Project Green SWEEP
(Sustainable Wetlands Environmental Emphasis Program)
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SWEEP the way to a Cleaner Environment The NHS Green SWEEP project brings all disciplines of science together to divert run-off away from the school’s baseball field and an open area near the agriculture department’s livestock barn to create a sustainable wetland monitored, protected, and used as an outdoor learning lab in future years by students of Newton High School. With teacher guidance, science students are designing a new wetland area at the future home of "Newton High School". The goals of constructing a wetland is to improve the environment, and provide a permanent field classroom where students can become proficient in field observation and data recording techniques. Students will also expand the school’s recycling program by building a compost shed and recycling plant and animal waste into a natural fertilizer for wetland and horticulture department plants.
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Project Green SWEEP is made possible by HP Innovations Educations Grant.