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Vickey Rose, 4th Grade Teacher, got her students
involved in helping the school maintain awareness of energy consumption
having the E.S.P. Club (Energy Saving Puppetry). She applied for
a grant from the Public Education Foundation of Marion County, Project
Green Machine category, to obtain the equipment needed to put on the program
at her school. Students learn about environmental resource conservation
and present their knowledge through puppet dialog.
The program integrates science, reading, and writing using service-learning
techniques. Students from Mrs. Rose's 4th grade class are invited
to audition for the club, which meets after school once a week for an hour.
During the meetings students study some aspect of environmental resource
conservation and draft a script for their puppets that tell a little of
what they have learned. |
