Assemblies and Presentations

Bringing Environmental Education to You!
ECOSiZE Me school assemblies and presentations are designed to infuse environmental education into the minds of Michigan children! Both of our educators have environmental degrees and professional experience across a variety of environmental disciplines. Best of all they are moms who are actively involved in their children's schools.
Throughout the assemblies and/or classroom presentations, students are challenged to use critical thinking while learning about our natural environment. The programs incorporate MS PowerPoint, engaging props and tactile samples so that the programs are interactive and visually stimulating all while encouraging practical application of the concepts for long-term retention. Program content is modified for various grade levels.
Start a worm compost bin in your classroom, learn about the water cycle or explore how to be green through the concepts of reduce, reuse, recycle, compost and conserve!
The content of the ECOSiZE Me school assemblies and presentations:
ECOSiZE Me school assemblies and presentations are designed to compliment any school or PTA cultural arts program. The classroom presentations enhance science curriculum by providing a hands-on approach to our environment. Our program topics are dynamic and engaging for adult audiences as well. Each teacher is provided with a program outline, a student activity/worksheet and a list of applicable MDE GLCEs.

"It's Good to Be Green" Presentation Highlights

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  • An introduction to the natural resources around us
  • Water usage, facts and being water wise
  • How you can be an environmental superhero
  • Where our garbage goes; reduce/reuse/recycling and closing the loop
  • The elementary version of this program is now being presented in a skit format that is engaging and entertaining. It effectively educates the students on the concepts of reduce, reuse, recycle, compost and conserve.
  • Students can be actively involved in the program during the "globe toss", "you are all the water in the world", "Walter the Water Hog", and "What Am I Made Of" sections of the presentation.
  • Time requirement: 50-60 minutes
  • Appropriate for grades K-8; Can be conducted as a school assembly or individual classroom presentations

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  • Waste-not, want-not. Take a peek into what really is found in school cafeteria garbage.
  • Students (and teachers) will learn that there is alot more to the garbage that we create.
  • Our educators will sort one day's worth of cafeteria garbage into categories and use these as the basis of the program that covers natural resources, waste dipsosal and the concepts of reduce, reuse and recycle.
  • This is an eye-opening, entertaining and effective educational program.
  • Upper Elementary/Middle School: Students may also learn how to assess the water footprint and carbon footprint of their lunches. Students leave the assembly with their "footprint" and an action plan for reducing it. (No additional charge).
  • "Wipe Away the Waste" -- this is an add-on activity to the Garbage Can Investigation for an additional fee. "Wipe Away the Waste" provides an introduction for creating a waste-free lunch. Each student leaves with a reusable fabric napkin that becomes the "canvas" for their commitment to reducing lunch-time waste. Students customize their napkins by decorating them with fabric makers or paints. This is done in the classroom or at home.

Water Wise!

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  • Learning about our water footprint, water facts, usage, how to be water-wise
  • We all have water-front property (what is our watershed address?)
  • Learning about our sources of drinking water and methods for wastewater disposal
  • Surface and groundwater quality
  • What is the human impact on water?
  • Time requirements: approximately 50-60 minutes
  • This program is most approrpriate for grades 4-6 and most effective when presented to individual classrooms. The content is modified for invidivual grade levels.
  • Water-Wise includes a hands-on watershed activity and utilizes a water quality model.
  • It is visually stimulating and interactive.
  • Based on concepts from the MI Environmental Education Curriculum Support for Water Quality

Being Green: It's All About Me

  • This program is appropriate for upper elementary, middle and high school
  • Students learn that although they cannot vote via ballot, they certainly vote using dollars. The way in which we spend our money can speak louder than words, especially to companies competing for market share, sales and profits.
  • Using our "shopping carts", students will learn how to spend money in a way that is environmentally-friendly, while being conscious of both our water footprint and carbon footprint.
  • It's all about the students...from clothes and food, to music, videos and games. We'll go beyond recycling and learn how the things we do, buy and say impact our environment.
  • Students may realize that many of the choices they make are already environmentally-friendly and leave with an action plan of how to be stewards of our environment and young green leaders.

Look into a Landfill

There is more to a landfill then meets the eye and there is a method to the madness of throwing away our trash. Look Into a Landfill is a program in which young people enter the world of a landfill to discover the differences, consequences, and benefits of the garbage we create. We study garbage: past, present and future through a mini archeological dig, trash sort and garbage graveyard as well as the science behind a modern landfill. The program provides students with images, textures, sounds and schematics of how a landfill is constructed and operates. The program allowa for a comparative look into the methods of “trashing” and provide a strong visual for the supportive student/facilitator program that follows.
  • This program is appropriate for grades 3 and up and is modified for the grade level.
  • Cost for this program is $125.00 per grade level.
ENERGY EDUCATION ROGRAM ---- NEW for APRIL 2012
A new program beginning mid-April 2012, this program will help educate and encourage students to be wise and responsible energy consumers. Topics include what is energy; nonrenewable and renewable sources of energy, using energy, energy savings through conservation and efficiency. This program is most appropriate for grades 4 and above.
Make A Difference Day -- NEW!
Looking for an unique environmental learning experience? Let us conduct an uforgettable "make an environmental difference day". With half-day and full-day options, make a difference day is structured as an on-site field trip at your school.
  • Students are provided with the opportunity to rotate through a variety of hands-on environmental learning stations. These stations engage students in learning about any number of environmental topics of your choosing--from worm composting to waste-free lunches; from the 3Rs to energy issues; from water quality to water conservation; from environmental activism with a letter-writing campaign to understanding natural resources around us; from the garbage we create to product life cycles; from landfills to climate change; from garbage art to recycled crafts. Depending on the season/weather, make a difference day may include outdoor stations so that "no child is left inside". The full day option includes an extended reusable, waste-free lunch session with students during the lunch period(s).
  • Make an Environmental Difference Day is an opportunity to teach kids how to think about our environment (not what to think). It provides tools to help understand our environment and how we are connected. Most importantly, it helps foster a solid environmental ethic and sense of environmental stewardship.
  • As an on-site field trip, we bring everything to you. There is no need for busses, drivers or chaperones. Interested parents are welcomed.
  • Cost for this program is $5.00 per student participating. We recommend the fee be paid by students' families as would the arrangement be for any off-site field trip.
Monetary Investment (unless otherwise noted)
  • Individual classroom -- $100 first classroom; $70 each additional classroom
  • School assemblies -- $200 first assembly; $125 each additional
  • Grade level programs -- $125 per grade level
Scout Programs
  • 1 hour program at your location
  • Includes a 30-minute environmental program/game
  • Includes recycled craft, supplies provided. Choose from designing your own reusable fabric napkin set; make your own recycled journal and bookmark; mix-your-own non-toxic window cleaner; create a t-shirt tote bag; design a denim cuff bracelet and more.
  • Includes "Ecosize Me" patch or buttom
  • $8/scout (minimum of 8 scouts)
Eco-Workshops for Grown Ups
  • Ready to step outside your recycling bin? Looking for more ways to green-up your home, family, lifestyle or place of work? Our eco-workshops for grown ups provide a relaxed, enjoyable gathering for family, friends, neighbors and colleagues to learn more about the world around us and how we can lesses the impact of our actions. We provide fresh ideas on how to take a few green steps every day. This home show-style presentation can be done in any setting. Customized topics, along with hands-on takeaways, are guaranteed to engage your group. Contact us for program pricing.