Students at West Miami Middle School with          their pine rockland planting

Connect To Protect Network - Information For Teachers 

Designed for students of diverse interests, abilities, and backgrounds, the Fairchild Challenge is Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden's environmental education outreach program for middle and high schools. With separate but parallel programs for grades 6 to 8 and 9 to 12, it sponsors multidisciplinary competitions aligned with Sunshine State Standards benchmarks. This free annual program is open to all schools in the Greater Miami area. In 2007 more than 40,000 students from 91 schools participated.

As part of the program, schools can create pine rockland gardens. For more information on the Fairchild Challenge, click here. 

Lesson Plans

Coming soon!  We will be adding lessons that teachers can use with pine rockland plants.

Project Pride

For an example of the work West Miami Middle School has done to restore pine rocklands, click here.     

If you are ready to join the Connect to Protect Network or would like more information, please contact Joyce Maschinski at jmaschinski@fairchildgarden.org  or 305-667-1651 X 3416.