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Middle School
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Subject Area |
Curriculum Objective |
Suggested Service Learning Project |
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Science |
Earth Systems/Ecology |
Students become part of a "Stream Team" and monitor the cleanliness of water in community parks. |
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Science |
Plate tectonics |
Students learn about earthquake safety and then develop a home readiness checklist for earthquakes. |
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Science |
Classification of animals |
Students create a bird aviary on the school property. |
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Science |
Plants |
Students identify all trees on school property and then put up plaques. |
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Social Studies |
Cultural geography |
Students clean up a cemetery. |
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Social Studies |
Customs and cultures |
Students create flash cards for people studying for U.S. citizenship. |
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Social Studies |
Government (constitution and the Bill of Rights) |
Students make a display showing how children can affect the decisions made in government. |
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Reading - 6th, 7th, 8th |
Recommend books to others | Students create recommended reading lists for other students. |
| Communication Arts - 6th, 7th, 8th | Pubishes and shares written communication | Students write, publish and share written work at a nursing home or Kirkwood Early Childhood Center. |
| Communication Arts - 6th, 7th, 8th | Fiction, Poetry, Plays | Students perform plays or poetry for the Kirkwood Early Childhood Center or a nursing home. |
| Communication Arts - 6th, 7th, 8th | Letter writing skills |
Students research an issue they feel strongly about. They then write a letter to the President expressing their concerns. . |
| Family and Consumer Science - 6th, 8th | Assess dietary intake | Students plan and create a balanced meal for a soup kitchen. |
| Family and Consumer Science - 7th | Evaluate nutritional content | Students create a book of good/fun nutritional foods for younger students. |
| Family and Consumer Science - 7th | Sewing | Sew pillows, blankets, or duffle bags for a homeless shelter, Nurses for Newborns, or Our Little Haven. |
| Family and Consumer Science - 8th | Interior Design | Students help design and decorate a room at City Hall, Kirkwood Community Center, etc. |
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Foreign Language - 6th, 7th, 8th |
Written language |
Students create a children's book in the foreign language to send to a Third World country that speaks that language or to give to a refugee/immigrant center. |
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Foreign Language - 6th, 7th, 8th |
Spoken language | Students teach language to elementary school students. |
| Guidance Program - 6th, 7th, 8th | Negative impact of tobacco, alcohol, and other drug use | Students create anti-tobacco, alcohol, and drug posters, videos, or plays to take to the elementary schools. |
| Guidance Program - 6th, 7th, 8th | Interpersonal development | Students start a peer mediation program for their school. (If one has already begun, they can take their skills to an elementary school and train those students.) |
| Guidance Program - 6th, 7th, 8th | Interpersonal development | Students develop and teach a conflict resolution lesson at an elementary school. |
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Health - 6th, 7th, 8th |
Physical Fitness | Students create a Physical Fitness Fair for students and their parents. |
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Health - 6th, 7th, 8th |
Environmental and Consumer Health | Students help clean up a park. |
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Health - 6th, 7th, 8th |
HIV/AIDS and Illness Prevention | Students learn about HIV/AIDS in the U.S. and/or other countries and then find a program to assist. |
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Health - 6th, 7th, 8th |
Substance Abuse Prevention | |
| Industrial Technology - 7th | Construction | Students build simple bird feeders for the school property. |
| Industrial Technology - 8th | Game construction | Students build games for a children's home. |
| Journalism | Create a newspaper | Students create a substance abuse newspaper to distribute to the families of the school. |
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Economics |
Budgets |
Students raise money to purchase items for a charity. They create and follow a budget. |
| Art - 6th, 7th, 8th | art incorporated in other cultures | Students create a mural for the school, community center, etc. about art in other cultures. |