Morgan from Clarkston - SLYC Member

Hi! My name is Morgan and I am a student at Clarkston Junior High School in Clarkston, Michigan. I have had an amazing time being a part of the Service Learning Youth Council and I look forward to aiding my community further in the years to come.

This year I have had the pleasure of taking part in a wonderful service project at my school. The service project was run by two science teachers in the building. The goal of the service project was to educate four 5th grade classes about the importance of helping our Earth and how we can achieve that objective.

To accomplish our goal, each science teacher and their four classes created an Alphabet Coloring Book. Each alphabet letter page included a fact about helping the Earth and a picture the 5th graders could color. Student groups researched interesting facts about the following five topics for the book: energy conservation, water conservation, human impact on land and water resources, recycling, and alternative energy resources. Then, with their comprehension of one of those topics, they were able to generate fun information to go in the coloring books.

Not only did we create the coloring books, we also took the coloring books to a local elementary school. We were able to present to the 5th graders and inform them about the Earth. I know this experience was a success because the 5th graders told us they learned a lot and also had fun. Both grades benefitted from this service project!