Location
Library 3C
Session
Session 3
Start Date
12-4-2013 1:15 PM
End Date
12-4-2013 2:15 PM
Description
The presentation explains how 80 first grade students completed a service-learning project with support from graduates and faculty from Northwestern State University. Students participated in learning and service activities by growing a vegetable garden to feed the hungry, improving the landscaping around their school, and walking with pedometers. To celebrate the service-learning project, students participated in Global Youth Service Day. The presenters will explain how the activities linked to instruction in science, history, and healthy leaving. The presentation also discusses funding opportunities for those interested in similar projects.
A Step in the Right Direction: A Gardening and Exercise Service-Learning Project
Library 3C
The presentation explains how 80 first grade students completed a service-learning project with support from graduates and faculty from Northwestern State University. Students participated in learning and service activities by growing a vegetable garden to feed the hungry, improving the landscaping around their school, and walking with pedometers. To celebrate the service-learning project, students participated in Global Youth Service Day. The presenters will explain how the activities linked to instruction in science, history, and healthy leaving. The presentation also discusses funding opportunities for those interested in similar projects.