Helpful Resources
These links provide research-backed evidence of the benefits of service learning in STEM and examples of effective service-learning experiences in STEM disciplines. Additionally, the sites and resources below may inspire you to: (1) introduce new service-learning components into your teaching, (2) publish your experiences in teaching a STEM service-learning course, or (3) participate in a regional or national dialogue about engaged STEM learning.
STEM and Service Learning
- CSU STEM service-learning institutionalization assessment rubric
- CSU STEM student success manual
- CSU STEM Partnership Assessment Rubric
- CSU Recorded Webinar on Developing and Assessing Rigorous Campus-Community Partnerships
- CSU video about service learning in Chemistry
- International Journal for Service Learning in Engineering
- STEM Education and Service Learning
- Service Learning in the Geosciences
- Chemistry and Service Learning in Higher Education
- Engineering Education and Service Learning in Higher Education
- Math and Service Learning in Higher Education
- The Environment and Service Learning: Selected Resources
- Service-Learning Syllabi and Project Ideas, search on by each STEM area and filter by sector of "higher education"
- Service-Learning in the Disciplines volumes (Biology, Engineering, Environmental Studies, Nursing)
- California STEM Service-Learning Initiative (K-12)
- Learn and Serve America Service Learning in STEM
- Sonoma State's SWEEP Program
- Service-Learning in Your "Place": Creating Sustainable Community Connections for the Environmental Sciences: a webcast from Clemson Collaborations
STEM and Civic Engagement
- National Center for Science and Civic Engagement
- Science Education for New Civic Engagements & Responsibilities (SENCER)
- Science Education and Civic Engagement: An International Journal