Engaging the Public with Science
Other than my own service hours, we also completed some service hours as a class that I very much enjoyed! We went to a showing of a film that basically addressed the issues of global warming and what natural disasters have done to certain places. Some of the countries that were mentioned were places I have never even heard of prior to the film, especially small islands that are greatly affected by natural disasters involving water. Another service project we participated in, that was my favorite, was the Archie carnival. After working on our Archie projects it was fun to see them go into play, especially with the elementary school students. The reason I enjoyed the carnival so much was because it reminded me of how I was at that age. I am glad that were we able to teach these students about Archie but also let them have fun with it. I believe activities like this are what help kids learn the most ...