Profiles of Environmental Education Grants Awarded to Organizations in Missouri
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2015 Grants
St. Louis University $91,000
Dr. Jack Fishman, 3642 Lindell Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63108
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St. Louis Ozone Gardens Project
The St. Louis Ozone Gardens Project expands an existing, successful environmental education program that educates students about the impact of global air pollutions (surface ozone) on vegetation, crops, and human health. As part of this project, students collect data on ozone impacts to ozone-sensitive plants growing within the garden. Students also learn how to collect data using an ozone monitor and a weather station. Participants are empowered to engage in stewardship activities that reduce the emissions leading to photochemical smog and surface ozone. In total, 132 teachers and 1,320 students, primarily elementary and middle school, are served in the St. Louis area.
2014 Grants
Stonelion Puppet Theatre $91,000
Heather Lowenstein, 2025 Tracy Avenue, Kansas City, MO 64141
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Stonelion Puppet Theatre
As a two-phased project, Stoneline Puppet Theatre develops young educators to teach environmental sustainability practices through art and to deliver that curriculum to preschool and elementary aged students within Region 7 (Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska).
River Relief, Inc. $91,000
Jeff Barrow, 812 East Broadway, Suite 200, Columbia, MO 65201
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Building Capacity for Missouri River Environmental Education
Through this project by River Relief Inc., communities along the lower Missouri become more actively involved in stewardship of the Missouri River. River Relief Inc., assesses the community’s current stewardship activities, and solicits ideas and finding opportunities for increasing involvement. The project provides skills, training and resources that communities can use to increase and sustain river stewardship.
Kirskville R-III Schools $40,000
Karen Keck, 1901 East Hamilton Street, Kirksville, MO 63501
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Environmental Education and Local Food System Project
This project incorporates lessons about the full food-cycle into already-existing programs for Ray Miller Elementary School students grades 3 and 4, Early Childhood Learning Center students ages 2-4 and low-income residents of Kirksville. The program promotes waste reduction by increasing financial and volunteer support for composting operations at the Kirksville School District and Truman State University, and at the Housing Authority. Additionally, the program aims to reduce nutrition deficiency and increase access to healthy, locally grown food in Kirksville, Missouri by working to expand community garden outreach.
2012 Grants
Children’s Mercy Hospital $201,477
Dr. Jennifer Lowry, 2401 Gillham Rd., Kansas City, MO 64108
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Environmental Education for a Healthy Initiative
Environmental education is provided to pediatric health care students from the University of Missouri Kansas City and the Kansas University School of Nursing, Research Medical, Children’s Mercy Hospital and the Kansas University Medical Center. Sample topics include environmental exposures in homes, asthma, lead poisoning, and dermal reactions from pesticides. Students also learn how to conduct environmental histories.
2011 Grants
Blue River Watershed Association $36,552
Leslie Alford, P.O. Box 7276, Kansas City, MO 64113-0276
The Journey of Stormwater: From KC to the Sea
This project will engage the Kansas City metropolitan community in activities to protect and restore the Blue River Watershed. It will involve a diverse target audience by focusing on public, private, charter and parochial schools located in the urban core, suburban neighborhoods and rural regions surrounding Kansas City. The grant will be used to educate teachers about stormwater issues. Teachers will then use the information given to involve students in water quality research projects that utilize problem solving and critical thinking skills. Educational Priority; Educational Advancement, Community Projects, Environmental Priority: Protecting America's Waters, Audience: The Blue River Watershed Association (BRWA) will partner with Kansas City, Missouri Water Services Department to implement the five lesson curriculum, “The Journey", written specifically to address storm water runoff and water quality issues in the Kansas City area, through in-service professional development for teachers. This project will educate and engage the Kansas City metropolitan community in protecting and restoring the Blue River Watershed through education and outreach. The project will educate the community about the impacts of storm water runoff on water quality and provide opportunities for the community to reduce those negative impacts. This project will involve a diverse target audience: Schools located in the area include urban core, suburban neighborhoods, and rural regions surrounding Kansas City (includes public, private, charter and parochial schools). Teachers will implement the five-lesson curriculum.
Missouri Environmental Education Association $30,938
Jan Weaver, 208 Tucker Hall, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211-7400
Building Missouri EE Capacity
The Missouri Environmental Education Association will use this grant to conduct research of current environmental education curriculum and establish a comprehensive knowledge base of environmental issues. The grant will be used to increase understanding and use of nationally aligned environmental education standards by agencies, organizations, classroom teachers and schools. Educational Priority: EE Capacity Building, Environmental Priority: Taking Action on Climate Change. Audience: Agencies (6-12); non-profit organizations (50-80); businesses (20-30); institutions (50-60); that help provide environmental education and resources, classroom teachers in a geographically and socioeconomically representative 10% of school districts (50 out of 500). The project will involve classroom teachers in a geographically and socioeconomically representative 10% of school districts (50 out of 500). To build stronger linkages among state agencies and organizations that provide environmental education. To improve their connections with classroom teachers; and to increase understanding and use of nationally aligned EE standards by agencies, organizations, classroom teachers and schools.
2010 Grants
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Missouri $15,000
Georgalu Swoboda, 800 North Providence, Suite 110, Columbia, MO 65203
Environmental Mentoring Project
This project involves both a community- and school-based program. In both programs, participants focus on learning about environmental issues and how they affect the community. In the community-based program, middle school students participate in a series seasonal field trips. The goal for this program is to instill environmental stewardship through environmental education classroom activities and real-life outdoor experiences. The school-based program focuses on promoting environmental stewardship through a series of EE trunks focusing on environmental issues. Mentors use these trunks during school visits in accordance with school curriculum established by the district. Topics include recycling, solar energy, pollution, plants, and habitats.
Chillicothe Middle School $5,775
Christine Jones, 1529 Calhoun, Chillicothe, MO 64601
Energy, Ecology, and Economy
During this project, eighth-grade students research and study green design to identify all the options available to the district as it designs and builds its new kindergarten through grade 12 building. Students study green design options such as energy-conserving timed lighting and heating systems, grade sidewalks at building entries, green materials, water conserving plumbing systems, and many other possibilities. Students also have an opportunity to participate in a video conference with professionals working in green careers. These conferences provide students an opportunity to learn about environmental careers, living green, and green design. In addition, students travel to Greensburg, Kansas, to learn about green buildings. They develop presentations for the facilities committee, the school board, administration, and others interested local organizations on their findings. Students work with district administrators to help make decisions based on their research.
Missouri River Communities Network, Inc. $43,780
Steve H. Johnson, 200 Old 63 South, Suite 203, Columbia, MO 65201
Columbia Outdoor Classroom Demonstration Project
The overall goal of the Columbia Outdoor Classroom Environmental Education Project Demonstration Project is to integrate 18 existing outdoor classrooms into the normal day-to-day curriculum. Specific objectives of this project are to (1) increase the understanding of environmental issues to teachers, students and parents; (2) increase use of outdoor classrooms as the environment where teachers and students gain understanding about environmental processes; (3) foster cross-curriculum use of outdoor classrooms; and (4) increase stewardship activities planned and implemented by students and parent volunteers. This project addresses urban problems such as how storm water affects the city. Students learn about the water system, environmental degradation processes, and the impact of humans on water quality. With this knowledge, students can implement corrective actions and stewardship activities. In addition, teachers receive training on how to use outdoor classrooms to teach students in kindergarten through grade 12 in the day-to-day curriculum about environmental issues in the local community. Students learn about native plants, habitats, ecosystems, recycling, and energy. An existing outdoor classroom is used to teach students how they can become involved in preventing pollution through environmental stewardship.
2009 Grants
Green Works in Kansas City $25,000
Katherin Corwin, 4334 McGee Street, Kansas City, MO 64111
Environmental Connection Opportunities for Students
Environmental Connection Opportunities for Students involves a year-long environmental stewardship curriculum for high school students with service learning, field trips, and mentors in the environmental field. Students learn about local environmental issues, including: clean water, solid waste, recycling, air pollution, energy use, urban forests, and climate change. They have an opportunity to learn about new jobs in fields such as green building construction, engineering, hydrology, urban planning, and environmental science. Environmental Connections Opportunities for Students is divided into three sessions, each 10 weeks long. Topics for Session 1 include introduction to sustainability and urban water. Session 2 addresses solid waste, recycling, life cycle concepts and consumption, and Session 3 covers air pollution and transportation, energy and conservation, urban forests, and climate change. Each session includes classroom activities, discussion, videos, and science journals.
National Audubon Society $31,158
Robin McAlester, 201 West Rivera Drive, Suite A, Joplin, MO 64804
Wildcat Glades Conservation and Audubon Center
Through Wildcat Glades Conservation and Audubon Center, students in grades 3 through 4 learn about water quality and how to protect water resources. Students study water quality assessments, journaling, wildlife management, and bird habitats at the Shoal Creek, Silver Creek, and Wildcat Spring watersheds. These students also address two major environmental issues: the water quality and quantity of Shoal Creek, and rare chert glades. The Audubon Center provides hands-on, science-based study of water resources and glade habitat to a diverse audience and meets the water education needs and concerns of local educators.
2008 Grants
Friends of the Green Center $24,280
Susan Mintz, 8025 Blackberry Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63130
Calvary Prairie Education and Restoration Project
The Calvary Prairie Education and Restoration Project involves three components. First, the Ecological Restoration Corps (ERC) provides hands-on workshops and restoration projects for high school students in grades 10 through 12. ERC also provides training in conservation to encourage career exploration in the sciences. This portion of the project involves restoration of the Calvary Prairie through burning, plant reintroduction, and exotic species control. Outreach and education efforts have been expanded to build community support for the project. The second component is a field experience program for students in grades 3 through 5 at elementary schools. Students participate in seasonal field trips to Calvary Prairie in both fall and spring. Activities include carver plot studies, wildlife surveys, nature journaling, food web investigations, and propagating and planting native plants. The third component is an enviroarts project. In this component, residents from local churches, a public library, four local schools, neighborhood associations, and a community arts training program develop a formal collaborative to work on a project at the prairie.
Missouri Botanical Garden $24,507
Glenda Abney, 3617 Grandel Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63108
Investigate Green School
Students and teachers assume the roles of energy auditors, building designers, and green building ambassadors to present the benefits of green buildings to the public. They present information about the advantages of going green and create public service announcements to get the message out to the public and at school board meetings. Students and teachers learn about green schools, steps school districts can take to “green” their buildings, and how schools can lead community-wide sustainability efforts. They also learn about energy consumption, the impact of schools on the environment, and options for reducing energy in schools.
Parents as Teachers National Center, Inc. $9,738
Kate McGilly, 2228 Ball Drive, St. Louis, MO 63146
Prevention Through Parent Education in Arkansas
Parents as Teachers conducts a workshop titled, “Neurotoxins: Their Effects on Development, Learning and Behavior.” This project involves training early childhood professionals on how to teach women of child-bearing age and families about child development through parent education. Parents as Teachers holds a train-the-trainer workshop and delivers information to women about the effects on child development of household chemicals, hazardous materials, and exposure to chemical mixtures. This workshop teaches women about precautions they can take when they handle hazardous chemicals and how to prevent a broad array of birth defects and disabilities. These activities serve families with support and enhance child development through parent education.
Parents as Teachers National Center, Inc. $22,403
Kate McGilly, 2228 Ball Drive, St. Louis, MO 63146
Prevention Through Parent Education in Texas
Parents as Teachers conducts a workshop titled, “Neurotoxins: Their Effects on Development, Learning and Behavior.” This project involves training early childhood professionals on how to teach women of child-bearing age and families about child development through parent education. Parents as Teachers holds a train-the-trainer workshop and delivers information to women about the effects on child development of household chemicals, hazardous materials, and exposure to chemical mixtures. This workshop teaches women about precautions they can take when they handle hazardous chemicals and how to prevent a broad array of birth defects and disabilities. These activities serve families with support and enhance child development through parent education.
2007 Grants
Global and Multicultural Education Center $4,838
Manny Pedram, 3009 Holmes Street, Kansas City, MO 64109-1435
Climate Change: Myth or Reality
This project involves teachers who participate in weekly seminars on climate change and teaching strategies. Staff from the Global and Multicultural Education Center, in partnership with the University of Missouri Kansas City School of Continuing Education faculty, conduct workshops for teachers. These workshops give teachers an opportunity to examine the complexity of the climate change issue. Teachers participate in exercises to develop conflict resolution and problem-solving skills. These professional development activities focus on teaching skills strategies and effective classroom techniques for teaching students about global environmental complexities of climate change. Teachers then incorporate climate change information into their lesson plans to teach students how they can become environmental stewards.
Parents as Teachers $14,533
Kate A. McGilly, 2228 Ball Drive, St. Louis, MO 63143
Parent Education to Prevent Child Development Delays
Parents as Teachers conducts a workshop titled “Neurotoxins: Their Effects on Development, Learning and Behavior.” This project involves training early childhood professionals on how to teach women of child-bearing age and families about child development through parent education. Parents as Teachers holds a train-the-trainer workshop and conducts visits to deliver information to women on the effects of household chemicals, hazardous materials, and exposure to chemical mixtures on child development. This workshop teaches women about precautions they can take when they handle hazardous chemicals and how to prevent a broad array of birth defects and disabilities. These activities serve families with support and enhancing child development through parent education.
2006 Grants
Blue River Watershed Association $13,937
Ginevera Moore, P.O. Box 22395, Kansas City, MO 64113
KC Clean Streams
The Blue River Watershed Association organizes a water quality project designed to provide students, teachers, and adult volunteers in the Kansas City metropolitan community an opportunity to learn about and address an important community issue: the adverse impact of litter and trash on water quality in Kansas City. They observe the effect of trash on waterways and participate in an environmental stewardship experience. This project consists of a 1-day cleanup event that involves students and teachers in grades 4 and 5, as well as adult volunteers from the community. They learn about water quality issues with standards-based curriculum materials. Students participate in an environmental stewardship experience that demonstrates how individuals can make a positive difference in the environmental health of the community.
Migrant Farmworkers Project $18,599
Suzanne Gladney, 920 Southwest Boulevard, Kansas City, MO 64108
Proyecto Verde: Growing a Healthy Community
The Migrant Farmworkers Project addresses lead poisoning, pesticide exposure, and polluted waterways both by providing education on lead poisoning and by testing migrant children for lead. Migrant farmworkers and seasonal workers receive education vital to the health of migrant families about the dangers of exposure to agricultural and household pesticides. Migrant youth also learn how clean waterways are important to creating and preserving healthy plant and fish habitats. Elementary, middle, and high school-age children and adults learn about the dangers of lead poisoning and prevention strategies. In addition, Migrant Farmworkers provides information on recycling to migrants and encourages land stewardship by collecting and reusing recyclable materials. Migrant Farmworkers teaches migrants about agricultural and household pesticides safety, and migrants learn about clean waterways, water ecosystems, and fish that are safe to eat. Migrant Farmworkers encourages stewardship of the land through safe gardening techniques and beautification of the environment. Information is provided about native plants and organic gardening.
Top of the Ozarks Resource Conservation & Development $11,217
Richard Stricklin, 6726 Highway 63, Houston, MO 65483
Jacks Fork Rivers Users
Top of the Ozarks Resource Conservation & Development conducts educational workshops for students and the public to educate them about the environmental concerns and issues that affect the Jacks Fork River. Students in grades 4 and 5 learn about clean water. A watershed Web site has been developed to update the community about educational activities within the watershed and about the Jacks Fork River.
2005 Grants
Area Resources for Community & Human Services $50,000
Laura Lambrix, 539 Grand Boulevard, 6th Floor, St. Louis, MO 63103
Natural Intelligence Project
Classroom presentations, field trips, and after-school workshops at six public schools are part of the Natural Intelligence Project. These educational experiences focus on environmental issues that include air and water quality, recycling, conservation of natural resources, and pollution prevention. Students participate in recycling, water quality monitoring, and pollution prevention. In addition, teachers learn how to incorporate environmental excellence standards into classroom curriculums. This environmental curriculum is integrated into classroom lessons to improve students’ knowledge and skills in math and science. Students acquire the knowledge and skills to help them make informed decisions, to recognize and solve problems, and to gather, analyze, and apply information and ideas. Environmental education services are provided to students to increase academic achievement and raise Missouri Assessment Program (MAP) test scores at target schools in math and science.
Center Middle School $7,915
Ronald E. Scott, 326 E. 103rd Street, Kansas City, MO 64114
Restoration Education Service Project
Middle school teachers gain new skills to teach environmental science to students under the Restoration Education Service Project by participating in trail construction and habitat restoration. Teachers incorporate these new skills and materials into classroom curricula and field instruction. Students attend field trips that address environmental issues such as trail construction, habitat restoration, water quality, and identification of non-native species.
2004 Grants
Area Resources for Community & Human Services $8,400
Dr. Laura Lambrix, 4236 Lindell Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63108
The Community Access to Environmental Education
This project teaches community members about environmental health hazards for children. The purpose of this project is to equip families, students, and educators with the information they need to identify dangerous chemicals present in their environment. As part of the project, 30 students in three St. Louis public schools participate in the Minority Junior Science Investigators program to learn about environmental issues. In addition, 25 adults complete train-the-trainer workshops to establish a volunteer corps of environmental educators. The project participants share what they have learned with their peers and neighbors and thus expand the service area of the project.
Metropolitan Community & Economic Development Corporation $22,320
Samuel Marshall, 2310 E. Linwood Boulevard, Kansas City, MO 64109
The Ivanhoe Environmental Education
The Ivanhoe Environmental Education project focuses on educating Kansas City residents about health issues associated with exposure to lead-based paint, asbestos, and household chemicals. The goal of this project is to teach the public how to avoid such exposure and how to properly dispose of household chemicals. The intention is to educate approximately 5,500 families by holding group forums and conducting experiential laboratory activities, teacher training sessions, and parent and community outreach. Each forum makes use of educational material produced by the Kansas City Health Department. The training raises public awareness of health issues posed by indoor environmental hazards, engages the participants in assessment projects that include hands-on activities, provides instruction in basic ecological principles, and identifies environmental issues facing urban communities.
Missouri Department of Agriculture $9,127
Marla Young, P.O. Box 630, Jefferson City, MO 65102
Jefferson City Farm Stewardship Field Day
Under this project, fourth-grade students in the Jefferson City School District act as Missouri farmers for a day. They are asked to face the natural resource stewardship decisions that must be made to produce the ingredients of a favorite student food–pizza. The goal of this event is to forge a connection between the student participants and local water and soil resources, helping the students to understand the responsibilities of stewardship and informed decision-making. This educational activity reaches approximately 675 fourth-graders in the Jefferson City community. Following the event, the students are taught more about environmental stewardship using a curriculum called "Show Me Agriculture".
World Bird Sanctuary $2,076
Susan Zietlow, 125 Bald Eagle Ridge Road, Valley Park, MO 63088
Educator Eco-Workshop
The World Bird Sanctuary hosts a half-day Educator Eco-Workshop for local teachers of kindergarten through grade 12. This workshop provides the participants with the information and resources they need to teach their students about local environmental challenges and issues. Examples of topics addressed by the workshop and the resources include habit restoration, reintroduction of endangered species to habitats, monitoring of species population levels, and enrichment of ecosystems to enhance bird reproduction.
YMCA of the Ozarks $7,784
Mariah Hughes, Route 2, P.O. Box 240, Potosi, MO 63664
Enhancement and Expansion of the Environmental Education Program
The project is intended to enhance and expand the existing environmental education program of the YMCA of the Ozarks. The YMCA places educational signs on roads, walkways, trails, and buildings at its facility and presents educational displays in its nature center and dining room area. These environmentally oriented interpretive materials enrich the natural experience of every visitor. In addition, environmental assessment equipment is made available for students and teachers to use in outdoor classrooms. Approximately 40,000 people participate in YMCA programs throughout the year. The environmental education program conducted by the YMCA offers multiple opportunities for students, teachers, and the general public to learn more about forestry, prairies, streams, ponds, and caves in their community.
2003 Grants
Area Resources Community and Human Services $25,000
Michael Nelson, 4236 Lindell, St. Louis, MO 63108
Community Access to Environmental Education
The goals of the Community Access to Environmental Education (CATEE) project are to (1) mobilize St. Louis residents and students to implement neighborhood projects designed to prevent air and water pollution and (2) increase the participation of schools, households, and businesses in recycling and solid waste reduction practices. The CATEE project has been divided into two methods of service delivery: school-based and community-focused.
KCPT Public Television 19, Inc. $5,000
Karen Mell, 125 E. 31st Street, Kansas City, MO 64108
Saving the Earth
Kansas City Public Television (KCPT) is developing and delivering a workshop that trains 35 teachers to integrate an existing environmental education resource, “e-Eats,” into their curricula. About 400 students and teachers are using e-Eats to examine the connections between environmental health and human health. KCPT is also developing and publishing six new lessons for the workshop and for an e-Eats web site.
Meramec Regional Planning Commission $5,000
Tama F. Snodgrass, 4 Industrial Drive, St. James, MO 65559
Meramec Regional Children's Water Festival
The goals of the Meramec Regional Children’s Water Festival are to provide an enjoyable, interactive, hands-on educational opportunity for middle school students and to promote aquatic environmental education. This festival is a 1-day event during which about 1,000 middle school students attend six sessions addressing various water-related issues. Each session lasts approximately 25 minutes. Between 25 and 30 different sessions are conducted by volunteers from different organizations. The festival focuses on protecting water resources from a variety of nonpoint sources of pollution to ensure safe drinking water and a healthy environment.
The Green Center $5,000
Shelley Welsch, 8025 Blackberry Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63130
Environmental Outreach to Youth
The Green Center engages 120 students of ages 6 through 18 who are living in environmental justice communities in real-world learning experiences that develop their critical-thinking and decision-making skills through service-learning activities. The goal of the project is to improve the access of this group of students to environmental education. The students receive training in community involvement, environmental stewardship, and community service, and they perform a community service project.
2002 Grants
Bridging the Gap $24,831
Stacia Stelk, P. O. Box 10220, Kansas City, MO 64171
Leadership in Environmental Action Projects (LEAP)
The Leadership in Environmental Action Projects (LEAP) works with five teachers in grades 5 through 12 of the Blue Valley, Wyandotte County, Shawnee Mission, and Kansas City area school districts in Kansas using the solid waste curriculum developed by the Gateway Center for Resource Efficiency. The Gateway Center for Resource Efficiency and Bridging the Gap train teachers in 3 groups and then train four student leaders from each school in an 8-step problem-solving model that is applied to the solid waste stream in each school. The students assess their schools' waste streams, examine options, and select and implement solutions that can reduce their school's waste stream. A final presentation of each team's projects is held in the spring semester at a student summit.
Crowder College $11,135
Art Boyt, 601 Laclede, Neosho, MO 64850
Solar BikeRayce USA Education Outreach
Solar BikeRayce USA is a competition targeting high school students with the mission of promoting education excellence and knowledge of renewable energy and energy efficiency through a hands-on project based learning experience. Four teacher/student workshops and on-line education materials are developed to educate teachers about renewable energy. Students are exposed to the concepts of renewable energy and energy efficiency while gaining experience in engineering and team-based learning. The education materials from the workshops and the Internet are widely used by teachers and student team members.
Ivanhoe Neighborhood Council $4,950
Jessie Jefferson, 3210 Michigan, Kansas City, MO 64109
Litter Bug Campaign
This project reintroduces the Litter Bug campaign to focus efforts on education, cleanups, and the development of community pride. It involves the participation of young children in preschool through grade 3. Newsletter articles, flyers, posters and street signs are distributed to promote the Litter Bug campaign.
Southwest Missouri State University $7,917
Janice Greene, 901 S. National Avenue, Springfield, MO 65804
Environmental Education Workshop at Bull Shoals Field Station
This project involves a workshop at Bull Shoals Field Station. Twenty sixth- through 12th-grade science teachers participate in a 2-day workshop on environmental education. Participants gain awareness and knowledge about environmental issues that are being addressed by modern scientific research methods, and learn skills necessary for creating an outdoor classroom.
2001 Grants
Chillicothe Middle School $5,000
Nancy Elliott, 1529 Calhoun, Chillicothe, MO 64601
Environmental Careers Project
The project introduces sixty-five students in eighth grade to environmental careers. Students become involved in hands-on investigative problem solving in the classroom, in after school workshops, and during a two-week summer institute. Students also become involved actively in field experiences that allow them to practice skills necessary for such professions and work with professionals. They also participate in job shadowing. For the classroom, after–school, and summer institute components of the project, units that begin with an environmental problem scenario are used. In the classroom, students work on five-day units. The after-school workshops and the summer institute involve two-hour investigations. Units are built around curricula found in Project Learning Tree, Project Wet, Project Wild, and Aquatic Wild. The students attend field trips during which they participate in water monitoring for water quality and sampling and testing of soil. Students participate in an Earth Day play that they present for parents and other students. They also organize an environmental carnival, during which environmental games reinforce environmental stewardship.
Friends of Lakeside Nature Center $1,500
Larry O'Donnell, 4701 East Gregory, Kansas City, MO 64132
Water Quality Testing - Blue River Watershed
The project introduces 30 high school students to the watershed of the Blue River. Students are provided classroom instruction on watershed dynamics. Through hands-on testing of biological and chemical water quality at four sites four times during the school year, students gather data; interpret data; determine whether there is a problem related to water quality; and, if so, propose possible solutions to the problem. Two of the test sites are above and below a tributary of the Blue River in Kansas City. The students sample for fecal coliform contamination and learn how to evaluate data and test their results.
Greene County R-8 School District $2,003
Andrew Kinslow, 8225 East Farm Road 174, Rogersville, MO 65742
Citizen Science: Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS)
Under the MAPS project, 10 students in grades 9 through 12 participate in field research related to bird populations. Students perform both habitat and banding field research. The research period is divided into 10-day segments. Students meet in the classroom once during each 10-day period and are provided background information about birds, analysis of habitats, careers, and various environmental topics. Students perform field research once during the ten-day period, setting nets at the banding site. Captured birds are banded, weighed, measured, and released. The information the students collect is used to assess bird populations and the health of the environment. Because birds are excellent indicator species for assessing the health of the environment, they can serve as a means of evaluating the condition of their habitats. The students enter the data they have collected into a computer for compilation and submittal to the Institute for Bird Populations. Participation in the MAPS project gives the students the opportunity for first-hand exploration of environmental careers.
Kansas City Harmony, Inc. $4,070
Vicki Richmond, 2700 East 18th Street, Kansas City, MO 64127
Ecological Diversity Project
Community leaders, corporate partners, and formal and informal educators are recruited and trained to educate students and community and corporate groups about the Blue River Glade property, a designated natural area located in the urban core of Kansas City. Participants use the biology of the habitat as a mirror for human communities. The project is intended to instill in participants an appreciation for diversity, heritage, and ecology, and meets state standards for education. The project breaks down barriers by bringing together ethnically, culturally, and economically diverse people through environmental stewardship and education about the Blue River Glade.
Missouri Botanical Garden $5,000
Celeste Prussia, P. O. Box 299, St. Louis, MO 63166-0299
Sustainability 2001: A Community Education Conference
The community education conference Sustainability 2001 improves and enhances the environmental education teaching skills of participating teachers, informal educators, and community leaders. Sustainability has become a prominent element in addressing issues that relate environmental health to economic viability and provide for the social longevity of a community. Participants develop an understanding of the concept of sustainability and experience activities related to sustainability activities that they may use in their classrooms or other learning environments. In addition, participants identify ways in which they can integrate sustainability into their curricula, programs, and personal lives.
Public Television 19, Inc. $13,971
Karen Mell, 125 East 31st Street, Kansas City, MO 64108
Captain Olin's Odyssey - An Environmental Journey
The project expands and enhances an innovative environmental education program. The program combines Internet content, community outreach activities, and professional development for teachers to teach environmental concepts, inspire creativity in students, and encourage students to explore environmental topics. The program provides teachers with skills they can use in developing science and mathematics lesson plans that examine such environmental issues as water conservation, wasteful packaging, and waste disposal. The primary target audience of the project is teachers and students in grades 5 through 8 in Missouri, Kansas, and Illinois. The project’s web site serves a dual purpose as a fun and safe place for students to visit on their own and as a curriculum resource for teachers.
St. Vincent Home School $1,687
Maxine Prochnow, 7401 Florissant Road, St. Louis, MO 63121
Improving Academic Skills Through Exploration and Research
The project involves neglected and abused children from economically disadvantaged urban areas. Each child receives an individualized curriculum that reflects the student’s learning level. Through hands-on research activities, the students identify environmental problems, such as unclean water and disposal of waste in their neighborhoods. The training consists of outings, videos, Internet searches, and hands-on experiences. Students examine how the environmental issues have affected their lives and explore ways in which they, as students, can improve the environment while they improve the academic skills of reading and research. Group meetings are held twice weekly for discussion and planning. Committees are formed and students begin Internet searches to develop information about issues of unclean water and waste disposal. The committees report on their progress during the group meetings. Students participate in outings during which they document environmental problems in their neighborhoods. They also visit landfills, recycling plants, polluted lakes and rivers, and water purification plants. They visit sites in disadvantaged neighborhoods and sites in economically advantaged neighborhoods to compare the environmental conditions of those environments. Students report on the projects they choose, describing the research they conducted, their reasons for choosing particular projects, and the solutions they worked to achieve. Students make presentations to the school community and receive ecology awards from the in-school scouting program.
Wyman Center, Inc. $14,035
Patty Clemons, 600 Kiwanis Drive, Eureka, MO 63025
Peabody Elementary School Environmental Education
Under the project, which is a partnership effort between Wyman Center and Peabody Elementary School, students in grade 6, their teachers, and 10 volunteer cabin counselors attend a four-day environmental education residential camp. The students, teachers, and counselors learn about aquatic ecology, cycles, and ecosystems and participate in a community service project. The activities are conformed to the state standards for mathematics and science. The program includes a pre-program visit to the school to prepare the students and teachers for the learning experiences. A month after the camping experience, a post-program visit is made to the school, and a test is administered to participants to assess the effectiveness of the program. The Wyman Center facilitates a workshop on the learning experiences.
2000 Grants
Boys & Girls Clubs of Eastern Jackson County $5,719
Jeff Bass, 315 South Leslie, Independence, MO 64050
The Ultimate Journey
The Ultimate Journey helps young people better understand the natural world through the use of fun and engaging projects. The project increases public awareness and knowledge about environmental issues and provides participants with the skills they need to make informed decisions and take responsible actions. The intent of the Ultimate Journey program is to educate low-income or culturally diverse audiences about environmental issues. The small groups through which the program is conducted help young people explore and discover the world they live in. At the end of the program, the students select a natural area to visit and plan a trip there. A recognition ceremony honors those who complete the journey.
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Kansas City $25,000
Mary Brown, 6301 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, MO 64131
Thornberry Gardens Project
The Thornberry Gardens Project involves 220 high-risk children. The project uses the Ultimate Journey environmental curriculum of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America. The grant is used to develop and implement a business and long-term gardening project plan for the Thornberry Gardens Project. The project provides an entrepreneurial education to the participants and develops other skills, as well.
Cooperating School Districts $24,712
Glenda Abney, 7525 Sussex Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63143
Effective and Energetic In-Services
This project finances three in-service opportunities on the topics of energy, sustainability, and waste reduction. Distance learning technologies are used through video conferences with the teachers to evaluate the effectiveness of the activities and to explore connections to state standards and student assessment achievement testing. Cooperating school districts will conduct with participating teachers an impact and evaluation assessment. A final evaluation and report regarding the benefits of the in-services and the effectiveness of the project's delivery methods also will be provided.
Missouri Botanical Garden $5,000
Celeste Prussia, P. O. Box 299, St. Louis, MO 63166-0299
Educating for Sustainability: Moving Beyond Earth Day
This project improves and enhances the environmental education teaching skills of participating teachers, informal educators, and community leaders. The project develops and improves the ability of teachers and informal educators to teach about environmental sustainability. Teachers and leaders of community based organizations learn how to integrate sustainability into their curriculum, programs, and personal lives. This project provides opportunities for partnerships and resource sharing among the participants.
Scenic Rivers Stream Team Association $4,593
Carol Childress, P. O. Box 1262, Mountain View, Howell, MO 65548
Living on Karst
The Scenic Rivers Stream Team Association works in partnership with the Missouri Department of Conservation, the Missouri Department of the Natural Resources, and National Resource Conservation Service to develop and distribute a set of mobile curriculum units (trunks) that contain resources, hands-on activities, and support materials. These trunks are used by fifth- through ninth-grade teachers in schools located in the watersheds of the Jacks Fork, Current Eleven Point, and White rivers. Use of the trunks increases the capacity of the local school districts to provide teacher training and quality environmental education materials to their staff and students.
The Surplus Exchange $18,396
Leann Ritter, 11107 Hickory, Kansas City, MO 64101
Environmental Education: Learn and Earn Computer Education Program
Nine teachers are trained on the use of environmental software that addresses such topics as lead in the environment and household waste management. The teachers also are made aware of environmental careers. The trained educators then train 90 additional teachers who then are able to take the software program into their own classrooms. The teachers assist 24 students in using the environmental software to develop a project scenario that responds to an environmental health threat. Twenty-four students use the Learn and Earn curriculum to practice reuse by building a computer. Those students train at least 20 other community members on the tools needed to minimize exposure to environmental hazards. Student participants develop a project that demonstrates the effects environmental hazards, such as lead or other household contaminants, have on children. It ensures that projects are made widely available by being posted on the Internet.
1999 Grants
Cooperating School Districts $23,870
Glenda Abney, 7525 Sussex Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63143
Integration of Environmental Education Programs into Statewide Education Standards
The project promotes integration of environmental education in state-mandated, performance-based curricula. Two in-service sessions are being offered in three school districts in the St. Louis area: one urban, one suburban, and one rural. Follow-up consultations are offered to individual teachers. Approximately 5,250 students are using the materials. Partners in the project are MidAmerica Energy & Resource Partners, the Regional Professional Development Center of the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, and the Missouri Environmental Education Association.
Missouri Environmental Education Association $5,000
Virginia Wallace, P. O. Box 104505, Jefferson City, MO 65110
Leadership Clinic to Implement Environmental Education Programs in Communities
The project builds capacity to implement environmental education programs in the state by offering a four-day leadership clinic modeled after the National Environmental Education Advancement Project (NEEAP). The target audience is 30 participants in 10 teams of three each from throughout the state. The teams receive training in environmental education issues that equips them to implement projects in their communities.
Scenic Rivers Stream Team Association $4,602
Carol Childress, P. O. Box 1262, Mountain View, MO 65548
Getting into Water
The project is a three-day, college-credit course that provides training and education materials to 20 middle-school teachers in 45 school districts in the watershed of the Current and Eleven Point rivers. The teachers can provide water education to approximately 600 students each year. Partners in the program with the Scenic Rivers Stream Team Association are Lincoln University, the State of Missouri Department of Natural Resources, the Missouri Department of Conservation, and the National Park Service of the U.S. Department of the Interior.
Southwest Missouri State University $4,855
Janice Greene, 901 South National Avenue, Springfield, MO 65804
Increasing Environmental Education in Preparation of Pre-Service Teachers
Under the project, pre-service teachers are offered a workshop designed to improve their environmental education skills. The target audience is pre-service teachers enrolled in college courses for teaching methods in science, social studies, and language arts. Through the workshop, they become certified as facilitators for Project WET, Project WILD, and Missouri's Project Learning Tree. The project is an extension of a partnership of the university with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources and the Missouri Department of Conservation.
Wyman Center, Inc. $5,000
Bridget Lenhardt, 600 Eureka Road, Eureka, MO 63025
Wyman Adventures Program
The project is an extracurricular science education program for 30 students in grades five through eight at Toussaint L'Ouverture Middle School. Activities include after-school adventures, day trips, and overnight trips. The objectives of the program include development of an awareness and understanding of the environment and improvement in both school attendance and grades in science among the students who participate.
1998 Grants
American Lung Association $5,000
Joseph Buta, 2007 Broadway, Kansas City, MO 64108
Open Airways for Schools
This project is intended to empower children with asthma by teaching them how to prevent asthma episodes and emergencies and by creating partnerships in asthma care among school personnel, nurses, physicians, families, and local American Lung Association volunteers. The Tools for Schools program is initiated by training the appropriate school health professional who then conducts six 40-minute interactive group lessons with asthmatic children in grades 3 through 5. The effort is followed up by a half-day conference for managers of school facilities, during which they learn about indoor air quality.
Bridging The Gap, Inc. $25,000
Mark Carr, P. O. Box 10220, Kansas City, MO 64171
Westside Neighborhood Recycling Campaign
This project uses the economic value of recyclable materials to encourage community organizations in a primarily low-income, minority neighborhood to involve at least 750 families in recycling. Community organizations establish a subscription collection program, contact residents in the neighborhood, and convince the residents to support the organizations by subscribing to save aluminum cans. Materials are provided in both English and Spanish. Volunteers pick up cans from their subscribers and take the cans to a central point where they are accumulated and eventually redeemed. The participating community organizations receive the proceeds from redemption of the cans.
Ferguson-Florissant School District $17,170
Terry Henderson, 1005 Waterford Drive, Florissant, MO 63033
Environmental Rangers
The goal of this project is to increase the awareness, knowledge base, and participation of high school students in environmental education. The delivery method is to first train high school teachers to be environmental trainers, called rangers. The rangers receive an intensive program while working at the Little Creek Nature Area. The rangers then collaborate with fourth grade teachers to develop presentation methods that the teachers can use in their classrooms. Finally, the fourth grade students participate in projects that explore problems related to soil characteristics and water and air pollution.
Heartland All Species Project $24,870
Marty Kraft, 5644 Charlotte Street, Kansas City, MO 64110
49/63 Neighborhood Environmental Stewardship Training Program
The 49/63 Neighborhood Environmental Stewardship Training Program involves 20 young people from 10 to 15 years of age in an environmental education work and service program that stresses principles and practical application of recycling, reduction of household hazardous and other waste, composting, gardening, cooking, grass recycling, sound consuming practices, home energy conservation, weatherization, energy conservation, landscaping, and neighborhood community-building. The young people interact with the 8,000 residents and numerous businesses in their community. The goal of the project is to integrate all aspects of urban neighborhood life into a sustainable model at the block level.
Lutie R-VI School District $5,000
Joyce Taber, HC 4 Box 4177, Theodosia, MO 65761
Living Below the Branson Boom: A Water Quality Study
This project is a hands-on water testing activity that provides interdisciplinary learning. The audience is an after-school science club of 40 middle and high school students who study current water quality conditions in Big Creek, which is located downstream of the Branson, Missouri tourist area. The study is intended to increase awareness of the need to protect natural resources as development occurs in the area and encourage individual responsibility for doing so.
Meramec Regional Planning Commission $5,000
Tamara Snodgrass, 101 W. 10th Street, Rolla, MO 65401
Environmental Resource Center Curriculum Workshop
This project reaches educators in the South Central District of the Missouri State Teachers Association, which has a membership of 1,600. It provides resource materials that allow teachers other than science teachers to add environmental curriculum to their classes, such as mathematics, history, and English. Encouraging educators to use materials and methods rooted in the concept of protecting and healing our environment promotes the ethic of stewardship and responsibility for the environment.
Mid-America Energy & Resource Partners $5,000
Deborah Chollet, 7525 Sussex Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63143
Interactive Models of a Landfill and an Energy-Efficient House
This project aims to acquire and circulate interactive models to present key concepts of waste management and energy efficiency in buildings. Teachers and students in kindergarten though grade 12 are the primary audience. Staff of Mid-America Energy & Resource Partners use the models at EarthWays Home and during the Earth Day festival and in making presentations at local schools throughout the year.
Missouri Department of Conservation $5,000
Kim Wade, 2901 West Truman Boulevard, P. O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180
Environmental Education Show-Me Models
The goal of the project is to develop reproducible curriculum integration models that demonstrate the role of environmental education in advancing education reform efforts in the state. The primary audience is classroom teachers who work with students in fourth through seventh grades. The educational priority addresses the standards formally adopted by the Missouri State Board of Education in January 1996.
Northwest Missouri Regional Council of Governments $4,655
Joel Miller, 114 W. Third Street, Maryville, MO 64468
Northwest Missouri Recycles
The purpose of the project is to educate students in grades 2 through 5 about environmental issues that directly affect their communities. The goal is to generate interest in recycling efforts and waste management through demonstrations, slide shows, and vermicomposting. The program targets some 2,000 students in 17 school districts. School districts and parents are expected to respond by participating in a recycling effort for the northwestern area of the state.
Ozanam Home for Boys, Inc. $1,199
Alice Blizzard, 421 East 137th Street, Kansas City, MO 64145
The Environment of Our Creek
The project improves understanding among inner-city or low-income students of the relationship between environmental conditions and their own lives. The students test a tributary of the Little Blue River for both biotic and abiotic characteristics. They then distribute the information through their school newspaper and an organizational newsletter. The students learn to make environmentally correct choices and research careers related to stream life.
Southwest Missouri State University $3,997
Janice S. Greene, 901 S. National Avenue, Springfield, MO 65804
Integration of Environmental Education into Pre-Service Teacher Preparation
This project is designed to improve the environmental education teaching skills of pre-service teachers. The primary audience is fourth grade teachers from six elementary schools. The secondary audience is 860 fourth grade students, along with other teachers, parents, and members of the community. The delivery method is to first train the trainers (rangers) who then train and assist the fourth grade teachers. Finally, the fourth graders work on projects that involve their families and members of their communities, thereby increasing the community's awareness of environmental responsibility.
1997 Grants
Macon County University Extension Council $5,000
Wanda Eubank, 119 North Rubey, Macon, MO 63552
Water Quality Education for Educators
This project provides a water quality workshop for teachers, students, and informal educators from the 21-county Northeast Extension Region of Missouri. The project puts into place a train-the-trainer model that reaches at least 4,500 teachers in its first year. The 45 hours of instruction included in the workshop explore water quality issues, examine existing curricula, and strengthen program development and public education outreach skills. Among the partners in the project are the Natural Resources Conservation Service; the Mark Twain Water Quality Demonstration Project; soil and water conservation districts; and the Missouri Department of Conservation, Health, and Natural Resources.
Native American Health/Aids Coalition Educational Division $16,718
Shirley Hoskins, 6025 Prospect, #103, Kansas City, MO 64130
Native American Interactive On-Line Educational Program
The goal of the Native American Interactive On-Line Educational Program is to develop a school-based, on-line network devoted to environmental efforts conducted by Native Americans. Such efforts are designed to prevent health problems, minimize environmental injustice, and assess the health priorities of the Native American community. The program teaches the history of respect for Mother Earth to 200 students, 25 teachers, and more than 500 community members. The program eventually will be expanded to reach 400 tribes and 300 Indian-controlled schools. Partners with the Native American Health Clinic are the Selective Learning Network, a national on-line educational program, and the Kickapoo Nation School.
Seneca R-VII Schools $20,841
Charles Yust, P. O. Box 469, Seneca, MO 64865
Habitat Patrol
The Habitat Patrol project gives students and community members the opportunity to use today's technology to expand their knowledge of environmental management. Through community-based education, the project reaches 1,437 students and more than 2,500 members of the Eastern Shawnee, Modoc, and Wyandotte tribes, as well as approximately 2,000 members of the general population. Participants learn about the technology through media modules. Further, the entire community participates in the construction and maintenance of a water garden. The project is intended to increase all participants' knowledge and awareness of their ecosystem.
Southwest Missouri State University $19,242
Charles W. Emerson, 901 S. National, Springfield, MO 65804
Environmental Baseline Investigation of Fulbright Springs Watershed
The environmental baseline investigation conducted under this project assesses and maps the environmental condition of Fulbright Springs and land use patterns in the area, which is a sensitive watershed and an important source of drinking water. A workshop demonstrates the potential uses of the global positioning system (GPS) technology for representatives of local environmental groups, neighborhood associations, and public agencies. The Fulbright Springs project addresses the high-priority environmental issue of urbanization and its effects on the quality of groundwater. A primary partner in the project is the Watershed Committee of the Ozarks.
University of Missouri 4-H Youth Program $20,000
L. Jo Turner, 212 Whitten Hall, Columbia, MO 65211
Streets to Streams - Water Quality Education for Youth
Streets to Streams prepares 40 professionals to be water quality trainers. The professionals in turn train 400 educators who reach 8,000 youth. The Streets to Streams curriculum, with a target audience of students ages 9 to 13, responds to the high-priority need to protect surface and groundwater. A key component of the curriculum is the inclusion of standards correlated to standards adopted by the Missouri Board of Education.
Wyman Center $4,500
Linda Sanders, 600 Kiwanis Drive, Eureka, MO 63025
Sunship Earth Program
The Sunship Earth Program helps participants develop an understanding of and appreciation for the relationship between people and the natural world that will lead to positive environmental actions. Sunship Earth reaches children attending schools in lower income and culturally diverse neighborhoods in which access to business, education, and health resources is limited. The program is based on a five-day camp experience. During the camp program, participants explore the process of environmental decision making. Wyman Center is a social service organization that serves children, youth, and families in lower income and culturally diverse neighborhoods.
1996 Grants
Missouri Botanical Garden $14,012
Dr. Larry DeBuhr, P. O. Box 299, St. Louis, MO 63166
Dissemination of Environmental Science Curriculum
The Dissemination of Environmental Science Curriculum project improves environmental education teaching skills of teachers of second to fifth grades by disseminating an existing environmental science curriculum to new audiences using the Internet and World Wide Web. The immediate target audience is teachers at 5,000 elementary schools already using The Environment video series. The video series shows children how to investigate an environmental issue and identify ways to help solve environmental problems or change their own behavior.
University of Missouri - St. Louis $24,660
Marvin Beckerman, 8001 Natural Bridge Road, St. Louis, MO 63121-4499
Environmental Citizenship
This project improves environmental education skills of the teachers involved in the project and those education majors who serve as facilitators for the project. The project involves 150 students from six middle schools in St. Louis and St. Louis County. The focus will be on four issues: toxic waste, solid waste, air pollution, and mass transit. An investigative approach is used where students investigate the issues, discuss, develop, and implement a plan.
1995 Grants
Macon County University Extension Council $5,000
Wanda Eubank, 119 North Rubey, Macon, MO 63552
Mark Twain Water Quality Initiative Workshop for Educators
This project involves a water quality workshop for classroom teachers, assistants, professionals, and volunteers working with youth groups. The train-the-trainer model will result in reaching 5,000 youth the first year, and 5,000 the following year. The target audience is 50 teachers and youth educators from a 16-county northeast extension region of Missouri. These educators will be provided with 40 hours of instruction on water quality issues and will improve the understanding of public policy and decision-making skills.
Metropolitan Energy Center $13,574
Peter Dreyfuss, 3808 Paseo, Kansas City, MO 64109
Extend School Building Efficient Lighting Program Services to Community
The purpose of this project is to educate occupants of school buildings about management and impact of improving lighting efficiency and energy use. The target audience is high school students and their teachers. The expected results would be an increased awareness of the environmental issues surrounding air pollution and some possible solutions. The method of implementing the project will be to provide workshops, educational materials, and consulting services at the Energy Center to the target audience.
Missouri Botanical Garden $12,136
Larry DeBuhr, P. O. Box 299, St. Louis, MO 63026
Aquatic Biology and Water Quality Curriculum to New Teacher Audience
This project will disseminate an existing, field-tested, curriculum to teachers in the Kansas City metropolitan area. Twenty-five teachers from grades 4 through 8 will have a one-week training in aquatic biology and water quality curriculum and will assemble three instructional materials kits for circulation throughout the schools.
Ozark Mountain Center for Environmental Education $57,731
Becky Horton, P. O. Box 466, Alton, MO 65606
Ozark River Project
This two-year project will empower communities to address local environmental problems in various rural and economically depressed areas in the Ozarks. The "Ozark River Project" will focus on water quality problems in five Ozark rivers to help the community understand the implications of land use practices, waste disposal options, and economic development upon surface and subsurface waters. The project uses already existing nationally-recognized curricula, and will provide students and teachers in grades 7 through 12, and various community organizations, with the skills and tools needed to conduct water quality testing. A mobile laboratory will be used to gather this data, and training workshops will be provided for teachers, students, and volunteer monitors to assist them in conducting the field activities. The project will reach 5,000 students and teachers in 21 schools and will be open to community participation.
1994 Grants
Francis Howell School District $10,000
Gerry Boehm, 7001 Hwy 94 South, St. Charles, MO 63304
River Project
This grant will fund the introduction of other local high schools to this already functioning project. The River Project has focused on teachers training teachers and will improve on that model by having teachers instruct students, who will then train students from other high schools. The project will create an environmental education partnership and deliver environmental education training to St. Charles County high schools.
Meadow Heights R-II School $5,000
Cheri Fuemmeler, Hwy 72E, Box 210D, Patton, MO 63662
Outdoor Classroom
For this project, the Meadow Heights teachers of kindergarten through 4th grade and science specialists teaching 5th through 12th grade will create an outdoor classroom to provide real-life contact with nature. Summer workshops will enable teachers to improve instructional skills, incorporate environmental studies into existing curriculum, and incorporate the outdoor classroom as a laboratory for regular science instruction.
Meramec Regional Planning Commission $4,728
Bonnie Prigge, 101 W. 10th St., Rolla, MO 65401
Backyard Composting
The goal of this project is to educate the public on backyard composting and generate interest and participation in waste reduction and reuse through composting. The project will consist of six hours of classroom instruction and three hours of hands-on field work. Participants will be selected from each community in the district and will serve on the environmental speakers bureau, reaching a broad spectrum of the Ozark River's Solid Waste Management District.
Meramec Regional Planning Commission $4,038
Bonnie Prigge, 101 W. 10th St., Rolla, MO 65401
Household Hazardous Waste Workshop
This project is designed to provide education about household hazardous waste and includes a workshop for representatives from a six-county area. The training will include issues relating to proper disposal methods and use of alternative products. The goal of the project is to reach elected officials, educators, and students who will be able to share their experiences and knowledge in their communities, schools, and local governments.
Metropolitan Energy Center $24,910
Peter Dreyfuss, 3808 Paseo, Kansas City, MO 64109
Improving Lighting Efficiency
This project will educate school staff and students about the management and control of lighting and the environmental impact of improving lighting efficiency. It involves students in conducting a lighting audit as an educational tool and provides workshops for educators to learn basic principles of energy-efficient lighting.
Niangua R-V School $4,000
Roy W. Manion, P. O. Box 77, Niangua, MO 65713
Teacher Training on Water Sampling
This grant will provide additional environmental education material for teachers of kindergarten through 12th grade to incorporate into their general curriculum. The training will include an emphasis on water sampling for students. Information will be shared with the community in hopes that the community will become more aware of problems, possible solutions, and the need for clean rivers, creeks, and water.
River Bluffs Audubon Society $4,972
Celeste Koon, 1017 Holly, Jefferson City, MO 65109
Environmental Education Partnership
This project will facilitate an environmental education partnership among the local government, the local school district, and the River Bluffs Audubon Society. Funding will be used to prepare a traveling display, fliers, and public service announcements to promote recycling and strengthen the public's awareness of how individual actions can create or reduce pollution.
Waynesville R-VI Schools $3,750
Herbert Turner, 403 School St., Waynesville, MO 65583
Studying the Roubidoux Creek
This project is a continuation and expansion of hands-on laboratory activities and a stewardship program involving the Roubidoux Creek. The project encompasses a year-long study of creek conditions and will result in the development of a simple environmental curriculum that can be used or modified by other educators. Eighth-grade students act as mentors for the elementary grades. Participants in the water quality monitoring program have identified, and will continue to monitor for, minor problems early so that the community can react and make corrections as needed.
1993 Grants
Cave Springs Association $710
Marilyn Appleby, 8701 E Gregory Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64133
Environmental Awareness for Urban Children
Six workshops will be held for this project, with 20 teachers who work in the urban elementary school attending. The project aims to empower the educators to demonstrate environmental awareness to urban children. In addition, the program will produce a resource booklet for use in the classroom.
Clark County R-1 School District $5,000
Monte Morris, 427 W. Chestnut Street, Kahoka, MO 63445
Illinois River Project
The Illinois River Project is an integrated science, technology, and society project developed to introduce water quality dimensions into high schools. The project involves science, history and English students in an integrated study of their local river and community. Science students conduct water quality tests; history classes evaluate the cultural and historical impact of the river, along with its relationship to water quality; English students use this information to create a collection of writings about river life that is published.
Ferguson-Florissant School District $5,000
Judith J. Huck, 1005 Waterford Drive, Florissant, MO 63033
Training in Environmental Issue Identification and Investigation
This grant funds training in environmental issue identification and investigation for 6th grade teachers. The staff development is focused on ecological foundations, issue identification, issue analysis and investigation, and citizenship action and responsibility. A hallmark of the curriculum will meet the needs of the physically disabled and of minority students.
Francis Howell High School $5,000
Gerry Boehm, 7001 S. Highway 94, St. Charles, MO 63304
Wildlife Observation
This project provides a hands-on, laboratory-based course, allowing students the opportunity to collect data and observe wildlife in their native habitat. Schools throughout the St. Charles community will be able to visit the outdoor classroom trail site, arboretum, and ecological displays and exhibits constructed by the students involved in the environmental study course.
Jackson County Extension Council $5,000
Leon A. Moon, 2820 S. Highway 291, Independence, MO 64057
Four Phase Environmental Education Curriculum
This grants funds the Four Phase Environmental Education Curriculum. Phase 1, which involves training for 4-H members in 15 clubs about water awareness, composting, and recycling. Phase 2 involves the development of handbooks as a school enrichment program for grades 3, 4, and 5. In Phase 3, Jackson County 4-H youth, in cooperation with the city of Independence, will put into effect a "Storm Drain Stenciling" project. Phase 4 involves area High Schools with Community Service graduation requirements who will cooperate for specific training for their youth in the various curriculum for utilization in the elementary school (cross-age) programs.
Jackson County Parks and Recreation $5,000
Marty Swindell, 22807 Woods Chapel Road, Blue Springs, MO 64015
Environmental Work/Study for Juvenile Offenders
The Environmental Work/Study for Juvenile Offenders program is a unique environmental education summer program for juvenile offenders, a portion of the population with little or no access to outdoor educational opportunities. The program will also develop a leaders' manual, introduce participants to outdoor activities which enhance their appreciation and enjoyment of park lands, collect specimens and artifacts for the Kemper Outdoor Recreation Center, design and develop a three mile nature trail, and aid participants in realizing their personal rehabilitation goals.
Linn R-11 School $4,650
James P. Symmonds, One Technology Drive, Linn, MO 65051
Radio Broadcasts Concerning Environmental Problems
The project involves the development and dissemination of information concerning environmental problems using a student operated public service FM radio station. The target audience is high school and college students, and the anticipated listening audience is 30,000 citizens within central Missouri. Students will conduct research, write and edit scripts, and broadcast the reports. An advisory committee will monitor all broadcasts for accuracy.
Otahki Girl Scout Council, Inc. $3,750
Elsie B. Miller, 1432 Kurren Lane, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701
Environmental Education for Girl Scouts
The purpose of the grant is to provide plans and materials for use by 450 adult volunteers who deliver services to Girl Scouts. The materials will increase environmental awareness, expand environmental knowledge, and inspire pro-environmental activity for 2,700 Girl Scouts who are served by the Council.
River Bluffs Audubon Society $2,000
Linda Landon, 611 Belridge Drive, Jefferson City, MO 65109
Yard Waste Display
The purpose of this project is to establish an informational display relating to yard waste, to be exhibited in a public area. The society will then embark on a community educational campaign to encourage home composting instead of burning. The project was developed in response to a vote in 1992 to return to open burning of yard waste in the Jefferson City area.
Southeast Missouri State University $4,275
Stephen Overmann, One University Plaza, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701
Workshop on Waste Management Education
This grant funds an in-service, continuing education credit workshop on waste management education offered to kindergarten through 12th grade teachers. Seminars for public officials and public servants will also be conducted. The project includes development of a training program for community volunteers, a composting demonstration site, and a waste management education program tailored to the needs of elderly citizens.
University of Missouri $5,000
Syed E. Hasan, Office of Research Administration, Kansas City, MO 64110-2499
Training for Integrated Waste Management
The project provides training for 30 science teachers in integrated waste management. The topics discussed in the course will be compiled in a notebook given to each participant for use during the course and for future reference.
Waynesville Middle School $2,595
Herbert Turner, 403 School Street, Waynesville, MO 65583
Integrated Field Study and Stewardship of Roubidoux Creek
The Integrated Field Study and Stewardship of Roubidoux Creek program includes the development of a simple, usable environmental curriculum which can be used or modified by educators. The project also includes development of a water quality monitoring program.
1992 Grants
Climax Springs, R-IV $4,920
Climax Springs, MO 65324
Biomonitoring for Students
This grant funds a project that will enhance environmental science educational opportunities for students in grades 7 through 12. Students will be allowed to perform biomonitoring of their environment, including analysis of a local creek and a watershed of the Climax Springs Cave system.
Jackson County Extension $4,650
Independence, MO 64057
Minimizing Waste Streams
This project will address the technical and educational needs of municipalities, small business operators, and citizens with regards to minimizing waste streams for 11 counties.
Kansas City Southwest Science/Math $4,608
Kansas City, MO 64106
Surface Water Monitoring in Kansas City
The purpose of this project is to enable students to assess and monitor the quality of the primary surface water body in the Kansas City metropolitan area.
Kansas City, Missouri School District $5,000
Kansas City, MO 64106
Environmental Education Lesson Plans
The purpose of this project is to design educational methods and techniques, such as lesson plans, related to environmental issues.
Lincoln University $5,000
Jefferson City, MO 65101
Environmental Conflict Resolution
This grant funds a project that will expose students to the social, ethical, economic, and political aspects of environmental conflict resolution and decision-making. The project will encourage active participation in the resolution of such issues.
Martha Lafite Thompson Nature Sanctuary $5,000
Liberty, MO 64068
Teacher Training Workshop
The Teacher Training Workshop project focuses on training educators in the Liberty Public School District in environmental education.
Missouri Botanical Garden $16,538
St. Louis, MO 63166
Water Quality in St. Louis
The purpose of this project is to increase awareness of aquatic ecology and water quality and the factors affecting water pollution in St. Louis.
Shenandoah Valley Kindergarten $200
Chesterfield, MO 63017
Energy and Fiber Resource Conservation
This project will promote energy and fiber resource conservation and recycling.
The Magic House $3,600
St. Louis, MO 63122
Early Childhood Educator Workshop
This grant funds a workshop for educators that is specifically geared towards examining the classroom methodology used by early childhood educators.
Waynesville Middle School $3,585
Waynesville, MO 65583
Environmental Community Issues
This grant funds a hands-on laboratory project that promotes student interest in community issues and encourages decision making skills.
Westport Senior High School $5,000
Kansas City, MO 64111
Soil Testing
This project will develop methods to test soil in the urban environment.