IEEE emeritbadges.org Program
The IEEE emeritbadges.org program has developed hands-on electricity and electronics instructional material based on the Boy Scouts' merit badge requirements. Instructional material for computer education is being developed. Any student, boy or girl can use the program to enhance technical literacy and learn more about viable engineering and other technical career options. The IEEE emeritbadges.org program will be sponsoring the Electricity Merit Badge and the Electronics Merit Badge booth at the 2010 National Scout Jamboree.
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Third-Graders Create 75 Acres of New Forest Land
THIRD-GRADERS CREATE 75 ACRES OF NEW FOREST LAND
More than 30,000 third-grade students will be able to plant the equivalent of almost 75 acres of new forest lands and learn about the environmental benefits of trees thanks to an award-winning program provided by Dominion Resources and its subsidiaries. Dominion is one of the nation's largest producers and transporters of energy. Dominion's Project Plant It! is growing in its fourth year to include school systems in six states in the Mid-Atlantic and New England regions. The program was developed to educate children and to improve the environment. School systems in Maryland and North Carolina are participating for the first time this year, joining schools in Virginia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island.
Teachers participating in Project Plant It! received a comprehensive kit of instructional materials, including lesson plans, posters, a DVD with videos about planting trees, and stickers and certificates. At the conclusion of the program, each student will receive a tree seedling to plant at home on Arbor Day, April 30. The educational materials and the tree seedlings are provided by Dominion at no cost to the schools. According to the Virginia Department of Forestry, the equivalent of almost 75 acres of new forest land will be created if all 30,000 tree seedlings are planted and grow to maturity. More information about Project Plant It! including lesson plans, additional activities about trees, and videos about planting and caring for trees are available at www.projectplantit.com.
More than 30,000 third-grade students will be able to plant the equivalent of almost 75 acres of new forest lands and learn about the environmental benefits of trees thanks to an award-winning program provided by Dominion Resources and its subsidiaries. Dominion is one of the nation's largest producers and transporters of energy. Dominion's Project Plant It! is growing in its fourth year to include school systems in six states in the Mid-Atlantic and New England regions. The program was developed to educate children and to improve the environment. School systems in Maryland and North Carolina are participating for the first time this year, joining schools in Virginia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island.
Teachers participating in Project Plant It! received a comprehensive kit of instructional materials, including lesson plans, posters, a DVD with videos about planting trees, and stickers and certificates. At the conclusion of the program, each student will receive a tree seedling to plant at home on Arbor Day, April 30. The educational materials and the tree seedlings are provided by Dominion at no cost to the schools. According to the Virginia Department of Forestry, the equivalent of almost 75 acres of new forest land will be created if all 30,000 tree seedlings are planted and grow to maturity. More information about Project Plant It! including lesson plans, additional activities about trees, and videos about planting and caring for trees are available at www.projectplantit.com.
