New "Teach Green" Blog Encourages Conversation and Sharing of Tips and Ideas for Classrooms

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Calling all teachers! GM's K-12 education web site has just launched a new blog to help encourage conversation, information sharing and the exchange of advice among teachers who want to promote "green" lessons in their classrooms. To help get the conversation going, GM has tapped a couple of teachers that were recipients of a "Live Green" teacher grant sponsored by GM and Discovery Education last year. These teachers will share their thoughts and ideas around teaching topics related to the environment, energy and advanced technologies. Readers are encouraged to get engaged in the discussion and offer their own experiences with teaching "green" in the classroom by submitting comments and personal stories to Educationeditor@gmblogs.com. The new teacher blog can be found at http://www.gm.com/experience/education/blog/.

After checking out the blog, teachers can also find a wealth of other resources that have been developed for the classroom, including free lesson plans. These resources were developed for GM through partnerships with Weekly Reader, Junior Achievement and Keystone Center and cover a variety of topics around energy, advanced technologies and alternative fuels. The lesson plans are designed for specific grade levels and meet national education standards for a variety of school subjects. Games, articles, technology animations and career information designed specifically for students can also be found on the site.

GM is committed to promoting education in the areas of math, science and technology. In addition to the resources available on GM's education web site, GM also supports hands-on classroom extension programs like GREEN (Global Rivers Environmental Education Network) which teaches students about water quality, and the Society of Automotive Engineers' "A World in Motion" program which brings industry volunteers into the classroom to engage students in age-appropriate activities that blend math and science while incorporating the laws of physics, and motion. GM's support of several educational competitions, including EcoCAR: The Next Challenge, FIRST, and MATHCOUNTS, also helps to encourage today's students to pursue the study of math and science in the hope that they may one day pursue careers in advanced technology, engineering and other related areas.