Lincoln Middle School has a geodesic dome and garden that were created to foster sustainability, education and involvement. Yet many…
Participating in an annual roadside cleanup organized by Friends of Acadia, science students found significant numbers of “take-out” containers and…
After learning that their school sent 35,000 polystyrene (i.e., Styrofoam™) lunch trays each year to the local landfill, students decided…
Students gained math skills and ecological understanding studying how best to reduce food waste in their school cafeteria. Working closely…
Students brainstormed ways they might further “green” their school, following the installation of solar panels, and decided to improve lighting…
During a curriculum unit on river ecology, middle school science students began assessing the health of waterways in their region…
When students in Rob Lindsay’s class examined the school’s solid waste, they found that the cafeteria generated the majority of…
While studying the Law of Conservation of Matter and Energy, eighth-grade students in Portland, Maine watched several Internet videos and…
Following up on an earlier service-learning project in which students worked to combat the spread of viruses at Lisbon Central…
Concerned that water fountains might be fostering the spread of flu viruses, the principal of Lisbon Central School shut down…