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1. What Is Service Learning?
2. Ways to Enrich Classroom Teaching
3. Linking Service Activities to the Essential Learnings
4. Building Effective Curriculum
5. Resources for Faculty

Ideas for Enriching Science Classes:

Science EALRS

• Develop a bird sanctuary on the school grounds and use the bird marking to and animals to group them to determine their species.



• Develop a board game that categorizes stream organisms. Use the board game to teach others.



• Complete EPA Streamwalks surveys to identify, describe and categorize stream organisms.



• Develop an illustrated book of stream animals for the local park.



• Develop computer game where students cluster organisms into groups.



• Identify stream organisms, categorize and report them to EPA.



• Develop a walking guide of animal and plant groups for the local nature trails.



• Develop a display/ plaque for trails depicting different animal type.

• Students measure water temperature, volume and acidity as part of stream monitoring project.



• Teach an interactive science unit for elementary students.



• Use knowledge of these skills to plan and bake a meal for a large group at a local shelter.



• Provide energy audits for community members.



• Develop an effective way to monitor the school's recycling program.

• Ravenna Creek Project Bryant Elementary students learned science categorization and investigation skills as they studied a local stream habitat.



• Native Plant Nursery Issaquah Middle Schools science students learned and reinforced their understanding a botany and basic biology as they grew a plants in their native plant nursery.



• Science Activity Center Science students in Gig Harbor High School coordinated a science activity center at the neighboring elementary school. There they taught lessons in chemistry, physics, and biology.



• DNA Research Students at Davis High School (Yakima) provided primary data on DNA sequencing which helps to advance knowledge in the field.



• Community Science Fair High School students worked with elementary students to help them prepare for a community wide science fair.



• Field Ecology students helped oversee stream assessment efforts.

1. What Is Service Learning?
2. Ways to Enrich Classroom Teaching
3. Linking Service Activities to the Essential Learnings
4. Building Effective Curriculum
5. Resources for Faculty