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Campus Nitrogen Budget
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Link the college or university operations with local ecology. In this study, students use a tool from urban ecology, the nitrogen budget, to research the inputs, outputs and subsytem transfers of nitrogen on the college or university campus.

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Biology
Chemistry
Life Science
Physical Science
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Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Teach the Earth
Author:
Suzanne Savanick, Science Education Resource Center, Carleton College, ssavanic@carleton.edu
Date Added:
11/30/2021
Civic Media Codesign Studio
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This course is a service-learning, project-based studio course that focuses on collaborative design of civic media. Students will work in diverse teams with community partners to create civic media projects grounded in real-world community needs. This course covers co-design and lean UX methods, and best practices for including communities in iterative stages of project ideation, design, prototyping, testing, launch, and stewardship. Students should have an interest in collaboration with community-based organizations.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Business and Communication
Communication
Economics
Management
Philosophy
Political Science
Social Science
Sociology
Material Type:
Full Course
Provider:
MIT
Provider Set:
MIT OpenCourseWare
Author:
Costanza-Chock, Sasha
Henshaw-Plath, Evan
Date Added:
02/01/2016
Creating Relationship Communication Portfolios as a Service-Learning Project
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.To acquire objective information about the dynamics of interpersonal relationships—casual friendships, deeper friendships, family relationships and intimate relationships. Information learned will include theoretical material as well as research findings. Students will have better understanding of the nature of different interpersonal relationship dynamics, and be able to apply interpersonal relationship theories to practice. This objective will be achieved through class lectures, the reading of Brehm, and the achievement of this and related objectives will be assessed through service learning projects, journals, papers, etc. 

Subject:
Communication
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Author:
Narissra Punyanunt-Carter
Date Added:
06/12/2023
Developing speaking skills to university students through environmental service learning.Huyen+Alesia.g
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This lesson plan is dedicated to the topic of Environmental problems in students' neighborhood and is aimed at the development of students' speaking skills. It involves 2 periods. The lesson plan was designed to be applicable in various teaching contexts from a traditional class to a digital one. The presented lesson plan caters for the students of the first year.

Subject:
English Language Arts
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Date Added:
03/01/2019
Eco-House Course
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Students in this course explore designs of a future Carleton College student house. This is a multi-year project where students from the social sciences, humanities / arts, and natural sciences explore parts of the design of an actual house.

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Biology
Chemistry
Geoscience
Life Science
Physical Science
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Full Course
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Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Teach the Earth
Author:
Environmental Studies Course, Carleton College Professor Gary Wagenbach gwagenba@carleton.edu and Lecturer Richard Strong rstrong@acws.carleton.edu, Compiled by Suzanne Savanick, Science Education Resource Center, Carleton College, ssavanic@carleton.edu
Date Added:
11/22/2021
Engineers Love Pizza, Too!
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In this service-learning engineering project, students follow the steps of the engineering design process to design an assistive eating device for a client. More specifically, they design a prototype device to help a young girl who has a medical condition that restricts the motion of her joints. Her wish is to eat her favorite food, pizza, without getting her nose wet. Students learn about arthrogryposis and how it affects the human body as they act as engineers to find a solution to this open-ended design challenge and build a working prototype. This project works even better if you arrange for a client in your own community.

Subject:
Applied Science
Engineering
Health, Medicine and Nursing
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
TeachEngineering
Provider Set:
TeachEngineering
Author:
Brandi Briggs
Eszter Horanyi
Jonathan MacNeil
M. Travis O'Hair
Malinda Zarske
Stephanie Rivale
Date Added:
09/18/2014
Environmental Assessment Course
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The classic campus-based project is an environmental or sustainability assessment, often referred to as an environmental audit. This course, taught at Carleton in 2001, describes how this type of project can be undertaken. In this scenario, a student, campus environmental group or class researches aspects the envinormental impact of the school.

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Subject:
Biology
Career and Technical Education
Chemistry
Environmental Studies
Geoscience
Life Science
Physical Science
Material Type:
Full Course
Lesson Plan
Syllabus
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Teach the Earth
Author:
Suzanne Savanick, Science Education Resource Center, Carleton College. Based on a Greening the Campus environmental studies colloquium course taught at Carleton College in 1991.
Date Added:
11/30/2021
Environment and the Earth
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The Environment and the Earth class at the University of South Carolina participated in a campus environmental service-learning project where students collected data lighting, water fixtures, recycling bins, and trash in five academic buildings.

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Subject:
Biology
Geoscience
Hydrology
Life Science
Physical Science
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Activity/Lab
Homework/Assignment
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Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Teach the Earth
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Compiled by Suzanne Savanick, Science Education Resource Center. Based on Bixby et al. (2003), Ecology on Campus: Service Learning in Introductory Environmental Courses, Journal of College Science Teaching, v. 32, n.5, o, 327-331.
Date Added:
11/15/2021
Freshman Seminar: The Nature of Engineering
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Are you interested in investigating how nature engineers itself? How engineers copy the shapes found in nature (“biomimetics”)? This Freshman Seminar investigates why similar shapes occur in so many natural things and how physics changes the shape of nature. Why are things in nature shaped the way they are? How do birds fly? Why do bird nests look the way they do? How do woodpeckers peck? Why can’t trees grow taller than they are? Why is grass skinny and hollow? What is the wood science behind musical instruments? Questions such as these are the subject of biomimetic research and they have been the focus of investigation in this course for the past three years.

Subject:
Applied Science
Biology
Engineering
Life Science
Material Type:
Full Course
Provider:
MIT
Provider Set:
MIT OpenCourseWare
Author:
Gibson, Lorna
Date Added:
09/01/2005
The Geoscape of Bozeman, Montana
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This project involved students in in-depth research, thus understanding, of the geological setting of Bozeman. Teams defined the scope of their investigations (with faculty oversight) and delegated tasks to build a knowledge base. This understanding lead to the outreach component -- a poster session to present this knowledge to the campus and broader community. The poster contents were submitted in a digital form as well, with the long-term goal the compilation of a printed poster (suitable for the Chamber of Commerce, for example, to distribute) analogous to those produced for the Geoscape Canada project.
As a hook, I would plan to do a brief pretest on the region involving WHAT students know about the region beforehand and WHY they might need to know. Sample questions: Content: How deep would one have to dig or drill to find groundwater under downtown Bozeman Under the airport?? Significance: Which of the following processes/hazards are made worse by groundwater close to the surface? Earthquakes, Landslides... An advantage to such a pretest would be an end-of-semester reflection exercise including the same test as a post-test.

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Subject:
Biology
Career and Technical Education
Environmental Studies
Life Science
Material Type:
Homework/Assignment
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Teach the Earth
Author:
William Locke
Date Added:
08/06/2019
Green Landscape and Environmental Policy
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This course introduces students to basic rain garden design, water cistern development, and bioretention principles. Students will also explore the uses of landform, plants, and structure to shape space. Classes will include slide-illustrated lectures, class discussions, and project critiques. Through a combination of short practicum that includes rain garden design for residential, commercial, and government locations, students will be able to analyze and create a design that applies modern theories to questions of spatial organization, order, and selection of building materials. Students will translate research and case studies by applying building, drawing, and design critiques specific for the site design and present their findings to the community.

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Biology
Hydrology
Life Science
Physical Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Homework/Assignment
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Teach the Earth
Author:
Stephanie Freeman
Date Added:
08/16/2019
Habitat for Humanity Build Day
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Teaching sustainability through Habitat for Humanity.

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Subject:
Biology
Life Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Teach the Earth
Author:
Lori Troxel
Date Added:
11/26/2021
The Human side of geologic hazards
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Students are asked to respond in a way they choose (as a class) to a geologic or weather related hazard. They begin with a study of the event, its causes and local effects. They then research the needs of the people affected. They research charities that serve the population affected. They choose a response (again, as a class). They educate the campus community about the geology/geography of the event, the needs and solicit donations.

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Subject:
Biology
Life Science
Material Type:
Homework/Assignment
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Teach the Earth
Author:
Renee Faatz
Date Added:
03/24/2021
Hydrology Service-Learning at UVM
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At the University of Vermont, instructors used land use change, driven by development of the University of Vermont campus and recent student occupancy of surrounding neighborhoods in Burlington, Vermont, as an opportunity for service learning and for teaching fundamental hydrologic and geologic skills. Students from a Geomorphology class, Geohydrology class and student senior research projects all worked on the preoject. In each of these studies, students worked closely with City and University staff and presented results at local forums, professional national meeting, and on the World Wide Web. These service-learning projects have received positive feedback from the students, city officals, and community members.

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Subject:
Biology
Business and Communication
Hydrology
Life Science
Management
Physical Science
Political Science
Social Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Homework/Assignment
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Teach the Earth
Author:
Example compiled by Suzanne Savanick, SERC, based on courses taught by Prof. Paul Bierman , Geology Dept., University of Vermont.
Date Added:
09/20/2022
Integration of Service Learning in Online Geoscience Courses
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Students in our online, introductory geoscience courses are given the opportunity to participate in an environmental service learning project, led by the Center for Earth and Environmental Science (cees.iupui.edu), and reflect on the local and global impact of their service in a short writing assignment. The goals of the optional service learning participation are to (1) provide hands-on field experiences to students in online classes, (2) allow opportunities to connect course concepts to real-life environmental issues, and (3) increase students' environmental awareness, and (4) apply an understanding of sustainability to participation in environmental restoration projects. As part of a larger study with CEES, students complete a pre- and post-environmental awareness survey.

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Subject:
Biology
Career and Technical Education
Environmental Studies
Geology
Life Science
Physical Science
Material Type:
Homework/Assignment
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Teach the Earth
Author:
Jennifer Nelson
Date Added:
06/24/2022
Investigating contaminant transport and environmental justice issues in a local watershed through service learning projects with Sierra Club
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The Sierra Club has defined an issue that the Environmental Hydrogeology class will help address in this project: most of the surface waters in Memphis are under fish advisories and yet a portion of the population still subsistence fishes from these waters. Our main product we will produce for Sierra Club is a map of fishing sightings based on survey data we collect during the semester and a proposed sampling strategy to assess potential pollutants based on the knowledge the students gain in field and lab activities. We will also provide information on the percentage of survey participants that are aware of pollution issues in the local waterways and percentage that would be detered from fishing if they saw a sign. At the end of the semester, the students will hold an art contest to design better fish advisory signs, and designs will be made available to Sierra Club and the TN Dept. of Environment and Conservation.

Prior to beginning these activities, the students will have created a base map of Memphis in GIS during a previous lab and used it to consider questions of pollutant runoff from various urban spaces such as golf courses, roads, shopping centers, and City parks. (The instructions for this activity are included in the other materials section below under Creating a Base Map in GIS (Microsoft Word 2007 (.docx) 30kB Feb7 10).) The base map will be used throughout the activities as field data and information from interviews/surveys are collected and added to the map for subsequent consideration of possible environmental justice issues.

The lab activities outlined require the students to conduct grain size analyses using samples that community members provide to them, calculate hydraulic conductivity, measure infiltration rates in the community, estimate impervious surfaces within the community, and subsequently model the transport of water within that community. Results of their work will be conveyed back to the community both through personal contact and via the Wiki page the students produce. Students will base their sampling recommendations by generalizing the concepts learned from these activities (and others during the semester) to apply the course material to the service project. The final map of sighting and recommendations for Sierra Club requires the students to apply concepts from previous activities and will be completed during the lab activity: Mapping survey results.

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Subject:
Business and Communication
Career and Technical Education
Chemistry
Environmental Studies
Management
Physical Science
Political Science
Social Science
Material Type:
Homework/Assignment
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Teach the Earth
Author:
Jennifer Houghton
Date Added:
11/18/2021
Learning by Teaching
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In this service learning project, college students work in groups of three to prepare a 55-minute interactive lesson on one of the topics listed on the syllabus and team teach the lesson to students at a local high school.

Subject:
Economics
Social Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Pedagogy in Action
Author:
Mary J. Lopez
Date Added:
11/06/2014
Lesson Plan: Gamification and Empathy & Compassion
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This lesson covers the grade 5 Alberta Program of Studies health unit on Empathy and Compassion.  Using the K-12 Instructions Support Area of Service Learning, students are able to complete the following learning objectives:  1. Have an understanding of what compassion is, and an understanding of what empathy is, and 2. How can se show compassion and empathy to others. 

Subject:
Health, Medicine and Nursing
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Assessment
Homework/Assignment
Author:
Jill Roppelt
Date Added:
03/23/2022
Models of Excellence: The Center for High-Quality Student Work
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"Models of Excellence is a curated, open-source collection of exemplary high-quality PreK-12 student work, along with resources to support the use of student work models to inspire and elevate teaching and learning. The purpose of this site is to catalyze the use of models to help build student skills and dispositions for success in college, careers and life."

Subject:
Education
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Case Study
Reading
Teaching/Learning Strategy
Author:
EL Education
Date Added:
04/11/2019