The City of West Palm Beach is preparing for hurricane season by offering Vegetation Amnesty Days from April 27 to May 8, 2026. During this time, residents can dispose of vegetative waste at no additional cost, as the service charge will be waived. This includes grass clippings, leaves, trees, shrubbery cuttings or trimmings, and broken or cut tree limbs and logs. Residential property ONLY.
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The CLEO Institute's Teachers Network page includes a free downloadable activity PDF with standards for K-2, 3-5, Middle and High School.
Dream in Green's Green Schools Challenge provides Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach County schools with C-Palms aligned resources, professional-development and support.
PLACE Sea-Level Rise Curriculum is a four-module curriculum designed for high school teachers to introduce sea-level rise impacts and discuss community based solutions with their students, funded by NOAA and SeaGrant. The Google-based curriculum includes a list of Florida standards.
Seven K-12 STEM activities from NASA on weather, heat, and sea level rise. In addition, the Climate Science Investigation page from NASA provides eight modules with a background on climate science.
Project Learning Tree is an award-winning environmental education program designed for teachers and other educators, parents, and community leaders working with youth from preschool through grade 12. There is a cost associated with most resources.
The Climate and Wildlife set of activities are primarily from the Project WILD K-12 Curriculum & Activity Guide, as well as one from Aquatic WILD and one from Flying WILD. The activities target students in grades 6-12. Upper elementary educators will also find several activities useful. There may be a cost associated with these activities.
The Climate, Water and Resilience Educator Guide helps educators teach middle and high school students about climate and climate change using interactive, objective, science-based activities that students will enjoy. Project WET requires that educators attend a local workshop to learn the science of climate change and how to localize these lessons for a place-based focus. There is a cost associated with most resources.