Youth Conservation Board

I am not a teacher, but I am a student interested in starting a Conservation board in my state. I want the program to not only be in my state, but to hopefully become national. I have attached documents to this post that describe the board, and I am hoping to get some input from actual teachers. I know at first this may sound slightly off-topic, but many of the projects that the founding members hope to accomplish involve helping industry to become cleaner, and more efficient (which in my opinion ties in well with Pickens' plan).

The Conservation Board is designed with the goal to not only be implemented within an after school program (that too would be wonderful), but to be used within class curriculum (if that makes sense). I think that it could provide students with a valuable outlet for their ideas, and it would enhance their english, science, and reasoning skills.

I want to be able to get a hard-cut plan in place that I can present to the Utah Board of Education so I can get this thing going in schools by next school year. I would also like to be able to get some material ready so that students in other states can present the idea of a state-wide Youth Conservation Board in their area.

I would greatly appreciate any input that you all might have, and if you are planning lessons and would like to throw them past a student before implementing them I will try and help you.

Attachments:

O.P.T 4 Green Youth Conservation Board for Schools.ppt, 570 KB
Presentaion to education board, and your school..ppt, 1.6 MB
State and national Chapters.doc, 326 KB

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Permalink Reply by Austin Evans on August 12, 2008 at 9:32pm: By the way, to find out more you can take a look at my website (www.opt4green.org). On the resources page there is more information if anyone is interested.

If you think this is off-topic just let the topic slide, I won't mind.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Nancy Parker on August 19, 2008 at 6:45am: I am a teacher and I work in 7 small and rural districts in Florida. I will share your plan and help/encourage teachers. I have taught mostly middle-school for 35 years and I know the power of youth. Parents will support initiatives that their children are involved in. That is why we have so much support for sports. Through enjoyable educational activities we can get the children involved and their families. I am passionate about using media and technology in education. I love to teach digital design and video design to my students and they love to create artistically and creatively. I plan to work with children to support and Push Pickens Plan. Our wonderful youth is our future. Let's help them to become "clean energy consumers."; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Austin Evans on August 19, 2008 at 1:36pm: Thanks for spreading the word, any help we can get would greatly be appreciated.; ▶ Reply to This