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K-12 Elections and Service-Learning
K-12 Green Schools
K-12 Environment
K-12 Health
Middle/High School Underage Drinking and Substance Abuse Prevention
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Section 3 Math
Section 4 Health and Physical Education
Section 5 Science
Section 6 Social Studies
Section 7 Career Preparation
Section 8 Modern and Classical Language
Section 9 Technology
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Projects are filed under appropriate grade levels, academic content area (e.g. language arts, math, etc.), issues (e.g. community enrichment) and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (e.g. zero hunger, life on land, etc.).
UN Sustainable Development Goals establish targets for all countries in order to achieve a high quality of life, equality for all citizens, and to combat climate change. More information can be found at their website, sustainabledevelopment.un.org.
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Video Production to Address Community Needs
Video Production to Address Community Needs Students learned about… Social-emotional learning, ELA, health, video production through technology Students investigated needs…
Read MoreSweets, Treats and More-Raising Money For Local Charities
Project: Sweet Treats and More: Raising Money for Local Charities Students learned about… ELA, Math, Social Studies, Cooking and Local…
Read MoreBody Shaming & Racism in Media
Project: Body Shaming and Racism in Media Students learned about… How media influences people in everyday life Students investigated needs…
Read MoreCommunity Health- Genetics
Project: Community Health Students learned about… Science, genetics, health, public health Students investigated needs related to… How genetics, environment, and…
Read MoreFood Insecurity
Project: Food Insecurity Students learned about… Food scarcity in their local community, the needs of community members, local food supply,…
Read MoreFood Deserts
Project: Food Deserts Students learned about… Food deserts, public health/nutrition, racial inequity Students investigated needs related to… Food deserts in…
Read MoreSchool Readiness
Rising fourth graders investigated needs related to kindergarten readiness for children in their community based on information they learned about…
Read MoreFood Insecurity
Fifth and sixth grade students began their project by hearing from community partners involved with Backyard Bounty of the Berkshires,…
Read MoreSpeak Out For Understanding – Disability Education and Self Advocacy
Special needs students at Harwood Union High School in South Duxbury, VT realized that the majority of students in their…
Read MoreAdopt Trees – Wildlife Identification
In their study of living organisms, kindergarten and first grade students learned to identify different tree species on the nature…
Read More21 Not 12 – Underage Drinking Prevention
During a course on medical occupations, juniors and seniors met with staff from the local March of Dimes to discuss…
Read MoreCreating a River CD – River History
During their study of local history and folklore, fourth grade students were challenged by their teacher to find folklore or…
Read MorePlayground Shade – Improving School Grounds
During the first weeks of school, kindergarten students commented that playground equipment was too hot to play on. In their…
Read MoreKids Guide to Montpelier – Community Guide
During a class field trip to the Capitol Region Visitor Center in Montpelier, Vermont, second graders discovered that there was…
Read MoreLearning French – Teaching A Foreign Language
When parents at Winthrop Grade School completed a survey on changes they would like to see at the school, a…
Read MoreHomeless Animal Awareness – Animal Welfare
Third-grade teachers invited staff from the Animal Rescue League of Greater Portland (ARLGP) to talk with students about the problems…
Read MoreAgents of Change – Injury Prevention and Safety
During a LifeFlight visit to their school, fifth graders learned that a large number of LifeFlight patients are young people,…
Read MoreStepping into Fitness – Fun Run and Trail Marking
After learning in health class that childhood obesity is a growing problem in Maine and across the country, fifth graders…
Read MoreTurtle Power – Protecting Turtles
As part of their science curriculum on vertebrates, fourth-grade students decided to do a service-learning project. The class began by…
Read MoreVernal Pool Trackers – Ecological Inventory
To explore options for a service-learning project in their science ecology unit, fifth-grade students in York, Maine met with York…
Read MorePeace by Piece – School Mural Promoting Respect
Fifth and sixth graders received an invitation from their school principal asking if they would work with him to artistically…
Read MorePaper and Can Recycling
When students were invited to help make their school “greener,” they began to pay attention to areas of waste and…
Read MoreRecycling Bins
During curriculum studies on energy, the conservation of matter, and sustainability, middle school science students undertook a project designed to…
Read MoreHunger Banquet – Hunger Awareness
In their social studies class, high school students read Ron Suskind’s A Hope in the Unseen. This book, which follows…
Read MorePromoting Maine Shrimp – Marine Economics
Through reading a Portland Press Herald article entitled “Plenty of Shrimp, Few Buyers,” students in a high school business enterprise…
Read MoreBear Baiting Referendum – State Referendum Education
In the fall of 2004, Mount Desert Island High School offered a course, “Election 2004: Democracy in Action,” designed to…
Read MoreSolar Greenhouse – Solar Power for School’s Greenhouse
High school physics students joined with teachers and community members to construct a solar energy system for their school greenhouse—as…
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