To explore options for a service-learning project in their science ecology unit, fifth-grade students in York, Maine met with York…
When students were invited to help make their school “greener,” they began to pay attention to areas of waste and…
During curriculum studies on energy, the conservation of matter, and sustainability, middle school science students undertook a project designed to…
In their social studies class, high school students read Ron Suskind’s A Hope in the Unseen. This book, which follows…
Through reading a Portland Press Herald article entitled “Plenty of Shrimp, Few Buyers,” students in a high school business enterprise…
In the fall of 2004, Mount Desert Island High School offered a course, “Election 2004: Democracy in Action,” designed to…
High school physics students joined with teachers and community members to construct a solar energy system for their school greenhouse—as…
During a lab investigation, students became aware of the environmental costs of plastic water bottles. Following a lively discussion, students…
During units on ecology and the human body, students were invited to undertake a service-learning project. In collaboration with the…
In cooperation with the school’s Environmental Club and the local chapter of Trout Unlimited, students used their science skills to…