Green Schools

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WHO: High school students and their teachers (9th - 12th grade)

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WHAT: A competition to assess the environmental impact of your school, and create or improve upon a system to generate a healthier, higher performance learning environment that improves the quality of life at your school

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HOW: It’s all online with professional guidance, and the opportunity to attend the Summit at NASA

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WHY: Help save the planet by developing real solutions for your school!

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STEP ONE (8/1/09 – 12/15/09) 1. Register individually 2. Create/join a team

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STEP TWO 

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Use online resources to learn about green building and sustainability

STEP THREE (12/15/09 Deadline)

1. Submit Competition Documents: Sustainability Assessment Due: Baseline School Assessment, and Sustainability Improvement Plan

TEAMS WHO GAINED HIGHEST SCORES OUT OF 60 POINTS WILL BE SELECTED AS FINALISTS AND NOTIFIED BY JANUARY 8, 2010

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Selecting Finalists

1. Finalists will be scored on Baseline School Assessment and School Improvement Plan 

Receive

1. Matching Grant (2/19/10): Conrad Foundation will provide each Finalist team with a grant in the amount equal to what they have raised through their online profile up to $1000. 2. Recognition certificates, Promotional media opportunities, Invitation to the Innovation Summit and Final awards competition 

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Online Information

Teams will also have the opportunity to raise money through their profile donation page until 2/19/10 Teams will have the opportunity to recognize any of their sponsors on their online profile

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STEP ONE (1/8/10 – 3/26/10)

1. Finalists are required to fill out an acknowledgement form (for coaches to fill out), create a video (information on team’s concept) and logo, Team profile information (overview of team and their project), Blog Posts (at least three posts of the teams journey with the competition) 2. Refined Sustainability Improvement Plan (3/26/2010): Create and submit a new Sustainability Improvement Plan incorporating feedback from advisers 3. Teams are provided with a professional team of advisers to help refine both their project and presentation

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STEP TWO (4/8/10-4/12/10)

1. Attend and Present at the Innovation Summit at NASA Ames Research Center, Mountain View, California PETE CONRAD SCHOLARS ARE SELECTED BASED ON HIGHEST SCORES OUT OF 90 JUDGING POINTS AND 10 PUPBLIC VOTING POINTS (100 TOTAL). THEY WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE SUMMIT

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Selecting Pete Conrad Scholars 1. Laureates will be scored on their presentations of their Need Statement, School Assessment, and School Improvement Plan

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Receive 1. Conrad Portal Consideration*, $5,000 Next Step Grant,

Recognition Medallions, School Plaque, Promotional Media Opportunities, Presentation Invitations, Sigma Xi Associate Membership

* The Conrad Portal: A team may have the opportunity to join the Conrad Foundation’s Portal program. If selected to join, the Portal can serve as an agent to the team and assist them in pursuing commercial opportunities for their product.

1. Laureate Acknowledgement Form 2. Portal Request 3. Sustainability Improvement Report (results of summer work and expected next steps in their project due 9/17/10)