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
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$200 |
- Schools or Neighborhoods (6/hrs):
Non-profit
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$400 |
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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
