Giving back to the community, school, and Academy are part of being in the Green Tech Academy. eHours are a way to keep track of how much time students are spending outside the regular school day learning about Green Tech. Depending on the level of endorsement, we expect that our students will have at least 200 eHours, or service hours to the Academy, by the time they graduate. 50 hours a year seems like a challenge, but there is a huge variety of ways to earn eHours. Read more to learn valid ways of earning eHours.

General Guidelines:

Extension Hours must be program-related, earned outside of the regular school day, are not tied to a course grade, and will require a reflection of the activity. Additional documentation like pictures, brochures, or parent signatures is always a good idea. It is always a good idea to record your own EHours via paper and pencil or an excel spreadsheet, however, students are required to log EHours at the following website using your student login and password:

Log eHours, here:

https://academyendorsement.olatheschools.com/

• Watching Program Related Documentaries

• Green Tech Project Journals

• Nature Journal

• Energy Journal

• Reading Books

• Program Related Video Games

• Green Tech Related Vacation Activity

• Interviewing a Professional

• Career Shadowing

• Scout or Community Service Projects

• Energy or Environmental Events

• Public Hearings

• Green Tech Competitions

• TSA, ElectroRally, KidWind, FFA, Rube Goldberg

• Advances in Water Resources

• Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

• Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment

• American Water Resources Association (AWRA Publications)

• American Water Works Association, eJournal

• Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management

• Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

• Agronomy Journal

• Biogeochemistry

• Ecology

• Ecosystems

• Environmental Expert.com – magazines, publications, journals, and events

• Environmental Modeling and Assessment

• Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

• Environmental Pollution

• Environmental Science & Engineering Magazine

• Environmental Science and Technology

• Forest Science

• Forest Service’s Research Publications

• Geology

• Geology Today

• Geotimes

• Ground Water Monitoring & Remediation

• Hydrological Processes Journal

• Hydrology and Earth System Science

• Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

• Journal of Ecosystems and Management

• Journal of Environmental Quality

• Journal of Forestry

• Journal of Hydrology

• Hydrological Sciences Journal

• Land and Water – The Magazine of Natural Resource Management and Restoration

• Nature

• Science

• Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) publications

• Soil Science Society of America Journal

• The Environmentalist

• The Wetland Journal

• Universities Council on Water Resources – Databases and Publications

• University of California, Agriculture and Nature Resources

• Urban Water

• Water, Air and Soil Pollution

• WaterInfoCenter – Water Engineering & Management

• Water Environment Federation (WEF)
  – All WEF Publications

• Water Online

• Water Well Journal (WWJ)

• Water Research

• Water Resources Management

• Wetlands Ecology and Management

• Wetlands