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Grade Level: 6-8
Academic Areas: Social Studies, Mathematics
Duration of service: Semester-long
Character Virtues: Giving, Caring, Civic Virtue and Citizenship
Service Areas: Human Services, Public Safety
Service Learning Project:
Students will meet to discuss and brainstorm ideas for ways to
supplement the deficits of supplies/materials at a local animal
shelter. Students will contact a local humane society/shelter
to obtain data on their areas of need and the breeds of animals
currently residing at the shelter. Students will develop a plan
to implement a collection drive to gather needed supplies. Students
will write letters to family and friends asking for donations
of needed supplies while explaining their purpose for the project.
Students will research dietary needs of various breeds, along
with finding information on their geographic origins, to ensure
proper nutrition. Students will also research recipes to meet
those dietary needs. Students will use obtained information to
bake biscuit treats for animals at the shelter. Students will
collect needed supplies through a planned community collection
drive and deliver these items, along with the biscuits, to the
shelter. Students will periodically visit the shelter to deliver
any new items and tend to the needs of the animals. Students will
take photos of the events at the shelter and create a hallway
mural depicting the interactions that took place during the project.
Their research on animal profiles will also be displayed.
Goals and Objectives
Academic
Learning Goal: Students will apply their knowledge of measurement
to convert recipes in order to create large scale production of
dog biscuits.
Standard: MST (3)
Learning Goal: Students will create a profile of animal species
and their geographic distribution.
Standard: SS (3)
Service
Community need: Lack of ample supplies in animal shelters.
Possible Community Partners: Local animal shelters or humane societies
and surrounding neighborhoods.
Objective: Students will make dog biscuits and deliver them to
the shelter.
Objective: Students will run a collection drive to gather materials/supplies
that are lacking at the shelter.
Objective: Students will contribute time at the shelter performing
tasks such as dog walking and general nurturing.
Character
Virtue: Giving /Civic Virtue and Citizenship
Objective: Students will provide supplemental food and supplies
for animals in need. Students will also donate their time by assisting
shelters with their various responsibilities.
Virtue: Caring
Objective: Students will provide vital nurturing to otherwise
neglected animals.
Key Activities
Key Planning Activities
1. Students will meet to discuss and brainstorm ideas for ways
to supplement the deficits of supplies/materials at a local animal
shelter as a way of extending themselves to a meaningful cause
in the community.
2. Students will contact a local humane society/shelter to obtain
data on their areas of need and the breeds of animals currently
residing at the shelter.
3. Students will develop a plan to implement a collection drive
to gather needed supplies.
4. Students will research dietary needs of various breeds to ensure
proper nutrition. Students will also research recipes to meet
those dietary needs.
Key Service Activities
1. Students will write letters to family and friends asking for
donations of needed supplies while explaining their purpose and
their concern for the betterment of their community.
2. Students will use obtained information to bake biscuit treats
for animals at the shelter.
3. Students will collect needed supplies through a planned community
collection drive and deliver these items, along with the biscuits,
to the shelter. Students will periodically visit the shelter to
deliver any new items and tend to the needs of the animals.
4. Students will take photos of the events at the shelter and
create a hallway mural depicting the interactions that took place
during the project. Their research on animal profiles will also
be displayed.
Key Reflection Activities
1. (oral) Students will discuss what it means to care for and
about an animal and how that compares to caring for a person.
2. (written) Students will create a list of ways the community
demonstrates caring towards animals.
3. (performance) Students will create a web of ways the project
has contributed to the community.
Demonstration Activity
Students will mentor a younger partner class within their district
and take them on a field trip to the shelter to meet the animals
they have been helping. Students will explain what they’ve
been doing, the responsibilities of owning and caring for a pet,
and allow the children time to get to know the animals. Parents
would be invited to attend the field trip as chaperones.
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