Green Ambassadors


	Index Introduction Becoming a Sustainability Expert California Science Standards California ELA Standards How to Be a Green Ambassador Unit: Creating an Earth+ Photo Story Unit: Delivering an Earth+ Presentation Unit: Creating and Delivering an Earth+ Presentation Unit: Writing an Earth+ Script Unit: Producing an Earth+ Video Documentary Unit: Creating Earth+ Marketing Materials Unit: Producing an Earth+ Event Unit: Earth+ Social Marketing Unit: Producing an Earth+ Fundraiser Unit: Earth+ Public Relations Training Unit: Planning and Delivering an Earth+ Elementary Lesson Unit: Creating an Earth+ Game Unit: Creating Earth+ Alternative Marketing

Producing an Earth+ Fund-Raiser Performance Task

Summary

Students work in teams to conceive of and carry out a plan for fund-raising by selling earth+ solutions.

The W's

Who:	You and your Green Ambassador team...
What:	...will produce a fund-raising event that is earth+, benefits another school, and will allow more earth+ projects on your own campus...
When:	...at an earth+ event....
Where:	...on your high school campus and/or around the community...
Why:	... to inform others about the solution and how they can be part of it, and how their support will allow another school to also be part of the earth+ solution.

Resources

Earth+ Marketing Worksheet (download here)

Earth+ Talking Points Worksheet (download here)

What You Should Know About Fund-Raising (download here)

Earth+ FUN-draiser Planning Worksheet (download here)

Earth+ Fund-Raiser Checklist (download here)

Earth+ Fund-Raiser Financial Records Sheet (download here)

Earth+ Fund-Raiser Results worksheet (download here)

Earth+ Public Fund-Raiser Assessment Rubric (download here)

Earth+ Event Reflection Form (download here)

Step-by-Step

With the rest of your class, fill out the "event" side of the marketing worksheet for your earth+ event.
Fill out the Earth+ Marketing Worksheet for the specific market that you will target for fund-raising.
Fill out the Earth+ Talking Points Worksheet with the talking points you will use in selling the product or service you have selected for your fund-raiser.
With your team, review the document What You Should Know About Fundraising. Then create a plan for your fund-raiser.
Determine all of the actions that will need to be done to make your fund-raiser a success. Use the Earth+ FUN-draising Planning Worksheet to record these.
Review your plans using the Earth+ Fund-Raiser Checklist. Improve your plan if you can.
Get approval from your teacher for your plan.
Make signs for your table. Determine where you will be placed.
Do research on your product, and develop your selling pitch. Practice describing your product fully and completely.
Get a receipt book from your teacher, and practice writing receipts.
Make sure everyone on your team knows their roles during the event.
Carry out your plan. Be sure to keep very accurate records on all income and expenditures, using the Earth+ Fund-Raiser Financial Records sheet, and keeping copies of all invoices and receipts.
Fill out the Earth+ Fund Raising Results worksheet.

Assessment

Based on the feedback to your presentation, fill out the "student" column of the Assessment Rubric for this performance task.
Fill out the Earth+ Event Reflection Form.
Give your teacher these documents: