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September 3, 2010 Add Announcement     Fall’s Journey South Has Begun! The Journey South Program uses investigation of natural events and cycles to help teachers incorporate inquiry-based teaching and learning into the curriculum. Get started now... migrations are already underway! Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network - Call for Teaching Materials The Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN) is seeking nominations of materials to be included in its upcoming collection of educational activities and resources that will help students, teachers and citizens improve their understanding of climate science and energy issues. Whole Child Report: Developing Mind, Body and Spirit through Outdoor Play The nature of childhood has changed: There’s not much nature in it. National Wildlife Federation (NWF) has issued a new report revealing how America's addiction to time indoors affects our physical and mental health and explores how regular, unstructured outdoor play can boost the health of a child’s mind, body, and spirit. Climate Change Webinars for Teachers Join Windows to the Universe educators this fall for free 90-minute live seminars highlighting science content and classroom activities on topics related to climate change. Offered through the National Science Teachers Association, these seminars are a part of the NASA-funded Global Climate Change Educator Professional Development Network. The Hummers are Coming Have your students track the migration of this years hummingbirds as they travel through North America. Watershed cleanup In a demonstration of its ongoing commitment to stewardship, more than a half dozen faculty and staff members from Heathwood Hall on August 27 volunteered their time to clean up a polluted stream along Bluff Road. The cleanup was part of Heathwood Hall’s Adopt-A-Watershed effort involving the Gills Creek Watershed. The event attracted the attention of all four local TV news stations. York County Environmental School of the Year   Contests & Awards Turn Your Trash Into Treasure Contest Audubon Photography Contest Frog Art Contest Cans for Cash City Recycling Challenge Great American Gardeners Awards Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology John Muir Conservation Award Nature Conservancy Photo Contest Earth Science Week Contests National Geographic Bee National Public Lands Day Volunteer of the Year Play with Your Produce Healthy Classroom Challenge National Public Lands Day Photo and Video Contests National Geographic Kid's Photo Contest Nestlé Very Best in Youth Awards Prudential Spirit of Community Youth Awards Lexus Eco Challenge - Land/Water NSTA Angela Award National Science Teachers Association Awards SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Environmental Excellence Awards President's Environmental Youth Awards ExploraVision Contest Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge Ranger Rick Photo Contest Nominate a Kid for Radio Disney's Team Green! John Muir Youth Award The Lexus Environmental Challenge Edison Science Teaching Units and Awards Program Grants NOAA Environmental Literacy Grants for Formal K-12 Education Projects PTA Healthy Lifestyles Grants Ezra Jack Keats Public School and Public Library Minigrant Melinda Gray Ardia Environmental Foundation Grant Kids in Need Teacher Grants Target Field Trip Grants Subaru Healthy Sprouts Grant Get Ingrained Grants Program Lorrie Otto Seeds for Education Grant Lowe's Toolbox for Education Grants Good Neighbor $1,000 Service-Learning Grant UnitedHealth HEROES Grants Georgia-Pacific Foundation Grant CVS Caremark Community Grants Youth Garden Grants People's Garden School Pilot Program Understanding Geometry Grants Coleopterists Society Youth Incentive Award Project Learning Tree GreenWorks! Pollinator Garden Grant Herb Society of America Grant for Educators Build-A-Bear Foundation Grant Walmart Store and Sam's Club Giving Programs Pepsi Refresh Project Grants MeadWestvaco Foundation Grants ING Foundation Grants Kinder Morgan Foundation Grants Ways to Help Jenny's Heroes Grants Best Buy Consumer Electronics Recycling Grant Waste Management Charitable Giving $500 Do Something Growth Grant Fruit Tree Orchard Grant Wal-mart State Giving Program Norcross Wildlife Foundation Grant Toyota Grant Programs Annie's Grants for Gardens AIAA: Grants for Science and Math Programs Project AWARE Foundation Grant Ben & Jerry's Foundation Annenberg Foundation Reader's Digest Foundation "Make It Matter" Grant Challenge for the Environment Grant PalmettoPride Tree Grant Community Pride Grant Learning and Leadership Grant 4imprint In-Kind Grant Sylvan Dell Publishing School & Library Resource Grant National Education Association Foundation Student Achievement Grant Museum and Library Services Grants National Geographic Society Young Explorer Grant Fund for Wild Nature Small Grants Campus Ecology Fellowships Braitmayer Foundation Grant Dollar General Literacy Foundation Grants David, Helen, and Marian Woodward Fund Digital Wish Grant Operation Green Plant Free Seed Grant Lowe’s Charitable & Educational Foundation Grants Toshiba America Foundation Grants Pay it Forward Foundation Minigrant American Honda Foundation Grant Captain Planet Foundation Grant Jobs & Internships National EE Jobs Database Environmental Education Instructors & Challenge Course Facilitators for Fall - Betsy Jeff Penn 4-H Educational Center Teaching Resources Tour de Turtles Symbolic Monarch Migration Project National Park Foundation Electronic Field Trips NOAA Gulf Oil Spill Education Resources

Upcoming Events 2010 International Year of Biodiversity Now until Friday, Dec 31, 2010 Organic Harvest Month Now until Thursday, Sep 30, 2010 Growing Power's Urban Farm Conference Friday, Saturday & Sunday Sep 10, 2010 until Sep 12, 2010  World Ozone Day Thursday, Sep 16, 2010 Clean Up the World Weekend Friday, Saturday & Sunday Sep 17, 2010 until Sep 19, 2010  World Water Monitoring Day Saturday, Sep 18, 2010 TV Turnoff Week Monday, Apr 19, 2010 until Saturday, Sep 25, 2010 Pollution Prevention Week Weekdays Sep 20, 2010 until Sep 24, 2010  Take a Child Outside Week Sep 24, 2010 until Sep 30, 2010  National Public Lands Day Saturday, Sep 25, 2010 NAAEE 2010 Conference Wednesday, Sep 29, 2010 until Saturday, Oct 2, 2010 International Walk to School Day & Month Friday, Oct 1, 2010 until Sunday, Oct 31, 2010 Wednesday, Oct 6, 2010 World Habitat Day Monday, Oct 4, 2010 National Youth Science Day Wednesday, Oct 6, 2010 Earth Science Week 2010 Sunday, Oct 10, 2010 until Saturday, Oct 16, 2010 National Wildlife Refuge Week Sunday, Oct 10, 2010 until Saturday, Oct 16, 2010 Tours of Bulls Island with Rudy Mancke Sunday, Oct 10, 2010 8:45 AM to 4:30 PM No Child Left Inside Day Tuesday, Oct 12, 2010 Astronomy Day Saturday, Oct 16, 2010 National Radon Action Week Sunday, Oct 17, 2010 until Saturday, Oct 23, 2010 Make A Difference Day Saturday, Oct 23, 2010 National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week Sunday, Oct 24, 2010 until Saturday, Oct 30, 2010 Green Schools National Conference Sunday, Oct 24, 2010 until Tuesday, Oct 26, 2010 Geography Awareness Week Sunday, Nov 14, 2010 until Saturday, Nov 20, 2010