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Save the Earth with Dirt!
	EARTH DAY APRIL 22nd!	NEW YORK KIDS MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

THE KIDS AT MS. DAVIDSON-BAGLIO'S 5TH GRADE CLASS AT P.S. 333 IN MANHATTAN ARE SAVING THE EARTH WITH DIRT!
CONGRATULATIONS TO MS. DAVIDSON-BAGLIO'S CLASS FOR SAVING THE EARTH WITH DIRT! (click here to read P.S. 333's winning list).

WNYC's NEW YORK KIDS recently invited 18,000 teachers and their students to enter the "SAVE THE EARTH WITH DIRT" contest. THE CONTEST: NEW YORK KIDS asked classes to make a list of how many ways they could save the earth. The lists included ways students could save the earth together (organize a bake sale for an environmental organization), or as individuals (recycle soda cans). Classes had to list ideas they ARE DOING or WILL DO. All entries were judged by the Dirtmeister. The class with the longest and most achievable list WON!

MEET THE WINNING CLASS!
Congratulations to our 1st place winners! Ms. Davidson-Baglio's 5th Grade Class at P.S. 333, Manhattan School for Children! They sent in over 140 ways to save the Earth! READ THE WINNING LIST!

MEET THE RUNNERS UP!
Congratulations to the 2nd place winners: Ms. Dolan's 4th Grade Class (Class 4-413) at P.S. 79 in the Bronx! They had 107 ideas for saving the earth! Another congratulations to the 3rd place winners: Mrs. Petrizzo's 4th Grade Class at St. Stanislaus Kostka School in Brooklyn! They wrote 100 ideas for saving the earth! Honorable Mention goes to: Ms. Barckhaus' 3rd Grade Class (Class 3-400) at P.S. 29 in Brooklyn! They are already saving the earth by doing all the 27 ideas they sent in! HIP HIP HOORAY!!!

WHAT DID WINNING CLASSES RECEIVE?
In addition to a broadcast and webcast of their winning list on WNYC's NEW YORK KIDS the 1st place winner received: A day at your school with THE DIRTMEISTER, science expert and geologist Steve Tomecek NEW YORK KIDS T-shirts Protecting Our Planet: Earthwatch by David Burnie ŠDK Publishing 2001 (35 for classroom) I Want to Be... An Environmentalist created by Stephanie Maze published by Harcourt, Inc. (35 for classroom) Passes to the New York Hall of Science Runners up win: -- 2nd place class wins Protecting Our Planet: Earthwatch by David Burnie ŠDK Publishing 2001 (35 for classroom) 3rd place class wins: -- I Want to Be... An Environmentalist created by Stephanie Maze published by Harcourt, Inc. (35 for classroom)

WHO IS THE DIRTMEISTER?
The Dirtmeister was our ultimate JUDGE for the contest. He's Steve Tomecek the Science Guy on NEW YORK KIDS. A geologist and nationally known expert at demystifying science for kids, Steve has also served as science-education advisor to Scholastic and Children's Television Workshop. He's the Executive Director and Founder of Science Plus, a company providing science enrichment programs to schools throughout New York.
Contest supports the following goals of the New York City Curriculum Frameworks for science: To understand the need for conservation of natural resources. To recognize hazardous environmental situations and take appropriate action. To understand how environmental conditions affect the population of plants and animals in a specific area. To demonstrate a commitment to conservation practices that develop as outgrowths of environmental observations.

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