About This Daily Classroom Special
Saving the Environment through Service Learning was written by Robert O. Black, teacher at Harbour City Service Learning Program and a former Teachers Network web mentor. 

 

Service Learning Outcomes Internet Resources/Contacts Sample Preparation Activities Checklist to Help Select & Plan Your Environmental Project Sample Action Activities Sample Reflection Activities Sample Celebration & Reflection Activities Sample Lesson:  Trees for Service How to plant a tree How to construct a time capsule Tree pledge

Saving the Environment Suggested Curriculum Infusion Areas: Science, Math, Social Studies, Health, Family Studies, English Community need for saving the environment: Our environment is a precious resource which needs to be protected. Words such as ozone layer, toxins, and landfill have crept into the vocabularies of even the very young. As a society, we have become conscious of the impact of pollution on our planet. We watched in horror when oil spilled into the pristine waters off of Alaska. In Maryland, the Chesapeake Bay is threatened by pollution. We are learning that even our smallest actions -- a soda can thrown out of the car window, car oil dumped down the storm drain -- have consequences. By working on projects to protect the environment, students will learn how to live in harmony with their environment, and will work to preserve it for themselves and their children.