PA Environment Digest

Students and teachers in Pennsylvania and New Jersey will build workable wind turbines, create recycled art and study the health of local streams – thanks in part to grants from PPL Corporation.

Five schools will receive a total of more than $22,670 to support earth science education as part of PPL’s Project Earth Environmental Education Grants program.

“From elementary schools to high schools, students will learn about the environment from imaginative, hands-on projects,” said Meg Welker, supervisor of public programs for PPL. “As a company where respect for the environment is a key commitment, PPL is pleased to provide financial support for these efforts.”

Grant recipients include: William Allen High School, Allentown, Pa.: Students will build a workable wind turbine, testing different blade configurations. Students will also visit the Da Vinci Science Center in Allentown, Pa., to observe a full-scale wind turbine.

Columbia-Montour AVTS, Bloomsburg, Pa.: Students will build solar photovoltaic panels that will help generate power for an electronics technology lab.

Berwick Area High School, Berwick, Pa., collaborating with King’s College of Wilkes-Barre, Pa.: Teachers will take part in a weeklong educational course on the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, including help identifying classroom projects and lesson plans.

Bloomsburg Christian School, Bloomsburg, Pa.: Students will learn about watersheds, study several local streams and present their findings to a local watershed association.

PPL’s Project Earth Environmental Education Grants program provides funding of up to $5,000 for school projects that focus on issues such as watersheds and wetlands, air quality, renewable resources and energy conservation. Environmental education programs for teachers are also eligible.

The projects enhance established classroom curricula and academic standards, or support extracurricular activities of school organizations and clubs. A team of teachers, environmental professionals and PPL employees chose the winning projects.

Since 2003, PPL has given awards worth more than $158,000 to about 100 schools on the East Coast and in Montana, where PPL owns generating plants.

PPL sponsors the grant program as part of PPL Project Earth, an initiative to educate the public about energy resources and the environment or send email to: pplpreserves@pplweb.com.

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