Classroom Applications in Field-Science

Expanding beyond the encumbrance of a traditional classroom setting, we at Appleseed Expeditions have made our science service-learning agendas custom to educating students about the geology, flora, and fauna of exclusive regions. Your school science-learning group will participate in direct scientific study. Our scientific sites of choice include national parks, bio-reserves, and science labs – all of which are available to teach students about biodiversity and scientific cycles of natural, terrestrial, aquatic, and artificial ecosystems. The participating student science group will also have plenty of opportunities to involve themselves with community service experiences, proactive volunteering, and the mediation of social injustice issues.

Using Science to Serve

School science trips through Appleseed Expeditions offer a considerable amount of science service projects to choose from. During a school science trip your students can either become engaged in learning how to use science to benefit impoverished child populations and unfortunate habitat conditions for endangered species, or learning how to actively preserve and restore natural or ecological environments. Our school science trips are extensive in nature and allow each student learner to connect with a community in some manner.

The Advantages of Science Service

The cognitive benefits that stem from science service-learning are quite extensive. Research suggests that students who are civically engaged in positive service-learning responsibilities are inclined to:

• Demonstrate an ongoing excelling performance on tests

• Demonstrate higher levels of self-esteem

• Demonstrate an individual sense of purpose

• Demonstrate a greater connection with their community

• Demonstrate a greater interest in graduating high school and college