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Earth Balloon Portable Classroom
 


 

Keep San Jose Beautiful and Friends of San Jose want to give you the world!

The purpose of the Earth Balloon Portable Classroom is to ignite a new interest in children for the planet and all it has to teach us. The educational goals are flexible to the teacher utilizing this tool.

PROGRAM

Keep San Jose Beautiful proudly announced the purchase of a unique educational resource for schools and neighborhoods of the City of San José. The Earth Balloon Portable Classroom can be utilized to teach such diverse topics as time zones, scale, the ring of fire, geography, and population diversity.

CONSTRUCTION FACTS:

  • 19 feet in diameter
  • Can hold a classroom of 30 students all at one time
  • Made out of thousands of NASA photographs
  • Each construction seams represents one time zone
  • Indoor use only

COST

There is a nominal fee to bring the Earth Balloon Portable Classroom and its staff to your school or neighborhood.

 

  • Schools or Neighborhoods (3/hrs):
    Non-profit
$200
  • Schools or Neighborhoods (6/hrs):
    Non-profit
$400
  • Corporation (6/hrs):
Donation Desired (it can be used for public press releases, sales and training, corporate parties, and health fairs.)

RESERVATIONS

Call the Office of Keep San Jose Beautiful at ((408) 723-1574 or email margaret.wagenet@sanjoseca.gov to reserve the Earth Balloon Portable Classroom for indoor school, neighborhood or corporate events. Make checks payable to: Friends of San Jose/Earth Balloon. Checks must be received one week before reservation date.

SPONSOR

Keep San Jose Beautiful proudly thanks the following sponsors for assisting in the purchase of the West Coast’s first Earth Balloon Portable Classroom:

  • San José City Councilmembers,
  • Raisch Products,
  • The Fairmont,
  • and Friends of San Jose

 


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