For the past year a group of 10 East Boston High School (EBHS) students with the guidance of two EBHS teachers have been learning science and helping their community. The students have been reading and creating science non-fiction stories for elementary students at Umana Academy in East Boston. They have also been mentoring 6th graders leading and environmental initiative at Umana.
During all of this, the students were also fundraising for their biggest service learning project – a trip to Arizona to volunteer at the Navajo Nation reservation. The students completed their trip last week and chronicled their activities on a group blog. During the trip, they were able to visit a charter school that is entirely off the grid, learn about sheep farming, work on the sheep farm, help clean up trash, cook traditional Navajo food, and explore the Grand Canyon. Experiential learning at its best!
~Shannon Morey
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Congratulations to Lexington High School, which triumphed over North Hollywood High to secure the top place in the high school division of the Energy Department’s National Science Bowl yesterday at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC.
Treehugger takes the opportunity to shine a spotlight on the “best-of” in many green-related categories, from people to products. In the “Science” category, Treehugger honors inspirational initiatives, projects, and products that are making a real difference in the world. Of particular note: “Rescue Spider” by the Frauhofer Institute, the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature Project, studies on what is killing bees, the Graphene Water Filter, and the “Seafood Watch” app. Check out Treehugger‘s slideshow of the 2012 Best of Green Science honorees 
Science education teeters on the brink of change, with the message that an inquiry-based teaching approach is what works with students taking root in classrooms across the country. By engaging students through innovative means, science teachers are experiencing new success at gaining — and keeping — their students’ interest in subject matter that can be perceived as too difficult. “[Making] things more relevant for the students” is what it’s all about, according to Wilmington, Delaware chemistry teacher John Scali. “It’s what goes on in the real world. I place a lot more priority on the process of science itself—the process is a lot more important.”