Welcome to the Michigan Green Schools Website.
CONGRATULATIONS to all the Michigan schools that applied for official state Green School designation under Michigan Public Act 301 of 2010 for this academic year. This has been the biggest year of growth yet for Michigan Green Schools.
FINALLY There is a way to recycle your bottle caps. Most bottle caps are made from plastic number 5 which hasnt been recyclable. Now schools now can send their bottle caps via the Aveda Corporation 800 number. They provide free post paid mailing labels on request. Whole Foods Stores in Michigan will also accept these bottlecaps. Coca Cola has codes on their bottlecaps. If you send these codes to their bottlecap program, various charities are supported.
DID YOU KNOW? 1/4 of all the pesticides in the world are used on cotton crops? Buying organic cotton is a great addition to your green efforts.
MAY ENERGY TIP: Save gasoline money for more summer fun. Lighten the load in your car when vacation traveling. The extra weight really adds to your fuel cost. Avoid using a car carrier which causes wind drag. Save even more by pumping gas in the morning when there are less fumes being wasted.
The Michigan Green School Office is hosted by The Hartland Consolidated School District. Our mailing address is 9525 Highland Ave., Howell, Mi 48843.
Goals
It is the goal of Michigan Green Schools Foundation to make this website a resource of environmental education for our schools and to consistently provide schools with new energy savings tips as well as environmental activities.website frequently. Please check often for updates and environmental projects and tips.
Educational Materials For You!
The Foundation is happy to inform you that we are now providing environmental education support to all our schools. All schools may check out a solar cook kit and solar event kit to demonstrate solar energy. A great activity is baking apples in the cooker. Also available for your use is a set of 40 lesson plans (K-12) that meet Michigan curriculum standards in many subjects areas. These lesson plans are all copyright-free for Michigan Green School Participants.
Each coordinator has a list of educational support materials for your schools to use. Here are the items for 2012-13 school year.
Flower Pot Maker - This item allows students to make biodegradable newspaper seed pots which may be used for native Michigan Garden projects including rain gardens.
Books - These are some of the new titles chosen to support the Michigan Green School program.
NEW! The Adventures of A Plastic Bottle and The Adventures An Aluminum Can, great for reading to an elementary class.
The solar event kit is a color 18 minute cd on solar cooking and how it works. It also shows how solar cooking is being used in Kenya which is suffering from severe deforestation and how these cookers help deal with this problem. There are also three color posters demonstrating the science of solar cooking and how to solar cook. There are also a number of solar recipes on the cd including those great solar brownies.
Great Lakes lesson plans Most counties now have a set of copyright free lesson plans that meet Michigan Curriculum standards K-12. Michigan Green Schools Foundation bought The Great Lakes and My World with these broad range of lesson plans that can be used in many subject areas. This book was created by The Alliance for The Great Lakes.
Great Lakes color plant and animal cards. Each county now has access to a set of over 60 illustrated information cards. There is a color drawing on the front of each card and extensive information on the back. They easily lend themselves to science and art projects .
Getting the Most from this Website
Most schools have some questions on how to get started and what kind of activities they can do under the Original 20 Points or the new broader categories under Public Act 301 of 2010. Go the FAQs on the tool bar to get most of your questions answered.
Another good resource is your county coordinator. We have provided a list of current county coordinators for the school year 2012-13. If your county does not have a coordinator, then contact Michigan Green Schools and we will assist you and make sure you receive the official designation for this year.
LIVINGSTON COUNTY PROJECTS
Lakes Elementary students earn green points by planting a garden and recycling paper waste.
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Hartland Creekside Elementary students do a pots and pans recycling project. Great job kids!
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