Welcome to Classroom Earth!
The National Environmental Education Foundation, in partnership with The Weather Channel, is proud to launch Classroom Earth, a program designed to enhance and strengthen environmental education in high school classrooms nationwide. By harnessing the expertise and passion of teachers and students around the country, Classroom Earth will enrich the high school curriculum by encouraging the inclusion of environmental education into all high school subjects - from biology to art - and make it easier for teachers to access best practices online.
Classroom Earth will bring the most up to date information straight from the field, into the classroom. If we want students to be ready to address complex environmental issues, schools need access to the information and tools that let students know what's going on and how they can protect the environment at home, at school and in their community.
The primary goal of the program is to increase the environmental literacy of high school students and to provide models for including environmental education into all high school classrooms through two interactive Web sites - one exclusively for students, the other for teachers – more to come in the fall, so stay tuned.
Classroom Earth is starting off by reaching out to teachers through the National High School Competition. Visit our grants page to find out more about the competition and to apply to receive up to $5,000 to $10,000 in funding to bring innovative environmental themes into your coursework!
If you have any questions, please feel free to email us.
Our Thanks
The National Environmental Education Foundation is exceptionally grateful to the Mitsubishi Corporation Foundation for the Americas for their generosity and sponsorship of the Classroom Earth web site for the past 6 years and continued support of NEEF and its programs.
Classroom Earth is made possible with a generous contribution from The Weather Channel.
Classroom Earth is made possible with a generous contribution from The Weather Channel.
We have launched the National High School Challenge to provide teachers with an opportunity to secure as much as $5,000 to $10,000 in funding to bring innovative environmental themes into students’ coursework and incorporate more environmental education into teaching overall!
We’ll make up to 25 awards in different categories:
High School Challenge Grants – for teachers who want support inclusion of environmental themes into a single course or across three or more courses.
Professional Development Grants – for teachers who want to learn more about environmental education and how to teach about the environment in multiple subject areas and with engaging lessons.
Applications for the 2008 grants are no longer being accepted.
Thank you for your interest.