The Keep Arkansas Beautiful Foundation's Litter-Free Zone program, initially funded by a Walmart Foundation grant and designed for elementary and middle-school grade levels, encourages students to apply the program’s service-learning principles in class, on campus, in the school’s neighborhood and eventually throughout the community. Students participating in the Litter-Free Zone program become “Litter Scene Investigators.” As they discover litter on campus and apply critical thinking, they question where it comes from and who or what might be responsible for creating it. As students collect and analyze their findings, they create solutions for controlling and eliminating the problem, using skills from other core curricula, including math, science, social studies, English and art. They also visit with local law enforcement officers to learn about litter laws and enforcement practices. To date, this Keep Arkansas Beautiful Foundation program has been implemented in 26 schools across the state:
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