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"This grant program through our
Division of Education is a tremendous resource for Illinois
teachers," said Joel Brunsvold, director of the Department of
Natural Resources. "Through generous contributions from the Daniel
F. and Ada L. Rice Foundation of Skokie and the Independence Tube
Corporation of Chicago, more than 3,000 students will be able to
visit natural areas in our state and learn about wildlife and other
topics firsthand." The program
allows Illinois teachers to apply for grants to take students to the
outdoors to study some aspect of Illinois' biodiversity. The
learning activities must be related to the Illinois Learning
Standards from the Illinois State Board of Education. Two grant
application periods are available each year, with the fall deadline
on Oct. 15 and the spring deadline on Feb. 15. Funding is
administered by the Illinois Conservation Foundation and covers such
expenses as transportation and substitute teachers.
"Eighty-four applications were
received for this grant period," said Jeff Vose, administrator of
the IDNR Division of Education. "A total of $14,711 is being made
available to schools from throughout Illinois, involving students
from kindergarten through high school."
For the October 2005 application
deadline for the program, forms may be requested by calling (217)
524-4126, by e-mail to
teachkids@dnrmail.state.il.us
or downloaded from
http://dnr.state.il.us/lands/education/
classrm/grants.htm.
For more information about the program, contact Jeff Vose at
jvose@dnrmail.state.il.us or
(217) 524-9505.
A list of the spring 2005 grant
recipients follows.
Spring 2005 Illinois Biodiversity
Field Trip Grant recipients
Alexander County
Egyptian Community School, Tamms.
Grades 2-10. Destination: Insect Expo in the South. Grant award:
$180.
Calhoun County
Brussels Grade School, Brussels.
Grades 1-4. Destination: The Nature Institute. Grant award: $183.
Cass County
Beardstown High School, Beardstown.
Grades 9-12. Destination: Pond in Rushville. Grant award: $135.
Clark County
Casey-Westfield, Casey. Grades
11-12. Destination: Kaskaskia River. Grant award: $512.
Coles County
Riddle Elementary, Mattoon. Grade 5.
Destination: Douglas Hart Nature Center. Grant award: $274.
Cook County
Burbank School, Burbank. Grade 6.
Destination: Matthiessen State Park and Illinois Beach State Park.
Grant award: $150.
Churchill School, Schaumburg. Grades
3-4. Destination: Spring Valley Nature Center. Grant award: $540.
Immanuel Lutheran School, East
Dundee. Grade 6. Destination: Walcamp. Grant award: $250.
Melody School, Chicago. Grade 6.
Destination: Angelic Organic Farms. Grant award: $500.
St. John Lutheran School, Chicago.
Grades 3-5. Destination: Walcamp. Grant award: $200.
St. Symphorosa, Chicago. Grades 3-4.
Destination: Brookfield Zoo. Grant award: $300.
Victor J. Andrew High School, Tinley
Park. Grades 10-12. Destination: Orland Tract Prairie Restoration
Project. Grant award: $360.
DuPage County
Glenside Middle School, Glendale
Heights. Grade 7. Destination: DuPage County Forest Preserve. Grant
award: $250.
Jefferson Middle School, Villa Park.
Grade 6. Destination: "Learning Outdoors, Making Connections." Grant
award: $810.
Oakbrook Elementary, Wood Dale.
Grade 5. Destination: Lorado Taft Field Campus of Northern Illinois
University. Grant award: $500.
Wheaton-Warrenville South High
School, Wheaton. Grades 11-12. Destination: DuPage River. Grant
award: $480.
Jefferson County
Farrington Grade School, Bluford.
Grades 3-6. Destination: Earth stewardship event at Dixon Springs
Agricultural Center. Grant award: $250.
Rome Community Consolidated School,
Dix. Grades 3 and 6. Destination: Rend Lake. Grant award: $400.
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Jersey County
St. Francis School, Jerseyville.
Kindergarten. Destination: Pere Marquette State Park. Grant award:
$90.
Kane County
Dundee-Crown High School,
Carpentersville. Grades 9-12. Destination: Brookfield Zoo. Grant
award: $360.
Kaneland John Shields Elementary
School, Sugar Grove. Grade: 4. Destination: Otter Creek. Grant
award: $346.
Sheridan Elementary, Elgin. Grade:
6. Destination: Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation, YWCA Camp, Elgin
Historical Society and Tekakwitha Woods. Grant award: $606.
Lee County
Dixon High School, Dixon. Grades
9-12. Destination: Shedd Aquarium. Grant award: $379.
Macon County
Lutheran School Association,
Decatur. Grade 6. Destination: Camp CILCA. Grant award: $500.
Madison County
Collinsville Middle School,
Collinsville. Grade 7. Destination: Mississippi River at Alton.
Grant award: $250.
St. John Neumann Catholic School,
Maryville. Grades 5-6. Destination: Camp Ondessonk. Grant award:
$568.
Triad High School, Troy. Grades
9-12. Destination: Cache River State Natural Area and Ferne Clyffe
State Park. $250.
Mason County
New Central School, Havana. Grade 3.
Destination: Wildlife Prairie State Park. Grant award: $250.
Peoria County
Tyng Primary, Peoria. Grade 1.
Destination: Wildlife Prairie State Park. Grant award: $158.
Piatt County
Washington School, Monticello. Grade
5. Destination: Allerton Park. Grant award: $250.
Rock Island County
Logan, Washington, Roosevelt, Jane
Addams and Cambridge schools, Moline. Grades 4-6. Destination: Loud
Thunder Forest Preserve. Grant award: $900.
Sangamon County
Grant Middle School, Springfield.
Grade 6. Destination: Camp CILCA. Grant award: $300.
Farmingdale Elementary, Pleasant
Plains. Grade 4. Destination: Sangamon Valley Landfill, Carpenter
Park and New Salem State Historic Site. Grant award: $508.
Tri-City High School, Buffalo.
Grades 9-12. Destination: Lincoln Memorial Garden. Grant award:
$235.
Scott County
Bluffs Elementary, Bluffs.
Kindergarten-grade 1. Destination: Dickson Mounds Museum. Grant
award: $170.
Shelby County
Main Street School, Shelbyville.
Grade 3. Destination: Douglas Hart Nature Center. Grant award: $250.
Tazewell County
C.B. Smith Primary School, Pekin.
Grade 2. Destination: Forest Park. Grant award: $200.
C.B. Smith Primary School, Pekin.
Grade 1. Destination: Wildlife Prairie State Park and Pekin parks.
Grant award: $320.
Union County
Cobden High School, Cobden. Grades
9-12. Destination: Giant City State Park and Ferne Clyffe State
Park. Grant award: $192.
Jonesboro Community Consolidated
School, Jonesboro. Grade 7. Destination: Giant City State Park.
Grant award: $280.
Vermilion County
Jamaica High School, Sidell. Grades
9-12. Destination: Shedd Aquarium. Grant award: $160.
Jamaica High School, Sidell. Grades
10-12. Destination: Homer Lake. Grant award: $205.
Will County
St. Mary School, Mokena. Grade 6.
Destination: Lake Katherine Preserve. Grant award: $210.
Walsh Elementary School, Lockport.
Grade 1. Destination: Pilcher Park Nature Center. Grant award: $500.
[Illinois
Department of Natural Resources news release]
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