http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/servicelearning/workshop10/discussions/describe_what_y.html#discussion http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/servicelearning/workshop10/discussions/describe_what_y.html#post4395 Describe what you see as opportunities for service learning in the geosciences. Where does our subject matter particularly lend itself to this teaching approach?]]> Monica Bruckner 1265157180 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/servicelearning/workshop10/discussions/describe_what_y.html#post4395 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/servicelearning/workshop10/discussions/describe_what_y.html#post4717 Dave Mogk 1265305980 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/servicelearning/workshop10/discussions/describe_what_y.html#post4717 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/servicelearning/workshop10/discussions/describe_what_y.html#post4739 Rhonda Spidell 1265317800 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/servicelearning/workshop10/discussions/describe_what_y.html#post4739 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/servicelearning/workshop10/discussions/describe_what_y.html#post4749 William Locke 1265318760 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/servicelearning/workshop10/discussions/describe_what_y.html#post4749 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/servicelearning/workshop10/discussions/describe_what_y.html#post4750 Renee Faatz 1265318940 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/servicelearning/workshop10/discussions/describe_what_y.html#post4750 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/servicelearning/workshop10/discussions/describe_what_y.html#post4755 Jennifer Houghton 1265319660 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/servicelearning/workshop10/discussions/describe_what_y.html#post4755 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/servicelearning/workshop10/discussions/describe_what_y.html#post4757
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]]> Ed Laine 1265320440 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/servicelearning/workshop10/discussions/describe_what_y.html#post4757 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/servicelearning/workshop10/discussions/describe_what_y.html#post4770 If sustainability is receiving a lot of attention on your campus, like it is on ours, there are other possible activities in which to engage students: working to set up a sustainability house on campus, school gardens, developing programs to educate incoming students. Students could also work on calculating a simplified carbon footprint and make suggestions on how to lower it.
]]> Stephanie Maes 1265324340 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/servicelearning/workshop10/discussions/describe_what_y.html#post4770 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/servicelearning/workshop10/discussions/describe_what_y.html#post4798 http://serc.carleton.edu/research_education/trail_guides/index.html]]> Dave Mogk 1265331060 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/servicelearning/workshop10/discussions/describe_what_y.html#post4798 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/servicelearning/workshop10/discussions/describe_what_y.html#post4833



]]> Linda McCall 1265343000 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/servicelearning/workshop10/discussions/describe_what_y.html#post4833 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/servicelearning/workshop10/discussions/describe_what_y.html#post4856 Renee Faatz 1265372400 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/servicelearning/workshop10/discussions/describe_what_y.html#post4856 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/servicelearning/workshop10/discussions/describe_what_y.html#post5072 In geosicence we are somewhat limited to water quality issues and general reserach actitivities endorsed by local NGOs like Friends of Unity Wetlands. There are only 2 geoscientists here and I am supposed to be the chemist. Pond eutrophication is a big problem in our area and we have worked on several related problems: the effect of storm water on Phosphate concentrations on Pattee Pond; the effect of redesigning the dirt roads through a wetland on erosion and sedmient loading in a pond.
I agree long term data sets would be a good idea for water quality and selected other studies. Noel Potter (Dickinson College) once described a 20 year project he did evaluating how fast small stream meanders changed on the strem near his campus. each year his studnets mapped stream channel and compared it to previous years work.
I like the idea of responding to an immediate community need but think that works best with upper-level students.]]> Lois Ongley 1265586120 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/servicelearning/workshop10/discussions/describe_what_y.html#post5072