The Earth Day Groceries Project

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Welcome to
The Earth Day Groceries Project
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Earth Day is April 22nd
every year!
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What is the Grocery Bag Project???

• The Earth Day Groceries Project is an Internet
  environmental awareness project where students
  decorate paper grocery bags with environmental
  messages for Earth Day.

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Head to the web site
www.earthdaybags.org
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History

• The Earth Day Groceries Project is one of the
  oldest and largest educational projects on the
  Internet.
• It was started by a 3rd grade teacher in Seattle,
  Washington.
• It began in 1994. Forty-three schools sent in
  reports saying they had successfully
  participated!
• Last year over 100,000 students participated!!

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Today

• Thousands of schools take part every year from
  all across the world.
• This year Monument School will be joining them in
  celebrating the Earth and all its resources.

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Four Simple Steps 1 Borrow

• Super G grocery store has loaned us 500 paper
  grocery bags so that each student at Monument
  School can decorate one.
• You get to borrow them for a little while.
• After this meeting, will each teacher send one
  student to Ms. Eckert to pick up some bags so you
  can get started.

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Four Simple Steps 2 Decorate

• You may decorate the bags with pictures of the
  earth, environmental messages, cool slogans, etc.
  Be creative!
• DO NOT write your names on any bags.
• We will be placing a sticker on each bag that
  says they were created by a Monument School
  student.

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Four Simple Steps 3 Deliver

• A couple of days before Earth Day, Ms. Eckert
  will return the decorated bags to the grocery
  store .
• The store then distributes these bags (full of
  groceries) to happy and amazed shoppers on Earth
  Day. 

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Four Simple Steps 4 Report

• Ms. Eckert will complete the Report Form on the
  project web site with a count of how many bags
  Monument School made.
• Go to the project web site www.earthdaybags.org
  to see Monument Schools pictures.

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Heres how YOU can make a difference
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Decorate grocery bags with beautiful artwork
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Write how you feel about Earth Day ..
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Shoppers will be amazed!
Create clever slogans and sayings.
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Looking for more good art ideas?
Take a look at some bags made in the last few
years by other students. These will give you
ideas for your bag.
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More Samples of Student Work
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Even More Samples of Student Work
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AND . . . More Samples of Student Work
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Student Contest

• We are allowed to submit 3 digital pictures to
  the grocery bag project website, so . . . . . . .
  
• Do your very best and we will select 3 students
  and their bags to photograph and send to the
  website folks
• You must have your parents SIGNED permission to
  have your picture taken for the website
• Check with Ms. Eckert if you are not sure if it
  is okay with your parents

Will you be one of the winners ??
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Due Date?

• Your bags need to be finished and given to your
  teacher by Tuesday, April 15th.

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Remember

• Earth Day is April 22nd.

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Make a difference!
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Teachers---for More Information

• www.earthdaybags.org