Vanessa C. Russell and Kelly Fisher

The goal of the "Planet Protectors" program is to bring awareness to how humans are impacting our planet. Bussell and Fisher intend to teach 200 students how to use technology to research, design and develop a community conservation plan. Students will implement their green projects and be empowered to make a difference in their community by taking content and applying it to the real world. The program will also engage students in interactive technologies, giving them proper, levels of support in the classroom and at home to be challenged and successful. The program includes weather research, green graphs and water activity research. At the conclusion of the research phase, students will design, create and market one of their ideas for protecting the planet. The project will be posted on the school's Web site so that the entire community can learn the student's ideas on how to change the world.