Service Learning
INVESTIGATE: Research / Investigation
What are the needs of our class? School? Community? State? Nation? The World?
What are local challenges in the community during the holidays?
What are the most important challenges?
What are our talents?
What are our resources?
Reflect.
PREPARE: Plan
Create a plan. Make a timeline. Set a part of the class schedule to Service Learning.
What do we need?
Who can help us?
How can we connect to our curriculum?
Reflect.
TAKE ACTION:
Follow through on our plan.
Reflect.
REFLECT:
Throughout the process reflect on what's happening before, during, and after our action.
How did the project go?
DEMONSTRATE: Share Knowledge Gained
Show what we have learned.
What standards were mastered?
Show what we have achieved.
Good Article: "Six Steps for Successful Service Learning"
https://www.plt.org/educator-tips/6-steps-for-successful-service-learning/
Good Way to Introduce the Power of Service Learning:
"Literature is a great place to start!" The book shown here is suggested as a resource for showing students that they can do something significant:
14 Cows for America.
Service Learning Project:
Hand Washing Project
Videos You Can Use to Reinforce the Correct Way to Wash Hands:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T98gqC-yanU Time: 1:26
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ24EfM7sEw Time: 5:05
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3QUtQQp8W4 Time: 0:57
Our Rain Garden Initiative
What's a Rain Garden?
https://www.romi.gov/1333/How-Rain-Gardens-Work