Through reading a Portland Press Herald article entitled “Plenty of Shrimp, Few Buyers,” students in a high school business enterprise…
In the fall of 2004, Mount Desert Island High School offered a course, “Election 2004: Democracy in Action,” designed to…
When sixth-graders were finishing a curriculum unit on climate change, they wanted to undertake a project that would reduce their…
Lincoln Middle School has a geodesic dome and garden that were created to foster sustainability, education and involvement. Yet many…
Participating in an annual roadside cleanup organized by Friends of Acadia, science students found significant numbers of “take-out” containers and…
Students brainstormed ways they might further “green” their school, following the installation of solar panels, and decided to improve lighting…
When students in Rob Lindsay’s class examined the school’s solid waste, they found that the cafeteria generated the majority of…
While studying the Law of Conservation of Matter and Energy, eighth-grade students in Portland, Maine watched several Internet videos and…
After a visit from staff of the Maine Energy Education Program (MEEP), the eighth-grade class at Pemetic Elementary School decided…
While studying the “bedtime stories” genre of children’s literature, first graders from the Riverton Elementary School in Portland, ME discovered…