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  Please be sure to explore the NPPD Green Schools Initiative and then fill out the request to get the investigation toolkit for your students to use!

  • Get Started with Greenschools! File

    Introduction to Greenschools and how your school can get involved.

  • Toolkit Request Form Page

    Schools can check out and borrow the toolkit for their investigations. Kit contains diagnostic tools needed to complete the energy and water investigations.

  • Project Learning Tree's Greenschools! Program URL

    Visit this website to learn more about Greenschools.

  • Webinars- Learn More About Investigations URL

    Webinars discuss each Greenschool Investigation and provides resources to use with your students.

  • Nebraska Green Ribbon Schools Award- U.S. Dept of Education URL

    Nominate your school to receive national recognition and receive a Green Ribbon Schools Award. Schools that participate in the Greenschools Investigations would make excellent candidates.

    Applications are due to the Nebraska Department of Education by February 1st, 2013.

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  SPARK

  Engage. Excite. Expose.

  • Energy Investigation File

    Investigate your school's energy use and find ways your school can become more energy efficient.

  • Toolkit Request Form Page

    Schools can check out and borrow the toolkit for their investigations. Kit contains diagnostic tools needed to complete the energy and water investigations.

  • Lighting Calculator URL

    Estimate how much carbon and money can be saved when you switch from incandescent lightbulbs to compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) lightbulbs!

  • Video on Wind Power File

    Students will learn the basics of wind power.

  • Video on Hydro Power File

    Students will learn the basics of hydropower and hydoelectricity.

  • Water Investigation File

    Investigate your school's water usage and water quality and find ways to conserve water.

  • Rain Water Retention: A Closer Look URL

    Take an interactive look at the hydrologic cycle.

  • Discover Water! URL

    Students will learn about the earth's water resources, the water cycle, water conservation, and more! Fun, interactive games for kids and teacher lesson plans.

  • Environmental Quality Investigation File

    Investigate your school's environmental quality and find ways to improve it.

  • School Site Investigation File

    Investigate how to make your school site a more sustainable, healthier, and safer environment.

  • Waste and Recycling Investigation File

    Investigate how much waste your school produces and ways to manage it.

  • Keep Nebraska Beautiful URL

    Check out this website for ideas on ways to reduce, reuse, and recyle!

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  FOUNDATION OF KNOWLEDGE

  Build. Expand. Enrich.

  • Energizing the Future Presentations Folder
  • Energy Conservation Contract File

    Students can help their families learn how to save energy at home.

  • Home Energy Assessment File

    Student's can become an energy detective! They will discover what energy systems they have in their home and the energy sources they use.

  • Power Plant to Home/School File

    Students will see an overview of the power grid and how electricity is delivered to homes, schools, and businesses.

  • How Hydro Power Produces Electricity File

    Show students how hydro power works and how electricity is produced from the power of water.

  • How Wind Power Produces Electricity File

    Show your students how wind energy and wind turbines produce electricity.

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  CONNECTIONS

  Apply. Activate. Connect.

  • Norfolk Operations Center Interactive Kiosk URL
  • Ecological Footprint Calculator URL

    Student's will learn how much land (in football fields) and how many planet earths it would take to support their current lifestyle and ways they can reduce their impact.

  • Success Story- York Middle School URL

    York Middle School earns an Energy Star label.

  • Save Energy at Home URL

    Have students check out this interactive site for ideas on how they can save energy at home- room by room.