Green School Lessons
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Activities for Credit
For the 2019-20 school year, two types of credits are available: 1) teacher credits and 2) school credits for school-wide initiatives. See the Green School Program and Activity Guide for a full list. Items are submitted using a Google Form.
Check your credits for your school here: Green School Lesson Share 2019-20
We will consider additional sources not on the list. If you have a source for Environmental Education content not included, contact stacy.smith@accgov.com to have it reviewed for addition to the list.
School-Wide Credits (submitted by Green School Coordinator)
- Whole school recycling, composting, and conservation campaigns
- Environmental education assemblies
- Garden and environmental clubs
- School garden workdays and green grounds projects
- School event participation (MLK Service Site, Walk to School, fairs and science nights)
- Custodial and cafeteria training and initiatives
Teacher Credits (submitted by teachers)
- Professional development
- Classroom lessons from the preapproved lesson list. These can be a guest speaker or teacher led.
- Experiential learning and activities: tours, activities, and field trips
- Service and community engagement: includes activities such as Litter Pick Ups, storm drain stenciling, stream testing, garden workdays, and volunteering.
Most activities count for one lesson credit for each participating class, even when the activity is repeated. See the program guide for point values. Report those activities using a Green School Activity Form. To find out which programs and activities are eligible for credit, please visit our Green School Program Guide.
Where to Find EE Lessons
Here are some great sources for Environmental Education information, lessons, and classroom resources.
| ACC Green School Partners Available for tours, presentations, and lessons | |
| ACC Water Conservation Office Drinking Water Treatment Plant Field Trip Drip Irrigation System Little Lily's Pad Hop Project WET Certification - Teacher Project WET Lesson - Performed by teacher Teacher Drinking Water Treatment Plant Tour Attendance Teacher Wastewater Reclamation Facility Tour Attendance Volunteer for Athens Water Festival Water Conservation Assembly Water Conservation Campaign Water Conservation Lesson - Teacher Led Water Conservation Staff Visit (includes Lily Anne Phibian mascot) Water Drop Loan Box Rental Water Reclamation Facility Field Trip Water Resources Center Lab Tour - field trip add on Water Resources Center Presentation - field trip add on | Keep Athens-Clarke County Beautiful Chipper Volunteer Team Classroom Planting Activity Enviroscape Presentation - Classroom Keep America Beautiful "How will you end littering" PSA Contest Inkjet Collection - Classroom (no duplicate credit) Inkjet Collection (no duplicate credit if individual teachers receive points) KACCB Lesson - Teacher Led KACCB Staff Visit (includes Bee Bee Clean mascot) Litter Audit - Classroom Litter Cleanup - Classroom MLK Day of Service Participation - Teacher or School Team MLK Day of Service Site Outdoor Classroom Workday Project WILD or Learning Tree Training - Teacher Tree Care (pruning or mulching) - Teacher Led Tree Planting or Arbor Day Activity Wartville Wizard Lesson Waste in Place Lesson |
| ACC Recycling Division America Recycles Day Lesson CHaRM Tour Custodial Staff Recycling Training Food Waste Reduction Campaign* Green Life Expo Attendance - Teacher GreenFest Art Submission (whole class & accurate theme) Landfill & Compost Facility Tour Read for Recycling Participation Recycling Campaign* Recycling Division Lesson - Teacher Led Recycling Facility Tour Recycling Staff Visit (includes Binny & Veto mascots) School Battery Collection School Film Plastic Bag Collection School Recycling Team School Wide Compost Collection & Campaign Special Item Recycling Drive Teacher Recycling Division Tour Attendance Vulture Carrion Checkout Waste Audit | ACC Stormwater Management Program Freddie the Fish Lesson - Teacher Led Project WET Stormwater Module Lesson - Teacher Led Rain Barrel Workshop or Art Activity - Classroom Rivers Alive Participation - Teacher or School Team School Rain Garden Installation Storm Drain Decaling - Field Trip Storm Drain Decaling - On Campus Stormwater Lesson - Teacher Led Stormwater Staff Visit (includes Tortuga mascot) Stream Cleanup - Field Trip Stream Cleanup - On Campus Teacher Rain Barrel Workshop Attendance Teacher Stormwater Event Attendance - Other Teacher Water Sampling Event Attendance Water Quality Testing Activity Water Sampling - Teacher Led |
| Extension Office After-School Garden Club Classroom Vermicompost Bin Extension Education Session (Free Monthly Gardening Class) Extension Staff Classroom Visit Farm Visit Farmer Classroom Visit Junior Master Gardener or SPROUTS Lesson - Teacher Led Master Composter Classroom Visit Master Composter Training - Teacher Master Gardener Classroom Visit Master Gardener Training - Teacher Master Naturalist Training - Teacher School Garden Site Visit School Garden Soil Test Schoolwide Garden Workday |
Other Environmental Education Providers
These Environmental Education programs are available on the Green School Activity Form. Contact the Green School program if you'd like to add curriculum!
- Advanced Training in Environmental Education
- Athens Land Trust - West Broad and Williams Farm Programs
- Bag the Bag - UGA
- Bear Hollow
- Center for Ecoliteracy
- Center for Urban Agriculture (Georgia Pollinator Census)
- Connect to Protect
- Cornell Bird Sleuth
- Ecogig
- EE Literature and Storytime
- EEA Annual Conference
- Environmental Education Film or Video Series
- EPA Environmental Education Resources
- Farm Field Trips and Farmer Visits
- Flying Wild
- Food Corps Visit or Lesson
- GA Department of Natural Resources
- Garden Earth Naturalist
- Georgia Adopt-a-Stream
- Georgia Organics
- Georgia Pollinator Census
- Georgia State Parks
- Great Backyard Bird Count
- Green Teacher
- Life Lab
- Monarchs Across Georgia
- Museum of Natural History UGA
- Native Plant Certificate
- NEGA Resa
- NOAA Marine Debris
- Other EE Field Trips
- Other EE speakers and Presentations
- Outdoor Learning Symposium
- Paddle Georgia
- Project Learning Tree
- Project WET
- Project Wild
- Sandy Creek Nature Center
- School Lunch Challenge
- Seed Life Skills
- State Botanical Garden of Georgia
- Teacher Training or Workshop
- UGA Latin American Ethnobotanical Garden
- UGA School Garden Website Lesson Portal
- UGArden
- Upper Oconee Watershed Network
- Walk to School Day (Safe Routes)
- Watershed UGA
- Young Urban Farmers