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Education

Programs

Grants

Materials

Our Education/Outreach Coordinator, Kay Frank, gives presentations and leads activities around solid waste problems (including illegal dumping). These programs are available at no charge to groups of adults or students within our 14-county area. For information on how you can schedule or attend a presentation, please email us, or call us at 918-456-0116.

Programs

"Let Worms Recycle Our Garbage"

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Students set up and maintain a mini-ecosystem in which organic garbage and newspaper are recycled into a rich soil amendment.

"What Do We Do With Our Trash?"

A hands-on activity for elementary students, in individual classrooms, involving an illegal dump and a groundwater model illustrating potential pollution.

"What's In A Bag of Trash?"

A hands-on activity for middle school students or after-school programs, in which participants dissect and categorize typical bags of clean garbage.

"Talking Trash"

A short hands-on activity on recycling, useful at Earth Fairs for large groups.

"Waste Race"

A relay race in which teams sort bags of trash into bins for reuse, recycling, composting, landfills, or household hazardous waste collection.

"Community Solutions to Oklahoma's Illegal Roadside Dumps"

A laptop presentation and discussion for adult audiences.

"No Time To Waste Oklahoma"

An 18-minute VHS video program which presents a comprehensive overview of solid waste management in Oklahoma, highlighting problems and potential solutions.

"You Dump It, You Drink It"

A self-explanatory table display available to be set up at fairs or in other public places.

"Destroy The Trash Dragon"

A hands-on activity for lower elementary students in which they remove litter from a large dragon's nest and then reuse, recycle, compost, or dispose of in the correct bin.

Other customized programs are designed for particular audiences, on request.

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Grants

Environmental Education Grants Available

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ODEQ Environmental Education "License Tag" Grants. Seven $1000 grants are given for Outdoor Classrooms and fifteen $500 grants for special EE projects. Recipients may be K-12 Oklahoma teachers, youth group leaders, youth organizations, or home school associations. Also five $200 grants are given to high school teachers for field trips to landfills, recycling operations, water treatment plants, etc. Deadline is November 30th. Contact is Susie Shields, DEQ, at 405-702-5100.

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For information on other Environmental Education funding opportunities, please visit the Education web page at the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality.

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Materials

Environmental Education Materials (Available on Request)

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