PHOTOS: Perry Hall 3rd-Graders Celebrate Earth Day

If you ask Jake Hutchins why it's important to recycle, he tells you: "So we can help the earth and not like fill up landfills."

The third-grader spent much of Wednesday morning decorating a T-shirt and planting seeds with the help of his teacher, Melissa Foy, at .

"Between science, social studies and health units, we're trying to raise environmental awareness," Foy said.

While all third-graders in the school decorated T-shirts with paintings of the earth and slogans like "don't litter," Foy's was the only class to plant seeds. Most of the materials for the planting were donated by Miracle-Gro, she said.

"It's important for the kids to understand that it's up to them to keep the earth clean," Foy said.

What does your family do to help the planet? Share your ideas in the comments.