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Issue Area
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 2 English and Language Arts
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
Projects
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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Service-Learning (Trail)
Project: Service-Learning (Trail) Guided Discovery Through reading about the benefits of trails, walking the actual trail, and meeting with the…
Read MoreService-Learning 10
Project: Service-Learning 10 Guided Discovery Independent research on health topics that interested them. Investigation/Research Students completed an annotated bibliography, administered…
Read MoreService-Learning 9
Project: Service-Learning 9 Guided Discovery Through a guided discovery brainstorm of racial equity disparities, a student brought up healthcare and…
Read MoreService-Learning 8
Project: Service-Learning 8 Guided Discovery While the group was discussing substance use, the SL Facilitator provided some information around which…
Read MoreYRB SEL Project
Project: YRB SEL Project Guided Discovery Independent research and guided research Investigation/Research Jump off research from YRB data, then each…
Read MoreService-Learning (Trail)
Project: Service-Learning (Trail) Guided Discovery Through reading about the benefits of trails, walking the actual trail, and meeting with the…
Read MoreVideo 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…
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