Service-Learning in University of Connecticut Upper Division Geosciences Courses part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Service Learning:Examples
Compiled by Suzanne Savanick, Science Education Resource Center. Based on material from Lanbo Liu, Anthony Philpotts, and Norman Gray, "Service-Learning Practice in Upper Division Geosciences Courses: Bridging Undergraduate Learning, Teaching and Research" Journal of Geoscience Education v 52, n 2, March 2004 p. 172-177.
Upper-division earth science courses taught in the Department of Geology and Geophysics at the University of Connecticut used a service-learning approach. The emphasis was on providing sound and useful scientific expertise through a project for the local community. Two projects, Imaging the Interior of the Nathan Hale Monument and Hydrogeophysical Investigation of the University Well Field, are described.