The Internet is full of hands-on activities for the indoor and outdoor gardener. As a part of an online project called Schoolyard Soil Dwellers, students are digging up their playgrounds to uncover critters that make the land their home. About page highlights Web sites to help educators work timely themes into their lessons. This week s sites are among the best on the Web for teaching about gardens. National Volunteer Week information Web site Brought to you by the Points of Light Foundation and the national network of Volunteer Centers.
Many educators use the terms community service and service learning interchangeably.
They are two very different concepts, though. No matter what grade level or subject you teach, service-learning projects can add a new dimension to your curriculum. Each project is an example of true service learning. Individual projects that involve students in creating Web pages for nonprofits, link the generations, and introduce students to the inner workings of community government. A project launched by teachers and students at Presentation of Mary Academy in Hudson, N.H., is designed to do just that.