Water Blogged

Each year Lead4Change, a nationwide student leadership program, hosts a Challenge encouraging students to make a difference in their local communities. Students work to develop a service project that addresses a local need using skills such as critical thinking, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration. This year, schools in Minnesota participated in and revamped the Race2Reduce program to help develop their […]

Even during a pandemic, schools have been finding ways to participate virtually with service-learning projects. One school that we would like to highlight today is Varsity Lakes. They have partnered with H2O for Life since 2018, raising more than $14,000 for 4 separate schools in Kenya and Tanzania. This year was no different! Students at Varsity […]

The annual Minnesota Clean Drinking Water Poster Contest has concluded and the winners have been chosen!  Congratulations to all of our fantastic winning artists and all of the students throughout our state who participated.  Many thanks to our judges and sponsors at Minnesota Department of Health and Bongard. Winning Posters 2020 (3) (1)

In this lesson students will learn why water is not an unlimited resource. They will research ideas like water scarcity, how pollutants affect our bodies of water, and why some water is harder than other water to make drinkable. Students will be given time to research these ideas and present to their classmates once they […]

The pandemic has drastically changed the way that school is conducted across the United States, but that is not stopping teachers from incorporating service-learning into their virtual classrooms. Ben Butters at Matoska International IB World School in MN was determined to follow through with their annual Walk for Water, even if it meant doing so […]