A high school student near Denver’s airport launched a school garden project to investigate whether jet fuel emissions from overhead flights could harm plants and wildlife. Partnering with a local university, the student combined his passion for gardening with scientific curiosity to create an experimental space on his charter school campus. The initiative reflects growing efforts to engage students in hands-on climate research as awareness of environmental impacts rises. This report explores how more states are now incorporating climate literacy into education as part of broader responses to climate challenges.
As a student at a high school not far from Denver’s main airport, Anthony Muñoz wondered whether the jet fuel from airplanes flying above his campus was harming living things. An avid gardener, Muñoz partnered with a local university to create a garden on the campus of his charter school, Vista Academy, filling it with […] The post In an age of climate disaster, more states offer students a way to show they are ‘climate literate’ appeared first on The Hechinger Report.
