2.1 Water Conservation/ Pollution Prevention
April 5, 2017
Number of Students: 8 7th and 8th grade students cleaned and sanded down a donated rain barrel in preparation to paint and decorate it. Students worked together to pick a design that would blend in to the local environment. Rain barrel was installed February 28, 2018. April 5, 2017 Number of Students: 52 Third-sixth grade students painted environmental art on canvas to hang on the school walls. Their artistic murals focus on pollution, recycling, water conservation. 
3rd-6th Graders paint environmental art to display in the school hallways. April 5, 2017.
February 26, 2018
Number of Students: 2 The Environmental Club painted two on-campus storm drains to remind families that polluted water runoff will reach local streams and head to the bay. |
 Rain barrel installed.
Environmental Club painting storm drains on school property. February 26, 2018.
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Environmental Club teaching classrooms about recycling. October 2015
7th-8th Graders teach the Pre-K class about composting. November 2016
3rd-4th graders write letters to city officials about adding county compost bins. May 2017
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2.3 Solid Waste Reduction
October 2015
Number of Students: 4 Students in the Environmental Club petitioned to begin a recycling program at FAA since Frederick County does not offer a free recycling program schools or businesses. The school agreed, secured a contract, and purchased recycling bins for classrooms and work spaces. Since then, students from the club weekly collect waste from the bins. December of 2015 Number of Students: 4 After the implementation of our recycling program, students in the Environmental Club went to each classroom to give students a lesson on “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle”. *May 2017 November 2016 Number of Students: 23 Seventh and eighth graders taught 15 pre-k students a lesson on composting. The pre-k students brought compostable items from their lunch boxes and paper waste to add to the school compost bin. Students continue to add to the compost bin. May 2017 Number of Students: 24 Third and fourth graders heard about the Frederick Compost Summit while on a Field Trip at Fox Haven Farm. They came back to school and wrote letters to local Frederick County officials urging them to add compost bins as another form of waste collection in the county. |
2.4 Habitat Restoration
October 2017 - Ongoing
Number of Students: 22 Third and fourth grade students used the supplies they received from the BGE Bright Ideas Teacher Grant to create a bird habitat area with food, shelter, and water source in the outdoor classroom. Students take turns each week to make sure the habitat is well stocked with food and water. February 14, 2018 Number of Students: 18 First and second grade students take advantage of the warm weather to tend the native butterfly bush in the outdoor classroom area by clipping off the dead flowers and getting the bush ready for spring. |
3rd-4th graders filling the bird feeders. October 2017-ongoing
1st-2nd graders getting the butterfly bush ready for spring. February 14, 2018
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3rd-4th graders tallying their bird counts for their citizen science project. September - Ongoing
Kindergarten - 8th graders making outdoor environmental art out of repurposed plywood and bottle caps. April 5, 2017
Pre-K students using the plant ID guide to identify native flowering plants on the playground. August 2016 -Ongoing
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2.5 Structures for Environmental Learning
September 2017 - Ongoing
Number of Students: 22 Third and Fourth graders regularly observe birds in the outdoor classroom and add the data to the Celebrate Urban Birds citizen science project from Cornell University. April 5, 2017 Number of Students: 67 As a school-wide, collaborative art project, students worked in mixed age groups to create outdoor artwork from reclaimed plywood and plastic lids. August 2016 Number of Students: 90 First and second grade students were collecting and inquiring about the plants around the playground. A sign was created and hung so all students can compare and name the plants they find. August 2016 - Ongoing Number of Students: 100+ PK-8th grade students regularly grow flowers, vegetables, herbs, and melons in the raised garden beds depending on the season. |
