U.S. Schools Grades K-12:  Share your environmental efforts on www.ProjectEarth.net and enter your project into the Project Earth 2012 U.S. Earth Day Contest!

• Register for a free account on www.ProjectEarth.net
• Click on “Add New Project”
• Upload your project description and any supporting material such as photos, videos, word documents, and/or PowerPoint presentation.
• Enter contest by clicking the Contest button on your project’s page.
• Any number of projects can be entered into contest.

• Any U.S. student, teacher, class, or school participating in an environmental activity that involves students ages 4-18 (grades K-12).

• Purpose & Goal - The purpose and goals of the project are defined in the project description.
• Documentation - The project provides corresponding documentation photos, videos, word documents, and/or Power Point presentations to enhance their project description.
• Student Involvement - The project is learner-centered with students taking the lead in design and implementation as appropriate.
• Education - The project helps to educate a group or community.
• Collaboration - Participants worked with individuals or groups outside of their classroom or organization.
• Innovation & Creativity - The project approaches an environmental problem/issue in a new or novel way.
• Environmental Consideration - Participants consider the environment in the development of the project.
• Outcome - The project meets the goals of the participants and reports successes, impacts of their project, and/or lessons learned.

• One nation-wide project entry from each K-5, 6-8, and 9-12 grade category will be selected as a winner.
• Each winning project will be awarded a National Geographic Interactive Intelliglobe and will be featured in media press releases, in the Project Earth Global Newsletter, and on the 2012 Earth Day Winners page at ProjectEarth.net.
• Every project entry will be considered for the International 2012 World Environment Day Contest, in which the top project from each country will receive recognition in conjunction with the June 2012 Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.