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Learn More About UV Radiation

Learn how UV radiation affects your health, what factors influence exposure levels, and simple steps you can...

One Crabby Family: How an Educator Used Citizen Science to Bring Her Family Closer Together

Scientist and mom Dr. Chanda Bennett shares how she turned citizen science into a family tradition, and offers...

How Local Communities Are Restoring Pollinator Habitat Across the US

Thanks to a NEEF environmental grant, people are rebuilding pollinator habitat nationwide through hands-on...

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students in Huntsville AL take take part in a macroinveterbrate study of local waterways

As Huntsville Expands, Greening STEM Is Preparing Youth to Respond

Discover how Huntsville students use hands-on STEM learning to study water quality, biodiversity, and urban growth impacts through NEEF’s Greening STEM program.

students from McCaskey high school stand near two trees ready for planting

The Future Belongs to Those Who Grow It

Students in Lancaster, PA, are cultivating skills, stewardship, and careers in agriculture and environmental science through NEEF’s Greening STEM program.

a group of students sits on the forest floor for a Greening STEM outdoor education lesson

In Their Backyard, Yet Out of Reach: Local Students Discover the Smokies for the First Time

Middle schoolers connect science to nature in the Great Smoky Mountains through NEEF’s Greening STEM program, supported by Arconic Foundation.

Student and educator outdoors looking at plants

Water, Wasps, and Wonder: How Environmental Education Changed One Student’s Life

What started as a weekend trip to monitor invasive species became a turning point for one high schooler, showing how outdoor learning can spark purpose

A young woman sits on a stump in a wooded area. She is holding a pad of paper and a pencil and is staring pensively into the distance.

Revisiting Teaneck Creek: Lessons Learned for Lasting Collaboration in Greening STEM

Lessons learned from a collaborative Greening STEM partnership between Teaneck Creek Conservancy, New Jersey middle schools, and NEEF.

Success Story

Youth are learning that they can go away to pursue STEM education and come back and help manage these lands that their people have historically lived on.

riparian planting of native plants in Chickasaw Park

How Olmsted Parks Conservancy Protects Biodiversity by Tackling Invasive Species

With support from NEEF and Toyota, Louisville’s Olmsted Parks Conservancy is bringing biodiversity back to life at the historic Chickasaw Park.

Students from Quad Cities Iowa plant native trees during a Greening STEM project in prairie

Quad Cities Students Capture Creativity Through Greening STEM Project

What role do the arts play in STEM learning? Thanks to a partnership between NEEF and Arconic Foundation, students in Iowa’s Quad Cities region got to put these

Student winners of the Samsung Climate Superstars Challenge!

Michigan Middle School Science Class Wins Environmental Education Challenge

Last month, the National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF) partnered with Samsung and the EPA’s ENERGY STAR® program to present the 2019 Climate

Student showing a science project about air quality during wildfires

Local Wildfire Helps Teach Students About Science and Ecology

Teens in Durango, Colorado, discuss hydrophobic soil with the ease that they discuss reality TV or Minecraft thanks to teachers who used a major wildfire to