For environmental education week, Mimi and Purl, Public Lab’s education team, will be sharing special content on integrating Community Science principles in the classroom on our website and social media. Find out more below!

Check out these ready-to-roll lesson plans to implement Community Science in your classroom today!

Classroom Community Science: An adaptable curricula for bringing student-led environmental projects into your classroom.

Messages from the Mississippi: A 6-part series investigating microplastics in local bodies of water culminating in student artwork and advocacy.

Interested in implementing any of these lessons in your classroom? Email us!

What Does Community Science Look Like in the Classroom?

Community science translates well into an educational context because young people are given a voice, platform, and level of consideration often absent in other aspects of their lives. Classroom community science projects are youth-led with an approach that emphasizes participant and community ownership of research, from question identification through analysis, and working together to encourage collaborative learning and civic engagement. After identifying their interests, students conduct research as they join the efforts of people and organizations already working on these issues and take the lead in aspects of study design, data collection, and analysis.

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