the ecosystem and testing of water quality.
Baker University $12,450
Roger Boyd, 8th & Grove, Baldwin City, KS 66006
Wetlands With a Vision
The Wetlands With a Vision project incorporates student and teacher training, as well as community-based education, to increase the use of an outdoor classroom by area schools. The project trains a group of volunteers as tour leaders, who then are equipped to improve awareness and understanding among the general public of the value and functions of wetlands. Under the project, pamphlets that provide check lists of birds, mammals, fish, herbs, and plants found in the wetlands are integrated into the current curriculum. Because of their locations, wetlands adjoining Haskell Indian Nations University and wetlands in the flood plain of the Wakarusa River benefit from the program. The target audience of the project is kindergarten through 12th-grade students in the Douglas County school system.
Butler County Community College $3,797
Judy Carney, 901 S. Haverhill Road, El Dorado, KS 67042
Developing a Water Festival in Butler County
Under this project, a one-day water festival is held for more than 400 fourth- and fifth-grade students in Butler County. The water festival raises public awareness of the problem of non-point-source pollution in the Butler County water supply. Partners in the project are Butler County Community College and the Butler County Conservation District.
Haskell Indian Nations University $25,000
William M. Welton, 155 Indian Avenue, Lawrence, KS 66046
Environmental Education Through Distance Learning
Haskell Indian Nations University (HINU) and the Haskell Environmental Research Studies Center are extending environmental education through distance learning for underserved American Indian audiences. The project uses satellite technology in collaborative efforts to build tribal capacity by providing formal environmental education to tribal educators and students. Teachers are trained in the use of culturally relevant material from the curricula Investigate Your Environment and Project Learning Tree. The teachers in turn reach 300 sixth- through eighth-grade American Indian students. Under the project, HINU works in cooperation with tribally controlled colleges in five states - Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, Washington - and with tribes in Kansas.
Kansas Association for Conservation and Environmental Education $25,200
John Strickler or Gary Hulett, 2610 Claflin Road, Manhattan, KS 66502-2798
Development and Dissemination of State Environmental Education Standards
Through a partnership of public and private-sector organizations, the project integrates environmental education into kindergarten through 12th-grade programs and fosters the state's current efforts in education reform. The three objectives of the project are to develop environmental education standards for the state that are based on national standards, to conform various teacher training materials, and to distribute the new standards and materials with the state's core curricular standards through teacher training workshops. The project reaches more than 1,500 kindergarten through 12th-grade teachers and pre-service teachers each year.
Kansas Rural Center $4,825
Jerry Jost, P. O. Box 133, Whiting, KS 66552
Making the Pieces Fit in Sustainable Agricultural Conference
This conference makes available effective learning opportunities in practical approaches to sustainable agriculture. It provides networking opportunities for approximately 275 farmers among the community-based farming clusters in the Heartland Network. The effort is sponsored jointly by the Kansas Rural Center and Kansas State University.
Unified School District #323 Perry Public Schools $5,000
Paula Kellogg, Third and Bridge Streets, Perry, KS 66073
Local and Global Education to Enhance Environmental Awareness
The Local and Global Education to Enhance Environmental Awareness project prepares staff of the school district to serve as trainers in the Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) program and to develop an outdoor study site. More than 70 teachers are trained in the use of the GLOBE program and have access to the study site, and more than 1,000 students participate in the project. Through Internet capabilities available in all classrooms in Unified School District #323, students and staff communicate with other students, teachers, and scientists throughout the world. Local organizations, such as scouts and Quail Unlimited, Inc., take an active role in maintaining and using the study site.
W. Clement Stone Nature Center $5,000
Martha Birrel, 7240 SW 10th Street, Topeka, KS 66615
Fostering Environmental Responsibility in the Urban Environment
This project extends opportunities for environmental and outdoor activities to low-income and at-risk youth. The program is offered to 20 leaders and 430 young people, ages 8 to 14, from eight schools and two youth organizations. Approximately 66 percent of the young people participating in the project are African American or Hispanic. Student education and teacher training, with an emphasis on conservation of the natural environment, contribute to that population's appreciation of the natural world.
Wyandotte County Health Department $6,169
Joseph Connor, 619 Ann Avenue, Kansas City, KS 66101
Project Protect: A Community-Based Program to Prevent Childhood Lead Poisoning
Project Protect uses a coordinated community-based educational process to reduce the risk of exposure to lead in high-risk families. The project director trains 34 staff members from three community-based organizations who then give presentations to three neighborhood associations and three child-development classes at local colleges. The object is to personalize educational activities related to prevention of lead-poisoning for 926 targeted families who have children six and under who live in low-income housing built before 1978.
Haskell Indian Nations University $16,658
Bill Welton, 155 Indian Avenue, Lawrence, KS 66046
Environmental Education Practicum
The Environmental Education Practicum brings American Indian students and teachers or elders from various Indian nations together to accomplish objectives of a pollution prevention program to benefit an American Indian community. The target audience is 21 junior and senior high school students, three teacher and elder facilitators, and three student facilitators. The home communities who benefit from the exposure of these American Indian teachers and students are empowered to enhance environmental justice locally for culturally-diverse and low income populations.
Turner Unified School District #202 $4,999
Jim Benz, 800 S. 55 St., Kansas City, KS 66106
Expanding Water Studies into High School
The Expanding Water Studies into Turner High School and Neighboring Wyandotte County Schools project promotes environmental careers for high school students by expanding the current water studies program into the high school curriculum and into neighboring schools. The target audience is 600 students in ninth through twelfth grades in Turner High School and other Wyandotte County schools. This audience is being reached using the Missouri Stream Teams program and is being taught in the chemistry and biology classes.
Maize High School, Maize Unified School District $5,000
William Kruse, Maize, KS 67101
Workshop on Educator's Water Quality Analysis Training
The initial phase of this project is to train 266 science teachers from kindergarten through 12th grade and student mentors to sample water quality in the Arkansas River Basin using curriculum developed in the Illinois River Project. The training will create a network of teachers having direct contact with the Arkansas River. The result will impact approximately 2,000 students representing agricultural, urban, and industrial populations forming a partnership among school districts along the Arkansas River.
Topeka/Shawnee County Litter Control Commission $5,000
Chiquita Cornelius, 2933 SW Woodside Dr., Suite C, Topeka, KS 66614-4181
Teachers Training Workshop on Solid Waste Management
Funds from this grant will go toward developing two, one-day workshops for approximately 100 Shawnee Country teachers, providing them with training related to solid waste management. The target audience will be high school teachers in the four public schools in the county. The benefit is to introduce Keep America Beautiful (KAB) solid waste curricula into the schools of Shawnee County, Kansas.
Emporia State University $3,735
William P. Lanier, Emporia State University, Emporia, KS 66801
Kansas School Naturalist: 1993 Flood of Upper Mississippi
The purpose of this project is to publish one issue of the Kansas School Naturalist that deals with the 1993 flood of the upper Mississippi region, which continues to affect the populations of Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska. The proposed issue of the Kansas School Naturalist will address certain aspects of flood science and will provide problem-solving activities along with basic science behind common flood phenomena. The issue will be maintained and referenced over the years by those using school libraries.
Emporia State University $3,735
Thomas Eddy, Box 4050, Emporia State University, Emporia, KS 66801
Kansas School Naturalist: Role of Animals in Succession
The purpose of the project is to publish one issue of the Kansas School Naturalist that deals with the newly understood role of animals in succession. The Kansas School Naturalist integrates birds, insects, and other animals as co-determiners of succession through seed dispersal and soil development. The issue will be maintained and referenced over the years by those attending libraries in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska.
Geary County Fish & Game Association $5,000
Kathy Brown George, P. O. Box 631, Junction City, KS 66441
Environmental Education Workshop
The purpose of this project is to develop a teacher workshop that will blend discussion sessions with hands-on activities designed to supply information through the full range of education from elementary to secondary and special education classes. The workshop will reach beyond the science curricula instructors to emphasize the blending of science, mathematics, social studies, and language arts into a connected pattern of learning that includes environmental education.
Johnson County Parks & Recreation District $3,705
Bill McGowan, 909 N. Highway 7, Olathe, KS 66061
Ecology Encounters
The purpose of this project is to improve the aquatic education program, Ecology Encounters, which is a 4th through 6th grade field trip accompanied by hands-on reinforcement activities. This project will reach five school districts in Johnson County, Kansas; schools in Kansas City, Kansas; schools Kansas City, Missouri; and numerous private schools. Based on figures from past years, the expected goal is to reach 700 to 800 students with the program.
Kansas State University $6,676
Carol Shanklin, KSU, 2 Fairchild Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506-1103
Workshops for Food Service Managers
This grant funds train-the-trainer workshops for food service managers and personnel that will address environmental problems and alternative approaches for managing solid waste and preventing air and water pollution from food service operations. Participants will use the knowledge learned to present training sessions to their employees or other food service managers.
Olathe East High School $5,000
Brad Williamson, 14545 W. 127th, Olathe, KS 66062
Monarch Butterfly Tagging
The purpose of this project is to expand the monarch butterfly tagging effort and to implement new student-based research projects related to the migration phenomenon. A workshop will give teachers necessary skills and materials to culture the monarchs under different light regimens. Protocols for investigation will be developed in a collaborative manner and piloted by the core schools. The tagging aspect of the monarch project will involve teachers and students from the Midwest. It provides the opportunity for students to learn science by working in collaboration with a professional researcher.
Haskell Indian Junior College $25,000
Charles E. Haines Jr., 155 Indian Avenue, Lawrence, KS 66046
Multi-cultural Environmental Education Program
This project proposes a multi-cultural environmental education program with four key components: environmental science curriculum development, environmental education resource center, and an ongoing series of environmental education workshops and an environmental outreach program. Each of these components will combine advanced technological research and development in environmental education with traditional Native American perspectives and sensitivity to the earth and its products.
Hesston Unified School District 460 $5,000
Sandra Thies, 150 N. Ridge Road, Box 2000, Hesston, KS 67062
Environmental Data Collection
This grant funds the purchase of equipment to facilitate environmental data collection as part of an outdoor environmental education site. Adjacent to the outdoor site will be an indoor laboratory with equipment for observation, measurement, and analysis of environmental data. The project's purpose is to improve teachers' knowledge and instructional skills and to enhance environmental learning experiences for students.
Kansas Department of Health and Environment $13,200
Janet Neff, 900 SW Jackson, Room 1051, Topeka, KS 66612-1290
Stream Sampling Techniques
This project funds the development of a videotape and guidebook with optional field exercises for citizen stream sampling techniques. Sixth graders from Berryton Elementary School will participate in production of the videotape. The materials developed will target upper elementary students through general adult audiences.
Kansas Wildscape Foundation $25,000
Richard B. Bailey, P. O. Box 4029, Lawrence, KS 66046
100 Outdoor Wildlife Learning Sites (OWLS)
This grant funds the development of 100 Outdoor Wildlife Learning Sites (OWLS) to involve students in interdisciplinary hands-on activities designed to increase their appreciation of wildlife and their understanding of the dependency of wildlife on specific habitats. The goal for the year is to fund 25 OWLS. This is a partnership venture with the schools, the OWLS program, the Kansas Advisory Council, Kansas Association of Conservation Districts, Kansas State and Extension Forestry, Soil Conservation Service, Project Learning Tree and Project Wild.
Kickapoo Nation in Kansas $5,000
Sharon Kabeah-Benson, P. O. Box 271, Horton, KS 66439-0271
Kickapoo Nation
This project initiates steps that will integrate, through the educational process, the Kickapoo Nation's natural heritage and relationship with the historic environment and current environmental conditions and ecosystems of the reservation. The project incorporates a historical perspective of the environmental conditions encountered by the early forefathers of the Kickapoo.
Ellis County Unified Schools $5,000
Hays, KS 67601
Creative Solutions to Plant and Water Solution
This grant, titled "Creative Solutions to Plant and Water Solution," provides tools for expanding students' knowledge by providing opportunities for first-hand observations in an outdoor classroom. The project enables students to generate creative solutions and to disseminate those solutions to the public.
Ft. Hays State University $12,216
Hays, KS 67601
Environmental Workshop for Teachers
The "Environmental Workshop for Teachers" project involves enrolling 24 western Kansas educators, kindergarten through 12th grade, in a week-long workshop.
Haskell Indian Junior College $25,000
Lawrence, KS 66046
Multi-Cultural Environmental Education Curriculum
This grant at Haskell College proposes a multi-cultural environmental education curriculum involving four key components: an environmental science curriculum development program, an environmental education resource center, an ongoing series of environmental workshops, and an environmental outreach program.
Olathe South High School $3,750
Olathe, KS 66062
Growing Plants
This program will allow students to learn about various methods for growing plants under conditions that are environmentally safe.
Queen of the Holy Rosary School $5,000
Overland Park, KS 66204
Earth and Environmental Science Curriculum
The goal of this project is to develop an earth and environmental science curriculum that allows for students to become active participants in examining specific environmental issues.