In 2022, International Studies Charter Elementary School in Albany received a Flint River SWCD Agriculture and Environmental Education Grant for their Aquaponics Smart Gardening Project. Combined funds from this grant and other sources allowed the school to implement an aquaponics garden to grow produce for the cafeteria. With hydroponic planters and a koi pond installed, students can see the supporting relationship between plants and fish as the water cycles from the pond through the planters, giving plants water and nutrients from the fish waste.

In 2019, Baconton Community Charter School received an Agriculture and Environmental Education Grant titled “Camping Physics.” During this project, students had fun camping while increasing their environmental literacy. They investigated the motion of water through the pond, energy transformations in oxygen, and combustion through campfires. Students also explored the relationship between human contributions to carbon dioxide and climate change. Boating was used to explain force and motion, and other activities were carried out during this project, proving that physics applies to the natural environment as much as it does in a classroom setting.

In 2018, Southside Elementary School received an Agriculture and Environmental Education Grant for their 2nd grade science curriculum. For the project, instructor Tammy Nowell guided her class on an intimate look at the natural life cycles of multiple organisms, including plant and animal life. The grant reward provided the classroom with advanced materials, including egg incubators and gardening supplies. Students witnessed life form in real time as they tracked the development of chicken eggs preparing to hatch and plant seeds taking root. The grant also supported the classroom’s field trip to agricultural centers for more hands-on learning and resource training.