In their study of living organisms, kindergarten and first grade students learned to identify different tree species on the nature…
During their study of local history and folklore, fourth grade students were challenged by their teacher to find folklore or…
During a class field trip to the Capitol Region Visitor Center in Montpelier, Vermont, second graders discovered that there was…
When parents at Winthrop Grade School completed a survey on changes they would like to see at the school, a…
Third-grade teachers invited staff from the Animal Rescue League of Greater Portland (ARLGP) to talk with students about the problems…
After learning in health class that childhood obesity is a growing problem in Maine and across the country, fifth graders…
As part of their science curriculum on vertebrates, fourth-grade students decided to do a service-learning project. The class began by…
Fifth and sixth graders received an invitation from their school principal asking if they would work with him to artistically…
In the fall of 2004, Mount Desert Island High School offered a course, “Election 2004: Democracy in Action,” designed to…
When sixth-graders were finishing a curriculum unit on climate change, they wanted to undertake a project that would reduce their…