Service Learning in

High School Environmental Science Classrooms

Gillian Roehrig, PhDSTEM Education CenterUniversity of MinnesotaTwin Cities, MN

Senenge T. AndzengeSTEM Education Center

University of MinnesotaTwin Cities, MN

Foundational Goals

Understanding of the Scientific Method

Development of Scientific Literacy

Service Learning

(National Youth Leadership Council, 2008)

SocioScientific Issues

• “achieve functional views of scientific literacy”(Zeidler, Sadler, Simmons, & Howes, 2005, p. 361)

• students should be able to negotiate societal issues related to applications of science and technology

• enhance dialogue and discussion among students

• provide students opportunities to learn the complex decision making processes

(Zeidler, Sadler, Simmons, & Howes, 2005)

(Zeidler, 2014)

(Burek & Zeidler, 2015)

Local Knowledge

“…derived through living and interacting in their local communities, is also a determinant in how young people identify themselves in their world and contributes to the ideas and perceptions of what constitutes their world.”

(UNESCO, 2010)

The SocioScientific Issue

(DNR, 2005)

Service Learning Projects

Controlled Burn

Rain Garden

Floating Island

Considerations

Questions

Gillian Roehrig, PhDSTEM Education CenterUniversity of MN- Twin Citiesroehr013@umn.edu

Senenge T. AndzengeSTEM Education Center

University of MN- Twin Citiesandze001@umn.edu

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