Service Learning Projects

Service learning projects are gaining in popularity. To see one, view this student-produced video clip to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the John Brown Raid. Partners included the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Partnership, and Harpers Ferry Middle School. http://www.journeythroughhallowedground.org/of-the-student.html
Comments which followed the message above, included this from Susan Cox, Durham Field Office, Conservation Education Coordinator:
A key component of A Forest For Every Class is service learning.
There is a program called Project Citizen, which has students investigating issues in their community and developing service projects around those issues. If there are teachers/schools implementing Project Citizen, you may want to work with them to engage students in environmental issues. http://www.civiced.org/index.php?page=introduction
The Massachusetts Envirothon program has teams investigate the current issue in their own community and develop projects relating to what they find. They've developed a good model for the students to follow- current and past issues are posted on their website. This years issue was on the alternative energy initiative the state has. http://www.maenvirothon.org/currentissue.htm