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Fearn, Miriam Lee – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2001
Introduces a geography course that uses a service learning approach to study the Dog River Watershed in Alabama. (YDS)
Descriptors: Geography, Higher Education, Science Activities, Science Instruction

Bixby, Julie A.; Carpenter, John R.; Jerman, Patricia L.; Coull, Bruce C. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2003
Describes a service learning project in the environmental sciences in which students learn about global sustainability through exploring issues such as energy and its effects on their everyday lives. (YDS)
Descriptors: Energy, Environmental Education, Higher Education, Recycling

Farnsworth, Elizabeth J.; Holsinger, Kent E.; Mehrhoff, Leslie J.; Murray, Nancy; Preston, Judy; Silander, John A., Jr. – Bioscience, 2001
Describes a program that puts students through a 10-week summer internship at a non-profit organization and provides them with experiences in career choices in the biological sciences. Explains three parts of the student training and evaluates the program. (Contains 32 references.) (YDS)
Descriptors: Biology, Career Development, Cooperative Learning, Hands on Science

Kesner, Laya; Eyring, Edward M. – Journal of Chemical Education, 1999
Reports on a community-service project carried out by general chemistry students at the University of Utah. Students research lead poisoning then visit neighborhood homes to teach about lead poisoning, collect exterior paint samples, and analyze them as part of a chemistry experiment. Discusses service-learning and laboratory activities. (WRM)
Descriptors: Chemical Analysis, Chemistry, Higher Education, Lead Poisoning