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Curriculum Resources Eating Green By Emelie Sciarpellettti Maggie Favretti and I have collaborated in an effort to bring about change in the way that food is purchased and prepared in the high school cafeteria. We recognize that in the classes we teach, Health Education in the 10th grade and Food for Thought, an upper class elective, the topic of nutrition surfaces frequently. Click Here for the full description Click here for the resources page Green Roofs by Maria L. DeCardia Our Environmental Club would like to complete a project at EHS to begin sustainability education in our school. It is essential for the future of our planet that young people become environmentally literate citizens. We would like to begin a small green roof which is defined as “a system where a vegetated area becomes part of the building’s roof and includes vegetation, a growing medium, a filter layer, a drainage layer, a root resistance layer and a waterproof membrane.” Click here for the full description Click here to download the powerpoint slideshow Edgewood Green Schools Buddy Project by Judy Famellette At Edgewood, a fifth grade class, a third, and a first are “buddies,” learning together about the environment. Click here for the full description. Prep for an "Inconvenient Truth" by Marci Rothman, Cara Scherzer, and Meghan Troy Click here for the full description The Mineral Information Institute By Judy Famellette This is the website of the Mineral Information Institute. It has free posters, lessons, and activities to help students learn about the importance of our natural resources. My favorite activity is called "It's Only a Pencil," with instructions for integrating language arts, art, social studies, geography, science and math. It asks, "How many countries does it take to make a pencil?" "If every person uses 11 pencils per year, how many pencils are used by your class, the school, their families?" Chem Matters By Elise Levine The American chemical Society is the national association for chemists in industry and academia. One of the journals published by the ACS is called ChemMatters, and it is a journal which is written specifically for high school chemistry students. The articles contained in this quarterly publication focus on real-world applications of chemistry and high-interest topics for teenagers. In fact, The ChemMatters motto is "Demystifying Everyday Chemistry." I have attached three different ChemMatters articles that have been published over the last few years on "green chemistry" and have also included some pertinent information from the ACS website that focuses on green chemistry: http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content Green Chemistry is defined as using renewable resources as starting materials whenever possible, which is in keeping with the United States Environmental Protection Agency definition of sustainability: "...the ability to achieve continuing economic prosperity while protecting natural systems of the planet, providing a high quality of life for its people. "
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