Students enrolled in the “”Plants and Society”" course have the option of participating in the Botany Service Learning internship. In additon to the three-credit course and one-credit lab students fulfill a three-credit internship where they plant gardens at ASU and the local middle school and teach school children about plants and their life cycle. Students reflect on their work by posting to an on-line class message board twice a week and responding to classmates postings. Their grade in the class is based on their postings, on-site participation, and work with the children,
Contact: Diann Peart, PhD. at 602.965.3266 or AODEP {at} asuvm.inre.asu(.)edu
This information originally appeared in “”Science and Society: Redefining the Relationship”" by Stephen Miller. Published by Campus Compact, 1996.
