COASTAL ROOTS
Participating Schools

Program information

Nursery instructions

Information for Teachers

Helping Hands

Coastal Roots:
Information for Teachers

Teacher information and communication is important. The links below are recommended to teachers as means of enrichment and communication.
Interested in joining the Coastal Roots Program? Click here.
Need a CR form? Click here.

CR in the Classroom

Coastal Roots Lessons - Visit the LA Sea Grant Education website to check out five lessons you might want to incorporate in your classes centered on your CR school nursery. There is also an information sheet about preparing for your restoration fieldtrip. Click on Coastal Roots!

Bloggin' about Coastal Roots - St. Martin Episcopal students are blogging about their experiences working on Coastal Roots. Teachers Kate Marchal and Warren Lind have set up a St. Martin's Coastal Roots Blog to help their students write about and reflect on what they are learning in the CR Program. They are posting pictures as well as comments about their school plant nursery. Contact Dr. Pam Blanchard if you would like to know more about this technology-rich classroom activity.

Coastal Roots Social Network on NING - Visit the Coastal Roots Social Network on NING to communicate with others about what is happening in Coastal Roots schools. Go to http://lsucoastalroots.ning.com to learn more! Need help? Contact Dr. Blanchard or Craig Howat (Luling Elementary). Thank you to Craig Howat for his initiative to get this working for our program!

 

Teacher Learning Opportunities

Louisiana Wetland Education Coalition (LaWEC) - a group of educators interested in teaching about Louisiana wetland and coastal issues. Newsletters are sent out every three to four weeks informing listserve members of upcoming workshops and educational opportunities. Free. Contact Dr. Pam Blanchard if you would like to join.

Professional Development
for CR Teachers

CR Winter Workshop - a six-hour workshop held on a Saturday in mid-January at a host Coastal Roots school. Primary purpose is to review fall plantings and look ahead to spring plantings, review best practices in planting and raising seedlings, share classroom integration ideas, and distribute seedlings & soil.

CR Summer Institute - a two-day overnight workshop held in late May at a location on or near the coast. Primary purpose is to learn about coastal restoration activities in Louisiana, participate in hands-on activities, and share classroom integration ideas.

Coastal Roots teachers at the 2007 CR Summer Institute,
Golden Meadow/Grand Isle, June 2007.        

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost to Enter the CR Program

 

Materials, Installation and Start-up Support: $1200 (one-time cost)

We provide everything necessary to become a full participant in the LSU Coastal Roots Program.

•       Installation and Start-up Support: This covers staff time and travel costs for nursery installation and initial monthly site visits.

•       Materials: This covers irrigation system and timer, can yard materials (e.g. plant cells and trays), gravel, ground cloth, shade cloth, lock, dog kennel with door, restoration materials (e.g. shovels, dibbles, mosquito spray) etc.

Checks should be made payable to LSU Foundation. Please put LSU Coastal Roots Start-Up Fund in the memo section on the check.

NOTE:  Installation of the can yard & irrigation system cannot begin until the LSU Foundation receives the affiliation fee. Once the affiliation fee has been received, materials will be ordered, delivered to the school and an installation date set. This process can take as long as 8 weeks and is dependent upon LSU staff teaching and research schedules.

Restoration Trip Cost: about $300 yearly.

Schools are responsible for the bus rental, teacher substitute(s) on the day of the restoration trip, and student refreshments for the trip. Lagniappe would include items such as t-shirts.

 Ways to Fund Your CR Program

Louisiana Environmental Education Commission Grant Grants for teachers, $1000 single teacher or $2000 team of two teachers at same school. Contact Tiffany Soileau, Governor’s Office of Environmental Education, 225-219-3185.
Deadline: mid-March. Implementation is expected during the following school year.
Link: http://www.gov.state.la.us/enved/

Louisiana Learn and Serve Grant
Grants for public school teachers (state-wide). Contact Lieutenant Governor’s Office of Service Learning, (225) 342-2038.
Deadline: end of October.
Link: http://www.crt.state.la.us/laserve/forms.aspx

Brown Foundation Service Learning Grant
Grants for private or public school teachers in the following parishes: Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. James,  St. John the Baptist, St. Tammany,  Tangipahoa or Washington. Grants are non-competitive. Grant writing workshops available. Contact Brown Foundation Office of Service Learning at 504-834-3433, ext. 210 or 215.
Deadline: end of April.
Link: http://www.thebrownfoundation.org/servicelearning/grants.htm

Quality Science and Math (QSM) Grant
Apply for a Quality Science and Math (QSM) Grant to enhance your math or science classroom! Available for public school teachers. Amount: up to $750 in materials. Contact the LSU Cain Center for details - 225. 578-3322, <caincenter@lsu.edu>.
Deadline: early September.
Link: http://www.seasystem.net/cgi-bin/qsm/

CR Forms

Photo Release Form
School Information Form
Restoration Trip Log Form
Monthly Nursery Check Form

 

Funded by:
Louisiana Sea Grant College Program