Going Green in the ClassroomGoing Green is a term commonly coined to refer to recycling or giving back to the earth in some way. Many people are probably already familiar with recycling bins and have talked about going green on Earth Day or planting a tree on Arbor Day. While these are all good starts, what I wanted to know is how I can not only make my classroom "green", but extend environmental awareness throughout the school year and educate my students and, by extension, their families, how important and easy it is. going green.My previous knowledge about going green was limited to what I do in my home. When I purchased my home in 2009, I began sorting my recyclables and taking them to one of the many recycling centers in Jefferson County. I quickly noticed that I wasn't accumulating as much trash and now, four years and one baby later, my family probably produces an average of one bag of trash per week. Donate unwanted items to Goodwill, replace light bulbs with more energy efficient bulbs, turn off lights and appliances when not in use, pack lunches in reusable containers, open windows when not in use. sunny days instead of circulating air or heating, use recycled computer paper. and using reusable grocery bags are a few additional steps I'm taking to go green within my home. While these are all great starts, I feel like I can take it a step further and incorporate it into my future class.IIWhat I wanted to find out through my research was what I could do in my class to go green. Immediately, recycling came to mind, but I started to think that there were probably many other ways to go green besides recycling, and I wanted to know what they were. I wanted to find things that not only could be done in class...... middle of paper ......e paper. Works Cited Furger, Robert. “Bringing it to the Classroom: Green Projects for the Classroom.” » The George Lucas Educational Foundation. Last updated October 2, 2007. Accessed April 7, 2014. http://www.edutopia.org/environmentally-sensitive-lesson-ideas. “Idle Free Schools.” United States Environmental Protection Agency. Last updated March 16, 2014. Accessed April 7, 2014. http://www2.epa.gov/region8/idle-free-schools.Pack, Thomas. “We’ve gone green.” Jefferson County Public Schools Parent Connection. April 2009. Accessed April 7, 2014. http://www.jefferson.k12.ky.us/pubs/parentconnection/Archive/Apr09/Features.shtml. “Waste collection vs single-stream recycling”. Jefferson County Public Schools, Safety, Environmental and Housekeeping Services. Accessed April 7, 2014. http://www.jefferson.k12.ky.us/departments/safetyenvirohouse/environmental/recycle.html.