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Education Programs
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The
mission of Keep
Bartow
Beautiful
is to
encourage
community environmental
activities
and behaviors, resulting in a more
beautiful
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Environmental Education Department of Bartow County — P. O. Box 786,
Cartersville, GA 30120,
770/387-5167,
www.bartowga.org/kbb.
To schedule a program contact —
Programs Coordinator Sheri
Henshaw at
henshaws@bartowga.org or Programs Director Melissa Phillips
at
phillipsm@bartowga.org. Most programs are free and are 1 hour in length. Ask for details. .. |
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Students will learn how to “SWAT
A LITTER BUG” through
activities based on
Keep America Beautiful’s “Waste In Place”
lessons. Litter enforcement officer presents badges, certificates;
Students are sworn in as “Litter Patrol”. This great out reach
program targets 3rd thru 5th grade classes and is
keyed to Georgia Performance Standards.
Students receive litter bags with bookmarks and activity books at no
cost. Follow-up activities. |
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RECYCLING
RODEO PUPPET SHOW —This
professionally produced puppet show
tells the
story of Recycling Ranger “Bart O’County” and his battles with the evil
villain Hasty
McWaste. The
scene is a Rodeo where characters such as “Crush A Can Cassidy” and
“Petula
Plastic”
compete in Rodeo Events. Targeted toward Elementary School grades, K
thru 5. A
great event to
boost recycling programs or as an Earth Day or Science Day Environmental
Lesson.
Keyed to
Georgia
Performance Standards. |
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INTERVIEW
WITH A DARTER The story of Clean
Water and The Fish Who Love It!
Meet
“Etowah” and “Cherokee” Darter. Utilizes puppetry, art,
Storytelling, and our table top “Enviro-Scape Model of a Watershed”
to teach the importance of clean water for all living things.
Students learn how water pollution is created and how “THEY”
can stop it. This Lesson targeted to Georgia Performance
Standards Elementary Grades 1st thru 3rd.
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AS THE WORM
TURNS A Composting Lesson
Learn about Worm Behavior,
Worm Anatomy,
and How A Worm Creates COMPOST! Students participate in the
“Worm
Olympics” as well as create a classroom Worm Box for Composting.
Targeted to
Georgia Performance Standards Elementary Grades
3
thru 5. Worms and
worm-box is
provided. One per participating teacher. |
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LANDFILL &
RECYCLING CENTER TOURS — Acceptable for grades
3—12.
Particularly useful for 3rd grade environmental science
GPS
using
Keep America
Beautiful's “Waste In Place”
Curriculum. Students learn about what happens to their garbage.
Call for information. Approx. 1hr 30min. |
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Trees Bartow —
JOHNNY APPLESEED— John Chapman,
although a “real,”
person, has
become folklore. In real life he really was one of our first
environmentalists.
Through his
story, students can realize the need for trees and how necessary trees
and greenspace
are to our environment. They also can experience properties of measure
(circumference of a tree) and interactively bar graph apple crops.
Targeted
toward Georgia Performance Standards for 1st &
2nd grades. |
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SPRING
BANK/PETTIT PRESERVE — OUTDOOR CLASSROOM
A unique
Environmental partnership combining one of Bartow County’s protected
Greenspaces and
The Pettit Preserve, a privately
protected ecological habitat. Both sites have tree I.D. trails and
natural water habitats. Twice yearly an award winning
program is tailored
to meet teacher requests (targeting GPS) to area
Middle
Schools (200+ groups). Excellent for Field Trips. Must sign up
early. |
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