The Outdoor Power Equipment Institute (OPEI) has announced a new educational outreach program, developed to teach third through fifth grade students the science behind their own yards.  The science-based program includes worksheets for science experiments on photosynthesis and seed starting, games, bookmarks and a poster contest to spur ideas and creativity on how kids and their families can create and save greenspaces in their community. The program also features a web site and blog by the program’s “spokesperson,” TurfMutt. TurfMutt’s real name is Lucky, a once-homeless canine who is “Out to Save the Planet – One Yard at a Time.”