GreenWorks! Grants Awardees - Rocklin, California

Rocklin Elementary:
Second-graders will buddy up with sixth-graders to experiment with solar cookers and other uses of solar energy, spurred by a presentation by the Rocklin-Loomis Rotary Club on Rotary’s support of solar cookers in South Africa. The students are planning a Solar Energy Fair to share what they learned. In a second project, fourth-graders will learn about composting and create composting bins to use in a garden maintained by the school’s fifth-graders and used by the entire school as an outdoor learning lab.

Rock Creek Elementary:
Fourth graders will study the wetlands ecosystem at William Jessup University. They will also build nesting boxes for bluebirds and determine where to locate them to best help the young birds survive.

Spring View Middle School:
Students will plant an area near its amphitheater with native vegetation. Students will research which trees, shrubs, and ground cover are suitable and plant them on Earth Day, April 22.

Rocklin High School:
Chemistry students will collect and analyze data about air quality during morning and afternoon pick-up times at Rocklin’s elementary schools. They plan to present their findings to the community in June.

Rocklin Unified School District:
RUSD was awarded a GreenWorks! grant for Super Science Saturday. In this program, planned for May, high school students will design and set up hands-on science activities for Rocklin elementary students. The high schoolers are responsible for running the event

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