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Have your students completed an environmental project in your school or community? Are you proud and excited about the work they have done? Then you should apply for the President's Environmental Youth Award! Every year, this program recognizes students for participating in and completing outstanding environmental projects.

The Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes Exit EPA disclaimer
This award recognizes young people who have shown extraordinary leadership in making our world better in a number of diverse ways including protecting the environment.
/www.barronprize.org/

Envirothon Exit EPA disclaimer
Sponsored by Canon, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and others, the Envirothon is an annual competition held for high school students throughout North America. Designed as a way to teach kids about environmental education, the best teams from over 47 states and provinces come together during the summer to compete.
www.envirothon.org

NASA Student Involvement Program Exit EPA disclaimer
Design an experiment that NASA astronauts carry out in space! Figure out how what we know about Earth's environment can help plan Mars explorations! This national educational and competitive program for grades K-12 connects students with NASA's space exploration and discovery programs. Resource guides for teachers provide extensive support for student investigations that strengthen science, math, technology and geography skills.
www.nsip.net

President's Environmental Youth Awards
The PEYA program honors young people for their efforts to protect the environment. Learn what others have done and how awards are earned.
www.epa.gov/enviroed/awards.html

Young Eco-Hero Awards Exit EPA disclaimer
Sponsored by Action for Nature (AFN), the Young Eco-Hero Awards recognizes succesful personal action projects of young people aged 8-16 from all over the world. Action for Nature's mission is to foster respect and affection for nature through personal action.
www.actionfornature.org/ecoheroawards.htm

 

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