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	<description>The Alice Ferguson Foundation reaches into schoolyards and classrooms to engage students in outdoor learning and to train teachers in environmental education. Read our blog to learn about our partner schools and how they’re going green. Use it as a model for your own outreach or your own classroom! Share with us your success stories so we can all grow in our capacity to bring environmental education to our children and raise environmental stewards.</description>
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		<title>Maryland Youth Summit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Maryland Association of Environmental and Outdoor Education with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources hosted the second annual Maryland Youth Summit on Friday, June 3. The Alice Ferguson Foundation set up two environmental literacy stations. Baltimore&#8217;s coverage of the event discretely mentions both! The first is our Crumpled Paper Watershed station during which students [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One of Our Partner Teachers Earns Presidential Award for Excellence in Science Teaching</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of our amazing partner teachers from Watkins Elementary School in DCPS, Lauren Tate, has been honored with this Presidential Award! She has attended our Teacher Institute and participates in our long-term partnership program as well. She gives us a shout-out in her bio for the award. The Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fergusonfoundation.org/wp2/2011/05/one-of-our-partner-teachers-earns-presidential-award-for-excellence-in-science-teaching/</link>
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		<title>Project WET Workshop at Cesar Chavez Elementary</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We had a great time at Cesar Chavez Elementary School in Prince George&#8217;s County learning all about properties of water, water cycle, importance of water, water conservation, and human impacts on water. Project WET is a wonderful compilation of fantastic hands-on activities for kids to learn all about water. My favorite part of the workshop [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fergusonfoundation.org/wp2/2011/04/project-wet-workshop-at-cesar-chavez-elementary/</link>
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		<title>Earth Day at U.S. Botanic Gardens</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We were delighted to exhibit at the United States Botanic Gardens&#8217; Earth Day Celebration last week. Naturalists from  Hard Bargain Farm Environmental Center brought baby chicks, rabbits, and eggs to teach visitors about where their food comes from and about animal adaptations. We even got 3 seconds of fame on the local news! Check it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fergusonfoundation.org/wp2/2011/04/earth-day-at-u-s-botanic-gardens/</link>
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		<title>Project WILD Workshop</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We had a great time exploring the Project WILD curriculum with teachers at Indian Head Elementary School in Charles County, Maryland. We learned activities we can use to teach our students about topics such as habitats, wildlife, adaptations, and the human impacts on these natural systems. Check out Alice Ferguson Foundation&#8217;s Facebook page for more [...]]]></description>
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