Sun Safety – Sun Damage Prevention
When third-grade students learned that Maine residents have a higher risk of developing skin cancer than people in many other…
Read MoreLyseth Trail – Building a Community Trail
Third-grade teachers talked with their students about the possibility of continuing work that earlier classes had begun on a trail…
Read MoreCommunity Health Fair – Organizing a Community Health Fair
After discussing community health issues in health class, fourth and fifth graders decided to do a service-learning project to raise…
Read MoreHolding a Mock Town Meeting
In their study of town government, fifth-grade students learned from the town’s annual report that few residents participate in town…
Read MoreHope for Chikumbuso – HIV/AIDS
The 4th and 5th grade students at Plainfield Memorial School, in Plainfield, CT were first introduced to the problem of…
Read MoreJohn Brewster, Jr. Exhibit – Art and Deaf Culture Education
The Portland Museum of Art planned an exhibit, A Deaf Artist in Early America: The Worlds of John Brewster, Jr.,…
Read MoreCafeteria, Compost, Community
Team Green members had several ideas to make their school more environmentally sustainable. The school recycled paper, but the students…
Read MoreMilk Carton Recycling
When Elizabeth Peterson’s fifth-grade class wanted to explore ways to green their school, they first focused on their own efforts…
Read MoreGreen Police – Composting and Recycling
Third graders at Sherwood Heights Elementary School addressed the problem of food waste at their school. Nutrient-rich organic material was…
Read MoreComposting Together
Students at W.G. Mallett School have reduced their school’s contribution to the waste stream in several ways. They have instituted…
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