Projects
Title........................Environmental
Challenges.
Description.............Cash grants to schools, classroom teachers, school clubs
and organizations for innovative hands-on projects that
help students learn about the environment and how to
solve local environmental problems.
Target
Audience................K-12 schools, teachers, clubs organizations.
Cost.......................They pay you! Grants run $100-750/project, to a
maximum
of $25,000 per grantee.
Location.................Your school or
project location.
Dates/Times...........By arrangement.
Special
requirements..........Depends on
project you design.
Sponsor/POC........Texas General Land Office
ATTN:
Jane Velasquez
Tel. (210) 616-0674
Fax: (210) 616-0791
Other Notes..........Supported by HEB and the
grants
have gone for activities from art to languages as
well
as science and math, e.g., building xeriscapes, nature
trails
and habitats; installing bat houses; studying creek
water
quality; restoring a wetland; creating recycling
programs;
creating habitat guides and slide shows;
building
fish ponds; creating educational materials for
check-out
or posting on the World Wide Web. A San
Antonio math class
did data studies on Edwards Aquifer
issues.