Students use the internet to gather information about children around the world. In groups, they complete an internet scavenger hunt to research courage. They develop their own community service activity.

Students interview senior citizens in their community, and explain how these senior citizens are heroes. For this heroes lesson, students interview these seniors, and then reflect on how they too can be heroes in their own community.

Learners disassemble and rebuild computers. In this computer hardware lesson plan, students learn to refurbish computers, then donate the rebuilt computers in their community.

Pupils study and observe city wildlife and their local community's wildlife. In this wildlife lesson, students look for animal clues in their local places. Pupils observe animals using cameras and journals. Students make a presentation...

Students explore the concept of philanthropy. In this service learning lesson, students research everyday heroes who happen to be senior citizens and write their biographies. Students also volunteer to help senior citizens in their...

Students study the commonwealth as an example of a global community. The study what the Commonwealth is, its values, and its function and they reflect upon personal connections with the Commonwealth. After they investigate their own...

Students examine insects place in a community. They discover the communities of insects.

Students build their own bridges or make connections to other peers, teens, adults/parents, senior citizens and people from around the world through various art mediums. Through this type of lesson students attempt to communicate in...

Students examine the idea of recycling by composting. Using the internet, they research the benefits of composting to the environment. In groups, they collect numbers on how much food and yard waste is produced in their community. ...

Young scholars identify the relationship between culture and art. The create a poster that reflects the culture of their class, school, or community and identify the major cultural influences that led to the development of the unique...

Sixth graders understand how Thoreau can serve as both inspiration and model for the investigation of home places. They explore ways to become better observers of natural and cultural history. Students find out how to connect with their...

Students explore how all living things have needs that are obtained from their surroundings. They identify the surroundings where an animal or plant lives is its habitat. Students identify that a habitat is a community of living and...

Students explore the U.S. Census and come to understand more about it. In this census lesson, students build reading confidence, explain who is counted in the census, and recognize the connection between census information and community...

Students build connections between census information and community decision-making by reading a reader's theater script. In this reader's theater lesson, students practice reading fluently and learn about the government. The reader's...

Students identify the needs of their community. In this communities lesson plan, students use a decision-making model worksheet to determine what community service project they should donate to. Students count the money they have to...

Students participate in a service project. In this stewardship lesson, students review the concepts of philanthropy and environmental stewardship. Students practice being good stewards by researching public areas in their school or...

Students and their parents participate in a volunteer opportunity in their community in order to solve a problem. For this problem solving lesson plan, students reflect on historical problems and see how they can solve a current problem.

Students investigate the ways energy is used at their school and how it can be changed.  In this energy lesson, students participate in a service project related to energy. Students record and calculate changes that saved energy and...

Students discuss hunger around the world and come up with a service project. In this global hunger lesson, students define vocabulary words and discuss service projects. Students derive a plan, carry it out, and reflect on the process of...

Students examine the culture and art of the Deaf Community. They discover the history of the Deaf Community using art and their values. They compare and contrast different pieces of art.

Students investigate cause and effect and compare and contrast how recurring cycles are evident in multiple aspects of their education. They answer questions in the chosen field. Students model each aspect by interpreting, perceiving and...

Students explore the wetlands. They participate in numerous activities to explore food chains, food webs, and energy in the ecosystem. Students read stories, sing songs, visit specified websites, and participate in games to discover...

Students model the geologic timescale using distance as a metaphor for time. They write a summary of a major event or fossil organism. and station themselves and their summaries along a path within a gymnasium, and present their...

Pupils work with 4th and 5th graders at Cascade Brook School in Farmington, to teach them skills in wildflower and fern identification, and then to help them implement a nature trail, which is accessible to the greater Farmington community.