University of Southern Maine students teach local school children about ecology, conservation, and recycling as part of a service learning course about teaching environmentalism to low-income students. USM students also organize clean-ups for the children to participate in.
A senior at USM, Melissa Boyd organized the entire class and project and was asked to remain at USM to teach it again. She will gear it more towards education majors because she sees it as a tremendous opportunity for them to experiment with science teaching.
Contact: Al Kirk, Associate Professor at 207.780.4962
This information originally appeared in “”Science and Society: Redefining the Relationship”" by Stephen Miller. Published by Campus Compact, 1996.
