Creativity Activity and Service-Learning Projects|| Personal Projects || Community ProjectsMathematics1. Students learned about the issue and scope of hunger in India, toured a food depository, and sponsored a food drive.
2. Students were given class lessons on tree planting, decided where to plant trees on school grounds, had two trees planted by the Department of Science & Mathematics, and planted five small trees themselves.
3. Students learned about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) with regard to poverty, education for all, clean drinking water, and health care. Students then ran a fundraiser for the problems that they discussed.
4. A geometry class partnered with a nearby NGO (Non-profit organisation) schools / CSR (corporate social responsibility) schools and the high school students tutored 5th graders.
5. Students learned to count, sort, assemble, stock items and pack bags for hospital patients.
6. Students read about domestic violence and distributed a survey on the issue. They then presented their findings around school and gave a presentation to a feeder school.
7. While students were studying area and perimeter in their geometry classes, they designed their own community garden and volunteered at a local community garden and school garden.
8. Students in algebra classes studied real life applications of math such as calculating mortgage payment, car payments, credit card payments, etc. This unit culminated in students providing a walk-in workshop for the community.
9. Students used geometric shapes to create stained glass windows using poster board and tissue paper to donate to various nursing homes.
10. Students studied childhood obesity statistics and shared information about making healthy choices related to food and exercise with the school community.
11. Students used math skills to collect donations and set up a thrift store that ran for two weeks. The money raised was donated to the homeless.